Internal Functions

Works examining internal functions and how different processes may coexist, interact or pursue incompatible forms of equilibrium.

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Conscience, Transformation & Adaptation

The Larson Code

10 September 2026 Ralph Larson

Ralph Larson · Independent Edition Introspective Narrative · Conscience, Transformation & Adaptation About the work The Larson Code explores a practical question that appears after observation: Once a person has recognised the systems, patterns, contradictions […]

Black-and-white image of a crowd using mobile phones with one figure behaving independently.
Everyday Systems

Fifth Column

10 September 2026 Ralph Larson

Ralph Larson · Independent Edition Introspective Narrative · Everyday Systems About the work Fifth Column explores the possibility of autonomy from within a system. The individual remains connected. He uses the same technologies, moves through […]

Black-and-white image of a crowd looking at mobile phones beneath a dominant digital interface.
Everyday Systems

The New Obedience

10 September 2026 Ralph Larson

Ralph Larson · Independent Edition Introspective Narrative · Everyday Systems About the work The New Obedience explores a form of everyday obedience that does not depend upon visible authority, explicit instructions or direct coercion. Contemporary […]

Black-and-white architectural image representing fracture, repair and reconnection.
Conscience, Transformation & Adaptation

Making Amends

9 September 2026 Ralph Larson

Ralph Larson · Independent Edition Introspective Narrative · Conscience, Transformation & Adaptation About the work Making Amends explores what happens when an internal system recognises that it has participated in the production of damage. The […]

Black-and-white conceptual image of rigid structures transforming into a new geometric configuration.
Conscience, Transformation & Adaptation

Metanoia

9 September 2026 Ralph Larson

Ralph Larson · Independent Edition Introspective Narrative · Conscience, Transformation & Adaptation About the work Metanoia explores transformation after the internal configuration that once organised experience can no longer be maintained. Its starting point is […]

Black-and-white café scene centred on a cup of specialty coffee and its surrounding ritual.
Everyday Systems

Specialty Coffee

9 September 2026 Ralph Larson

Ralph Larson · Independent Edition Introspective Narrative · Everyday Systems About the work Specialty Coffee explores how apparently ordinary interactions can become structured by expectation, repetition and implicit rules. Its starting point is deliberately simple: […]

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Intimacy, Boundaries & Parallel Systems

WC Shut: A Private Scape

9 September 2026 Ralph Larson

Ralph Larson · Independent Edition Introspective Narrative · Intimacy, Boundaries & Parallel Systems About the work WC Shut: A Private Scape explores privacy, communication and hidden boundaries within intimate systems. Its starting point is deliberately […]

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Ambivalence, Attachment & Balance

The Murmur of Balance

9 September 2026 Ralph Larson

Ralph Larson · Independent Edition Introspective Narrative · Ambivalence, Attachment & Balance About the work The Murmur of Balance explores a particular form of relational ambivalence: the movement towards another person may itself generate the […]

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Internal Systems & Self-Regulation

The Toxic Muse

9 September 2026 Ralph Larson

Ralph Larson · Independent Edition Introspective Narrative · Internal Systems & Self-Regulation About the work The Toxic Muse explores a central paradox within the internal system: the same person, memory or external stimulus may be […]

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Internal Systems & Self-Regulation

The Stabilizer

9 September 2026 Ralph Larson

Ralph Larson · Independent Edition Introspective Narrative · Internal Systems & Self-Regulation About the work The Stabilizer explores a particular form of interpersonal regulation: the possibility that one person may perform a significant stabilizing function […]