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“PORTICULATES” is a cinematic exploration revolving around Reza Monahan’s immersive sound piece, installed at the Angels Gate Cultural Center in 2023 as a highlight of their audio-art series, “soundpedro.” This reverberating work was cast across the cityscape of San Pedro from an antiquated cannon panama mount.
The film unfolds beneath a mesmerizing strawberry moon, capturing the multifaceted essence of the installation and San Pedro’s landscape. It traverses iconic landmarks: the historic Point Fermin Lighthouse, the U.S.S. Iowa, the ethereal Vincent Thomas Bridge, and the bustling Port of Los Angeles. The film’s auditory canvas is woven from the installation’s granular aural textures, which guide its editing structure and rhythm.
Credits:
Producer/Director: Reza Monahan
Director of Photography: Walker Sayen
Editors: Walker Sayen/Reza Monahan
Sound Designers: Reza Monahan/Walker Sayen
This film is dedicated to: the organizers and attendees of soundpedro 2023 The City of San Pedro and Angels Gate Cultural Center
©2024 Reza Monahan Studio
Reza Monahan is an artist and filmmaker who holds an MFA in Interdisciplinary Art from Art Center College of Design and a BFA in Experimental Film and New Genres from San Francisco Art Institute. His studio blends questions of language and cinema within time-and-space-based projects to unfold ideas surrounding kinesthetics, design and phenomenology. Monahan’s installation art and speculative films have exhibited in venues and galleries including, UNTITLED Art Fair, Miami, ICALA, LAGE EGAL Gallery, Berlin, OR Gallery, Vancouver, Anthology Film Archives, NYC, Karma International, Zurich, Monte Vista Projects, Los Angeles, MiM Gallery, Los Angeles and Guggenheim Gallery, Orange, CA.
Artist Location: Los Angeles, CA
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