Experimental Works
YOSEMITE DANCE (2020)
Song for non-commercial use only, Anything You Want by JAWNY
Shot in the middle of the night near Yosemite Park, we decided to test the low-light capabilities of our camera with a dance in a dried up lake.
UNDERWATER DREAM (2020)
Song for non-commercial use only, Favorite Fish by Gus Dapperton
Featuring my best friends at the local Frost Museum, shot on BMPCC 4K
RECOGNITION! :
@paulamilenkova
Environmental GRIEF (2020)
A montage of archival and found footage, none my own and for non-commercial use only
Woman is taken from The Collector by Éric Rhomer
NATURE TAKES BACK (2020)
Created during the national shelter-in-place orders of the COVID 19 outbreak, I was inspired by many viral videos depicting wild animals reclaiming the empty streets of cities. In the spring the Environmental Protection Agency meant to restrict corporations from polluting relaxed its standards. I find this outrageous and therefore illustrate the toxic toll the consequences will have on wildlife health. Will they become as sick as us during this time?
WOMXN BEHIND THE WHEEL (2019)
A montage of archival and found footage, none my own and for non-commercial use only
Created to compliment my learnings in an Avant-Garde course at UC Berkeley. I wanted to articulate the empowerment of women behind the wheel. Some interesting associations I made between archival material and women's rights internationally: obviously, countries such as the US had more archival footage of women behind the wheel because their right to drive was granted earlier than say, women in the UAE; to make an implicit critique of each country's history with women drivers, I juxtaposed the archival footage with modern footage; and to include womxn that weren't represented by the media I came across, I included them through auditory means.
This is only a teaser : )
SAME FACE (2018)
A friend of mine, Briana Chavez, took a photo of me the fall of 2018. After it was developed, I experienced a deja vu moment and realized, I had seen that face on someone else before.
In the summer of 2017, I visited my grandparents in Bulgaria and often went through old albums. I discovered the image of my grandmother in her youth.
I proceeded to call my grandmother, show her the resemblance, and talk about it.
My family is spearheaded by many strong women so I took this as an opportunity to perpetuate the myth and grandeur of matriarchs through experimental visualizations.