Reclamation – Page 2 – dissonance productions

THE HARPY AND THE HARE

A political bedtime story. A fable for children and adults alike on preserving democratic rights and freedom of expression amidst the contemporary climate of oppression in North America. Inspired by…

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2015 Visual / Photography

CORPORA-SCION

Playing off the pun of corporation as corpora (work) - scion (slave). the artist draws from his own frustrations and experiences working in corporations to create a series of sassy quote posters…

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2014 Events / Performance Film Music

ANCESTRIES

An anagram of "resistance", ANCESTRIES is a layered piece that encodes the dialectics of colonialism, desexualization, desire, and resistance. An Asian is seduced by and in turn seduces a Caucasian…

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2014 Film

SPANKIN

Two men in a coffee shop communicate their desires publicly yet silently when they are interrupted by a third. An anagram of "napkins", SPANKIN transposes the gay hanky code of…

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2013 2014 Installation / Site Visual / Photography

FERO-CITY

FERO-CITY is a photo series/installation dealing with the resurgence of anti-LGBT hate crimes in North America, particularly in NYC. The title plays on the meanings of fero as iron, and…

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2013 Installation / Site Visual / Photography

BOUNDED NATURE

BOUNDED NATURE is a photographic series and installation that investigates the dialectic and tension between the natural and the man-made in urban environments; how nature is contained, pruned, and rendered…

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2013 Events / Performance Installation / Site Music

INTERIOR SONGS

INTERIOR SONGS is a hybrid performance/installation piece that explores the dynamics of trace, space, introspection and observation through allegorical set pieces that regress through history. Like

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2013 Events / Performance Music

LOON SONGS

LOON SONGS updates the Romantic song cycle trope of the wayfarer into a contemporary context, tracing a day in the life of a backpacker arising in the morning chill to…

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2013 Film Music

INTER-MEZZO

INTER-MEZZO is an experimental triptych of independent yet inter-related shorts that treats the voice as a metaphor for political voice. Stephen Chen traces his journey as a male mezzo, faced…

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2013 Film Music

INTER-MEZZO (DEEP THROAT, HIGH PALATE)

INTER-MEZZO is an experimental triptych of independent yet inter-related shorts that treats the voice as a metaphor for political voice. Stephen Chen traces his journey as a male mezzo, faced…

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