Jaydn Ray Gosselin

Co-Founder & Creative Director at Denizen Studios

Directed by Jacob Fertig and Carin Leong. Published at New York Magazine’s The Cut

Manhattan’s historic Chinatown has survived crashes, recessions, depressions, terrorist attacks, hurricanes, floods, and fires. But there was something pointed about the Coronavirus pandemic that targeted this community.
 
It brought to light the xenophobia in American society and many outdated, unsustainable business practices endemic in the neighborhood.
What does it mean when old-school charm, Chinatown’s greatest asset, becomes a threat to its survival? ​
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Featuring Karho Leung (Founder, 12 Pell), Joanne Kwong (President, Pearl River Mart), Wilson Tang (CEO, Nom Wah), Jennifer Tam (Co-Founder, Welcome to Chinatown), and the New York Freemasons Athletic Club.

“Run for Chinatown”

Published by Scientific American.
Festivals: Science New Wave 2023

Directed by Carin Leong. The LUX-ZEPLIN dark matter experiment sits inside Homestake, an abandoned gold mine that is the largest and deepest in the Western Hemisphere.
 
In Lead, South Dakota, where the mine is located, the townspeople were promised the multi-million dollar project would bring jobs and money back to the mining town. But, it turns out, both the researchers and the people who live there are still waiting.Published by Scientific American. Festivals: Science New Wave 2023 Directed by Carin Leong. The LUX-ZEPLIN dark matter experiment sits inside Homestake, an abandoned gold mine that is the largest and deepest in the Western Hemisphere. In Lead, South Dakota, where the mine is located, the townspeople were promised the multi-million dollar project would bring jobs and money back to the mining town. But, it turns out, both the researchers and the people who live there are still waiting.

“Waiting Space”

World Premiere: SXSW 2024
Festivals: HotDocs
"Sandcastles" (directed by Carin Leong) parallels two Singapores: one in Southeast Asia, and one buried on the western coast of Michigan. On top of sharing the same name, these two places also share a fraught relationship with sand.

Singapore, Michigan was a thriving lumber town in the late 19th century until erosion from mass deforestation caused the sand dunes around it to shift and swallow the town whole. Just as quickly as Singapore, Michigan disappeared under sand, its namesake in the East emerged from it through land reclamation.

The film weaves a narrative that intertwines the two Singapores to depict the temporal nature of human edifices built on and destroyed by nothing more than sand.

“Sandcastles”

Tour the empty, anxious spaces inside the WESTSIDE RIFLE & PISTOL RANGE, Manhattan’s last remaining public gun range and an underground refuge for New York City’s anonymous, apocalyptic, and heavily-armed outcasts.
Everyone wants to feel safe. Does everyone deserve to?

Jaydn Ray Gosselin

Co-Founder & Creative Director at Denizen Studios

“Waiting Space”

“Sandcastles”

“Safe Space”

“Run for Chinatown”