Subsurface by Hal Strode

16 | 09 | 2025

Subsurface is a short film that documents Hal’s engagement with process and material. The work explores the relationship between breath, body, and clay, centring on themes of impermanence and release.

Drawing on Hal’s experience as a freediver, the film reflects on how the act of holding breath and surrendering control to the ocean becomes a means of being fully present.

The clay, excavated from London’s construction sites and made available through Golden Earth Developments, is dug, shaped, and returned, mirroring natural cycles of transformation and return.

Explore caputres of the film on our homepage and the full film on Hal’s Website: https://www.studiostrode.com/work/subsurface