around the corner, behind the sun: are you love?

DOCUMENTARY / EXPERIMENTAL FILM — PUBLIC INSTALLATION

Public Exhibition at the Toronto’s Year Of Public Art (2021 - 2022), Nov. 2021

“Where do our memories go when we almost forget them? ‘Around The Corner, Behind The Sun’ is a 3 panel visual curation that holds the memories that exist in the moments before being forgotten.”

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basset the band - in the clay (mv)

MUSIC VIDEO

This yearning for connection is perceived through two characters who are going through parallel worlds of healing, woven to coexist in one shared timeline. It is meditative and reflective, similar to the nature of the song. It is the yearning for better days. How do we meet again?

Director - Monica Thi @monica.Thi
Producer - Luisa Cruz @lupsc
Director of Photography & Colour - Carine Zahner @peterpan.syndrome
Editor & Co-writer - Maria Bykina @mariabykina
Production Designer - Chelsea Attong @chelseaattong
Art Director - Karen Selina N. @kkselina
Set Decorator - Laura Prieto @laurspri
Stylist - Angie Jayasinghe @bby_aj
HMUA - Kathy Nguyen @recognizekat
1st AD - Diego Rosé @diegorose_with_an_accent
Gaffer - Andy Youn @younandy
1st AC - Talia Woodland @taliawo
Key Grip/Gaffer - Mivan Makia @mivsmak
Stills Photographer - Sarah Bauman @sarah.Elise.bauman
Grip - Joel Rodriguez
PA - Nathan MacKinnon @deluxebigmack

Paraluman Flora - Please Handle With Care. (2021)

SOCIAL CAMPAIGN / EXPERIMENTAL-DOCU FILM

Please Handle WIth Care. (2021) is a short experimental-docu film that visually translates the preparation of a family style meal as a love language in honour of daughters to mothers. Creating an empathic space for breath, two sisters recite a traditional recipe passed down from generations, read through their mother tongue. The bursts of colour act as an abstraction of memories to match the distinctive palette of Paraluman Flora’s blooming bouquet, which sets the final table to finally share our meal together.

Director & Editor: Monica Thi @monica.thi
Floral Artist: Kim Jasmin Monsalud Francisco @paraluman.flora
Production Manager: Christy Kim @cjdaze
Director of Photography: Mikie Kim @mikie.jae
Art Director: Cat Calica @yunguava
Art Assistant: @krist.__0
Floral Assistant: @platinum.puta

Paraluman Flora — ‘not just for lovers’ Valentine’s day collection

SOCIAL CAMPAIGN

FILM & ART DIRECTOR | CREATIVE DIRECTOR | EDITOR