bested viewed in full screen on a laptop
spring 2020
Kababayan was designed as a book collating the stories of victims of the Philippine drug war, accompanied by a website and a campaign I built for the upcoming elections. The 20-page minibook was a concept work tracing the lives and death of the Duterte administration.
.systems—Prompted to create a work of sound art that relates to space, I was interested in touching on security and what we give up in an increasingly digitized world. I built a website that is an endless feed of hundreds of exposed CCTV and camera streams from around the world, provided geographical data mapping to a randomly-generated library of sounds. The user is given buttons to interact with the "feed", ranging from reading into their microphone and braodcasting it to all other watchers. While tapping into vulnerable feeds, the viewer is—too. When you watch the world, it watches you back.
Round—Is a multiplayer reflective experience on the web. The user (you) is prompted to think about spaces in the world, and recall memories. In every place, you can find the memories others have left as well.
Every stroke on the page is shared, remembered, and experienced altogether.
Tabloid Posters—first iterations for posters
Repentance—soundtracked to Sigur Ros' Straumnes, made with Brice Bai, edited by me; repurposed videos from our upbringings, contemplating on religious high school experiences.
Me and Abortionism—Zine reflecting the journey of a Filipino seeking to terminate their pregnancy. Amidst a conservative Catholic culture that still has abortion outlawed, women resort to backalley abortions and methods.
Everything Not Saved Will Be Wiped Away—An experience made for ART145: Digital Video
Fifteen—A website and installation work about growing up online.
Third Impact—A VR experience commenting on mortality. Exhibited at the CCAM!
Visual Thinking—Editorial design for a visual thinking class book, compiling works from the semester
Toothpaste Two— is a video of a Youtube playlist documenting a radical new product in a time of consumption.
Design Manifesto from Visual Thinking 111
open source at github.com/chiaski/sophomore-review