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Third Saturdays

Ai Onoda, Judy Dunaway, Grace Schmidhauser, Jay Reinier, Adelle Lin, Matt Pinner

Featuring Dharma Esmat

The Harvestworks Art and Technology Program announces four events for the Governors Island Arts series Third Saturdays and House Fest. All events are free.

HOUSE FEST PERFORMANCES

OUTDOORS IN NOLAN PARK

Ai Onoda plays Satie’s “Vexation” would take over 20 hours if one follows his instruction of repeating the short, simple, sweet yet eerie piece 840 times in succession. Starting Site: Building 10a, Nolan Park, Governors Island and traveling around Nolan Park. Ai will perform on stage at 6 pm in Nolan Park as part of the House Fest.

Judy Dunaway

Judy Dunaway will perform solo free improvisations on amplified latex balloons.

Time: 4:30 pm – 30 minutes

Grace Schmidhauser and Jay Reinier

Grace Schmidhauser and Jay Reinier create a duo with found objects, radio waves, and misdirections. 

Time: 6:30 pm – 30 minutes

INDOOR PERFORMANCE IN BUILDING 10A NOLAN PARK

Time: 5:15 pm

Star Catcher – Adelle Lin and Matt Pinner collaborate with the dancer-choreographer Dharma Esmat to explore the mystical tapestry of the universe and redefine the act of creation through dance.

DATE: Saturday August 17, 2024

LOCATION: Harvestworks Art and Technology Program Building 10a, Nolan Park, Governors Island

‱       BIOS

Ai Onoda – Born in 1988 and living in Tokyo, Ai Onoda is a contemporary artist working in paintings, videos, performances, and installations. He is also the only Japanese to have performed Erik Satie’s “Vexations”, which took 20 hours to complete without a break.

Judy Dunaway is internationally known for her numerous works for latex balloons as sound producers, including sculptural sonic performances, sound installations, interactive pieces and acousmatic works.

Adelle Lin Yingxi is a Malaysian artist, activist, and creative technologist based in Brooklyn. Their art seeks to heal and connect through joy and contemplation, aiming to advocate for women’s rights, champion climate justice, and bridge divides. Adelle holds a master’s degree in art and engineering from NYU Tandon.

Matt Pinner is a dynamic artist and creative technologist originally from Colorado, now based in Brooklyn, NY. With a background in software engineering and a passion for sculpture and physics, he creates immersive, interactive lighting sculptures and volumetric installations that engage and connect people in timeless, limitless experiential spaces.

Dharma Esmat is a versatile professional dancer and choreographer from Portland, Oregon who boasts a decade of experience across contemporary, ballet, jazz, and hip-hop styles.


Grace Schmidhauser is a sound-maker currently based in Brooklyn. She is one half of the experimental rock duo Or Best Offer. Her work centers around tactile experimentations with material, synchronicity, the spirit of play, and new age mysticism. 

Jay Reinier
instagram: @jpalindrome
website: jpalindrome.com
Jay Reinier’s work tightropes the boundary between speech and sound, often taking the form of creative/critical hypertexts, performances, and installations. Inspired by posthumanist ideas, their work challenges anthropocentrism, using technology and multimedia to articulate technological, ghostly ways of being.

Grace Schmidhauser

Grace Schmidhauser is a sound-maker currently based in Brooklyn. She is one half of the experimental rock duo Or Best Offer. She oscillates between making guitar-driven post-rock music and experimental ambient work, often at the same time. Her work centers around tactile experimentations with material, synchronicity, the spirit of play, and new age mysticism.

Ai Onoda

Born in 1988 and living in Tokyo, Ai Onoda is a contemporary artist working in paintings, videos, performances, and installations. He is also the only Japanese to have performed Erik Satie’s “Vexations”, which took 20 hours to complete without a break. Onoda holds a BA from the Musashino Art University and an MFA in the Inter-Media Art from the Tokyo University of the Arts. His works have been exhibited at Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale, BankART, and Arts Maebashi. He is known to have performed Satie’s “Vexations” at places such as bookstores, cafes, public restrooms besides art spaces. Onoda also curated an art exhibition and organized a series of poetry, literature, and philosophy workshops at the Hirosegawa Court, an art space in Gunma, Japan. Onoda currently works as a research assistant at Musashino Art University.

