The Argus Project
ABOUT
The Argus Project is a video installation and counter-surveillance exo-suit which directly intersects the current debate over police accountability and state surveillance, creating a space to bring together the many points of view required to have a real conversation on police violence - one that our country desperately needs.
Ligaiya Romero (they/them) is a documentary filmmaker and visual artist working with collective memory and the decolonial imagination. They recently directed the short film, Maia Cruz Palileo: Becoming the Moon, for PBS American Masters, Firelight Media, & Topic. Ligaiya is currently working on a documentary film about Asian-American activism, called Not Your Model Minority! Ligaiya is the Video Producer & Editor for The Argus Project, a transmedia documentary on police violence and citizen counter-surveillance. The project was a collaboration with CopWatch NYC, supported by Tribeca New Media Fund, and presented at Tribeca Film Festival in 2016. Ligaiya is a Firelight Media Documentary Lab fellow, a CAAM fellow, and a member of the Queer Producers Collective.
CREDITS
Ligaiya Romero
Raquel de Anda
Gan Golan