https://cdiaz.cargo.site C. Wed, 23 Aug 2023 16:42:16 +0000 https://cdiaz.cargo.site en https://cdiaz.cargo.site/A-BODY-TO-WORSHIP Wed, 23 Aug 2023 16:42:16 +0000 C. https://cdiaz.cargo.site/A-BODY-TO-WORSHIP A body to worship A film poem made with misloaded 16mm film, manipulated piano improvisations and an incantation. I want a body to worship To examine closely Locating moments of ecstasy and grief Feeling the surface, going inward. I want a body to hold Gently, tightly A vessel of eternal warmth The scent of skin Marked with memory. I want a body to worship Sending me to the altar With offerings to the divine Carrying me forward Into the temple. I want a body to share These connections Sinews of fate and destiny Devouring them slowly The taste of sweat A sweet timeline of intimacy. A body to worship. A turning point Unlocking hearts Barbs unfurl into blooms As the flowers and songs and ripe fruits adorn the altar The body awaits For its devoted follower. https://cdiaz.cargo.site/COLLAPSED-TIMELINES-IN-FELICITOUS-SPACE-1 Wed, 23 Feb 2022 23:23:17 +0000 C. https://cdiaz.cargo.site/COLLAPSED-TIMELINES-IN-FELICITOUS-SPACE-1 Collapsed Timelines In Felicitous Space March 4-26,2022 The McAllen Creative Incubator 601 N Main St. McAllen, TX 78501 Collapsed Timelines In Felicitous Space focuses on California landscapes and geographical memory. The&nbsp; exhibition opened on March 4, 2022 and featured new film and video works including &nbsp;Sacred Landscapes: The Arroyo Seco, a filmic ode to the Arroyo Seco, Compressed Time, a four-channel video installation of film diary entries from C.’s time living in California (2014-2020), and Body Landscapes No. 1, a painted exploration of physical and emotional bodies merging and summoning an ephemeral landscape. These varied forms of landscape meditations comment on the physical and psychic impressions left in our bodies and memory. Show notes: English &amp; Spanish <img width="640" height="480" width_o="640" height_o="480" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1c44c8d16803b7ed4213abfec000028c58b3f007aa3559fa3b419de6b0bba200/IMG_9255.jpg" data-mid="138884871" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/640/i/1c44c8d16803b7ed4213abfec000028c58b3f007aa3559fa3b419de6b0bba200/IMG_9255.jpg" /> <img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9a0ac3a4ec4adbb27292af839f68c13fc25864250ff2b7323031b93bf7a809ee/IMG_9350.jpg" data-mid="138884872" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9a0ac3a4ec4adbb27292af839f68c13fc25864250ff2b7323031b93bf7a809ee/IMG_9350.jpg" /> <img width="4450" height="3375" width_o="4450" height_o="3375" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6084c06d77bc78740a4cff77d1784976d4e56d6306a0e1d55918e5ecda7b07b9/FILMDIARY_001.jpg" data-mid="138885088" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6084c06d77bc78740a4cff77d1784976d4e56d6306a0e1d55918e5ecda7b07b9/FILMDIARY_001.jpg" /> <img width="6000" height="3375" width_o="6000" height_o="3375" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/491b8e32d867fee059328dfe316220e0279ab6622958ec25bceca5752fbb1bc3/LANDSCAPEBOUQUETS.jpg" data-mid="138885105" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/491b8e32d867fee059328dfe316220e0279ab6622958ec25bceca5752fbb1bc3/LANDSCAPEBOUQUETS.jpg" /> <img width="5056" height="3375" width_o="5056" height_o="3375" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6b45c6d47b66cd66c9e16f4542c125a964ff597fcb1de5d3bdadab9d1e5f71f1/ROCKS.jpg" data-mid="138885116" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6b45c6d47b66cd66c9e16f4542c125a964ff597fcb1de5d3bdadab9d1e5f71f1/ROCKS.jpg" /> <img width="3892" height="3340" width_o="3892" height_o="3340" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ce5db229debb1adbf0940b5fed023609eb0c340962cbc7e87b0026cae0d1ff76/FILMDIARY_005.jpg" data-mid="138885094" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ce5db229debb1adbf0940b5fed023609eb0c340962cbc7e87b0026cae0d1ff76/FILMDIARY_005.jpg" /> <img width="3891" height="3350" width_o="3891" height_o="3350" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fcaabdf830144f6290fb0d3d7a06cdc88924e6eb35382196e2457aac0712578d/FILMDIARY_003.jpg" data-mid="138885091" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fcaabdf830144f6290fb0d3d7a06cdc88924e6eb35382196e2457aac0712578d/FILMDIARY_003.jpg" /> <img width="4357" height="3375" width_o="4357" height_o="3375" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/82f83c738d5c64d1256131da38c75306ad2f607d511449651617c6f2815f980b/FILMDIARY_002.jpg" data-mid="138885090" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/82f83c738d5c64d1256131da38c75306ad2f607d511449651617c6f2815f980b/FILMDIARY_002.jpg" /> <img