Query is a single-channel, 360-degree audiovisual work intended to be experienced through VR and installations within a planetarium. This piece utilizes abstracted imagery of the cosmos, specifically rings of light which form as a result of gravitational lensing an occurrence observed when a massive body existing in spacetime, such as galaxy clusters or black holes, cause a curvature in spacetime resulting in the light around the mass to bend. Droning bass sounds and sine waves accompany the widening portals, creating a sense of depth. Drawing its title from Isaac Newton’s Opticks, in which Newton wrote about gravity, light and God, Query serves as a reminder of the distance between humanity, the invisible, and the immense.
- Diana Rojas
Music by Miezzma, the avant-doom metal project of Conner Simmonsand Kory Reeder
XOPOΣ
Jonathan Snead, Marcel Castro-Lima, & Conner Simmons XOPOΣ (Greek: chorus) was a series of immersive multimedia theater works for improvising shadow theater chamber ensemble and overlapping refracted video projections which provided abstract commentary on the subjects and thematic material of the intermedia performance art installation found///lost in transit.
Harbinger is a single channel audiovisual piece that explores the concept of harbingers through the amalgamation of materiality and symbolism of silica aerogel and angelic beings.
Harbinger was recently exhibited at the Cappella Santa Maria den Carcerati in Bologna, Italy as a part of the “Labrinto Urbano” show by videoart channel Mock Jungle.
video by Diana Rojas [website] sound by Conner Simmons
The Class of 2018 B.C.
Above is the teaser to the feature film "The Class of 2018 B.C." directed by Ben Escobar. I was very happy to have the opportunity to write the score for this film, and am excited for its expected release next fall. It is currently being submitted for consideration at Sundance and many other festivals.