t=d*s (WIP)
Rainshadow Studios
April 21-26, 2026
Lead Creator and Scenographer: Elizabeth Mak. Writer: Cheyenne Alexandria Phillips.
Composer & Sound Designer: Syafiq Halid.
Photographer: Crispian Chan.
Created during a residency at SMU Libraries
During my residency at SMU Libraries, from 5 January to 1 May 2026, I collaborated with writer Cheyenne Alexandria Phillips and composer Syafiq Halid to develop t=d*s, a participatory audio night walk on Fort Canning Hill that interrogates the temporal conditions of late capitalism. The experience invites participants to descend into the vast, quiet scale of geological deep time, and reclaim time as a shared embodied resource through which new forms of meaning, agency, and ecological consciousness might emerge.
SMU Libraries presented a work-in-progress showing from 21-26 April, which writer Raksha M. was invited to participate in as an interlocutor during the process and offer some reflection. Screenshots of the article are below, or read the original article here: https://artcollections.smu.edu.sg/programmes/essays-media/walking-fort-speculative-pasts-and-futures-through-deep-time-walks.
