Join: May 17, 2008

Name: alaranadotnet

Gender: Female

Location: Houston, TX USA, US

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Born in the swamps outside of Houston, Jessica Leza began formal studies of voice and photography at the age of 11. After bewildering her music teachers with sound collages of garage sale cassette tapes and traffic sonatas, she studied music composition and voice at the University of North Texas, where the visual and intermedia arts continued to influence pieces which have been recognized in performances around the United States. As a vocalist she has performed across the United States, France, Russia, China, and Venezuela, particularly in world music ensembles whose repertoire spans Asia, Latin America, and Europe in styles which borrow from jazz, folk traditions, Western classical music, and the rock, blues, and country of the southern US. In 2006, she taught a course in business English at the Hunan Institute of Engineering in Hunan, China, during which time she collected the images used in subsequent photographic exhibitions throughout the United States. Her photography hangs in private collections spanning five continents, and has been published by art and literature journals and organizations such as UNICEF. Most recently the series "Images of South China" was recognized during the Prix de la Photographie Paris.

Videos (16)

About this Product - Bright Red Siren

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  • Author: alaranadotnet

Tags: about  bright  electronic  jessica  leza  nation  product  records  red  siren  this  union  without 

About this Product's new track available for download from Union without Nation Records - Bright Red Siren.Video curtesy Jessica Leza.

Liberation y el Paredon - stop motion

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  • Author: alaranadotnet

Tags: animation  cuba  fernando  gabe  gabriel  guzheng  jessica  leza  liberation  lit  marosek  MEIT  motion  paredon  scott  stop 

Liberation y el Paredon explores the struggle against overwhelming influences, internal as well as external. This could be freely interpreted as a struggle to escape the powers of an opressive and controlling influence. Here we also find a study of the internal fights against habits, addictions,...

Vejez naciente, Naciente vejez

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  • Author: alaranadotnet

Tags: alarana  animation  CEMI  chinese  claymation  Denton  deren  experimental  leza  maya  modern  music  naciente  salazar  UNT  vejez 

Vejez naciente, Naciente vejez (2007) ("Old age nascence, Nascent old age") was serendipitously created in the tradition of the collaborations between composer John Cage and choreographer Merce Cunningham. The film was built with than 2,500 clay animation frames and live footage of a dancer. The...

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Dallas CERT PSA

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  • Rating Average: 5.00 from 1 people
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  • Author: walkingshark

Tags: cert  dallas  emergency  katrina  management  psa 

A Prototype PSA for the Dallas Community Emergency Response Team.

Hey La La - Art of Toys

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  • Author: ashram6

Tags: animated  art  hey  la  music  of  toys  video 

Animated music video for Hey La La's "Art of Toys".Animated/Directed by Eric Power of Clear Productions.Band site: www.myspace.com/heylalaonlineDirector site: www.clearproductions.net

A Series of Unfortunate Events End Credits

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  • Author: kindofdoon

Tags: A  Events  kindofdoon  Lemony  of  Series  Snicket  Unfortunate 

The dark, satirical end credits of the 2004 movie based off of the work of Lemony Snicket.