San Joaquin

2020-2021,  8 min, video, color

With aerial and surface footage, the film probes the San Joaquin Valley in California, the single largest alteration of the land surface attributed to humankind. Surveillance, technology, visuality, and land use are reflexively explored in this hyper real landscape.

Cinematography & Editing: R. Yun Keagy
Additional Camera: Chris Chan Lee, Gisell Calderón, Emma Turzillo, Sofia Chang
Sound Design (2021): deVon Russell Gray, Patrick Pegg



Screenings:
Short films by R Yun Matea, Twin Cities Art Week, Dreamsong Gallery, Minneapolis MN, 2022

Between Boundaries: Kenai Bunker Showcase, Corner Theater, Busan, South Korea, 2020 (silent version)

Constructing Landscape/ Framing the Landscape, Expanding the Frame, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis MN, 2020 (canceled pandemic screening)