So cool! SIFF is partnering with Starbucks to present seven short films in Starbucks Coffeehouses across the United States during the Seattle International Film Festival and Luchadora has been selected as one of them! Each selected short film will stream for 3-4 days on the Starbucks Digital Network, which is only accessible when you are on the wi-fi at any Starbucks location across…
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On June 6 I’ll be performing a multimedia piece with my co-conspirator Edward Wolcher at Ogopogo at the Pocket Theater. Ogopogo is kind of a mixed genre mash-up of poetry/prose/mixed media/theater put together by the good folks over at Babel Salvage. I’ll be projecting my film from my interactive website Fallout, the story of two…
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Luchadora got a fun write up for COMMunity Beat, the University of Washington’s Department of Communication’s blog! It was great to get a chance to talk about the film, the amazing sport of Lucha Libre, and how the Communication Leadership program at UW helped me make my first short doc!
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I’m beyond thrilled to be part of Manifesto, a Dance Narrative performance by ilvs straus. Why? Because I’m going to be working with and learning from one of my Seattle art heroes: someone who I consider a truly original and visionary artist/performer and whose work I’ve been following for quite some time. Because I will…
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How exciting! My short doc Luchadora will have it’s WORLD PREMIERE at the 2015 Seattle International Film Festival. I am beyond excited! Luchadora will screen with other local shorts at the ‘Northern Exposure’ block on Sunday, May 24, 2015 at 11:30 a.m. Don’t miss it! We’ll all be there (some with masks on 😉 This…
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It was so exciting to have the kids from Denny International Middle School visit my Signal to Noise installation at Jack Straw Gallery. They had a blast playing with CB radios, learning about KRAB history and AM radio, and being inspired to create their own radio stations to broadcast to the world! Here are some…
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The time has come! I am excited and pleased to announce my Artist Talk. It will be on Friday, February 15th, at 7pm, at Jack Straw. The talk will feature adventures, revelations and tidbits from my latest exhibit, Signal to Noise: Imagined Frequencies of Radiophonic Space that’s currently showing at the Jack Straw New Media…
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Signal to Noise: Imagined Frequencies of Radiophonic Space An installation by Amber Cortes January 25 – March 8, 2013 Radio is a forward moving medium that collects, controls, and radiates information. On the FM dial, radio is a highly regulated and monetized space. But on other dials, the all but forgotten AM and shortwave, illegal…
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