AVALANCHE OF SUN
AVALANCHE OF SUN (2022) is a video poem about the lonely yet ultimately ecstatically transcendent experience of queer self-love and the self-making of our queer bodies.
Director: Francesca Pazniokas / Performer and Costume Designer: Rae Boyadjis /DoP: Isabel Padilla/ Production Design: Joyce Lai
BE NOT AFRAID
BE NOT AFRAID (2022-2023) is an ongoing aerial - photography project inspired by Gnostic creation myths, created with support from Awesome On The Water and the Tideland Institute.
Director and Photographer: Francesca Pazniokas / Performer: Rae Boyadjis
6FT.
6FT. (2021) is a surreal fever-dream about the isolation and suffocation of the quarantine experience. A collaboration between artists in Brooklyn and London, 6FT. seeks connection through an exploration of loneliness and forced seclusion.
“A visually striking experimental film brimming with colorful textures and vivid soundscapes…ripe with abstract meaning and metaphor.” - NoBudge
“Pazniokas channels the shared mental experience of what it means to be going through a global quarantine…even in its most surreal moments, her short highlights the collectiveness of the present moment and how we’re not alone in our issues.” - Directors Notes
Director: Francesca Pazniokas / Performer and Costume Designer: Rae Boyadjis /DoP: Maddalena De Beni / Production Design: Joyce Lai
SEA CHANGE
Comprised of a suite of elements including short video work, live aerial performance and photo stories, SEA CHANGE (2019) explores the psyche of the character of Ariel from Shakespeare's The Tempest, as well as Ariel’s journey of bondage, escape, freedom and transcendence.
Director, DoP and Photographer: Francesca Pazniokas / Performer and Costume Designer: Rae Boyadjis