2024

kampfUnkraut

kampfUnkraut

kampfUnkraut (literally fighting weeds) is a visual exploration of resilience, adaptation, and overlooked forms of life that persist in the margins of social and economic systems. Using false-color infrared imagery,…

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2048 1536 dissonance productions
Man.gad

Man.gad

An ongoing experimental manga. A recontextualization of German philosopher and cultural critic Walter Benjamin's Passagenwerk, a collection of writings on the city life of Paris in the 19th century and its iron-and-glass covered…

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896 504 dissonance productions
Passages

Passages

Passages is a generative music and media work that emerges from landscape, time, and translation. At its heart are seven musical compositions born from the Inside Passage — the coastal…

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1280 720 dissonance productions
soot(he)

soot(he)

soot(he) is a meditation on quiet presence and elemental landscape. Exploring the dichotomy of immigrant and indigenous culture, Stephen Chen develops his own ink brush / sumi painting style and…

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1580 1142 dissonance productions
LiebeBitchenLieder

LiebeBitchenLieder

LiebeBitchenLieder is a postcolonial song-cycle in the lieder (art song) tradition. The art song genre flourished during the Romantic era and was performed in the parlors frequented by the privileged…

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1792 1024 dissonance productions
SatiricAI

SatiricAI

SatiricAI investigates the potential of Generative AI for commentary and resistance by drawing upon the historical praxis of the satirical song, in response to SingAiBore), Stephen prompts LLM (Large Language…

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SingAiBore

SingAiBore

SingAiBore uses Generative AI as a tool of critique and resistance, instead of wallowing in current debates on creativity, economy, privacy etc. by using the oft-critiqued generic outputs from Generative…

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1792 1024 dissonance productions
HalluClichénation

HalluClichénation

HalluClichénation (portmanteau of Hallucination & Cliché) interrogates the relationships between Generative AI hallucinations (i.e. "makes stuff up") and the imagery it was trained on by generating a series of photos…

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1792 1024 dissonance productions
indent(ur)ed

indent(ur)ed

INDENT(UR)ED brings forward the often-overlooked human presence within monumental histories, focussing on the often-overlooked carvings representing scenes of daily life carved into the grand bas-reliefs of the Bayon temple at…

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2048 1536 dissonance productions
Phantom Selves

Phantom Selves

PHANTOM SELVES traces the origin and evolution of Thai Buddhist architecture and sculpture, particularly the large Buddha statues Thailand is known for, through temple ruins from the Sukhothai Kingdom (which…

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Empty Gestures

Empty Gestures

EMPTY GESTURES draws upon the Buddhist philosophical concept of suññatā (often translated as "emptiness": which refers both to the lack of inherent existence of all things and the reality that…

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2048 1536 dissonance productions
Look, I Bled, a Japanese Flag

Look, I Bled, a Japanese Flag

Finds commonality and critique in Shintoism and tourism in their ritualized behaviours, "right" order of doing things, and their performative role as superficial markers of being a "better" person. The…

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1280 720 dissonance productions