This Is (From) America
This Is (From) America is a single channel 6:15 minute long video performance art piece that serves as a reclamation of the stolen identity of foods endemic to the American continent that are now part of new cultural identities in the Old World.
The piece is part of a larger project called Pro Mundi Beneficio, which addresses the impact that colonialism still has on contemporary society by researching Mesoamerican plants and their influence on the creation of new cultural identities in the Old World.
Co-directed by: JC Candanedo, Chloe Rosser and Facundo Bustamante
Created by JC Candanedo
Produced by Chloe Rosser
Camera: Facundo Bustamante
© 2023 JC Candanedo
People Like Me
People Like Me is a single channel 5-minute long video performance piece adapted from my own poetry that explores homophobia, conversion therapy and familial relations.
The piece is part of a larger project called A Queer Mind is a Resilient Space, in which I revisit episodes of my life growing up queer in Panama as a way of releasing pent-up emotions that have been repressed for 30 years by my brain’s coping mechanism.
Created and Directed by JC Candanedo
Assistant Producer Steve Di Costa
Voice Recording: Trevor Joseph - Kindred Media Logistics
© 2024 JC Candanedo