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THE EXPERIENCE

The evening will open with a 12-minute immersive soundscape experience titled the Runetech Soundscape, leading into the highly anticipated screening of David Torres’ latest cinematic achievement, The Edensphere Saga. Set in the richly imagined, sci-fi fantasy world of Sunkeepers—a universe Torres created, which has spawned film, animations, painting and drawings—The Edensphere Saga pushes boundaries with its bold storytelling and innovative animation techniques. Prints and drawings from Torres will also be available for purchase. Following the film there will be a Q&A with Director David Torres led by filmmaker and professor Ariella Tai.

ON SCREEN: Runetech Soundscape and The Edensphere Saga

Runetech Soundscape
2025. Composed by David Torres, Hot Hands and Potential. Runtime: 12:27 minutes.

At the edge of Edensphere, the ruins of Sacora Town rest beneath the memory of rising seas. The whispers of the Runetechians drift through hollow winds, their presence carried in sound. Step into the world of planet Runtech where echoes become atmosphere, and fragments of lost souls still breathe.

The Edensphere Saga
2025. Directed by David Torres II. Runtime: 72 minutes.

The story of Edensphere follows Zyl, a young warrior pregnant with her second child.  Zyl strives to escape Edensphere 003, a research facility tasked with breeding child soldiers. On Zyl’s journey for freedom, self-discovery, and purpose, she meets a band of warriors known as the Sunkeepers living within the sky isles of Zahano. Through their interaction Zyl learns the history of her people and the meaning behind her name. As the young warrior comes to terms with her place in the world, Edensphere does whatever it can to keep Zyl within its prison.

ON STAGE: David Torres and Ariella Tai

David Torres
Born in West Palm Beach, FL, David Torres is interested in the history of stories where the unseen forces of morality are at work. The PTSD factor embedded in African American History has drawn Torres to the idea of the “hero” as an empathic ideal for people to aspire to. Torres explores the illusion and delusional discussions that surround the complexities of class dynamics within American culture. As a way of investigating these dynamics Torres created “Riakman,” an alter-ego, designed under the influences of
1990’s anime, video games, and his father’s middle school drawings. Riakman’s birth later expanded into the Sunkeepers, a race of warriors fueled by the cosmic power of the sun! Through world-building and storytelling, Torres re-links pathways between high art and popular culture as a multimedia artist. Through Sunkeepers, Torres blends the handicraft formats of painting, drawing, and sculpture with the technocraft formats of 3-D modeling, filmmaking, and A.I to create video animations. Recent exhibitions include Hollywood Theatre, AfterTime Collective, Northview Gallery, Helzer Gallery, Black Fish Gallery and Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery. Torres has attended fellowships at Oxbow School of Arts, Marie Waslh Sharpe and most recently Wheaton College’s Visiting Artist Program.

Ariella Tai
Ariella Tai is an experimental filmmaker, artist and independent programmer based in Portland, OR. Tai is one half of “the first and the last,” a fellowship, workshop, and screening series supporting and celebrating the work of Black women and femmes in film, video, and new media art. Tai was a 2025 Sustainability Labs Fellow with PAM CUT and they have shown work at Anthology Film Archives, Portland Institute For Contemporary Art, Northwest Film Center/PAM CUT, Onion City Film Festival, the Black Femme Supremacy Film Festival, MOCA, and Smack Mellon, amongst others. Recent exhibitions include the Portland Art Museum, Tufts University Art Galleries and Pinothek der Moderne. Tai has attended residencies at Signal Culture, VTape, The Institute for Electronic Arts at Alfred University, and the Creative Exchange Lab with the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art.