All work

Stillness

Year

2025

Venue

Invictus Games · Vancouver, BC

Format

Interactive 3-screen immersive installation

Commission

Chroma Link Collective · Destination BC

What remains when motion ceases — and what becomes possible in that space.

Interactive Installation

Three screens. Three zones. A single instruction: stay still. The longer you hold, the more the landscape opens — fog lifts, then animals emerge, then more animals come. The body as the only instrument.

3 seconds
Fog opens

The landscape begins to reveal itself. Mist lifts.

5 seconds
Animals appear

First presences emerge. Stillness is rewarded.

+ longer
More animals

The world deepens. The patient discover the most.

3 zones · 3 screens · motion-detection sensor

01Video documentation
Installation video 01
Cloudflare Stream
Installation view Invictus Games · 2025
Installation video 02
Cloudflare Stream
Interaction detail Invictus Games · 2025
02Photography
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03Credits
XEL (Hadis Fard) — concept, composition, visual design, installation
Commissioned by Chroma Link Collective & Destination BC