A Quiet Sun

In production A Quiet Sun is a poetic, experimental short film (c. 30 minutes) that explores themes of isolation, accessibility, and life in the margins. The work centres on the subtle interdependence of all living things. Ultimately, it stands as … Continue reading

Zine: My Moroccan sister

My Moroccan sister is a poem-letter in the form of a zine. It is about the quiet violence of constant othering that happens in current social systems, where conformity and silence constructs walls of exclusion. It also a letter of … Continue reading

On courageous determination

A chef stands outside the Israeli embassy in Tokyo shouting “Stop Genocide!” He goes back every week on his day off. A man on the southern of coast of Sweden collects plastic from the beach. He goes on holiday once … Continue reading

Notes on the emerging wisdom of zines

Zines, in their current form, emerged from science fiction fan magazines (fanzines) in the 1930s, says Google: which is always whitewashing everything. The term “fanzine,” it says, was first used by sci-fi fans to describe and discuss their self-published works. … Continue reading

Plum Village 40 Tenets

See below for transcripts and summary notes of the 40 YouTube video lectures from Plum Village! The transcripts are intended as a support to watching the videos on Deer Park and Plum Village app channels. THE_40_TENETS_LIST_2006 The Forty Tenets 1. … Continue reading

Contemplation of Nature with Ajay

Take a break and practice some nature-centred meditation with my friend Ajay!This is a short guided meditation instruction video about 22 minutes long. The Founder of the Foundation for the Contemplation of Nature, Ajay Rastogi, introduces an easy meditation technique … Continue reading

The Yung Ga Ma, a Hakka Chinese Myth

Yung Ga Ma is a project together with graphic designer and illustrator Chaimaa Lahnin. The Yung Ga Ma is a Hakka Chinese myth, a folk horror tale that is told to children, much like a Grimm’s brothers tale. There is … Continue reading

Mama’s Story

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Starling

Starling started as a conversation and became a 5 minute audio-video collage projected on 5 separate screens, simultaneously. The film’s soundtrack is music by Jerry Gordon (aka Moontriangle) with a VoiceOver composed of a cutup poem from a page of … Continue reading

Gilgamesh for Eiji

Made entirely from found photos and videos from the nineties and set to the music of Osaka based composer Masahiro Kanagawa, the short film is a video letter that presents the epic of Gilgamesh story in 17 minutes. It was … Continue reading

Dressing gown

DRESSING GOWN is a 10 minute video consisting entirely of appropriated footage from the black and white film Woman In A Dressing Gown that was made in 1957. The original film is considered an example of British social realism, and … Continue reading

Fax Play

Faxes is an ongoing project playing with communications technology, and started in the early nineties as a sister project to Stickers. Anonymous faxes were sent to large corporations anonymously every Friday afternoon to encourage people to stop working and discover … Continue reading

A screenshot of an imovie project with the title VIDEO LETTERS in capital letters on a red video static background. You can see small stills of the images in the trailer.

Video Letters

VIDEO LETTERS is a long film edited from Video 8 footage shot in nineties Osaka, Tokyo, Kyoto, New York, Toronto, London, Hanoi, Seoul, Lagos and Beijing, and stored in a box for 29 years. The tapes were transferred and edited … Continue reading