Judy Dunaway

For the past twenty years Judy Dunaway has primarily been known for her
numerous works for latex balloons as sound producers, including free improvisations,
electronic and multi-media works, sound installations, and compositions. She has
presented these works throughout North America and Europe at many important venues,
festivals, museums and galleries including the Academy of Media Arts Cologne
(Germany), Alternative Museum (NYC), Bang on a Can Festival (NYC), Everson Art
Museum (Syracuse), Frau Musica Nova (Germany), the Guelph Jazz Festival (Canada),
Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors (NYC), the New Museum of Contemporary Art (NYC),
Performance Space 122 (NYC), Podewil (Berlin), Roulette (NYC), the Roy and Edna
Disney Center (Los Angeles), Seltsame Musik Festival (Austria) and STEIM
(Netherlands). Her discography includes CDs on the CRI and Innova labels. Her
awards/grants/residencies include the Electronic Music Studios Stockholm, New York
State Music Fund. the Aaron Copland Fund Recording Grant, the American Composers
Forum’s Composers Commissioning Fund, ZKM, Harvestworks and the National Endowment
for the Arts performance fund. She has given academic presentations about her works
at many colleges and universities, including The Berlin University of the Arts,
Cornell University, Rennselaer Polytechnic, Tufts University, Syracuse University,
Juilliard School of Music, Musik Akademie Basel (Switzerland), University of
Gothenberg (Sweden), Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera (Milan, Italy) and Hochschule
fuer Gestaltung, Karlsruhe (Germany). She has a Ph.D. in music composition from
Stony Brook University and an M.A. with emphasis in experimental music composition
from Wesleyan University, where she studied with Alvin Lucier. She has been a
Visiting Lecturer at Massachusetts College of Art and Design since 2005. She has
been working with Cycling 74‘s Max for the past 10 years and received a
Max/MSP/Jitter certificate from Harvestworks in May 2011.

Jay Reinier

Jay Reinier’s work tightropes the boundary between speech and sound, often taking the form of creative/critical hypertexts, performances, and installations. Inspired by posthumanist ideas, their work challenges anthropocentrism, using technology and multimedia to articulate technological, ghostly ways of being. Jay attended Oberlin College and Conservatory, where they studied composition and comparative literature. They received Highest Honors for his undergraduate thesis, “Demons of Analogy: The Encounter Between Music and Language After MallarmĂ©,” which investigates how French Symbolist poet StĂ©phane MallarmĂ© theorizes a musical poetics, and how music speaks back at this poetics. They have designed and taught four courses in Oberlin’s Experimental College which explore experimental literature and posthumanist philosophies. They currently live and work in New York City and are getting their MFA in Performance and Interactive Media Arts at Brooklyn College.

Adelle Lin

Adelle Lin, representing the artists collective Meud, will develop
NightGames, an interactive musical public artwork based on an app for smartphones.
NightGames brings audiences together to collaboratively control an interactive sound
and lighting environment, further expanding their understanding of game play and
theatre to include freeform interaction. By leveraging technological systems in
smart phones, a rich terrain for exploration fills the exhibit space. The
installation rewards group cooperation, in addition to personal expression, bringing
a conscious awareness to players that individual can impact and form a collective
ecosystem. Meud works on scalable collaborative experiences mediated by technology.
Phoenix Perry is the head developer of Meud; from digital arts curator to Creative
Director, Perry has extensive experience in new media, design, and user interfaces.
Adelle Lin has worked as an architectural design team member designing retail
fitouts and design strategy for Australia. Currently she works with renewable energy
technology to deliver leading edge sustainable infrastructure. In addition to
Phoenix Perry and Adelle Lin, Meud artists include Sophi Kravitz, Margaret Schedel,
Colin Snyder, and Emi Spicer.

Matt Pinner

Matt Pinner is a dynamic artist and creative technologist originally
from Colorado, now based in Brooklyn, NY. With a background in software engineering
and a passion for sculpture and physics, he creates immersive, interactive lighting
sculptures and volumetric installations that engage and connect people in timeless,
limitless experiential spaces. Holding a degree in Math and Astrophysics from the
Colorado School of Mines, Matt has had impactful roles such as Head of Architecture
and Technical Director for projects like The Illuminated River Project and Intel’s
Robot Dance Party. Deeply involved in the Creative Technology community, he leads
global projects, creates fashion technology, collaborates on projects like
Crashspacela and SPARK FUN. He also worked with artists such as DJ Qbert and Lady
Gaga at events like the Grammys and CES. Matt’s recent work focuses on interactive
sculptures that foster discussions about the future of technology, positioning him
at the forefront of novel interactions between art and technology.

Dharma Esmat

Dharma Esmat, a versatile professional dancer and choreographer from Portland, Oregon, boasts a decade of experience across contemporary, ballet, jazz, and hip-hop styles. Known for expressive performances and innovative choreography, Dharma moved to New York in 2017 to study dance at the New School and was able to collaborate with renowned artists and peers. Dharma has also had the privilege of performing for the Oregon Symphony, and Joffrey ballet showcasing their talent and versatility on prestigious stages.