Anthem

Anthem, 2026, Colour, Stereo, 4 minutes and 5 seconds.

Anthem is a reimagining of the traditional television broadcast sign-off. Before the era of 24-hour digital streaming, televisions went to sleep. The daily broadcast sign-off was a ritualistic farewell, wrapping viewers in a blanket of stylized patriotism and nostalgic imagery accompanied with a national anthem before fading into static. Anthem resurrects this forgotten cultural artifact.

Utilizing over 60 short clips shot in Japan, China, the Netherlands, the USA, and Canada, the work is rhythmically edited to a public performance of a Canadian military band. Unlike many video compilations posted on social media, this work is composed of original footage.

The result is a personal, fragmented, transnational reinterpretation of the idea of a sign-off, a meditation on borders, memory, and the media that once united us before the screen went dark.

Waiting

Photo series

Waiting captures the solitary reflections observed at street corners and subway platforms. Shot between 2006 – 2025, these photographs observe people in Toronto, Vancouver, Amsterdam, Melbourne, Dublin, and New York in that brief, shared intermission before they are carried away by the city.

Sumida City

Photo Series

This photographic series captures Tokyo’s sprawling cityscape of Sumida City as viewed from above, exploring the intricate interplay between human design and urban environments. From this elevated perspective, the meticulously organized city below—its asphalt roads, concrete structures, and geometric canals—reveals a near-orthographic quality, blurring the boundaries between reality and abstraction.

Each image underscores the pervasive control and specificity in urban planning, where every inch of space is engineered. Yet, amidst this complexity of human design, small rooftop gardens emerge—tiny oases of nature persisting within the dense expanse of technological and architectural dominance.

「末永くお幸せにね」- Be Happy Forever (okay?)



“末永くお幸せにね” – Be Happy Forever (okay?), 2024, Colour, Stereo, 8 minutes and 8 seconds. Produced in Japan and Canada.

This film is a study of Western-style pre-wedding photography near Tokyo Station. Every night, several couples take turns striking similar poses near the front of Tokyo Station on Gyoko-dori Street. Pre-wedding photo shoots have been popular on social media for about the last five years. The photo packages often include a dress and tuxedo.

Chair Swing

Chair Swing, 2022, 1 minute, black and white, stereo. Produced in Canada.
Rhythmic ride on the giant Chair Swing. Shot at the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto.

Blokker

Photographic device

Blokker is a purpose-built camera that uses AI to occlude faces. This project is one of a series of works reflecting on surveillance, vision impairment and photographic memory.

It Took Forever to Fall Asleep (excerpt)

It Took Forever to Fall Asleep, excerpt, 2021, 1 hour, 47 minutes, black and white, stereo. Produced in Canada.

This film methodically illuminates a ghostly cityscape at night, frozen in time; a transformative reflection of the world during COVID. The film, produced during the COVID lockdown, is a steady, gradual exploration of a miniature landscape. The diorama suggests a reflection on identity and community – a fractured series of rough representations, tableaux and narratives. There is a deep sense of melancholy in these delicate and static constructions, with thematic parallels echoing events during COVID.

Pandemia

Pandemia, 2021, 4 minutes, 4 seconds, colour, stereo. Produced in Denmark and Canada.

This work was produced during the pandemic while isolating at home. The video follows a boy’s response to COVID-19. The boy participates in his community’s “isolate, test, treat and trace” initiative, marked by red crosses on their homes. This work reflects on COVID-19, our relationship with the environment and sustainability. This work features minor digital image manipulation where symbolic red crosses were added to trees and homes.

The Five Finger Splash

The Five Finger Splash, 2019, 8 min. 45 sec., Colour, Stereo. Produced in Mexico and Canada.

An intense slow-motion video of a recreational dive competition becomes an absurd expression of privilege aboard a half-billion dollar cruise ship sailing in the Gulf of Mexico.

Unconscious Agent

Unconscious Agent, 2017, 3 min., 16 sec., colour, stereo. Produced in Canada.

An ironic reflection on a theory of conscious agents – a formal theory of consciousness developed by Donald Hoffman. The video was shot in Hamilton, Ontario. Audio interview with Donald Hoffman graciously provided by the Dutch broadcaster VPRO, in their series “The Mind of the Universe.” The audio was edited and used under CC-BY-SA.