Josiah Angcanan

PRLYZR

A journey through sleep through closed eyelids: drifting slowly to sleep, the mind wanders; phosphenes change colors under rapid eye movement; stuck in sleep paralysis, the colors violently pulsate; then finally, the eyes burst open wide awake.

Sky Journal II [Yellow]

Views of the sky during the Hughes Fire, from 30 miles away: 80 seconds at each half hour, captured from 12:30pm to 5:30pm (Jan. 22, 2025).

Lacerations

Two lost souls long for connection amid a vast digital landscape.

Lacerations

Two lost souls long for connection amid a vast digital landscape.

Lacerations

Two lost souls long for connection amid a vast digital landscape.

Lacerations

Two lost souls long for connection amid a vast digital landscape.

Sever

A woman recalls a plaguing nightmare.

Sever

A woman recalls a plaguing nightmare.

Sever

A woman recalls a plaguing nightmare.

Revolver

Using a screen recording of the process of scrolling through dozens of images, the film resembles the mesmerizing and violent movements of a revolver.

Revolver

Using a screen recording of the process of scrolling through dozens of images, the film resembles the mesmerizing and violent movements of a revolver.

Revolver

Using a screen recording of the process of scrolling through dozens of images, the film resembles the mesmerizing and violent movements of a revolver.

Pink Matter

When a young man goes to a brothel to lose his virginity, he finds wisdom in a courtesan.

Sky Journal [Blue]

Views of the sky during and after the Santa Ana winds: 30 seconds at each hour of the day, each hour captured on 24 different days.

Rooftops

Two drug runners earn their keep by overcharging their classmates at a Christian university. But one night, their ruthless dealer gives them just a few more hours to collect the money they owe him. Now the young pushers must survive the seemingly normal private school’s criminal underground in one night-long odyssey.

Rooftops

Two drug runners earn their keep by overcharging their classmates at a Christian university. But one night, their ruthless dealer gives them just a few more hours to collect the money they owe him. Now the young pushers must survive the seemingly normal private school’s criminal underground in one night-long odyssey.

Rooftops

Two drug runners earn their keep by overcharging their classmates at a Christian university. But one night, their ruthless dealer gives them just a few more hours to collect the money they owe him. Now the young pushers must survive the seemingly normal private school’s criminal underground in one night-long odyssey.

Drifting

A meditation on sleep and solitude. An elderly woman wakes up from a mysteriously long slumber and struggles to live her normal routine.

Drifting

A meditation on sleep and solitude. An elderly woman wakes up from a mysteriously long slumber and struggles to live her normal routine.

Drifting

A meditation on sleep and solitude. An elderly woman wakes up from a mysteriously long slumber and struggles to live her normal routine.