{"id":8,"date":"2026-05-16T04:18:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T04:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/world-exe.nz\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2026-05-16T22:50:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T22:50:19","slug":"hub","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/world-exe.nz\/?page_id=8","title":{"rendered":"about"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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I built my creative practice around the idea that small-scale, independent art could still feel expansive, emotionally charged, and culturally resonant. Across writing, illustration, speculative fiction, games, film concepts, zines, and digital media, I explored fractured identities, existential tension, strange systems, and the uneasy relationship between technology, memory, and human connection. My work blended macabre imagery, dark humour, vulnerability, and philosophical experimentation with a handmade, DIY sensibility shaped by underground comics, indie games, internet subcultures, and alternative cinema.<\/p>

I approached creation as both worldbuilding and excavation. Rather than separating mediums, I treated each project as part of a larger interconnected creative ecosystem in which poems, scripts, visual designs, conversations, and interactive ideas informed one another. I was particularly drawn to intimate, auteur-driven production models where small teams \u2014 or even solitary creators \u2014 could produce deeply personal work unconstrained by traditional industry expectations.<\/p>

Through self-directed experimentation, long-form writing, and multidisciplinary development, I cultivated a body of work concerned with atmosphere, emotional intensity, and curiosity. My projects consistently examined failure, obsession, alienation, wonder, and survival while seeking moments of connection, catharsis, and meaning within strange imagined worlds.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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My vision for the studio is a solo-built, tiny-craft creative conduit in the vein of: Playdead x<\/span><\/span>\u00a0Michael Livolsi x Mike Rouse (retro gamer boy) x Moon Studios x<\/span><\/span>\u00a0Megagon Industries x<\/span><\/span>\u00a0Twisted Pixel Games x<\/span><\/span>\u00a0Triband x<\/span><\/span>\u00a0Serendipity Point Films x artscum x Supergiant Games x<\/span><\/span>\u00a0Rooster Teeth x<\/span><\/span>\u00a0Elyasaf Shweka x<\/span><\/span>\u00a0Crabcat x<\/span><\/span>\u00a0SLG Publishing x A Couple ‘a Cowboys x ElectricFerret \/ Magnetic Ferret x Don Hertzfeldt x Gracious Films<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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1. Illuxion<\/h2>

Illuxion<\/em> is a thirty-year collection of poetry exploring despair, frustration, absurdity, memory, alienation, and philosophical unease through a voice that moves between confessional intensity and surreal thought experiments. The work combines macabre imagery, emotional volatility, and introspective observation, creating an atmosphere that is simultaneously personal and mythic.<\/p>

Rather than following a single style, the collection documents the evolution of a creative voice over decades. Some poems are raw and confrontational, while others drift into dream logic, fragmented narrative, or existential reflection. Together they form a long-form emotional archive examining identity, collapse, imagination, and survival through language.<\/p>

currently finishing the cover art to self-publish, aiming for Barnes and Noble.<\/strong><\/p>

2. DfP<\/em> \u2014 Novella 1<\/h2>

DfP<\/em> is the opening entry in a larger interconnected fictional universe blending psychological horror, existential tension, speculative fiction, and philosophical unease. The novella explores distorted perceptions of reality, fractured identity, and the instability of meaning through an atmosphere of escalating uncertainty.<\/p>

The project focuses less on traditional genre conventions and more on emotional immersion, symbolic imagery, and thematic tension. Characters navigate environments shaped as much by internal collapse as external events, creating a world that feels intimate, oppressive, and difficult to fully comprehend. The novella acts as both a self-contained story and an entry point into a much larger body of connected work.<\/p>

It’s Literary Cosmic Noir, full title: “Destined for Perfection: book 1 of 4” querying with small press and agents.<\/strong><\/p>

3. Theatre Script \u2014 Submitted to Circa Theatre<\/h2>

This theatre work combines monologue-driven psychological intensity with philosophical reflection and emotional confrontation. The script explores identity, memory, artistic obsession, and the tension between performance and authenticity through intimate dialogue and emotionally charged scenes.<\/p>

Designed for live performance rather than spectacle, the project prioritises atmosphere, language, and actor presence. The work sits somewhere between psychological drama, experimental theatre, and existential character study, drawing attention to the emotional instability and contradictions embedded within contemporary life.<\/p>

4. Short Film 1<\/h2>

Short Film 1 is an experimental cinematic project focused on atmosphere, emotional tension, and philosophical subtext rather than conventional narrative structure. The film uses fragmented imagery, reflective monologues, and symbolic visual language to create a feeling of psychological dislocation and introspection.<\/p>

The project functions both as a standalone work and as part of a broader interconnected creative universe spanning prose, theatre, and film. Themes of memory, isolation, identity, and existential uncertainty recur throughout the piece, creating a mood that is simultaneously intimate and unsettling.<\/p>

currently in script development and pre-production, producing it myself, i may direct.<\/strong><\/p>

