ariella tai & maximiliano
ariella tai (they/them) is an experimental filmmaker, artist and independent programmer based in Portland, OR. “look back at me” cites both the title and irreverent energy of the 2008 track from the genre-defining Miami rapper Trina. It digital glitch and analog video processing tools to create visual and sonic altars for Black femme pleasure, play, revenge and possibility. “look back at me” lays in the messy interstices that inextricably link power, pleasure, violence and desire. “cavity” is a short film meditating on revenge, power and alternate realities. Using the unanswered rage of Olivia Pope and her mother, Maya Lewis, as visual and sonic focal points, different narratives and their possibilities coalesce as a deadly siren song.
maximiliano [ aka hija de mija, fka maximiliano, LV SVNTV ] is an experimental visual artist, using semiotics & ritual – communing liberation mythoi. maximiliano is a 2025 Oregon Arts Commission Individual Artist Fellow. KATABASIS, new performance at ON THE BOARDS, SEATTLE in JUNE 2025.
iiiii , visual poem grimoire novella COMING SOON
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