https://hsiao-yen.com/ https://hsiao-yen.com/films/ https://hsiao-yen.com/writing/ https://hsiao-yen.com/about/ https://hsiao-yen.com/contact/ https://hsiao-yen.com/films/solutionism/ https://hsiao-yen.com/_astro/52973530.CVKiSpF9_Z143puS.jpeg Solutionism Visually layered in representation, Artivist Designer Matt LeGrand explains how harnessing the power of design can generate lasting, positive change and transformation in our individual lives and in our collective world. solutionism.film https://bucket.legrand.design/solutionism-2012/video.h264.mp4 183 2012-11-06 yes Hsiao-Yen Jones https://hsiao-yen.com/films/the-cost/ https://hsiao-yen.com/_astro/35975116.xSKyje2z_1t7nXn.jpeg The Cost Tellings the stories of 3 seemingly innocent and disparate purchases, this experimental documentary reminds us how even the most simple acts of consumption connect us to devastatingly corrupt financial threads thousands of miles away. https://player.vimeo.com/video/35975116 215 2012-01-31 yes Hsiao-Yen Jones https://hsiao-yen.com/films/observations-on-seeing/ https://hsiao-yen.com/_astro/51317297.CsnVOcnl_2chEnE.jpeg Observations On Seeing Conveying the multifaceted nature of personal perception and experience, this personal documentary looks back on childhood to bring into focus the reality that often times- "We don't see things as they are. We see them as we are." — Anais Nin https://player.vimeo.com/video/51317297 210 2012-10-12 yes Hsiao-Yen Jones https://hsiao-yen.com/films/a-picture-of-reality/ https://hsiao-yen.com/_astro/64999609.BxE9y348_ZS6whC.jpeg A Picture of Reality A young girl escapes the boredom of her constrained existence though the Polaroid camera she finds. Taking pictures of what she values most, her imagination and reality begin to break down as she wakes up to the truth of her circumstance. https://player.vimeo.com/video/64999609 267 2013-04-28 yes Hsiao-Yen Jones https://hsiao-yen.com/films/a-return-to-war/ https://hsiao-yen.com/_astro/33324900.8-xgY3WL_202ymW.jpeg A Return to War Following the struggles of Kevin, a young father who returns from the military to his young wife and daughter, this short wrestles with the very personal and real issues parents and citizens alike must search to find the answers to. https://player.vimeo.com/video/33324900 352 2011-12-07 yes Hsiao-Yen Jones https://hsiao-yen.com/films/now-time/ https://hsiao-yen.com/_astro/72108330.CtfrJNCK_Z1I4F22.jpeg Now Time Melding the surreal, aquatic, and kaleidoscopic, lean back and enjoy this psychedelically reminiscent journey though Balam Acab 's electronic chill masterpiece, "Now Time". https://player.vimeo.com/video/72108330 249 2013-08-10 yes Hsiao-Yen Jones https://hsiao-yen.com/films/butterfly-culture/ https://hsiao-yen.com/_astro/50656566.B-DFJzit_Z14AseX.jpeg Butterfly Culture Illustrating the experience of internal sameness and external change, this conceptual music video created for the JacM Chillstep Remix of Benjamin Francis Leftwich's "Butterfly Culture" shows us that- "A grownup is a child with layers on." — Woody Harrelson https://player.vimeo.com/video/50656566 140 2012-10-02 yes Hsiao-Yen Jones https://hsiao-yen.com/films/vim-fitness-promo/ https://hsiao-yen.com/_astro/49283389.BLQwR97k_ZieHHE.jpeg VIM Fitness Promo Fusing the power of strength and the flexibility of peace, this promotional web video created for VIM Fitness, an eco-friendly gym located in Cambridge, MA, portrays the holistic nature of health and well being. https://player.vimeo.com/video/49283389 60 2012-09-11 yes Hsiao-Yen Jones https://hsiao-yen.com/films/onein3-boston-health-psa/ https://hsiao-yen.com/_astro/22727382.BF-131SG_Z2jfsLl.jpeg Onein3 Boston Health PSA Simply and powerfully communicating the later consequences of our current health choices, this contracted PSA made for Onein3boston.com, spreads awareness of the health problems faced by Americans and the preventive solutions available to youth. https://player.vimeo.com/video/22727382 60 2011-04-21 yes Hsiao-Yen Jones https://hsiao-yen.com/films/me-we/ https://hsiao-yen.com/_astro/35592777.mu9CePzK_Z1mQm0p.jpeg Me:We Illustrating the contrast between the external and the internal, Me:We communicates the core unity of the human race through the visual symbolism of apples. reminding us to- “Penetrate into the depth of matters, as far as your time and circumstances allow." — Isaac Watts https://player.vimeo.com/video/35592777 90 2012-01-24 yes Hsiao-Yen Jones https://hsiao-yen.com/writing/catalyst/ https://hsiao-yen.com/writing/primal/ https://hsiao-yen.com/writing/paradox/ https://hsiao-yen.com/writing/unique/ https://hsiao-yen.com/writing/key/ https://hsiao-yen.com/writing/pony-tale/ https://hsiao-yen.com/writing/freedoms-ring/ https://hsiao-yen.com/writing/prioritized/ https://hsiao-yen.com/writing/incentives-of-a-mockingbird/ https://hsiao-yen.com/writing/expectations-as-life-placebos/ https://hsiao-yen.com/writing/the-insanity-of-sanity/ https://hsiao-yen.com/writing/the-realm-of-possibility/ https://hsiao-yen.com/writing/chaos-theory-and-the-power-of-intuition/ https://hsiao-yen.com/writing/the-exclusivism-of-cultural-love-and-the-reinforcement/ https://hsiao-yen.com/writing/the-disempowering-temptation-to-self-objectify/ https://hsiao-yen.com/writing/the-logic-of-forgiveness/ https://hsiao-yen.com/writing/seeing-the-world-in-focus/ https://hsiao-yen.com/writing/supporting-evils-that-do-good/ https://hsiao-yen.com/writing/in-defense-of-losing-yourself/ https://hsiao-yen.com/writing/invisible-injustice/ https://hsiao-yen.com/writing/unlabeled-spirituality/ https://hsiao-yen.com/writing/the-impact-of-ideas/