5. anthology of weird<\/em> Comic<\/h2>

This reinterpretation of Beauty and the Beast<\/em> transforms the familiar framework into a darker and more psychologically complex exploration of obsession, transformation, emotional dependency, and distorted humanity. Rather than retelling the original fairy tale directly, the comic uses its imagery and symbolic structure as a foundation for something stranger and more unsettling.<\/p>

The visual storytelling emphasises atmosphere, emotional expression, and symbolic environments, creating a world suspended between fantasy, horror, and introspective drama. The comic examines the tension between external monstrosity and internal collapse while questioning the nature of empathy, identity, and desire.<\/p>

webcomic publishing soon on this website.<\/strong><\/p>

6. Time Pills<\/em> Comic<\/h2>

Time Pills<\/em> is a speculative comic exploring the psychological and social consequences of altered perception, distorted time, and escapist technologies. The project blends surreal imagery, philosophical questioning, and dark humour to create a world where time itself becomes unstable and commodified.<\/p>

Rather than focusing purely on science-fiction mechanics, the comic examines emotional responses to stagnation, anxiety, nostalgia, and the human desire to escape uncomfortable realities. The fragmented visual style and conceptual structure reinforce the sense of temporal instability running throughout the narrative.<\/p>

aiming for a Image Comics submission.<\/strong><\/p>

7. Time Pills<\/em> Novella Expansion<\/h2>

The novella adaptation of Time Pills<\/em> real title: “Lucid Dragons”, expands the comic\u2019s ideas into a broader psychological and philosophical narrative. The longer format allows for deeper exploration of character interiority, worldbuilding, and existential tension while retaining the surreal atmosphere and conceptual focus of the original comic.<\/p>

The project examines how altered experiences of time affect memory, identity, ambition, and emotional connection. By moving beyond the constraints of sequential comic storytelling, the novella develops a more immersive and psychologically layered version of the world introduced in the original work.<\/p>

Novella 2, to submit to publishers and agents, following novella 1.<\/strong><\/p>

8. Screenplay Expansion of the Short Film Monologue<\/h2>

This screenplay expands upon the monologue and thematic core of Short Film 1, transforming a contained emotional piece into a broader cinematic narrative. The screenplay retains the introspective and philosophical atmosphere of the original while introducing additional environments, characters, and dramatic tensions.<\/p>

The work explores alienation, identity fragmentation, artistic obsession, and existential anxiety through emotionally driven scenes and symbolic visual storytelling. Rather than abandoning the original experimental tone, the screenplay amplifies it into a more expansive psychological and cinematic experience.<\/p>

In final draft mode before sending to stage32 and directors, to consult\/collab.<\/strong><\/p>

9. Zine 1 \u2014 400 Pages of Nerd Culture Conversations<\/h2>

Zine 1 is a large-scale conversational project documenting sixteen extended discussions centred around nerd culture, creativity, business, media, technology, philosophy, filmmaking, games, and artistic process. Built around coffee-fueled long-form conversations, the book captures the energy of spontaneous intellectual exploration and obsessive creative discussion.<\/p>

Rather than presenting formal essays or interviews, the zine preserves the natural rhythm of conversation \u2014 tangents, debates, jokes, frustrations, theories, and moments of insight. The result is both a cultural time capsule and a document of contemporary creative thinking, reflecting the passions and anxieties of people attempting to build meaningful work inside modern nerd media culture.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Creative Social Circle Wellington:<\/b><\/p>

A Wellington-based creative social circle built around honest conversation, mutual encouragement, and long-term artistic growth. The meetup is intentionally small and focused, with only four participant slots available per night across two annual gatherings. This creates a calm, intimate atmosphere where every person has space to speak openly about their creative process, personal journey, successes, failures, and the realities of sustaining artistic work over time.<\/p>

The circle is designed for creatives who share a similar outlook and energy \u2014 people interested in meaningful discussion rather than networking performances or self-promotion. Writers, filmmakers, musicians, visual artists, designers, game developers, performers, and independent creators are all welcome if they contribute positively to the environment and genuinely care about creative development and community.<\/p>

Each session runs for several hours in person somewhere within Wellington, allowing conversations to unfold naturally rather than feeling rushed or transactional. Topics may include discipline, burnout, unfinished projects, experimentation, publishing, exhibitions, audience-building, creative identity, mental resilience, collaboration, and balancing art with everyday life. The aim is not competition, but solidarity: creating a dependable support network where creatives can exchange insight, celebrate progress, and stay motivated through difficult periods.<\/p>

The project is intentionally scalable. While the core format remains small and curated, additional circles, workshops, collaborative spaces, retreats, or mentorship structures could grow from the original model over time. The long-term vision is to develop a sustainable creative ecosystem built on trust, consistency, shared ambition, and genuine camaraderie.<\/p>

At its heart, the social circle exists to remind creatives that they do not have to build their artistic lives entirely alone.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Artists, Collectives, and the Modern Creative Commune<\/strong><\/p>

