Selected Multimedia & Video Works

Title: 2Hz | Loss of Phase (February 2025)

Dimensions: 1920 × 1080 HD video, 4 minutes
Media: Fixed-camera performance with original audio; piano and processed noise

Description:
2Hz | Loss of Phase is a minimalist performance work that explores physical limitation, involuntary gesture, and the breakdown of rhythmic control. Set within a private void-like space, the performer confronts increasing tempo until coordination fails—transforming failure into form, and effort into meaning.

                                     Reference Source:                                                                                  Stegemöller, Elizabeth L., et al. Movement Disorders (2009)

Program Note:
The body—an unreliable disk,
where will commands, yet flesh resists.
A rhythm imposed, a tempo unyielding,
until limitation eclipses intent.
Time, decay, resistance—
a futile dance against the inevitable,
syncing, slipping, straining,
until failure is no longer an interruption.
Failure as performance—
not mistake, but meaning.
Not collapse, but completion.
No artifice—only what remains.
No embellishment—only effort.
No edit, no cut

Title: Submerged in Dreams (March 2025)

Dimensions: 1920 × 1080 HD video, 1:08 minute
Media: Experimental video using Adobe After Effects, paired with original soundscape and concept

Description:
Submerged in Dreams offers a surreal glimpse into the inner world of a parent during swim and dive meet season. As daily routines blur into the rhythm of the pool, fleeting moments of solitude stir oceanic daydreams—blending exhaustion, devotion, and the quiet wish to breathe beyond the chlorine haze.

Title: Handholding (April 2025)

Dimensions: 1920 × 1080 HD video projection, 1:24 minute Media: Audiovisual performance and projection using Adobe After Effects, Logic Pro, and Adobe Audition; original text and soundscape

Description:
HANDHOLDING with MY NAME is an audiovisual meditation on handholding as a gesture of care and a metaphor for memory, identity, and relational presence. Layering text, sound, and visual projection, the piece explores how names—spoken, remembered, or forgotten—carry emotional resonance and shape our evolving sense of self.

Credits:
Concept, Performance, Text, and Sound: Hsuan Chang Kitano
Collaborative Source Media: QuickTime
Software: Logic Pro, Adobe Audition, Adobe After Effects
Special thanks to: Richard Auber, Makodo Chan, Natalie Cartmel, Taylor DiClemente, Dolly Hsu, Chien Huang, Ken Huang, Coco Kao, Kanaco Kitano, Kenji Kitano, Melody Lin, Arthur Luhur, Chang Mia, Anni Wei, Ren Yeng

Future Directions:
This piece will continue to evolve through experimentation with projection mapping, expanded co-authorship, and explorations of memory and care as embodied performance.

Title: Piano & Harpsichord (May 2025)

Dimensions: 1920 × 1080 HD video, 1:02 minutes
Media: Experimental video using Adobe After Effects; original visual design and conceptual narrative

Description:
This video work uses the piano and harpsichord as metaphors for cultural and political dualities. Though both are keyboard instruments, their identities diverge—each carrying distinct sonic traditions, histories, and symbolic weight. They become stand-ins for broader contrasts: modernity and antiquity, democracy and authoritarianism, separation and dialogue.

The video opens with a drawing based on the Chinese pictograph “母” (mother), symbolizing homeland. Its strokes morph into the outline of Taiwan, positioned within a Taiji (yin-yang) diagram to reflect ideological tensions. As the screen turns yellow—evoking unrest or urgency—floral shapes emerge, expressing quiet resistance and collective hope. Through this layered composition, the work honors the power of sound, memory, and identity in shaping a nation’s voice.

Credits:
Visuals and Concept: Hsuan Chang Kitano
Piano and Harpsichord: Hsuan Chang Kitano
Sound Credit: Original ocean recordings courtesy of the Marine Ecoacoustics and Informatics Lab, Academia Sinica. Used with permission.