Hi my name is FRANCISCO, BUT PEOPLE CALL ME mOOSE. i'M A VIDEOGRAPHER, PHOTOGRAPHER, AND EDITOR. i'VE MADE SHORT FILMS, DOCUMENTARY FILMS, AND VIDEOS FOR NON-PROFITS. In 2018, I graduated with a B.A. in film from ASU's Herberger Institute for Design and Arts.
ARTIST STATEMENT
I desire to tell stories about people who normally aren’t in the light, people in my community. These people deserve to be appreciated as well as be in the light for what they do. I live in a neighborhood where you learned the most valuable lessons at the park playing basketball against older folks. I learned about consistency and patience when we had a community pool (that isn’t there anymore). No matter the kind of people you came across, you always showed respect. I learned the hardest working people were the vendors around my block selling ice cream and elotes. Mowing the lawn was a visual representation of what labor was and how I got an allowance. However, for others that was their actual income. Going to school was the most important thing growing up because the people in my life had to end it early. Two words: echale ganas (the desire to succeed). I heard those two words every morning before I left to school or work.
I aim to push Latinx specifically Mexican American culture in my work. Aside from creating feature/short films, I aim to also spread the culture in different formalities. I want audiences to experience it through dance movement, in live performance, but also through new technology such as virtual reality. Learning virtual reality will open a new lens one that can be taken through a first person point of view.
My current project that I wrote, "Soledad" is a short film about a grandmother who tries to find things to do around the house while everyone is gone for work. She normally comes to visit during the holidays, and either stays with my family or my uncles. I’ve always wondered what do people do when you’re not there after you left. This short film can ultimately open the conversation of what is to be alone, and how it becomes a deeper part of our life.