a playground for adults to feel their feelings. research & development funded by the Artists to Work Grant from the Phoenix Office of Arts & Culture.
The Dance Film |deconstructed| Festival 2024 presented an exciting display of dance films created by talented local and international artists, connecting local dance creatives and global dance filmmakers together on a big screen inside of the beautiful Arizona State University Experimental Media (MIX) Center building.
Ancestral Imprints dance film (2023)
A chance encounter with two ancestral spirits found in the landscape of Easdale Island in Scotland. A remembering and awareness of the levity and heaviness that comes with whiteness, ancestral erasure, and ahistorical tendencies of immigration to the USA. Viewing available upon request. This is in rough, rough draft form.
Participated & performed in a global collective of artists making work together across geographical space and time. Moved through digital training programs in Developmental Pathways to Production & Direct Support Learning Labs. Performed in 2023 Virtual House Party & CTC Anniversary Party.
BodySleuth Project (2020-2021)
a queer community building hybridization of online world building, game play, immersive theater, dance performance, and somatic exploration. https://www.rilindegren.com/bodysleuth
Immersive Wellness Project (2021)
a creative and innovative group of media designers, artists, programmers, and academics affiliated with Arizona State University's Arts and Media Engineering Department. We are partnered with ASU's Center for Innovation in Healthy & Resilient Aging (CIHRA). We thank the generous support of the Edson New Idea Fund, administered by the ASU BioDesign Institute. https://immersive-wellness.com/
DiaSpectra (2020-2021)
a somatic breathing meditation and immersive media experience that was part of a National Science Foundation Grant called the “Workplace Wellness Project.” https://vimeo.com/499357966
Club Chairuntine (2021)
a virtual queer club space with projections and live dancers in a queer club, and audience participation online. https://vimeo.com/539426193/60093f80bb
Legend of Thule (2020)
a narrative text-based somatic alternate reality game via the Twine platform, co-created with Olivia Hernández (ONOH). https://thuleisland.itch.io/islandlore
Dear Spine (2020)
a virtual environment of an experiential somatic museum through the memories embedded in my spine and connected organs. https://www.artsteps.com/view/5eaa4278fea5c26fac2d3722
Spine Sensing (2020)
a wearable spine with microcontroller sensors that supported exploration of spinal range of motion and patterning through social gameplay.
Vogue or Vague (2018)
a tangible and archival media installation that samples 50 popular Vogue dance videos on YouTube and asks audience members to show their understanding of Vogue culture by deciding if what they are seeing is “Vogue” or not (“vague”). https://vimeo.com/335219755
DanceTheRoof (2013-2015)
an informal, collaborative playspace and skillshare exchange between dancers and videographers that took place on a rooftop in NYC for one day every summer for three years. https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/221903531