stephan e perez

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screen cap from '...like tears in rain.'. abstract image of fading, transparent cyan curves of various lengths and thicknesses over a dark teal background
like tears in rain (2018)
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cg image of Eurydice's well, a rectangular well with irregular, earthen walls, partly in shadow, partly lit. Four transparent, bluish ice-like spheres float within it, one of them glowing brightly.
eurydice (2020)
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a woman in black underwear and a black top, the performer cat-o-nine-tails, holds her hands above her head. Behind her, a wall projection shows a 3d cloud-point representation of her body superimposed with a floating, 3d spiky form. The spikes are long and have a ripply texture
no seikei (2021)
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The performer, stephan e perez, sits at a small folding desk and lights a cigar with a match. The light from the match illuminates his face and upper body. A microphone is taped to his wrist
geometry (2022)
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Two women crouch on squares of artificial grass and press keys of a MIDI piano. Behind the piano is a TV monitor showing composited images of performances from events organized by the tokyo performance art platform, ham tamago sandwich
ham tama piano (2022)
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The performers, stephan e. perez and akari, sit, each on a chair in front of a small desk, facing away from the audience towards a bright wall projection. Stephan is playing a MIDI violin with a bow and Akari is playing a MIDI keyboard with some knobs and levers. The projection shows an abstract, granular black and white pattern, blended with photos of people's faces and a bathroom tub.
for akari (2023)
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vertical split-screen. the top half shows a bespectacled Koujiro looking to the side. The bottom half is a composite of stephan in his apartment and an outside camera showing the space between two apartment buildings
muccha akarui (2023)
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The hand of the performer, stephan e perez, holds a smartphone. On its screen is an Instagram Storys screen with a photo of the performer and Shunsuke, the daikon
shunsuke (2023)
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sillhouette of the performer, stephan e perez, playing MIDI violin in front of a projection. The projection shows a painting of a colorful, abstract cloth tied into knots
mom's iPhone (2023)
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wall projection with an additive alpha composition consisting of several images. Recognizable elements are English and Japanese text from a screen capture, the performer's closeup, and a photo of a young woman. In front of the projection and two the right, the performer is playing a MIDI violin with a bow.
letter to mom (2023)
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Promotional image for the performance of a Gunpla model (a gundam model kit) and Unicorn makeup kit.
tooii story (2023)
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The performer, stephan e perez, stands in a library as group of students lines up to show him something
whispering forest (2023)
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A crowd sits in a dark gallery space. Ceiling lights illuminate the left part of the wall, which is adorned with photos and map fragments. The crowd watches as the performer (Stephan E. Perez) points his arms, with cameras attached, towards the photos and maps. He looks towards the right side of the wall, where the two cameras' feed is being projected in the shape of two overlapping circles, blurred at the edges. The left circle shows a young boy and two even younger girls. The right circle shows two adults in front of a landscape.
cartography (2023)
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The performer, stephan e perez, does something on his smartphone while standing with his back close to a wall. A projection of a photo of himself illuminates him and the wall.
let it snow (2023)
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The performer, stephan e perez, leans over a small, dimly lit, vinyl pool filled with water. Two women are crouching looking into the water. Reflections of people are visible in it.
showing intention (2024)
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composite image of the may first protest and a sign-maker drawing a frankenstein-like image in black and white
hari pekerja (2024)
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tea candles and playing cards on a table. The cards are stacked in two piles. The top card in the smaller pile has writing in pen that is hard to read
straight flush (2024)
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cloud of nearby faces, floating in a black void. Some of them overlap, forming shapes.
faces (2024)
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the completed wood-block cabin, sitting peacefully on the dirt with cigar chimney and candle fires
life in the woods (2024)
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The words 'and Ganesha!' in Thai, float across the viewport as we fly through blue-tinted space, motion lines zipping past us. Images of Ganesha float ever closer. Some of them bear a resemblance to one of the organizers of the Love, Peace and Harmony festival
show me the world (2024)
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one of the artists, miaki, sits crosslegged playing the Cantini, a black MIDI violin, with a bow. Four audience members look on behind her.
compression classroom (2025)
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the artists, juno's jungle and stephan e perez, sit on the blankets of the play area. stephan slowly brings the plain white mannequin closer to the red spider mannequin
love dice mannequins (2025)
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the faces of the artists, stephan e perez & junos jungle, alpha-blended with the ACLED conflict map and footage from the trees and buildings outside the venue.
war everywhere (2025)
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the hands of the artist, stephan e perez, can be seen manning a spaceship console in the dark. The screen of the console shows some analytical data.
the search (2025)