Luka Kuplowsky

It's been very rewarding to help realize this installation by Mary Bunch & Dolleen Tisawii’ashii Manning alongside Christina Dovolis & Jorge De Oliveira. My main role was designing the sound world of both portals, including a participatory mossy-midi keyboard of wetland sounds from the Sarnia region.

The installation is showing this weekend at the Aga Khan for World Water Day. Closes end of day Sunday.

Particulate Matter x Midge Swarm is an interactive dual-channel projection responding to the environmental crisis in Sarnia’s Chemical Valley—home to Canada’s worst air quality. The project reflects on the harm caused by petrochemical industries, particularly to the Aamjiwnaang and Walpole Island First Nations. In Particulate Matter, viewers control a digital smog screen with a throttle controller, revealing a surreal industrial landscape, while triggering sirens, local voices, and media clips. Midge Swarm, in contrast, immerses viewers in a vibrant wetland. Spectators can clear the swarm of midges by waving their arms, and perform a wetland soundscape on a midi board. Installed in proximity, this installation asks audiences to dwell in sites of remedy and complicity in the spoils of capitalist extraction.

Showings:
2026 – Group Exhibition – Aga Khan Museum – Toronto, Canada
2026 – Group Exhibition – Available Light Film Festival – Whitehorse, Canada
2025 – Group Exhibition – Electronic Literature Conference – Toronto, Canada
2025 – Group Exhibition – University Art Association of Canada – Toronto, Canada
2025 – Group Exhibition – Connected Minds Conference – Toronto, Canada

It's here 🐛🌿
The Grass Grows, Antonych Grows Росте Антонич, і росте трава is released today on digital & compact disc via

To celebrate the album release there is a new video of a miniature Luka. Filmed on my writing desk.

I've said a lot in past posts and will say a lot more about this record in the future, but for today the music can carry much more than I could ever write.

Stream it wherever
Purchase it digitally
order a CD (if you're local send me a message!)
Read Antonych's poetry 📖

Love and thanks to all who contributed Josh Cole Evan Cartwright Dan Pencer, Melissa Richards (aka Mo), Adam Kuplowsky, Sviatoslav Momotko, Volodymyr Kuplowsky, .mwambu Evan Newman, Cathy Pitt, Mama, Tato💙💙💙

The record was funded in Part by The Shevchenko Foundation, Boris Horodynsky Music Fund (Thank you!)

I am a bug 📼 🐛

Directed and Edited by luka

Camera by Julia Kathrin Lehmann & .mwambu

Shot at York U Motion Media Studio

Thank you to Mary Bunch & Dolleen Tisawii'ashii Manning

Public Domain Footage from: Ukrainian Festival Choir Of Dauphin Ukrainian Wedding, Miss Spider, Apollo 12 Footage, Insect Zoo - courtesy of the Prelinger Archives

Streaming on YouTube 📺