Jennifer GoyaBiophilia, 2022Single Channel Animation4 minute 45 sec Biophilia by definition is a term used to describe the human need to connect to nature. It is also the title of an experimental film that visualizes a landscape of young ʻōhi‘a lehua trees growing in an open lava field. Each tree is positioned in a dreamlike …
Jennifer GoyaWaikiki Sign, 2011Single-Channel High-Definition Video4 minutes Waikiki Sign, is a pre-visualization of a future art installation as seen in a single-channel video installation. The proposed art structure will be composed of seven white letters, 40 feet tall and 40 feet wide that spell out “Waikiki” and would be constructed on the makai side of …
Jennifer GoyaOrdnance Ordinance, 2012Single Channel High-Definition Video10 minutes, 10 seconds The US military used Kaho‘olawe as a bombing range for 50 years. During that time, the island’s caprock was broken; loosing its ability to retain fresh water, making it nearly impossible for native life to thrive. In one thousands years, the island’s caprock will remain …
Jennifer GoyaRapids Merging Flow, 2005VHS Tape with analog edits2 minutes, 4 seconds Rapids Merging Flow explores the concept of collage by blending extremely close-up images of Kilauea volcano erupting using analog mediums. The video is overlaid with other close-up images of semi-harden lava flowing like water creating a geological metaphor: two types of rapids merging …
Jennifer GoyaFashion Plate, 2003Single Channel Hi-8 Video2 minutes, 52 seconds Fashion Plate uses fashion styles from the early to mid-1900s as a historic link to the present. A dark historical narrative unfolds in this triptich experimental film using historical fashion, performance, and projection. The film playing in the upper left quadrant depicts a girl passing …
Jennifer Goya3:16, 2003Single Channel Hi-8 Video with Projection2 minutes Credits: Projected Woman – Stacey Hayashi 3:16 attempts to codify a 3-act non-linear narrative in edited cuts involving the number 16. The repetitious cuts involving the numbers 3 and 16 is a methodic attempt to immortalize the woman through a projected landscape.