Film

After Bed 2023, 3 minutes single-channel digital video with sound film emulsion, nail polish, tape, 16mm film leader Pulsing flashbacks from the summer of love reawaken a queer California classic. Scavenged from color tests, the sole Asian American woman in James Broughton’s erotic film The Bed pulses with queerness through the celluloid cracks of 16mm, tape,

Lion in the Wind 2023, 4:50 minutes single-channel digital video with sound 35mm film emulsion, nail polish, tape, 16mm film leader A fugue for forgetting windmills in the West. This cameraless "emulsion lift" film was made from a discarded 35mm reel of a Hong Kong martial arts western featuring Jet Li as a kung

Ever Wanting (for Margaret Chung) 2021, 6:20 minutes single-channel digital video with sound photo and film emulsion, ink, paint, glue, tape, 16mm film leader, digital video Soaring through the complicated life of San Francisco's first Chinese American female physician, this film envisions the euphoria and despair of Margaret Chung (1889-1959) and her insatiable desire

HK Uprising 2021, 2:40 minutes single-channel digital video with sound photo emulsion, ink, paint, glue, tape, 16mm film leader A tribute to the ongoing protests in Hong Kong that are taking place three decades after the June 4th uprising in China. Screenings Canyon Cinema “Spotlight on TT

May 35 2019, 2:40 minutes single-channel digital video with sound photo emulsion, ink, paint, glue, tape, 16mm film leader A commemoration of political uprisings made from fragments of censored archival imagery transferred onto film using razor blades and scotch tape. “May 35” speaks to the difficulty of remembering in the absence of memory, especially

Wayward Emulsions 2018, 4:10 minutes single-channel digital video with sound 35mm film emulsion, ink, nail polish, glue, tape, film leader Queer glimpses of a wayward woman captured in bits of emulsion lifted from stray reels of a 35mm Asian drama. Award Grand Jury Prize for Best Experimental

Sworded Love 2018, 4:50 minutes single-channel digital video with sound 35mm film emulsion, ink, nail polish, glue, tape, 16mm film leader Fleeting cinematic impressions of star-crossed swordsmen are captured in the oblique wanderings of emulsion lifted from a stray reel of a 35mm kung fu action film.

On the Line 2018, 6:45 minutes single-channel digital video with sound hand-processed 8mm/16mm film, paint, digital video Inspired by prewar cannery workers in San Diego, On the Line offers a queer meditation on the Japanese American women who cleaned the tuna, worked the assembly line, and found same-sex intimacy amid sake and fish guts

Lift Little Tokyo  2018, 6:50 minutes single-channel digital video with sound ink, paper, tape, 16mm film leader Maps and memories of Little Tokyo's historical district of Los Angeles are uplifted via clear tape transfers. Screenings Canyon Cinema “Spotlight on TT Takemoto,” San Francisco, 2024 BFI Flare: London

Sab Shimono: Acting “As If” 2017, 9:55 minutes single-channel digital video with sound On the eve of his eightieth birthday, acclaimed Japanese American actor Sab Shimono reflects on his lifelong commitment to the craft of acting, his struggles against racism and homophobia, and how his life was transformed by gay bars and marriage equality.