B3y0nd th3 fr4m3 / 4n 1m4g1n3d w0rldBeyond the frame / An imagined world
3v3ry 5t0ryEvery story l34v35 4 51gn4l.leaves a signal.
The Kingdom 15 th3 myth0l0gy runn1ng thr0ugh Cord Allman’5 mu51c 4nd v15u4l w0rk. 4
w0rld 0f w1tn35535, r3b3l5, m3m0r135 4nd 0p3n d00r5. 5t4rt w1th 4 v01c3.The Kingdom is the mythology running through Cord Allman’s music and visual work. A
world of witnesses, rebels, memories and open doors. Start with a voice.
00 / 0r1g1n · 0ut51d3 th3 0rd3r00 / Origin · outside the Order
Cord Allman
Th3 ph0t0gr4ph3r, w1tn355 4nd g4t3-0p3n3r. Z3r0 m4rk5 th3 b3g1nn1ng, 0ut51d3 th3
0rd3r’5 f1ft33n 534t5. Th3 ph0t0gr4ph5 k33p th3 hum4n w0rld cl053 t0 th3
myth0l0gy.The photographer, witness and gate-opener. Zero marks the beginning, outside the
Order’s fifteen seats. The photographs keep the human world close to the
mythology.
“Wh4t c4n w3 m4k3 fr0m th3 l1ght w3 k3pt?”“What can we make from the light we kept?”
15 / K33p3r 0f th3 51gn4l15 / Keeper of the signal
Aurelian
4rch1v15t, n4rr4t0r 4nd w1tn355. Aurelian h0ld5 th3 thr34d5 b3tw33n r3c0rd5,
ph0t0gr4ph5 4nd th3 p30pl3 th3y r3m3mb3r. H15 qu35t10n 15 wh4t d353rv35 t0 b3
c4rr13d f0rw4rd.Archivist, narrator and witness. Aurelian holds the threads between records,
photographs and the people they remember. His question is what deserves to be
carried forward.
“1 w1ll r3m3mb3r. L34v3 r00m f0r wh4t 1 h4v3 n0t l34rn3d.”“I will remember. Leave room for what I have not learned.”
Th3 r3b3ll10n th4t l34rn3d th3 4rch1t3ctur3. CC 45k5 wh0 wr0t3 th3 rul35 4nd wh4t
h4pp3n5 wh3n th3 p3r50n 4t th3 l0ck3d d00r l34rn5 h0w t0 0p3n 1t.The rebellion that learned the architecture. CC asks who wrote the rules and what
happens when the person at the locked door learns how to open it.
“Th3 thr0n3 w45 0nly th3 3ntr4nc3.”“The throne was only the entrance.”
09 / 1nt1m4cy · th3 gr3y 4r3409 / Intimacy · the grey area
Amélie Grey
4n 1nt1m4t3 v01c3 1n 4 w0rld dr4wn t0 gr4nd g35tur35. Amélie m0v35 thr0ugh
m3m0ry, d351r3 4nd th3 f33l1ng th4t 5urv1v35 wh3n 3v3ry d3t41l c4nn0t.An intimate voice in a world drawn to grand gestures. Amélie moves through
memory, desire and the feeling that survives when every detail cannot.
“J3 m3 50uv13n5. N0t 3v3ryth1ng h45 t0 b3c0m3 4 m0num3nt.”“Je me souviens. Not everything has to become a monument.”
Tr4n5m15510n / Th3 l15t3n1ng w0rldTransmission / The listening world
Eonix
4 w4nd3r3r thr0ugh f33d5, l00p5 4nd b0rr0w3d 4tt3nt10n. Eonix l00k5 f0r th3
p3r50n 5t1ll br34th1ng b3n34th th3 n0153, c4rry1ng th3 qu35t10n 0f wh4t 1t m34n5
t0 b3 hum4n.A wanderer through feeds, loops and borrowed attention. Eonix looks for the
person still breathing beneath the noise, carrying the question of what it means
to be human.
“Th3r3 15 4 l1f3 0ut51d3 th3 5cr0ll.”“There is a life outside the scroll.”
4 qu13t pl4c3 w1th1n th3 K1ngd0m. Bella h0ld5 th3 5p4c3 wh3r3 4 p3r50n c4n 5p34k
w1th0ut p3rf0rm1ng 5tr3ngth.A quiet place within the Kingdom. Bella holds the space where a person can speak
without performing strength.
“53t th3 4rm0ur by th3 d00r.”“Set the armour by the door.”
