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Film Screening
Thu 12 Feb
19:00, 50,-
📍@landmark.bergen, Bergen Kunsthall
Tickets link in bio 🔗

@qitan777 with @maya_watanabe_ @krazykosmickid Thuy-Han Nguyen-Chi @dalenaxtran and @holyhum

This February in Bergen, two exhibitions find their origins in caves. At Northing, the solo exhibition by Qi Tan, “What’s Inside What’s Inside”, departs from the artist’s grandmother’s experience of a grotto in China. At Bergen Kunsthall the group exhibition, “Iter Subterraneum”, is inspired by Ludvig Holberg’s story of Nils Klim’s fall through a cave in Bergen, toward the center of the Earth. Playing on the synchronicity, a collaboratively curated screening of artists’ films weaves together both exhibitions’ mythology and the perennial appeal of the subterranean.

Join us on February 12 at Landmark for an artist film screening delving into the central motif shared by both exhibitions: the cave as transitional space – between life and death, between the real and the speculated. During the evening, we will screen Qi Tan’s Silver Dragon (2024), Thuy-Han Nguyen-Chi, Dalena Tran and Andrew Yong Hoon Lee’s collaborative film, Quickly open your hand to free the light prisoner (2025), Of Other Tomorrows Never Known (2023) by Natasha Tontey, and Maya Watanabe’s Earthquakes (2017). taken in Landmark Bergen by @dalenaxtran

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8 months ago

2025 was not nothing.

thanks for all the beautiful souls yoloing w me.

(I tagged no one bc it’s either all or none)
(If you’re not pictured, we were so in the now, and I love that for us) by @dalenaxtran

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9 months ago

𝙰 𝙷𝙰𝙽𝙳 𝚃𝙷𝙰𝚃 𝙸𝚂 𝙰𝙻𝙻 𝙾𝚄𝚁 𝙷𝙰𝙽𝙳𝚂 𝙲𝙾𝙼𝙱𝙸𝙽𝙴𝙳 – the 13th edition of the Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art closed this weekend. On this occasion, we would like to say

THANK YOU
Christina, for your vision and trust in us; for creating the space and time for ideas to be nourished and materialised.
Dalena, for your generous and tender presence; for the depth of your thinking, sharing, and listening.
Andrew, for your kindness and boundlessness in thought, speech, and action.
Son, for your unique sense of humour, turning every shooting into an adventure filled with laughter.
George, for your immense openness, passion, and dedication to this and all our project(s).

We would also like to express our deep gratitude to the whole crew who helped us realise

𝚃𝙷𝙴𝚁𝙴’𝚂 𝙴𝙽𝙾𝚄𝙶𝙷 𝙻𝙸𝙶𝙷𝚃 𝚃𝙾 𝙳𝚁𝙾𝚆𝙽 𝙸𝙽 𝙱𝚄𝚃 𝙽𝙴𝚅𝙴𝚁 𝙴𝙽𝙾𝚄𝙶𝙷 𝚃𝙾 𝙴𝙽𝚃𝙴𝚁 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙱𝙾𝙽𝙴𝚂 (𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟻)
a film and sound installation
by Thuy-Han Nguyen-Chi, Andrew Yong Hoon Lee, Dalena Tran

CURATION
Christina Lehnert

FILM
Producers: Son Doan, Thuy-Han Nguyen-Chi, Dalena Tran

Original Footage (digital and analog)
Director: Thuy-Han Nguyen-Chi
Assistant director: Johannes Lehnen
Cinematographer: Son Doan
Assistant camera: Bertrand Gatot

Found Footage
Directors: Thuy-Han Nguyen-Chi and Dalena Tran

Animation
Director: Dalena Tran
3D sculptor: Kat Sung

Post-production
Editor: Tamer Hassan
Film scanning: Yves Dujardin
Colourist: Loup Brenta

SOUND
Original score: Andrew Yong Hoon Lee
Sound design: Andrew Yong Hoon Lee
Sound installation: Andrew Yong Hoon Lee
Mixing and mastering: Andrew Yong Hoon Lee

SCULPTURAL INSTALLATION
Concept: Thuy-Han Nguyen-Chi, George Vlasis Pakalidis
Exhibition architect and supervisor: George Vlasis Pakalidis
Exhibition producer: Mathijs van Sark

Special thanks to Ioana Leca, Tyra Wihl, Clara Herrmann, Stephen Boddington, and the monk parakeets in Brussels.

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Excerpt from 𝚀𝚞𝚒𝚌𝚔𝚕𝚢 𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚛 (𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟻)
© 2025 Thuy-Han Nguyen-Chi, Andrew Yong Hoon Lee, and Dalena Tran taken in Castle in the Sky by @dalenaxtran

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10 months ago

Today we’re launching Fuser.
We built it so we could use AI better.

Sometimes it feels like how we use AI — where it lives, what it’s for — is already decided.
But that isn’t true. It’s more in flux than ever.

We wanted flexibility to explore different aesthetics, versatility to make any kind of content, and the simplicity to stay in flow without friction.

Fuser is artist-founded and artist-led — the platform we wanted for ourselves, and think you’ll want too. A creative workspace where ideas, and the experience of using AI, evolve.