width="1169" height="1308" width_o="1169" height_o="1308" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c2455409959763097486c782a64473491f621936d08adb9052c80ed4b8e070ca/4191E435-2826-4553-897C-52C70D8CEE3A.jpg" data-mid="138884812" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c2455409959763097486c782a64473491f621936d08adb9052c80ed4b8e070ca/4191E435-2826-4553-897C-52C70D8CEE3A.jpg" /> <img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e8573d03241c3331f965cca5da36c04409ab34bc08eb4ced3c8ac310dd956422/IMG_9406.jpg" data-mid="138884873" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e8573d03241c3331f965cca5da36c04409ab34bc08eb4ced3c8ac310dd956422/IMG_9406.jpg" /> <img width="1035" height="1038" width_o="1035" height_o="1038" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/de2e297a5d5e9763370c0871b9fb1167241f51295c2653b543b80e577484b721/732114C7-F10C-4917-B932-38C1ADE2F013.jpg" data-mid="138884814" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/de2e297a5d5e9763370c0871b9fb1167241f51295c2653b543b80e577484b721/732114C7-F10C-4917-B932-38C1ADE2F013.jpg" /> Photos sourced from Trucha, Spid, and stills from Compressed Time. Closing out the show on March 26, soundscape artist Jon Almaraz&nbsp; joined C. in a dialogue on collaboration, healing, and the intuitive pull to create, which was followed by a deep listening and activation session in the gallery. This interactive experience created vibrational energy through sound and psychic intention to guide the audience through an exploration of their inner landscapes. The artists asked for participants to enter into the space with an open mind and open heart, and bring with them a small object they wish to activate with the vibrations of sound and energy. IN CONVERSATION DEEP LISTENING + ACTIVATION SESSION C. Díaz · Deep Listening + Space Activation w/ Jon Almaraz | March 26, 2022 Jon Almaraz is a self-taught artist and musician born in East L.A. His work is inspired by nature, space and the music of all things. He has performed, recorded and written for groups such as San Cha, Vibration Group, Sister Mantos and Bulbs. He currently resides in Santa Fe, NM. https://cdiaz.cargo.site/ECHALE-SAVILA Sat, 22 Jan 2022 22:19:48 +0000 C. https://cdiaz.cargo.site/ECHALE-SAVILA ÉCHALE SÁVILA Sávila’s music video and mini documentary, Échale Sávila, promotes inter-generational healing through the relationship with their mothers as they speak on themes of Mexican-American identity, resilience, and healing shot through the lens of a Super-8 camera by filmmaker C. Díaz. The Vision: Fabiola Reyna (guitarist), Brisa Gonzalez (singer) y Papi Fimbres (drums) reunite with their mothers in their current location of Portland, Oregon to honor the histories of their lives and those who came before them. Sávila reunite with their mothers to bring awareness to the experience, responsibilities, and trauma that women/mothers/care-takers face and how that transfers onto the generations that follow. Through this video Sávila seeks to answer questions such as, “How do we break this cycle of repeated suffering?” How do we honor and acknowledge the trauma of our history and use it to heal and empower our future?” &nbsp; ︎WATCH HERE︎ Director...C.&nbsp; Díaz Concept and Art Direction...Sávila Producer...Joop Joop Creative Camera...C. Díaz Las Mamis...Martha Reyna,&nbsp;Mercedes Gonzalez, Berta Fimbres Hair, MakeUp, Styling...Noelle Sosaya Set Design... Maria Joan Dixon Photographer...Evan James Benally Atwood Editor, Colorist...C. Díaz Sound Mix...Alejandra Leon Title Design, Poster Design...Trinh Huynh Original Score...Fabiola Reyna Production Assistants...Shana Fimbres, Megan Watson Special Thanks...Northwest Film Center,&nbsp; Portland Institute of Contemporary Art, Ei Toshinari Shot on location at the Painted Hills &amp; Blue Basin Ridge in Oregon. Traditional Lands of the ancient Umatilla, Wasco, Warm Springs, Northern Paiute, and Shoshone People 2019 https://cdiaz.cargo.site/QUIEN-BIEN-AMA Sat, 22 Jan 2022 20:09:55 +0000 C. https://cdiaz.cargo.site/QUIEN-BIEN-AMA QUIEN BIEN AMA NUNCA OLVIDA A love letter to the Rio Grande Valley, Texas. By weaving archival footage from their family's archive alongside present-day vignettes, abstract animation and text, the filmmaker investigates an evolving fascination with the region. As humans we analyze and romanticize memory and experience, and as time goes on, we lose track of the facts. ¿Qué verdad ocultamos a los demás o, quizás lo más importante, nos negamos a nosotros mismos? &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; ︎WATCH HERE︎ dirección..............................C. Díazguión..................................C. Díaztraducción y narración......Emma Perez-Trevinocamera.................Lauren Pruitt y C. Díazsonido........................Jon Almarazedición y color........................C. Díaz presentando Araceli Casaresgrabado en el Rio Grande Valley, TX muchísimas gracias a Kodak, Panavision, the Echo Park Film Center y todxs los que apoyaron esta película. 