Originally developed with André Lepecki and John Oswald for the Wiener Festwochen 2000 (Vienna), STRESS is a large-scale video installation made up of over twenty episodes consisting of various combinations of texts, images, multi-voiced narration and sound. Interpreting the techniques of book conceptualization and development through the medium of cinema, STRESS uses multiple digital projections to create a cinematic experience for the viewer. Created with moving images, photo freezes, film and tape loops - ranging from the openly documentary to the abstract, and made up of found historical footage, vintage stock, and logos - each episode presents a condition of the culture of stress. According to Bruce Mau, a culture that pushes the limits of social, ecological, biological, intellectual, emotional, and psychological capacity in almost every endeavor is a culture of stress.

STRESS was designed and produced by Bruce Mau Design Inc. in association with numerous collaborators. The STRESS Web site was designed and developed by Rhizome³. View a complete list of credits.

STRESS was originally organized alphabetically as a creative structuring device. Navigating through A to Z, the viewer is invited to read multiple versions of text and images within Episodes.

First shown in Toronto to an intimate audience in 2000, STRESS has been showcased internationally in multiple iterations. View each rendering, and examine how STRESS has developed over time.

An immense amount of material goes into producing thematic projects such as STRESS. The Discourse section documents such creative development, in addition to press.