Every model. Every medium. One canvas.
Go make something new.
💡 by @dalenaxtran

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a year ago

Last Saturday was a defining moment for Fuser. NEW SYNTAX was the first of many Fuser gatherings designed to deepen how we make, share, and understand our media culture.

Curated by @alicescope, the symposium featured keynotes by @trevorpaglen, @jonrafman, @mayaontheinternet, and @wwwtinazone; along with an evening program of performances by @portraitxo, @_ma_ral_ , and @exanima.obj; and a showcase of fourteen Fuser residents: @__frijoles_, @clmfrt , @exanima.obj, @hypereikon, @lloydgalbraith, @karinaxlllpz, @katie_torn, @nikvsio, @ninocence, @seungmin, @sstewrat, @theo.trian, @vora______, and @wendiyan.

Thank you to everyone who joined us in LA — and to our partners @standardvision, @theyuzuco, @lacolombecoffee, and @yamasushimarketplace for making it happen.

Massive thanks to the Fuser team, whose vision and drive brought it all to life.

OCTOBER 16— Save the date.

Photos by @stassievee taken in SVStudios by @dalenaxtran

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a year ago

Building a product and launching it is one thing. Having the people to help you get there is another.

It takes courage to do something you normally wouldn’t, and to see it through.

We believe everyone’s capable of doing just that.
As long as you’re creating, you’re evolving.

Today we’re celebrating that philosophy, and this is just the beginning.

We’re grateful for our team. They own what they make, and without them we wouldn’t have gotten this far.

Everyone talks about taste,
but you’ve had to know hunger to have an appetite.

See you at the spot.

— Dalena & Hirad ♡

(Most) Photos by @stassievee 💥❕ by @dalenaxtran

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As with the Algerian or the Vietnam wars, the West may obtain military victory temporarily via a power from the sky, but nations of lesser means ultimately gain political victory via a power from the underground. These persist through elaborate subterranean structures built to fight those who claim to see everything from the sky.
— Trinh T. Minh-Ha (2018)

I had the honour and happiness to contemplate and create "subterranean skies" with Dalena Tran & Andrew Yong Hoon Lee over the past months:

𝑸𝒖𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒍𝒚 𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒓 (2025, Belgium, Germany, USA, 20:49 min),
is part of a film and sound installation which recently premiered at the 13th Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art
— 𝒂 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒃𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒅 curated by Christina Lehnert. taken in Röda Sten Konsthall by @dalenaxtran

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NEW SYNTAX | 10•11•25
Fuser Symposium + Launch Party

Exploring how machine intelligence is reshaping the grammars of collaboration, creativity, and perception, New Syntax celebrates the upcoming launch of Fuser, a creative AI workspace for artists, designers, and directors to evolve their ideas.

Symposium (2–5 PM)
•⁠ ⁠Keynotes by @trevorpaglen + @jonrafman
•⁠ ⁠Artist talks by @mayaontheinternet + @wwwtinazone

Curated by @alicescope

Launch Party (7 PM → 10 PM)
•⁠ ⁠Live performance by @portraitxo
•⁠ ⁠DJ set by @_ma_ral_
Free entry with RSVP + open bar

Symposium and party require separate RSVPs. Link in bio.

📍 SV Studios — 3424 N San Fernando Rd Suite 3, Los Angeles

We’re proud to host this event in collaboration with @standardvision and drinks sponsored by @theyuzuco & @lacolombecoffee

Poster: @asleggo taken in Los Angeles, California by @dalenaxtran

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a year ago

Pick your player: ❄️ 🌸 🟡 🔮

Start with a single idea, and watch it evolve. A cicada and a bag for every season 🫡

Chrysalis drop by @dalenaxtran by @dalenaxtran

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In the toxic landscape of Mipo, the primary visible flora are the plumi, characterized by their sessile nature and vibrant pink, spore-releasing blossoms. plumi are deeply subterranean, with some root systems that travel more than 90 meters wide and 200 meters deep. Their reproductive cycle is intrinsically linked to the pulvis, mobile, green organisms that actively consume plumi spores. The pulvis' digestive byproduct contains the enzymes crucial for activating dormant plumi spores. These enzymes are further concentrated and released by the pulvis during the cyclical Verdant Bloom, a period triggered by atmospheric shifts.

Music and sound by Clement Fortin @clmfrt by @dalenaxtran

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a year ago

Found this in the archives from a passport photoshoot 🙂‍↔️🙂‍↕️ by @dalenaxtran

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2 years ago

We launched Fuser Alpha over the weekend. 🥚🌱
We've been working on Fuser for more than a year now. What started as a few ML pipelines in Blender for music videos has now evolved to encompass the growing desire for free, accessible, interoperable, and transparent tools for learning and co-creating with AI.

It's hard not to say the elephant in the room: we miss the magic of making with software, and we wanted to create an environment and experience that supports the growth and evolution of your ideas. A long way to go, a lot more to do. If you want to help this little team of two, make some amazing work using Fuser. 🤝

We are really grateful for the software arts community in Los Angeles. A special thanks to @spectra__studio for hosting us at Spectra Synthesis. Thank you to all the friends and participants who attended our talk and workshop. And all the little threads people have woven into conversation that has brought us to our very first PUBLIC BUILD!👾

You can request an invitation to try Alpha at fuser.studio. link in bioooo.

📷 pics by @moonharvey @carriechen01
@chinabay taken in Los Angeles, California by @dalenaxtran

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