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Animated GIF title card displaying 'METEORO by BANDA DJAVU' in bold white outlined lettering over a grayscale background. The text uses a geometric, retro-style font with concentric circles in the letter O's. Watermark reading 'makeagif.com' appears in bottom right corner.

Animated GIF title card displaying 'METEORO by BANDA DJAVU' in bold white outlined lettering over a grayscale background. The text uses a geometric, retro-style font with concentric circles in the letter O's. Watermark reading 'makeagif.com' appears in bottom right corner.

Meteoro

Creative process of drag lip-sync meets dance-theater piece I created in 2018.

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Composite image combining nighttime photograph of Chicago skyline across Lake Michigan with hand-drawn cartoon elements. Blue illustrated rain falls over the scene. A teal cartoon UFO hovers in the center, projecting a white beam downward. Inside the beam, a small purple outlined stick figure with dejected posture appears to be caught or abducted. The surreal illustration conveys themes of isolation and feeling like an outsider against the urban landscape.

Composite image combining nighttime photograph of Chicago skyline across Lake Michigan with hand-drawn cartoon elements. Blue illustrated rain falls over the scene. A teal cartoon UFO hovers in the center, projecting a white beam downward. Inside the beam, a small purple outlined stick figure with dejected posture appears to be caught or abducted. The surreal illustration conveys themes of isolation and feeling like an outsider against the urban landscape.

Out for Undergrad Keynote

Creative process for the keynote speech I presented at the last day of the Out for Undergrad Marketing 2020 Conference.

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Gustavo Arruda Franco

arrudafranco@uchicago.edu

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