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
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Sceptrum 'We Feel It So Fine / Low Crawl'
Artwork @supercomposite.bsky.social
SCL006
Released 30/06/26
sceptrum.bandcamp.com/album/we-fee...
Artwork @supercomposite.bsky.social
SCL006
Released 30/06/26
sceptrum.bandcamp.com/album/we-fee...
September 25, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Sceptrum 'We Feel It So Fine / Low Crawl'
Artwork @supercomposite.bsky.social
SCL006
Released 30/06/26
sceptrum.bandcamp.com/album/we-fee...
Artwork @supercomposite.bsky.social
SCL006
Released 30/06/26
sceptrum.bandcamp.com/album/we-fee...
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Xihe 'Scanners / Gauntlet '
Artwork @supercomposite.bsky.social
SCL007
Released 28/0826
xihe.bandcamp.com/album/scanne...
Artwork @supercomposite.bsky.social
SCL007
Released 28/0826
xihe.bandcamp.com/album/scanne...
September 25, 2026 at 9:12 AM
Xihe 'Scanners / Gauntlet '
Artwork @supercomposite.bsky.social
SCL007
Released 28/0826
xihe.bandcamp.com/album/scanne...
Artwork @supercomposite.bsky.social
SCL007
Released 28/0826
xihe.bandcamp.com/album/scanne...
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sts 'Distant Shapes / Aquifer'
Artwork @supercomposite.bsky.social
SCL008
Released 25/09/26
sts-sts-sts.bandcamp.com/album/distan...
Artwork @supercomposite.bsky.social
SCL008
Released 25/09/26
sts-sts-sts.bandcamp.com/album/distan...
September 25, 2026 at 9:13 AM
sts 'Distant Shapes / Aquifer'
Artwork @supercomposite.bsky.social
SCL008
Released 25/09/26
sts-sts-sts.bandcamp.com/album/distan...
Artwork @supercomposite.bsky.social
SCL008
Released 25/09/26
sts-sts-sts.bandcamp.com/album/distan...
Thank u parsons thank u apocalyptic haze-choked manhattan
August 4, 2026 at 6:13 AM
Thank u parsons thank u apocalyptic haze-choked manhattan
So… I’ve been invited to speak at Parsons. My talk is called ”AI IMAGES: working with them, working against them” and it’s next Thursday at 4pm!
It’s open to the public. HELLO, MANHATTAN.
It’s open to the public. HELLO, MANHATTAN.
July 8, 2026 at 11:10 PM
So… I’ve been invited to speak at Parsons. My talk is called ”AI IMAGES: working with them, working against them” and it’s next Thursday at 4pm!
It’s open to the public. HELLO, MANHATTAN.
It’s open to the public. HELLO, MANHATTAN.
Hi y’all. You can see 12 pieces from LOAB at Fotomuseum Winterthur 🇨🇭 until Oct 11 as a part of ”Shadow Creatures: From Spirit Photography to the Ghosts of the Algorithm”
July 4, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Hi y’all. You can see 12 pieces from LOAB at Fotomuseum Winterthur 🇨🇭 until Oct 11 as a part of ”Shadow Creatures: From Spirit Photography to the Ghosts of the Algorithm”
LOAB is coming to Switzerland.
For the first time ever, several pieces from LOAB will be exhibited — at Fotomuseum Winterthur.
𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒅𝒐𝒘 𝑪𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔: 𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑺𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒕 𝑷𝒉𝒐𝒕𝒐𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒉𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑮𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑨𝒍𝒈𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒎
27.06-11.10.2026
For the first time ever, several pieces from LOAB will be exhibited — at Fotomuseum Winterthur.
𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒅𝒐𝒘 𝑪𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔: 𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑺𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒕 𝑷𝒉𝒐𝒕𝒐𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒉𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑮𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑨𝒍𝒈𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒎
27.06-11.10.2026
June 17, 2026 at 11:15 AM
LOAB is coming to Switzerland.
For the first time ever, several pieces from LOAB will be exhibited — at Fotomuseum Winterthur.
𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒅𝒐𝒘 𝑪𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔: 𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑺𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒕 𝑷𝒉𝒐𝒕𝒐𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒉𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑮𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑨𝒍𝒈𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒎
27.06-11.10.2026
For the first time ever, several pieces from LOAB will be exhibited — at Fotomuseum Winterthur.
𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒅𝒐𝒘 𝑪𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔: 𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑺𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒕 𝑷𝒉𝒐𝒕𝒐𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒉𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑮𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑨𝒍𝒈𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒎
27.06-11.10.2026
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babe wake up a new Loab has been found
This is wild: essentially every LLM—ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini—keeps using the same character when asked to make up a story, a guy called 'Elias Thorne'. He appears so much it's impacting Google Trends data and the self-published book market. Now we might know why www.404media.co/elias-thorne...
