Shinkansen Suite comprise generative meditations on technology and progress (philosophically and literally on Shinkansen routes). The soundtrack for passing rail-side scenery is generated algorithmically via various methods, which in turn…
read moreShortly before his two week backpacking traverse of Baffin Island in 2022, Stephen received the diagnosis his glaucoma had worsened rapidly and he had lost a significant chunk of his…
read moreCapturing the zeitgeist of confinement and tedium quarantine, Stephen transposes his musical compositions onto a programmable music box mechanism. manually marking out and punching out the notes onto the card…
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read moreWE'RE MADE OF CLAY alludes to common threads in creation myths and Native American ruins in the American Southwest. Like
read moreLIEDER OHNE KUNST (Songs Without Art) is a retrospective of the alt-Classical songs/cycles Stephen Chen had composed and performed as part of his subversive recital practice, whereby politics and performance art…
read moreS(h)ifting through a century of song and significance. A performance piece that traverses and intertwines a century of Broadway songs and LGBT history which shifts the fey stereotype of gay…
read moreIn response to the "religious liberty" laws and in the grand tradition of the Christian zealots misquoting scripture to justify LGBT discrimination, Stephen Chen takes a leaf from their bible…
read moreINTER-RUPTURE is a hybrid installation/performance art piece that simultaneously manifests and ruptures rubrics of temporality, gender, mediation, westernization, and performer through the intersections of live performance, motion capture, projection and audience…
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