No creative website is complete without a slightly pretentious tagline...
Passive Smoking: for when your project needs more vibe and less committee.
Born in Brunswick, raised on cassette hiss, powered by cheap coffee...
If you’ve got a weird idea or a broken thing that might still hum...
This is Passive Smoking. It’s me — Pete Ewing — and whoever else shows up…
No creative website is complete without a slightly pretentious tagline...
Passive Smoking: for when your project needs more vibe and less committee.
Born in Brunswick, raised on cassette hiss, powered by cheap coffee...
If you’ve got a weird idea or a broken thing that might still hum...
Passive
Smoking.
Creative Collective
Brunswick
Passive Smoking is a Brunswick-based
creative studio led
by the masterfully irreverent Pete Ewing.
Blending music, film, theatre, and media,
it champions raw, authentic storytelling.
At its core, it’s a platform for those
who work differently, think sideways,
and tell stories that can’t be told any other way.
creative studio led
by the masterfully irreverent Pete Ewing.
Blending music, film, theatre, and media,
it champions raw, authentic storytelling.
At its core, it’s a platform for those
who work differently, think sideways,
and tell stories that can’t be told any other way.








Passive Smoking is a boutique image and sound studio operating out of Brunswick, Victoria.Led by Pete Ewing, it specialises in creative storytelling across music, film, theatre, and media production From Emmy-winning classics to grungy late-night laneways, Pete brings a broad skillset and a broader imagination Whether it’s a half-baked idea or a fully-fledged project, this is a place that says “yes,” then figures it out later. We could’ve said “Where vision meets execution,” but honestly, who are we kidding?
Passive Smoking isn’t a brand, it’s a mood It’s Pete Ewing — part archivist, part arsonist — setting fire to the idea of waiting until something’s “ready.” Born in Brunswick, raised on cassette hiss, this is where fragments become film, scribbles become songs, and junk mail becomes stage props.If you’ve got a weird idea or a broken thing that might still hum, I’m already interested We don’t do “concept to completion.” We do “what if?” to “holy shit that worked.”Passive Smoking is me, and it’s whoever else turns up.Based in Brunswick, powered by cheap coffee and the good kind of deadlines If you’ve got a project, a song, a wild idea, or a half-finished sentence — I’m listening.No creative website is complete without a slightly pretentious taglineand we’re no differentBe thankful we didn’t go with“From concept to completion” and really lean into real estate energyInstead, what you’ll find here is a living, breathing mess of story, sound, film, theatre, tape hiss, sweat, and smoke—crafted by PeteEwing.Passive Smoking is me, and it’s whoever else turns up.Based in Brunswick, powered by cheap coffee and the good kind of deadlines If you’ve got a project, a song, a wild idea, or a half-finished sentence — I’m listening.No creative website is complete without a slightly pretentious taglineand we’re no differentBe thankful we didn’t go with“From concept to completion” and really lean into real estate energyInstead, what you’ll find here is a living, breathing mess of story, sound, film, theatre, tape hiss, sweat, and smoke—crafted by PeteEwing.
Hi, I’m Pete — and welcome to Passive Smoking. Have you ever needed music, video, theatre, voiceovers, tape loops, or just someone to nod thoughtfully at your idea and say “hmm... could work”? You’re in luck I’ve done sound for Sesame Street, gigs in France, stage shows with no budget, and commercials with too much. This is where all that collides Passive Smoking: for when your project needs more vibe and less committee.
Passive Smoking is me, and it’s whoever else turns up.Based in Brunswick, powered by cheap coffee and the good kind of deadlines If you’ve got a project, a song, a wild idea, or a half-finished sentence — I’m listening.No creative website is complete without a slightly pretentious taglineand we’re no differentBe thankful we didn’t go with“From concept to completion” and really lean into real estate energyInstead, what you’ll find here is a living, breathing mess of story, sound, film, theatre, tape hiss, sweat, and smoke—crafted by PeteEwing.
PASSIVE SMOKING IS NOT A BRAND. It’s a bloke in Brunswick with a busted reel-to-reel, too many ideas, and not enough grant money This is where things get made: weird songs, rough films, heartfelt theatre, loud honesty. No buzzwords. No 'visions.' No LinkedIn speak Just work. Just art. Just me — Pete Ewing — and whoever else rocks up with something to say.


Music videos, short films, voiceovers, sound design — if it makes noise or moves across a screen, I’ve probably tried to make it stranger.
Some of it’s beautiful. Some of it’s weird. Most of it was done with too few resources and too much love.
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