PARTICIPATION Connecting: :Conversations is a live transformation of dialogue into sound texture between a cellist and a programmer. It starts with solo cello, playing a transcription of words from a Benjamin Britten interview. The programmer types code live to record, alter, and play samples from the cello. They wear a flexible OLED screen mask to […]
PARTICIPATION Sonic Habitat no.148 The piece is a visual poem reciting circularity of sight and sound. It starts out with a still image of blue, green, and transparent glass marbles scattered on a blank five-staff music sheet. Then, it abruptly transitions into a view in motion walking on a bridge across a freeway. The bridge […]
PARTICIPATION Inspired by the rhythms of nature and the landscape that surrounds them, Abacus is currently using primarily piano and guitar to build textures and rhythms that converse with each other, creating an ever changing narrative that unfolds in a familiar yet alien landscape. The sounds should move through your body and mind as you […]
Hailing from the planet Saturn, Neyva is a multidisciplinary alien artist from outer space here to save the human race. Their music is vulnerable, futuristic, eclectic, experimental, and otherworldly, alongside their engaging stage presence. In this lifetime, they’re self taught as well as in music programs since middle school. They were in and out of […]
PARTICIPATION Neyva is a multidisciplinary artist who embraces futurism, alien ancestry, alienation, vulnerability, cacophony, abrasion, grief, & their emotions through the celestial musical universe they encapsulate through their ethereal vocals, immersive stage presence, & eclectic music. Through the dichotomy of these elements, they strive to create a universe for those who resonate with these experiences, […]
Ashton S. Phillips (he/him) is an interdisciplinary artist based in Los Angeles, California, working directly with the earth, water, pollution, and more-than-human agents of (dis)repair as primary materials and collaborators. He is interested in the transness of material, the plasticity of bodies (human and nonhuman), and the promise of queer/trans ecological praxis, including interspecies collaboration, […]
PARTICIPATION Wishing Well – A Feast Cycle of Fluid (de)Compositions Pure Filth Society members Ashton S. Phillips and Sadie Greyduck will perform a nonlinear, fluid ecosystem of sonic and material composition and decomposition, contamination and regeneration. Wishing Well will be organized around a well or wells of (plastic) fluids that will be constructed to both […]
Heidi Ross is a chef and multidisciplinary artist who uses food as visceral communication through communion—exploring sentience and interspecies connection through sound, touch, taste, and new media. Her conceptual, somatic, and artistic approach to cooking comes through in immersive performances that connect people around a shared experience. Her work centers curiosity and patience, delight in nature […]
PARTICIPATION I’m a professional chef and sound artist who makes food, sounds, and movement in performance. My work explores embodiment and nourishment in social collaboration and engagement, drawing poetic attention to form, sound, and materials. My setup includes a 2.5 ft x 4 ft mushroom shaped sound table which I prepare food on and amplify […]
Born in Beirut, Lebanon, Bea Lamar‘s candlelit sketching sessions with her father ignited a lifelong exploration of art’s mystical dimensions.Now rooted in Pasadena on the ancestral land of the Hahamog’na Tongva people, her practice blends environmentalism, ancestral wisdom, and quantum interconnectedness.Drawing from Levantine heritage—ancient divination, celestial rhythms, and herbal lore—she creates immersive installations merging energy […]