steph maj swanson
@supercomposite.bsky.social
Writer, filmmaker, artist. Creator of Loab.
Words in Vice, [o]gled
📍Sweden & around the world 🏳️🌈
supercompo.site
Words in Vice, [o]gled
📍Sweden & around the world 🏳️🌈
supercompo.site
I’m on the AI and Animation panel at Uppsala Short Film Festival tomorrow - see you there!
October 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I’m on the AI and Animation panel at Uppsala Short Film Festival tomorrow - see you there!
'Models for Making Distance' is a print zine gathering manifestos, writing and instructions for art that confounds algorithmic systems for the pleasure of human observers or actors.
Editors:
Eryk Salvaggio
Caroline Sinders
Laura Forlano
Steph Maj Swanson
Sherry Wong
Edition of 200. 52 Pages.
Editors:
Eryk Salvaggio
Caroline Sinders
Laura Forlano
Steph Maj Swanson
Sherry Wong
Edition of 200. 52 Pages.
September 26, 2025 at 9:18 PM
'Models for Making Distance' is a print zine gathering manifestos, writing and instructions for art that confounds algorithmic systems for the pleasure of human observers or actors.
Editors:
Eryk Salvaggio
Caroline Sinders
Laura Forlano
Steph Maj Swanson
Sherry Wong
Edition of 200. 52 Pages.
Editors:
Eryk Salvaggio
Caroline Sinders
Laura Forlano
Steph Maj Swanson
Sherry Wong
Edition of 200. 52 Pages.
OUT NOW – SCL002
STEMcell feat. Propus – “Ore / Body Armour”
The 2nd release from artist collective and label @stemcellmusic.bsky.social.
To create the artwork, I pummeled an AI model with optical sound-on-film waveforms—until it could no longer produce images uncontaminated by audio.
🔗 below:
STEMcell feat. Propus – “Ore / Body Armour”
The 2nd release from artist collective and label @stemcellmusic.bsky.social.
To create the artwork, I pummeled an AI model with optical sound-on-film waveforms—until it could no longer produce images uncontaminated by audio.
🔗 below:
August 2, 2025 at 12:12 PM
OUT NOW – SCL002
STEMcell feat. Propus – “Ore / Body Armour”
The 2nd release from artist collective and label @stemcellmusic.bsky.social.
To create the artwork, I pummeled an AI model with optical sound-on-film waveforms—until it could no longer produce images uncontaminated by audio.
🔗 below:
STEMcell feat. Propus – “Ore / Body Armour”
The 2nd release from artist collective and label @stemcellmusic.bsky.social.
To create the artwork, I pummeled an AI model with optical sound-on-film waveforms—until it could no longer produce images uncontaminated by audio.
🔗 below:
Excellent write-up of our work at ARRG!’s DEFCON exhibition in Eryk’s latest newsletter —
June 30, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Excellent write-up of our work at ARRG!’s DEFCON exhibition in Eryk’s latest newsletter —
Was awarded an Sfilm grant today for a short film I’m directing. It’s about two people with an erotic fixation on the invisible algorithms inside cameras.
Artist Liza Shkirando is one of my collaborators on this wild project.
That’s all I’m going to say at this time, go back to sleep. 😴
Artist Liza Shkirando is one of my collaborators on this wild project.
That’s all I’m going to say at this time, go back to sleep. 😴
June 24, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Was awarded an Sfilm grant today for a short film I’m directing. It’s about two people with an erotic fixation on the invisible algorithms inside cameras.
Artist Liza Shkirando is one of my collaborators on this wild project.
That’s all I’m going to say at this time, go back to sleep. 😴
Artist Liza Shkirando is one of my collaborators on this wild project.
That’s all I’m going to say at this time, go back to sleep. 😴
stayed up late thinking about Maya Deren
May 30, 2025 at 7:41 AM
stayed up late thinking about Maya Deren
2k followers on bluesky
May 23, 2025 at 8:27 PM
2k followers on bluesky
catch my film next week at badnām film festival in Bangalore, India!
April 18, 2025 at 10:36 AM
catch my film next week at badnām film festival in Bangalore, India!
Life update: I’m doing a ton of stuff! Since October: I spoke in Belgrade, wrote an article for [O]gled, curated a special program for Uppsala Short Film Festival, spent time writing in Gotland, shot a film in Örebro…
January 2, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Life update: I’m doing a ton of stuff! Since October: I spoke in Belgrade, wrote an article for [O]gled, curated a special program for Uppsala Short Film Festival, spent time writing in Gotland, shot a film in Örebro…
Charisma (1999)
December 7, 2024 at 8:22 AM
Charisma (1999)
My new roomies William & Solveig
November 20, 2024 at 8:52 PM
My new roomies William & Solveig
November 2, 2024 at 12:03 PM
Next week, I’m a speaker at the conference “Coding the Gaze” at the Salon of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Belgrade! 🙂↔️🙂↔️
On Tuesday, I’ll present my article “AI’s Katabatic Turn — Data belongs to the Underworld”. And yes, I will talk about Loab. xoxo see you there
On Tuesday, I’ll present my article “AI’s Katabatic Turn — Data belongs to the Underworld”. And yes, I will talk about Loab. xoxo see you there
October 29, 2024 at 9:19 PM
Next week, I’m a speaker at the conference “Coding the Gaze” at the Salon of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Belgrade! 🙂↔️🙂↔️
On Tuesday, I’ll present my article “AI’s Katabatic Turn — Data belongs to the Underworld”. And yes, I will talk about Loab. xoxo see you there
On Tuesday, I’ll present my article “AI’s Katabatic Turn — Data belongs to the Underworld”. And yes, I will talk about Loab. xoxo see you there
October 25, 2024 at 9:57 AM
Surprise! My deepfake film was selected by Uppsala Short Film Festival as a part of the Film from Uppland program, Tuesday Oct. 22, 19.00 at Reginateatern. My collaborator & sound wiz Alma Lauthers will be there! I can’t make it 😢 but will be back that Saturday to host Algorithmic Grotesque 😇 xoxo
October 18, 2024 at 12:40 PM
Surprise! My deepfake film was selected by Uppsala Short Film Festival as a part of the Film from Uppland program, Tuesday Oct. 22, 19.00 at Reginateatern. My collaborator & sound wiz Alma Lauthers will be there! I can’t make it 😢 but will be back that Saturday to host Algorithmic Grotesque 😇 xoxo
BELGRADE — I’ve been invited to give a talk on my forthcoming article “AI’s Katabatic Turn: Data belongs to the underworld” as a part of a conference organized by Anonymous said.
