Creative Endeavors
Projects
est. 2013
Sari-Sari Storybooks
I wrote and served as a creative collaborator in producing multilingual children's stories from different regions in the Philippines together with local artists.
Sari-Sari Storybook's (SSS) mission is to not only preserve and celebrate the diversity of Philippine languages, but to also create new stories that capture local culture and traditions that today's children can relate to and enjoy.
The first book of the series, Melo, is a story about a timid young Ivatan boy and his loving grandma. Together with SSS founder Christina Newhard, we developed the story with the Ivatan community through group storytelling sessions and interviews with locals. Melo served as the prototype to obtain further support for the succeeding books.
Fe
A video portrait 10 years too late.
Coming soon.
Anna
A video portrait of a dear friend.
Coming soon.
We Children of the Night
Music Video for Them Bloody Royals
Showing my range as an artist :P
Shot by: Alyssa Sarmiento Co
Edited by: Alexis Sarmiento
Production Assistant: Patrick Co
Produced by: Them Bloody Royals
Special thanks to: PJ Rebullida - Choreographer/Dancer The Mirror Studio
(2021)
The Making Of: A Mushroom Ring (ASMR)
Silversmithing with Studio 925
Spot.ph's Loren Evangelista tries out silversmithing with Studio 925's Ja Arias.
Visit Studio 925 for more details.
(2016)
The Making Of: A Leather Pouch
Pat of Soulflower makes crafting your own leather pouch look so easy.
Visit Soulfower for more details.
(2019)
Lola Marta
Documenting Ivatan culture as we developed the story, Melo the Umang Boy, for Sari-Sari Storybooks. Lola Marta was the inspiration for Melo's grandma Lucia in the book. Here she is singing a traditional Ivatan laji.
Melo was developed with and for the wonderful people of Batanes.
(2013)
Here Comes the Sun
A film produced with / for the kids of Choo Choo Train Preschool in Brooklyn. Because you can never be too young to learn about filmmaking.
All materials from the corner bodega.
(2013)
Umaga
A short film montage featuring brief shots of still, quiet, slow segments of time.
Awarded Best in Poetic Cinema at the Dorothy Hirshon Film Showcase in New York.
Music by Patrick Co
(2012........2024+ reissue coming soon.)
1, 2
A video portrait of a sister, created as a farewell.
Also, wow, another tightly shot montage. All the love for my dearest friends who let me shoot them up close.
(2012)
My Destination: NYC Subway
Before the heydays of vlogging and a lifetime before TikTok, there she was, frolicking in the underground streets of New York, living her best life buried in debt and in love.
(2011)
Post-it
Yes, we will proudly include work that makes our nape tingle with embarrassment because this is all part of the process. The never-ending, despair-filled void that is the creative process slash experiment slash grand gesture.
Password protected for everyone's sake.
(2012)
Hands
A silent film montage, shot with a Bolex 16mm film camera featuring friends and neighbors.
An amateur student film? A study on voyeurism? A lack of personal space? An obsession over hands? An excuse to stay reaaallllll close? All of the above? Yes.
(2011)
Back and Forth
Practice shots on racking focus with a Bolex 16mm film camera.
...and an unexpected love story.
(2011)
Save The Radio
A practice on long takes capturing one of my favorite fleeting moments with my then-roommates...unfortunately tainted by my less than stellar camera work. But oh well, that's life. Focus on the making of a bop. Good luck getting this track out of your head.
Love to the best roommates:
Nicole & Alan Markley (Check out his Spotify)
(2011)