#iamhappiestwhenidesign

“Kasim, you are not a baby to the world, you are a black man, and they see you in a different light.” written + directed by JusticeSingleton @darealpoeticjustice | when a poet makes films, expect emotion. | @blacklightmovie @blackstarfest | SUNDAY 2:30pm, 3401 filbert st., philly! | #smmscostumedesign #iamhappiestwhenidesign #blackstar18 #bsff18 #byindiemeansnecessary #SUPPORTindieFiLM x watching it! (at BlackStar Film Festival)

🚨#DEARhollywood: @catventura123 with Last night "Holly Goes to Therapy" won the AUDIENCE AWARD for the short film category at the @danceswithfilms festival!!! Thank you to EVERYONE who helped make this happen. Cast, crew, friends and family...it's been such an amazing week at DWF21! ❤🎥❤🎬 #smmscostumedesign #iamhappiestwhenidesign #danceswithfilms #SUPPORTindieFILM #byindiemeansnecessary (at TCL Chinese Theatres)

my new designer portrait foto x the genius @gerardlalosandoval | #iamhappiestwhenidesign #smmscostumedesign (at Los Angeles, California)

“Holly Goes to Therapy”, directed x @catventura123, will be screening @danceswithfilms fest TCL Chinese Theater on Saturday June 9th 12:30PM | i am EXTREMELY PROUD of my work on this one, w/out slipping a spoiler 🚨, PLEASE GO SEE THIS one... i had to rig doubles for human & non human costumes... it’s a quirky kinda dark tim burton-esque short | #FEMALEfilmmakerFRIDAY #smmscostumedesign #hollygoestotherapy #banraku #iamhappiestwhenidesign #SUPPORTindieFILM #byindiemeansnecessary (at TCL Chinese Theatres)

LACDC’s FAM dance art film premiered on the standard vision screen in DTLA! THANK YOU @standardvision! simply breathtaking to see my costume design work on an INSANE screen. the badass creative collaboration w director + dp nathan kim & los angeles contemporary dance co. artistic director + choreographer genevieve carson. this film WON the award for ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT at the los angeles dance festival with the invitation to this SVLA1 screening.

c.2000, taken in alphabet city aka loisaida. for surface mag. my signature design called a “ping pant | 3 rectangles” named after the ping sound from the knees moving in the space. i was fixated on euclidean mathematics + exploring fabric hemispheres, constricting movement. today, i still don’t people realize how conceptual of an artist i am. i have 2 prints of this foto, one in a safe spot for future framing and this one, rawly stuck on the wall collecting dust and fading from the daylight. i every time i see this foto, this is a reminder to myself of when i fearless & lacked the concept of no. #samiFUNfacts #smmsdesign #iamhappiestwhenidesign (at Alphabet City, Manhattan)

ECSTATIC by our #lacdcFAM dance art film AWARD for ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT + the mega screening invite @standardvision | this was one of those amazing projects that i asked the universe to pls connect me to a beautiful art film {delivered} #inchallah | THANK YOU director @n8thankim (we had d’ #cosmicmemo #outfitdujour) & artistic dir. + choreographer @carsonvision + @lacontemporarydance for trusting me with your vision | #bts of film making is the BEST | #smmscostumedesign #iamhappiestwhenidesign #LAmade #supportINDIEfilm #byINDIEmeansnecessary #supportdance #danceurassoff #lacdc #ladancefilmfest (at Los Feliz 3 Theater)