PARTICIPATION
DOS – A Sonic Dialogue
Co-curated by Pablo Perez and Nicki Chen
Featuring: Angel Lin, Chloe Villamayor, Haydeé Jiménez, Nelle J. Anderson, Nicki Chen, Pablo Perez
DOS is a durational sonic experience exploring sound as a form of dialogue. Throughout the evening, experimental artists and musicians engage in a series of evolving improvised duets — an ever-shifting sonic chain where each encounter leaves an imprint on the next. Each 15-minute set pairs two performers in real-time conversation through sound. After each set, one artist rotates out and a new one joins in, forming a new duo. What results is a sonic relay of transformation, contrast, tension, and resonance — not about harmony, but about exchange.
Each 15-minute set pairs two performers in real-time conversation through sound. After each set, one artist rotates out and a new one joins in, forming a new duo. What results is a sonic relay of transformation, contrast, tension, and resonance — not about harmony, but about exchange.
Audiences are invited to come and go throughout the evening or stay for the entire unfolding. No moment is repeated. DOS is a meditation on presence, listening, and the instability of communication.
Featured Performers:
Pablo Perez
Nicki Chen
Music is my homing signal, reaching out to old souls and those ready to look within. This is my way of finding soulmates. I’m a violist that uses improvisation to embrace instability and search for forgotten experiences and hidden energy. I invite the audience to join me in surrendering to the process of peeling back armor to reveal raw emotions without fear of judgment or imperfection.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/viola.wav/
Angel Lin
Angel Lin is a Los Angeles area percussionist, instrument maker, and sound sculpture artist who synthesizes their experiences with jazz, classical, improvised music, and Indonesian gamelan to create unique sonic landscapes. Utilizing hand made instruments and sculptural pieces crafted from tree branches, driftwood, and other natural materials amongst a host of gongs and drums, their work also integrates elements of Chinese spirituality and ritual magic as part of the performance and creative process.
Website: http://www.nellejanderson.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nellejanderson
Chloe Villamayor
Chloe Villamayor is a Los Angeles-based interdisciplinary artist whose works explore the role of the body in the physicalization of the internal and intangible. She believes art is not simply a reflection of the world but a tool to heal it and creates opportunities for people to transform what’s within into movement and growth. Her works span diverse sound worlds, from avant-garde electronics to her art-pop solo project, Gari, contemporary concert music to performance art. Chloe is pursuing her Bachelor’s degree in music composition at the University of Southern California, where she has studied with Christopher Trapani, Ted Hearne, Nina Young, Tom Hall, and Camae Ayewa (Moor Mother).
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/i_make_sounds
Haydeé Jiménez
A transdisciplinary artist and organizer based between Southern California and Northern Baja California, Haydeé explores healing and artistic expression through sound, frequency, and vibration. She performs under AyDD and Hidhawk and is a co-founder of nettnett space in Tijuana and promoter of Borderlandnoise. She also teaches at Cal State LA.
Website: https://haydeejimenez.net
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/haydeejimenez/
Nelle J. Anderson
Vocalist, composer, and improviser Nelle J. Anderson sings between opera, pop, and Reiki. She recently debuted with the Grammy Award-winning PARTCH Ensemble as Marilyn Monroe/S in LSD—Huxley’s Last Trip (LeBaron), for which she “stunned with her buttery tone” (San Francisco Classical Voice) and co-developed an experimental new musical (BEDROCK with Ivan Cunningham) as an Oracle Egg Resident Artist. A Fulbright Fellowship 2024 Semifinalist, she composes performance art pieces to externalize singers’ inner directives and practice-room processes, and her debut art-pop album ANY DEAD COQUETTE (Soubrette, 2021) was called “an outstanding experience” by the Recording Artists Guild. She lives on the LA road teaching energy-work voice lessons and giving Reiki sessions. She went to CalArts (Performer-Composer MFA) and Bard (Classical Voice BA).
Website: https://nellejanderson.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nellejanderson/

Pablo Perez has been a prolific presence in the Los Angeles experimental underground, having performed numerous times at local arts organization Coaxial, The Getty Museum, Sound Pedro, Handbag Noise Festival, Late Breakfast, Triptronics events at Echo Park’s Little Joy, Noise Engineering Noise Blast, and more. Additionally, he was the first performer at the first Synthplex Synthesizer festival and gear expo, and he helps co-run the free outdoor Modular On The Spot events in Los Angeles, a beloved series combining the communal bond of a picnic setting with performances exclusively utilizing modular synths.
Artist Location: Venice Beach, CA
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