I am EVOLUTION

Evolution as autobiography. Produced remotely amongst 4 people in three Cities (Seattle, Vancouver, B.C., San Francisco), this video poem (a 'personification' of Evolution) was voted in the top ten of entries in the 2009 WGBH 'Life Stories' call for short works celebrating the 150th anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin's 'On the Origin of Species' (1859). Poem/vocal and project directing: M. Ricciardi, second vocal: Danika Dinsmore, Visual mixing/editing (and additional animation): George Aguilar, original soundtrack: Ffej Mandel. Archival footage courtesy of the NIH.