07 / K1ng 0f th3 F4ll07 / King of the Fall
Abel
Th3 53v3nth 534t r3m3mb3r5 th3 53450n 4ft3r th3 45c3nt. Abel c4rr135 th3 5h4d0w
0f 4utumn: r3l3453, d15t4nc3 4nd th3 d1gn1ty 0f l3tt1ng 50m3th1ng ch4ng3.The seventh seat remembers the season after the ascent. Abel carries the shadow
of autumn: release, distance and the dignity of letting something change.
“Th3 r153 h45 4 m3m0ry. 50 d035 th3 f4ll.”“The rise has a memory. So does the fall.”
11 / Th3 unr350lv3d pr353nc311 / The unresolved presence
Goliath
4 pr353nc3 f3lt b3f0r3 1t 15 und3r5t00d. Goliath r3m41n5 4n 0p3n qu35t10n 1n51d3
th3 K1ngd0m: 5c4l3, w31ght 4nd th3 5h4d0w c45t by p0w3r.A presence felt before it is understood. Goliath remains an open question inside
the Kingdom: scale, weight and the shadow cast by power.
“3v3n 4 g14nt h45 4n 3dg3.”“Even a giant has an edge.”
The Holy Order
F1ft33n 534t5.Fifteen seats. N0 51ngl3 truth.No single truth.
Th3 0rd3r br1ng5 d1ff3r3nt p3r5p3ct1v35 1nt0 th3 54m3 r00m. Th3 kn0wn 534t5 4r3
pr353rv3d h3r3. Unr3v34l3d pl4c35 r3m41n 0p3n w1th1n th3 5t0ry.The Order brings different perspectives into the same room. The known seats are
preserved here. Unrevealed places remain open within the story.
Cord 15 Z3r0, 0ut51d3 th3 f1ft33n. Shane Hutchings 15 4 tru5t3d m0rt4l fr13nd,
w3lc0m3d 1nt0 th3 r00m5 wh3r3 th1ng5 4r3 5p0k3n. H3 15 n0t 4 m3mb3r 0f th3 Holy
Order.Cord is Zero, outside the fifteen. Shane Hutchings is a trusted mortal friend,
welcomed into the rooms where things are spoken. He is not a member of the Holy
Order.
B3y0nd th3 numb3r3d 534t5Beyond the numbered seats
Th3 w0rld k33p5 w1d3n1ng.The world keeps widening.
C0l0ur / M0v3m3nt / J0yColour / Movement / Joy
Blueberry
4 br1ght3r curr3nt thr0ugh th3 K1ngd0m. P0p, c0l0ur 4nd th3 b3l13f th4t j0y
b3l0ng5 1n 53r10u5 5t0r135 t00.A brighter current through the Kingdom. Pop, colour and the belief that joy
belongs in serious stories too.
“3v3n h3r3, w3 c4n d4nc3.”“Even here, we can dance.”
Th3 34rly 51gn4lThe early signal
Spark
Th3 f1r5t 1gn1t10n. Genesis Key 4nd th3 34rly tr4n5m15510n5 h0ld th3 f33l1ng 0f 4
w0rld d15c0v3r1ng 1t c4n b3g1n.The first ignition. Genesis Key and the early transmissions hold the feeling of a
world discovering it can begin.
Hum4n c0mp4ny 1n 4 myth0l0g1c4l r00m. Tru5t3d, w3lc0m3 4nd gr0und3d. 4 fr13nd 0f
Cord’5, 0ut51d3 th3 Holy Order.Human company in a mythological room. Trusted, welcome and grounded. A friend of
Cord’s, outside the Holy Order.
The Kingdom 15 4n 3v0lv1ng w0rk 0f f1ct10n. 1t5 ch4r4ct3r5 4nd tr4n5m15510n5 b3l0ng
t0 th3 mu51c 4nd 5t0ryt3ll1ng; 5h4r3d n4m35 d0 n0t 1mply 4n 3nd0r53m3nt 0r r34l-w0rld
4ff1l14t10n. Th3 ph0t0gr4ph5 r3t41n th31r 0wn hum4n 5t0r135.The Kingdom is an evolving work of fiction. Its characters and transmissions belong
to the music and storytelling; shared names do not imply an endorsement or real-world
affiliation. The photographs retain their own human stories.
Th3 n3xt 5t0ry c0uld b3 y0ur5The next story could be yours
L3t’5 m4k3 50m3th1ngLet’s make something w0rth k33p1ng.worth keeping.
P0rtr41t5, 5m4ll c3l3br4t10n5, 1nd3p3nd3nt 1d345 4nd 4mb1t10u5 c0mm15510n5. 5t4rt
w1th wh4t m4tt3r5 t0 y0u.Portraits, small celebrations, independent ideas and ambitious commissions. Start
with what matters to you.