Film/TV
The Substation (Singapore)
SeptFest 2021: In The Margins, festival trailer.
"Beyond just a theme, SeptFest 2021: In The Margins shines a light on the communities that are amongst us but hidden in plain sight. From the Orang Asli to migrant workers, SeptFest in March charts The Substation's thirty-year dedication to amplifying the voices that matter."
Creative Partner: Hei Studio (Singapore)
Directed by: Clare Chong
Produced by: Moira Loh
Sound Recordist: Charles Ong ‘O Rourke & Terrance Tan Music Composer and audio engineer: Carl Straussner
Fine Art Exhibitions
Wilhelm Neusser: In Flux (Germany)
Exhibition on view: Galerie Knecht und Burster, Karlsruhe, Germany. Jan 2022 - March 2022.
"His landscapes describe nature's constant change, through the seasons and at all times of the day, from light to dark. The atmosphere is just as ambiguous, oscillating between alluring illusion and repellent threat."
Paintings: Wilhelm Neusser
Gallery: Galerie Knecht und Burster, Karlsruhe, Germany
Composer and audio: Carl Straussner
Wilhelm Neusser: Pastoral Present (Boston, USA)
Exhibition on view: Fruitlands Museum, Harvard, Massachusetts
"Pastoral Present is part of a new body of work that highlights the enduring influence of the Hudson River School –and how the artists’ concerns about highlighting and protecting our natural resources are relevant today."
Paintings: Wilhelm Neusser
Gallery: Fruitlands Museum, Harvard, MA, USA
Composer and audio engineer: Carl Straussner
Animation
James Hammerton: Phobia (South Africa)
First Showing: The Nunnery, Wits University, Johannesburg, SA. 2011.
"Experimental stop-frame animation blurring the lines between fantasy and reality, exploring themes of phobia and anxiety"
Animation: James Hammerton
Sound Design and Music: Carl Straussner
Thomas Darsney: Process painting (Salem, MA, USA)
"Painter Thomas Darsney shows us his painting process in a simple stop frame animation detailing his work process, focusing in this series on the theme - 'Reflections'
Painting: Thomas Darsney
Video: Thomas Darsney
Guitar and audio FX: Carl Straussner
Poetry
Jordan Escobar (Boston, USA)
Poems: Abuelo, your voice remains tangled in hill I cannot climb
Banjo on Duchesne Ridge, Utah
Published in: Southern Humanities Review, 2020.
"My Mormon blood roils in the autumn air. Night
clusters around me. Sometimes
the world is shaped
by forlorn melodies, fingers plucking
a rhythm they don’t know."
Poetry: Jordan Escobar
Banjo: Raley Beggs
Audio and FX: Carl Straussner
