Borrufa is now available through Collective Eye Films.
Colleges, Universities, Schools, and Libraries can find the film here.
Special thanks to Kanani Koster and James-Michael Boyer.
Still from BORRUFA (dir. Roland Dahwen, 2020)
APPROACHES at Eugene Contemporary Art /
On Thursday, July 7, a short film that I made with Takahiro Yamamoto, APPROACHES, will be presented at Broadway Metro cinema in Eugene, OR. The film is part of Exuberance: Sound, Color, Light & Movement, curated by Julie Perini and presented by Eugene Contemporary Art. Thanks to Julie and Agnese Cebere for including our work in the program.
7pm, 7/7/2022.
Info and tickets here.
Opacity of Performance /
NOTHINGBEING Symposium – April 16, 2022 /
Borrufa selected to the 16mm Harkat Film Festival in Mumbai /
Thank you to the 16mm Harkat Film Festival (Mumbai, India) for selecting Borrufa for their festival. A celluloid film-only festival, Harkat is virtual this year.
Borrufa is scheduled to screen online on December 19, 2020.
For information and tickets: https://16mm.harkat.in/
BORRUFA PREMIERE AT PORTLAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL /
After many years, Borrufa will premiere tomorrow at the Portland International Film Festival. One of eight films that are finalists for the Future/Future competition, Borrufa screens on March 7 and March 12, at the Whitsell Auditorium, inside the Portland Art Museum.
Thank you to the hundreds of people, near and far, who have given time, ideas, resources, houses, food, equipment, criticism, encouragement, and belief to make this film possible.
Thank you to Portland Monthly for selecting Borrufa as one of their five Top Picks for PIFF2020, as well as for profiling me in their April issue.
Poster design by Heldáy de la Cruz
Notes – Upcoming events /
Screening of TRAVELER’S ODE
(music and words by Dao Strom; directed by Roland Dahwen; d.p. Edward Pack Davee)
at Winter Poetry Festival
5p, Sat Jan 11, 2020
PNCA
INFO
Visiting artist lecture – Roland Dahwen
at KSMoCA
10.20a, Thu Jan 23, 2020
KSMoCA
INFO
Screening of RIOS SUELTOS
(music video for Y La Bamba; co-directed by Luz Elena Mendoza and Roland Dahwen; d.p. Edward Pack Davee)
at Reel Music Film Festival’s NW Music Video Showcase
7p, Wed Feb 12, 2020
Jupiter Next
INFO
Performance of PROPERTY OF OPAQUENESS
(Takahiro Yamamoto’s show, with Rana San and Roland Dahwen)
at Center for Contemporary Art and Culture
7p, Thu, Mar 19, 2020
PNCA
INFO
Notes – Property of Opaqueness /
Thank you to Takahiro Yamamoto for including me in his performance Property of Opaqueness, made possible by the Henry Art Gallery and performed at Velocity Dance Center in Seattle, WA. Thanks to all the staff of the Henry, Velocity, Nina, Ian, Erin, Rana, and Taka.
Notes – the Overseas Banquet at TBA Festival /
Thank you to everyone who attended and supported The Overseas Banquet at TBA Festival. Special thanks to Mekong Bistro, the Cooley Gallery and staff, PICA and PICA staff, Stephanie Snyder, Ella Marra-Ketelaar, and performers Nazli Rahmanian and Shao Way Wu. Audio contributions from: d.a. carter, Intisar Abioto, Craig Epplin, Sahra Brahim. Photography: Alexander Pomper.
Notes – TBA event on Sept 10 /
THE OVERSEAS BANQUET
Installation and performance
Sept 10, 2019
6.30pm
Mekong Bistro, 82nd and NE Siskiyou
Free – reservations required through the TBA site:
Notes – Property of Opaqueness performance in Seattle /
I will be participating in Takahiro Yamamoto’s PROPERTY OF OPAQUENESS performance on October 6, 2019 at Velocity Dance Center in Seattle.
Notes – Installation at Everson Museum of Art /
Thanks to curators Ashley Stull Meyers and DJ Hellerman for including my work in Everson Museum of Art’s Video in America series.
Notes – ARENA – VIDEO AND BEYOND (CORTONA ON THE MOVE FESTIVAL) /
July 11 opening.
Cantonese translation and voiceover: Shao Way Wu
Italian translation: Valentina Scaramella
Curator: Liza Faktor
Supported by the Regional Arts & Culture Council
Short excerpt
Notes – Converge 45 /
August 10 opening.
Notes – FIVAC video art festival in Cuba /
Thank you to the organizers of the Festival Internacional de Videoarte de Camagüey (FIVAC) for including my work in their festival April 22-29, 2019. Thank you also to Hector Remedios for the initial encouragement. And special thanks to Stephanie Snyder and the Cooley Gallery for their generous support.
Notes – video festival in Italy /
Excited to show a video piece in the upcoming festival Cortona on the Move (section: Arena – Video and Beyond) in Cortona, Italy. The work will be exhibited for the duration of the festival: July – September, 2019. Many thanks to Liza Faktor for curation.
Notes – Takahiro Yamamoto performance at Lumber Room /
Thank you to Takahiro Yamamoto for asking me to perform with him in his piece Property of Opaqueness at the lumber room on May 5, 2019.
Fotos from our rehearsal.
Notes – claire barrera performance /
I had the pleasure of contributing to claire barrera’s performance SUGAR on May 3, 4, 5 at De-Canon’s space at Milepost 5.
Performance by claire barrera, with dramaturgy by Allie Hankins and video by Roland Dahwen.
Notes – Screening at Boathouse Microcinema /
On Sunday, April 14, THERE ARE NO BIRDS IN THE NESTS OF YESTERDAY is screening at Boathouse Microcinema, alongside work by Pam Minty and Julia Oldham.
Doors at 7.30pm, showing at 8pm. $8 at the door – no advance tickets.
Notes – Traveler's Ode in Cadence Video Poetry Festival /
April 4, 2019 screening of Dao Strom’s Traveler’s Ode in Cadence Video Poetry Festival in Seattle, Washington.
