Profile
Video artist and producer of experimental and collaborative, multi-channel video installation works. Single channel work can be viewed at www.rilkeanheart.org. Additional film/videography available upon request. Other professional qualifications include editor, videographer, and educator.
Currently an MFA candidate in New Media Art & Performance at Long Island University. Thesis research concerns the exploration of the national psyche of a divided Korea, as well as the formation and embodiment of national-identity and nation-building in the Koreas as evident in traditional music and dance forms.
Based in New York City.
Professional Experience
Editor | San Toki Productions & Affiliates | San Francisco, CA & New York, NY ~ 2006-08
Editor for long-form investigative documentaries for Dateline NBC and MSNBC. Working closely with executive producer in crafting story and development of stylistic approach from raw footage. Also editor for short-form segments produced for The Today Show, CNBC, and CBS News. Final Cut Pro with transfers to Avid media formats.
Director | Bang Lime & Last Gang Records | Oakland, CA & Toronto, Canada ~ 2007
Commissioned as director, co-producer, writer, primary videographer, and editor in the creation of a music video for the band Bang Lime’s debut album, Best Friends In Love. Produced for broadcast and web distribution.
Artist, Videographer, Editor | Clock | Oakland, CA ~ 2007
Created a two-channel video installation for Clock, a collaboration with post-modern dancer and choreographer Micaela Gardner. Video was created to produce an environment of moving landscapes and abstract forms representing movement and time. Simultaneous projections were presented live with dance performance. Shot on Mini DV with post-production in Avid.
Teaching Artist | East Bay Center for the Performing Arts | Richmond, CA ~ 2006-07
Instructor of video production throughout the public schools of Contra Costa and Alameda counties. Collaborating with fellow teaching artists of other disciplines in creating engaging, project-based curricula.
Editor | Community Bridge Video | Oakland, CA ~ 2006
Editor for short-format projects produced for the Latino Film Festival in conjunction with Subaru, as well as for the California Dance Institute and the Museum of Natural History, Los Angeles.
Producer, Videographer, Editor | The Opportunity Agenda | New York, NY ~ 2006
Commissioned by the Opportunity Agenda to produce short-format documentaries for their official website launch: www.opportunityagenda.org. Videos addressed various socio-political issues within America. Shot on Sony PD 150, edited on Avid Xpress Pro (DV).
Night Editor | CBS News Productions | New York, NY ~ 2006
Role as night editor at CBS News Productions included digitizing and syncing multi-camera footage (Beta, DVC Pro, and Mini DV), creating rough edits, assisting with technical needs for projects and primary editors. Worked closely with editors, post-production coordinator, and producers for the Food Network and the History Channel. All work done with Avid Media Composer.
Teaching Artist, Head of Video Instruction | Brooklyn College Community Partnership | Brooklyn, NY ~ 2004-2005
Role as teaching artist in video production was to instruct digital video production and post-production to at-risk high school youth throughout Brooklyn through the BCCP after-school and Saturday programs. Additional teaching included working with Brooklyn College service learning students at the undergraduate level in pedagogy and media as social practices. Responsibilities also included creative and technical guidance for students and staff, creating community-based collaborative projects, and coordinating fellow video instructors and staff in new pedagogical approaches through digital storytelling. Programs: Final Cut, DVD Studio Pro, iMovie, and iDVD.
Editor, Assistant Editor | Paul Ryan, Video Artist | New York, NY ~2005
Worked as editor and assistant editor for pioneering video artist and scholar Paul Ryan on three projects created for Ryan’s gallery exhibitions in Aug 2005. Responsibilities included creating rough to final cut edits, creative consultation, and authoring all projects to DVD. Programs: Avid Xpress Pro, iDVD, and DVD Studio Pro.
Editor | DrivingVotes.org | New York, NY & Seattle, WA ~ 2004
Edited short documentary, 'Florida,' for the drivingvotes.org website for the 2004 Presidential Election. This short was a testimony-based account of voter disenfranchisement in the 2000 Presidential Election. Edited on PC-based Avid Xpress Pro and output to web.
Producer, Videographer, Editor | Touch & Go Records | New York, NY ~ 2003-04
Commissioned to create video for Touch & Go signed band TV on the Radio for their single “Dreams.” Video was included on band’s full-length debut CD release, Desperate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babes in March 2004. Also featured on NPR’s All Songs Considered.
Education
Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY - MFA candidate in New Media Art & Performance, 2010 (anticipated date of completion). Graduate Assistant Spring 08-present.
New School University, New York, NY - MA Media Studies, 2005. Awarded teaching assistantships Spring 04-05.
New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, New York, NY - BFA Film & Video Production, 2000. Academic Honors Scholar and Founder’s Day Awards.
Professional Qualifications
+ Trained and experienced in all areas of film & video production and post-production, including but not limited to: videography, cinematography, screenwriting, lighting, sound design, linear (film-based) and non-linear editing.
+ Experienced and knowledgeable in creating engaging, project-based curricula for film & video production and post-production, media literacy, and media production as a social practice.
+ Extensive knowledge of film and video histories, aesthetics, theories, and practices.
+ Highly computer proficient across Mac and PC platforms.
+ Highly skilled in the following software: Isadora, Avid, Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere, After Effects, Max/MSP/Jitter (working knowledge).
Research and Collaborative Projects
◦ Currently in development of thesis research and fieldwork, which will be conducted in South Korea 2009-10. Project will culminate into a written thesis as well as a live multi-media performance work.
◦ Online research contributor for the MacArthur Foundation initiative on Digital Media and Learning (Fall, 2006).