THE ARGUS PROJECT
TFI Suppport
TFI New Media Fund 2016
Logline
The Argus Project is a performance intervention, video installation and wearable sculpture which directly intersects the current debate over police accountability and state surveillance, creating a space to bring together the many points of view required to have a real conversation on police violence - one that our country desperately needs.
Ligaiya Romero
Video Producer, Editor
Ligaiya Romero is a documentary filmmaker, photographer, QPOC, and first-generation American whose work centers around the liminal spaces of the immigrant experience. Ligaiya graduated from UCLA with dual degrees in Film Production and International Development. She studied at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies and received her M.A. in Visual Communication at UNC-Chapel Hill. Her work has been recognized by the SXSW Interactive Awards, NPPA Best of Photojournalism, College Photographer of the Year and the New York Photo Awards, among others. Most recently, she was a documentary producer and editor at MediaStorm.
Julien Terrell
Producer
Julien A. Terrell was born and raised in West Harlem, where he first developed an interest in community and cultural organizing and still lives to this day. He is a co-organizer of the Harlem Copwatch Team.
Raquel de Anda
Producer
Raquel De Anda is an independent curator and cultural producer based in Brooklyn, NY. De Anda began her career as Associate Curator at Galería de la Raza, a contemporary Latino arts organization in San Francisco, CA (2003- 2010) and has continued to support the production of socially engaged artwork in both Mexico and the United States.
Gan Golan
Artistic Director
Gan Golan is a NY Times bestselling author and artist. He has spent the last two decades on the front lines of social justice movements throughout the US and abroad, from housing and labor rights, to climate and economic justice. His books include the bestseller 'Goodnight Bush' and the critically-acclaimed graphic novel 'The Adventures of Unemployed Man'. As an artist, he has designed rock music posters for Erykah Badu, Queen Latifah, Willie Nelson, Nick Cave and the Foo Fighters.