In continuation of his collaboration with the Napia village, Laos, Phinthong began The Organ of Destiny series in 2022. The Organ of Destiny is a pair of melted UXO plates that resemble the mirrors used to treat phantom limb pain. Phinthong was inspired by Steven Sumner, a Canadian activist who also suffered from phantom pain, who distributed these mirrors in areas all over the world with low income. 

Commissioned by Barakat Contemporary on the occasion of this exhibition, The Organ of Destiny (Assembly) is an expansion of The Organ of Destiny, using five pairs to form two installation variations to alternate every two weeks throughout the exhibition. One version takes the shape of a B-21 Raider, and in another, a selection of five poses two cranes take to communicate with each other. The B-21 Raider, a stealth bomber developed for the US Air Force by Northrop Grumman, took its first test flight in November 2023. It is mostly undetectable on air radars, otherwise only identified as a small bird. Phinthong makes a paradoxical connection to the migratory cranes, an endangered species that inhabits the Korean DMZ, another site of which ecology is immensely influenced by complications of the Cold War. The Korean DMZ has been flourishing with flora and fauna, many of which are endangered, welcoming the isolation post-trauma. The electric wires hanging from the ceiling and supporting the cranes’ poses are a reminder of the powerline accidents, which injure and kill many of the cranes at the DMZ.