The works I submitted are just a couple of things I’ve made throughout this insane year. Some projects were in the making, but COVID-19 cut my last semester at UNCG short, though it couldn’t stop me from creating imagery. Technology has been a useful tool to finetune and extend art to the digital/virtual space, for me. I’m experimenting with new ways to create, expanding beyond just photography, to computer-generated renderings. I want my work to feel like strange infinite instances, activating a visual sense of motion. When I look light, I think about what I can and can’t see, and how our own eyes limit the information we perceive, constantly informing our reality.

Irvin Maldonado is a Mexican-American photographer, filmmaker, and graphic artist based in Greensboro, North Carolina. Influenced by the work of Futurist, Fluxus, and Surrealist artists, Irvin uses traditional, digital, and alternative imaging processes, to explore the displacement of space, time, light, and self.

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@swrviiiin

My favorite songs, poems and books make me think and also provide such detail that it makes me feel like I was apart of the experience. Inherently, I’m a story teller and as a creative I love to tell a good story in everything that I do. I love details that provide smell, visual, feel, etc.  As an artist I aim to tell a story so well that it is felt so deeply that my listener can see the experience. I want them to feel like they were there. I aim to create movies with my words. I aim to be to the ear what the silent movie was to the eye. 

Born in Wilmington, Delaware and raised in Jacksonville, North Carolina, T. Walker is an undeniably talented lyricist and story teller. Growing up in the south, he got his start, singing in the choir and while in college, released his first official mixtape “I Am Technology” in February 2010. You can hear the growth and evolution of his life and artistry over time within his musical releases. T. Walker has continued his work on the road during his most recent “2020 Vision Tour” where he landed in various cities such as Portland, Seattle, Philadelphia, Nashville, Charlotte, Raleigh, Washington, D.C. and more performing on SoFar Sounds stages. You can hear his musical influences (Jay Z, Lil Wayne, Andre 3000, Z-ro, DMX, Kirk Franklin and 90’s r&b) peak through his relevant, conscience and melodic flows, with words and metaphors that hit like darts. T. Walker released his latest single “Float”, an explosive track produced by Epik The Dawn has gained lots of traction and support on all streaming platforms. Fans can expect much more ⚡️to come from T. Walker in 2020. 

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Song: Float
Artist: T. Walker, Epik The Dawn
Directed by Lewis Directed Films

Starring:
T. Walker
Born King
Erica Watts
Aj Jenkins
Morgan Myers
Sierra
Ke
Erika "KnoMoor"
Kiiba

Guided Meditation by: Erica Watts