Urbanism – dissonance productions

2024 Visual / Photography

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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2024 Visual / Photography

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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2023 Generative / Interactive Music

DE-RAIL

A series of what Stephen terms "Shinkansen sonatas", music composed and performed on Japan shinkansen (high-speed bullet trains) in tandem with the fleeting rail-side scenery, embodying the contradictory states of…

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2023 Generative / Interactive Music

Shinkansen Suite

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…

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2018 Installation / Site Visual / Photography

Bleu

BLEU is Blue, BLEU is also a measure used in machine translation between languages. Blue is sex and seedy, blue is sad and depressed. Using digital false-color infrared photography, Stephen…

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2016 Events / Performance Film

Ballads 5 & 7

An anagram of "all bad", BALLAD is a series of short pieces that reflect on our fractured existence, trapped by contemporary circumstances. Continuing the socio-political aspect of

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2015 Film Music Visual / Photography

STILLE STADT

STILLE STADT (trans. Silent City) is an experimental feature which depicts the state of contemporary urbanity through an Everyman on the verge of a mid-life crisis, who goes through his…

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2015 Film

CONTENTUS

CONTENTUS takes its cue from the meanings of the (latin) word - to strain with exertion, to hold together; in which three parallel stories intersect in a contemporary allegory of…

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2015 Film

BLISSED

BLISSED – (or “Bless Id”) continues the racial dynamics of A MOOR via the unspoken issue of LGBT domestic violence as allegory. Drawing inspiration from the claustrophobic tensions of Tennessee…

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2015 Film

IN DIFFERENCE

IN DIFFERENCE picks up the yearning for liberation of BLISSED in its exploration of its homophynic meanings of apathy and divergence. A conversation between a young banker with an older…

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2015 Events / Performance Installation / Site Writing

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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2014 Film Music

Ballads 1,2,3,4

An anagram of "all bad", BALLAD is a series of short pieces that reflect on our fractured existence, trapped by contemporary circumstances. Unheard voices are sung, fragile selves exposed, and…

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