Path. 13, Quaver Cipher follows an explorer’s search for his pluralistic cultural beginnings, guided by a dialogue with muons—cosmic ray particles that travel across galaxies to reach Earth. His journey unfolds across mythic realms and higher-dimensional spaces. Performing for the camera, Boedi Widjaja interacts with atmospheric muons using a custom-built sensor—a working instrument made of double geiger-counters and an open-source algorithm—in a multidisciplinary work that enfolds performance, algorithmically processed poetry, CGI, and experimental photography. To make the film, Boedi developed a photographic method to capture the presence of invisible muons; and the images were described by Prof. Hiroyuki Tanaka of the University of Tokyo—a pioneer in the field of muography—as the “first fine art muography”.

The work extends Boedi’s decade-long research into body, memory, language, and encoding, informed by the intercultural liminality of his migrant experience.

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Credits
Performer | Director | Editor | Typographer Boedi Widjaja
Cinematographer | Offline editor Harry Chew
CGI producer Big Red Button: Wally Tham | Chew Yibao | Hannah Chua
Sound composer Jonathan Yip
Poet Tse Hao Guang
Producer Audrey Koh

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Process Notes by poet Tse Hao Guang and sound composer Jonathan Yip

Reflections by Jee Leong Koh