One of the reasons historic collectives succeeded was because they balanced shared life with private retreat. The caf\u00e9s of Paris were alive with debate and movement, but artists still returned to small rooms where they could think, write, sketch, or simply recover from the intensity of social life. The same tension existed within the Beat circles: long nights of conversation followed by solitary stretches of creation. A healthy collective is not permanent noise. It is rhythm. Gathering and dispersing. Discussion and silence. Communal energy and private concentration.<\/p>

In a modern creative commune, this balance becomes essential. The workshops and dining spaces may form the social heart of the building, but the sleeping rooms remain deliberately quiet and personal. One room per person. No forced dormitory atmosphere. No constant interruption. The room functions almost like a monk\u2019s cell or a ship cabin: a place to sleep, think, read, and regain clarity. Creative people often require periods of decompression after intense collaboration, and privacy protects the long-term stability of the community. The collective should encourage encounter, not surveillance.<\/p>

The shared spaces themselves would reflect another principle often neglected in romantic visions of artistic communes: cleanliness and maintenance are forms of respect. The woodshop, metal shop, prop studio, film rooms, and miniature workshops would be carefully organised and kept clean. Not sterile in the corporate sense, but orderly enough that tools remain usable, floors remain safe, and work can continue without chaos swallowing the environment. Some of the greatest workshops in history operated almost like laboratories or guild halls. Clean tools signal seriousness. They tell newcomers that the space is alive and functional rather than decaying into neglect.<\/p>

This practical discipline separates sustainable collectives from temporary bohemian collapse. The myth of the \u201cmessy genius\u201d often hides disorganisation, wasted materials, broken tools, and exhausted people. A functioning creative environment respects craft enough to maintain the conditions required for good work. Sweeping a floor, cataloguing props, oiling machinery, or organising lumber becomes part of the culture itself. The building is not merely occupied; it is cared for.<\/p>

The structure of mentorship inside the commune would also matter deeply. Rather than functioning as a rigid hierarchy, the space could begin with a founding creative director or curator who establishes the tone, standards, and artistic direction of the environment. The role is not simply managerial. It is atmospheric. Curating tools, conversations, projects, aesthetics, and values. Deciding what kinds of energy belong in the space and what kinds slowly erode it.<\/p>

From there, the collective evolves through apprenticeship. One particularly capable intern or assistant \u2014 someone curious, disciplined, generous, and quick to learn \u2014 gradually absorbs practical knowledge across multiple workshops. Instead of remaining permanently dependent on the founder, they eventually begin teaching others basic processes and maintaining continuity within the studios. This creates an organic transfer of culture. Skills move horizontally through the community instead of bottlenecking around one central figure.<\/p>

Historically, many artistic movements depended on precisely this structure. Medieval guilds, theatre troupes, film crews, ateliers, and workshops all survived because experienced members passed techniques onward while still continuing their own creative practice. Teaching was not separate from making. It existed beside it. A prop-maker might teach mould-making in the afternoon and return to sculpting creatures at night. A cinematographer might guide someone through lighting setups before working on an experimental short film of their own.<\/p>

This also protects the founder from becoming trapped in administration. The original creator can step back into personal work while remaining embedded within the life of the commune itself. That balance is important. The founder remains present \u2014 eating in the dining room, contributing ideas, building projects, occasionally mentoring \u2014 but does not become a permanently exhausted overseer. The community gradually develops its own internal intelligence.<\/p>

The architecture of the place reinforces this philosophy. The noisy spaces cluster together: workshops filled with machinery, editing suites, prop rooms, miniature cities under construction, costume racks, film sets, sound experiments. Then the building softens into quieter transitional areas: libraries, reading corners, long corridors, small tea rooms. Finally, the private sleeping rooms sit apart in relative silence. A person can move between stimulation and stillness depending on what their work requires.<\/p>

Meals remain central because they preserve collective identity without enforcing constant interaction. People may work at different hours and on entirely different disciplines, yet they continue crossing paths around food. The dining room becomes less like a cafeteria and more like an evolving salon. Conversations drift between practical engineering problems, story ideas, philosophy, cinema, folklore, architecture, mythology, and daily life. Some people speak constantly; others mostly listen. Both become part of the ecology.<\/p>

The ultimate strength of such a place is not merely productivity. It is continuity. Most artists today create in fragmented isolation, moving between rented rooms, unstable jobs, and online platforms that rarely produce deep community. A well-designed collective offers something increasingly rare: sustained creative atmosphere over years rather than weeks. Skills accumulate. Shared language develops. Traditions form. Workshops gain memory.<\/p>

Eventually the building itself becomes a kind of living artwork \u2014 not because it is perfect, but because generations of projects, conversations, and handmade objects leave traces behind. The clean studio floor, the quiet private room, the communal meal, the half-finished prop in the workshop, the apprentice teaching someone new: these ordinary repeated acts are what transform a building into a genuine creative culture.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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