2018 https://cdiaz.cargo.site/FRENTE-A-FRENTE-2 Sat, 22 Jan 2022 22:27:31 +0000 C. https://cdiaz.cargo.site/FRENTE-A-FRENTE-2 FRENTE A FRENTE As humans, we constantly build barriers around our vulnerable selves, creating layers of trapped moments and emotions. It’s important to constantly dismantle these layers. Frente a Frente is an expanded cinema piece created during my residency at the Echo Park Film Center (February-March 2016). I spent two months dissecting a collection of perspectives, desires, choices, and manipulations. The first film (left) is a mixture of mis-loaded film, double exposures and optical printing. The second film (right) is a replication of the first, reprinted onto new stock via an optical printer. Manipulations in size, speed and exposure were created during the printing process. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;︎WATCH HERE︎ All film shot, processed, optically printed, cut, digitally scanned &amp; color graded by C. Díaz. Sound by Jon Almaraz. Additional camerawork by Joseph Bennett. 2016 https://cdiaz.cargo.site/DEJAR-2 Sat, 22 Jan 2022 22:31:41 +0000 C. https://cdiaz.cargo.site/DEJAR-2 DEJAR Oscillating between the calm and the chaotic- an eternal cycle we all learn to navigate. A romper, a destruir, y continuar (sigue) a vivir. ︎WATCH HERE︎ All film painted, shot, cut, composited &amp; colored by C. Díaz. Sound by Jon Almaraz. 2015 https://cdiaz.cargo.site/OLVIDO-2 Sat, 22 Jan 2022 22:34:57 +0000 C. https://cdiaz.cargo.site/OLVIDO-2 OLVIDO A woman learns to let go of her preconceived notions of reality. She approaches this new territory with caution and intrigue. Ultimately, she finds bliss through the oblivion and surrenders to the idiosyncrasies that surround her. &nbsp; ︎WATCH HERE︎ A found footage film. All film bleached, painted, shot, cut, composited &amp; colored by C. Díaz. Sound by Jon Almaraz. Transfers by DiJiFi 2015 https://cdiaz.cargo.site/ABOUT Tue, 05 Apr 2022 22:20:33 +0000 C. https://cdiaz.cargo.site/ABOUT C👽️ C. Díaz is an artist, archivist and co-founder of ENTRE Film Center &amp; Regional Archive. They currently live and work in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas, designing public programming that uplifts and preserves the rich cultural legacy of the region through audio/visual archives and experimental cinema. Their art practice uses archives, celluloid, text, and telluric material to investigate the relationships between cerebral landscapes, the natural world, and desire. ︎&nbsp; CONTACT ARCHIVES + ENTRE: c@entrefilmcenter.org PERSONAL :&nbsp;sessiphus@proton.me ︎ <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cef6a946194a731950bc5f58aba19256710d009824360e50b20f21ec426f5e91/CDiaz_RioGrandeValleyFuckTheBorderwall.jpg" data-mid="147955551" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cef6a946194a731950bc5f58aba19256710d009824360e50b20f21ec426f5e91/CDiaz_RioGrandeValleyFuckTheBorderwall.jpg" /> <img width="1250" height="937" width_o="1250" height_o="937" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4b6ef4288f01b2af8045dd22d8065edcb8f49c5abb10b49b7d912074f2083742/CD_Photo_1250.jpg" data-mid="138886545" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4b6ef4288f01b2af8045dd22d8065edcb8f49c5abb10b49b7d912074f2083742/CD_Photo_1250.jpg" /> <img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b858d0dcca0035a810b350652f07bb87431060cb0fb478fd8c7d419644d009d2/ENTRE_CDiazAtMcAllenHighSchool.jpg" data-mid="147955552" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b858d0dcca0035a810b350652f07bb87431060cb0fb478fd8c7d419644d009d2/ENTRE_CDiazAtMcAllenHighSchool.jpg" /> <img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/46fd11105580db1c7ff72dd23afee6859744764c262f2e1154a0cbe68b1a791e/IMG_1366.JPG" data-mid="138886546" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/46fd11105580db1c7ff72dd23afee6859744764c262f2e1154a0cbe68b1a791e/IMG_1366.JPG" /> <img width="540" height="506" width_o="540" height_o="506" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b480d73f3ebdfa6bca9f0da431a6666349a450b5e10bc1b26055a82acae2fce7/CDIAZ_PHOTOBOOTH.jpg" data-mid="152255419" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/540/i/b480d73f3ebdfa6bca9f0da431a6666349a450b5e10bc1b26055a82acae2fce7/CDIAZ_PHOTOBOOTH.jpg" /> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 👽️