Projects
L'impasse du Temps
L’impasse du Temps is a love letter suspended in time — a quiet reflection on what it means to be fully present with someone, so present that the passing of time begins to dissolve. In French, an impasse is both a cul-de-sac and a standstill. A place where movement halts, but not in despair. Instead, it becomes a pause filled with feeling.
I’ve come to believe that love, like music, is something you listen to — not just in others, but in yourself. L’impasse du Temps invites you to listen gently: to people, to silences, to the spaces between thoughts. Good things take time, and often, they ask for stillness and care, not pressure nor haste.
Rather than pushing forward, the piece chooses to linger and to dwell in between. It sits with uncertainty, with softness, with the kind of quiet that invites reflection instead of resolution. In these moments, time loosens its grip. It doesn’t demand answers. It simply asks for attention.
all of this, for you – Sri Lanka Short Film
All of this, for you, was born from conversations I shared with mothers — reflections on care, sacrifice, and the kind of love that asks for nothing in return. The piece remains a gentle reminder to express care — especially when it feels difficult or unreciprocated.
Video by Shuhei Matsutoya
sound sketch I: inokashira park
Although the shrine in Inokashira Park honors a God of good fortune, urban legend has it that visiting lovers risk losing the bond that brought them there together.
the lifecycle of a garment
A poem by Sid Abelson
Recorded and edited by Shuhei Matsutoya
Ode to Man
Inspired by Sophocles’ Ajax, this work reflects on the lifelong realization of self-reclamation under society’s unyielding gaze.
Visual by Ryan Ondo
ACIREMA
In light of recent events: A political climate in America characterized by hostility, divisiveness, and terror.
Video by Shuhei Matsutoya
Must Be Two
Choreographed by Oli Amrein
Music created in collaboration with Luca Milliard-Kish
Kid A — Arranged for Orchestra
Performed by the Budapest Symphony Orchestra
human wither
Artwork by Shuhei Matsutoya
Miscellaneous
Rescore of Intro Sequence from Loving Vincent (2017)
川村美術館 — Inspired by journal entry from 6.15.24
Sounds born from a burning candle, captured through a microphone, and manipulated in real time via Ableton using a deconstructed DDJ, reprogrammed as a multi-send fader. What results is a requiem, composed by the candle for its own fading light.
iMi by Bon Iver — orchestrated for chamber orchestra
An exploration of traditional Persian flutes reimagined within contemporary sonic landscapes.


