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Strange red things are seen in the sky and in the ground in this experimental hybrid story about a man whose life is entangled with strange phenomenon and fantastic creatures as his persona changes each time he wakes up into a new day. The video is a piece that explores variations on a theme - expressed in eleven chapters, each with altered story themes than the previous chapters and various angles on the character's life.
Suburban RED is a film that I made while caring for my elderly mother. The idea for this project was to have something to do in the home that would be a form of self-care while I did home-care. Being that I was now living in suburban Sunnyvale, California, where I grew up, I wanted to create a project that reflected some of my experiences with the place while also creating images that signified the Chicano experience as I knew it.
The project became sort of an immersive experience where I was not only able to build miniatures and puppets and various other practical special effects while in the living room with my mother, but also use this bedroom (which my grandmother had died in the 1970s) as film set along with many of the rooms in the house. Being that I was now living in suburban Sunnyvale, California, where I grew up, I wanted to create a project that reflected some of my experiences with the place while also creating images that signified the Chicano experience as I knew it.