November 5th at the Salon of the Museum of Contemporary Art. See you there! ❤️
November 5th at the Salon of the Museum of Contemporary Art. See you there! ❤️
October 11, 2024 at 9:32 AM
BELGRADE — I’ve been invited to give a talk on my forthcoming article “AI’s Katabatic Turn: Data belongs to the underworld” as a part of a conference organized by Anonymous said.
November 5th at the Salon of the Museum of Contemporary Art. See you there! ❤️
November 5th at the Salon of the Museum of Contemporary Art. See you there! ❤️
I was asked to curate/host a special program for Uppsala Short Film Festival. It’s called ALGORITHMIC GROTESQUE.
With films by:
Eryk Salvaggio
Marion Balac
Ada Ada Ada
Inès Sieulle
Conner O’Malley & Dan Streit
Ryan Worsley & Negativland
Sat. Oct. 26th at Slottsbiografen
Tix: shortfilmfestival.com
With films by:
Eryk Salvaggio
Marion Balac
Ada Ada Ada
Inès Sieulle
Conner O’Malley & Dan Streit
Ryan Worsley & Negativland
Sat. Oct. 26th at Slottsbiografen
Tix: shortfilmfestival.com
October 5, 2024 at 3:59 PM
I was asked to curate/host a special program for Uppsala Short Film Festival. It’s called ALGORITHMIC GROTESQUE.
With films by:
Eryk Salvaggio
Marion Balac
Ada Ada Ada
Inès Sieulle
Conner O’Malley & Dan Streit
Ryan Worsley & Negativland
Sat. Oct. 26th at Slottsbiografen
Tix: shortfilmfestival.com
With films by:
Eryk Salvaggio
Marion Balac
Ada Ada Ada
Inès Sieulle
Conner O’Malley & Dan Streit
Ryan Worsley & Negativland
Sat. Oct. 26th at Slottsbiografen
Tix: shortfilmfestival.com
SERBIA & SWEDEN — I love u this autumn. Much going on.
October 5, 2024 at 8:55 AM
SERBIA & SWEDEN — I love u this autumn. Much going on.
NOVI SAD, SERBIA — Thursday Oct. 10 — my Serbian tour begins with a screening in competition at the Videomedeja festival :) I’ll be there, so come and say hi to me 💕 — Later this fall I’ll be in Belgrade, giving a talk on Nov. 5th. More on that later…
October 4, 2024 at 8:32 AM
NOVI SAD, SERBIA — Thursday Oct. 10 — my Serbian tour begins with a screening in competition at the Videomedeja festival :) I’ll be there, so come and say hi to me 💕 — Later this fall I’ll be in Belgrade, giving a talk on Nov. 5th. More on that later…
🔜 NYC screening + Q&A 💕 April 4th. MOMI. see you there.
March 19, 2024 at 7:19 PM
🔜 NYC screening + Q&A 💕 April 4th. MOMI. see you there.
NYC! I will doing a Q&A at the Museum of the Moving Image on April 4, 4pm, and screening my short film SUICIDE III, as part of the Philip K Dick Film Festival. See you there 🙏
March 3, 2024 at 5:34 PM
NYC! I will doing a Q&A at the Museum of the Moving Image on April 4, 4pm, and screening my short film SUICIDE III, as part of the Philip K Dick Film Festival. See you there 🙏
HAMBURG, GERMANY! I'll be giving a talk at #CCC called "What I Learned from Loab: AI as a creative adversary" on Dec. 28th at 11pm. Late nite talk! Fun! Come say hi! #37C3 fahrplan.events.ccc.de/congress/202...
December 20, 2023 at 2:26 PM
HAMBURG, GERMANY! I'll be giving a talk at #CCC called "What I Learned from Loab: AI as a creative adversary" on Dec. 28th at 11pm. Late nite talk! Fun! Come say hi! #37C3 fahrplan.events.ccc.de/congress/202...
See you in Hamburg :)
December 11, 2023 at 3:18 PM
See you in Hamburg :)
Finally got my hands on the Rue Morgue issue featuring Loab! I had no idea this print-only article existed and only found out about it from a friend. I guess for the foreseeable future Loab will be haunting us in the offline world, too.
October 24, 2023 at 9:52 AM
Finally got my hands on the Rue Morgue issue featuring Loab! I had no idea this print-only article existed and only found out about it from a friend. I guess for the foreseeable future Loab will be haunting us in the offline world, too.