Xander Tangri

Xander Tangri is a Chinese-Indian-American creative based in Los Angeles, California. His work explores emotion, connection, and introspection — often focusing on what stays hidden beneath the surface. He creates to make sense of the tension between inner experience and outer expression, translating feeling into visual language. He also plays competitive volleyball, which keeps him grounded and sharp — a balance to the more reflective side of his work.

Final Project: Silhouettes

Silhouettes is a short visual piece exploring the evolution of human connection in the digital age. It follows a faceless silhouette—an anonymous stand-in for all of us—whose relationship with technology begins in childhood and matures with him. Through match cuts, surreal transitions, and symbolic choreography, the film traces how intimacy and identity are mediated through screens.

Throughout the film, recurring images of nature, childhood, and warmth contrast with sterile digital aesthetics, reinforcing the emotional distance tech often introduces. The silhouette’s journey is nonlinear—cutting between past and present—until it crescendos with him reaching out, ready to connect, just as the screen cuts to black.