Chatbots Keep Telling Stories About Lighthouse Keeper 'Elias Thorne'. We Might Know Why
LLMs including ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude are obsessed with telling stories about lighthouse keepers and clockmakers, and one character named 'Elias Thorne' has made his way from chatbots to Amazon bo...
www.404media.co
June 12, 2026 at 5:09 PM
babe wake up a new Loab has been found
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Instead of depicting her as "evil", I've turned her more as an cursed, isolated, sad hag, who's finding companionship.
Loab by @supercomposite.bsky.social
Face reference snatched from @Thomasmodeller1 on Twitter
Loab by @supercomposite.bsky.social
Face reference snatched from @Thomasmodeller1 on Twitter
March 27, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Instead of depicting her as "evil", I've turned her more as an cursed, isolated, sad hag, who's finding companionship.
Loab by @supercomposite.bsky.social
Face reference snatched from @Thomasmodeller1 on Twitter
Loab by @supercomposite.bsky.social
Face reference snatched from @Thomasmodeller1 on Twitter
Question for the AI people: in the year 2026 what is your go-to upscaler?
March 23, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Question for the AI people: in the year 2026 what is your go-to upscaler?
excited to exhibit my work as a part of
SHADOW CREATURES – FROM SPIRIT PHOTOGRAPHY TO THE GHOSTS OF THE ALGORITHM
opening June 27th
at Fotomuseum Winterthur in Switzerland
!!!
www.fotomuseum.ch/en/exhibitio...
SHADOW CREATURES – FROM SPIRIT PHOTOGRAPHY TO THE GHOSTS OF THE ALGORITHM
opening June 27th
at Fotomuseum Winterthur in Switzerland
!!!
www.fotomuseum.ch/en/exhibitio...
Fotomuseum Winterthur | Museum for Photography and Visual Culture | Shadow Creatures – From Spirit Photography to the Ghosts of the Algorithm
Fotomuseum Winterthur is a museum for contemporary photography. The works of young as well as established international photographers and artists are shown in changing group and solo exhibitions. In t...
www.fotomuseum.ch
March 11, 2026 at 1:49 PM
excited to exhibit my work as a part of
SHADOW CREATURES – FROM SPIRIT PHOTOGRAPHY TO THE GHOSTS OF THE ALGORITHM
opening June 27th
at Fotomuseum Winterthur in Switzerland
!!!
www.fotomuseum.ch/en/exhibitio...
SHADOW CREATURES – FROM SPIRIT PHOTOGRAPHY TO THE GHOSTS OF THE ALGORITHM
opening June 27th
at Fotomuseum Winterthur in Switzerland
!!!
www.fotomuseum.ch/en/exhibitio...
Reposted by steph maj swanson
January 30, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Loved having this conversation with Bogna Konior, one of my favorite theorists of new technology, for Fotomuseum Winterthur’s upcoming exhibition Shadow Creatures www.permanentbeta.network/episode/219
January 26, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Loved having this conversation with Bogna Konior, one of my favorite theorists of new technology, for Fotomuseum Winterthur’s upcoming exhibition Shadow Creatures www.permanentbeta.network/episode/219
I gave a talk on AI today inside a geodesic sphere at Tekniska museet in Stockholm.
January 13, 2026 at 7:01 PM
I gave a talk on AI today inside a geodesic sphere at Tekniska museet in Stockholm.
my work with Loab was discussed in this piece:
spikeartmagazine.com/articles/vul...
spikeartmagazine.com/articles/vul...
The Vulgar Image by Dean Kissick
AI is co-spawning a visual culture beyond any imagination. Will an overthrow of good taste re-vest pictures with their mysterious power? Or are we chasing our machines into pastiche hell?
spikeartmagazine.com
January 12, 2026 at 9:07 PM
my work with Loab was discussed in this piece:
spikeartmagazine.com/articles/vul...
spikeartmagazine.com/articles/vul...
the new ChatGPT image model refuses to generate Loab
December 16, 2025 at 8:14 PM
the new ChatGPT image model refuses to generate Loab
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November 28, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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Loab is part of an “Algo-Lit” course syllabus at UCLA :)
November 19, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Loab is part of an “Algo-Lit” course syllabus at UCLA :)
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!
Egg punk is the future
October 19, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Egg punk is the future
A hot and hungry night walk through Uppsala.
Thanks Extra Extra Magazine for having me on the pod!
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Thanks Extra Extra Magazine for having me on the pod!
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Night walker #16 – Steph Maj Swanson – Uppsala
In this episode, Steph Maj Swanson slips unnoticed through the streets of Uppsala during its Valborg festival, drawn like a moth to its midnight bonfires and unbridled pleasures. Steph is an American ...
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October 16, 2025 at 3:29 PM
A hot and hungry night walk through Uppsala.
Thanks Extra Extra Magazine for having me on the pod!
www.mixcloud.com/extraextrama...
Thanks Extra Extra Magazine for having me on the pod!
www.mixcloud.com/extraextrama...
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October 4, 2025 at 12:07 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.
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.