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MY _____ IS AN ECOSYSTEM

Messica Arson, Metamyther, Voyde

Featuring painter

Performances starting at 3pm

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

Part of “MY _____ IS AN ECOSYSTEM”, a LiveCode.NYC Exhibition/Residency


Description

This concert features artists working with modular synthesizers, live coding, visuals, and more. Featuring Messica Arson, Metamyther, painter, and Voyde.

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Suggested Donation: $5-25

Limited capacity but walk-ins are welcome. Ticket/RSVP/donation is not required but is encouraged and appreciated!

Messica Arson

Jessica Garson aka Messica Arson ventured into the live coding scene in 2017 while seeking
gigs for her new punk solo project utilizing Sonic Pi. Since then, her sound has
significantly transformed, emerging as a unique fusion of live sampling, modular
synthesis, and live coding. A defining feature of her music is the incorporation of
screaming, adding a layer of rawness. Messica has showcased her talent across the
US, Canada, and Europe, opening for notable artists such as Oliver Ackerman of A
Place to Bury Strangers and Eric Schlappi from Schlappi Engineering. She has been an
active member of LivecodeNYC since 2017; she has played a vital role in organizing
and planning shows for the collective.

Tristan Kneschke

Tristan Kneschke’s Metamyther project explores three-movement song structures to craft cinematic industrial odysseys. Kneschke has quickly gained a reputation in the local New York scene for his intense live shows, and works to support his local community by producing live events like the dark-themed Electric Abyss through the New York Modular Society, as well as a monthly showcase of local artists at Wonderville. He has contributed scores to several films, including the documentary Conceiving Our Future, which enjoyed the distinction of screening DocNYC, America’s biggest documentary film festival. Kneschke has taught classes at the School of the Visual Arts in New York City as an adjunct professor. He has contributed anthology chapters published by Bloomsbury Academic, Routledge, and Dancecult, and has focused on writing about electronic music for cultural publications including Tiny Mix Tapes, Pop Matters, Metal Sucks, Decoder Magazine, Echoes and Dust, and Hyperallergic, among others.

painter

New York-based electronic music artist, painter, crafts emotive and melodic soundscapes using analog synthesizers, drum machines, and effect pedals. Often recorded on a vintage cassette tape recorder in single takes, painter embraces imperfections, capturing a genuine snapshot of the present moment, much like analog photography. The result is a melancholic and emotionally charged musical journey, a testament to the beauty of raw analog sound expression.

Voyde

Voyde, aka Indira Ardolic, is a New Media Artist and Creative Technologist from New York. She employs digital technologies to recreate experiences and dreams, merging mysticism with technology. Her favorite themes include celebrating queerness, destigmatizing mental health, and uplifting marginalized identities. She seeks to use game engines to enable unique interactions, providing a deeper understanding of our humanity. She discovered games as a perfect escape from reality during her youth. Now, she sees games and interactive 3D media as the ultimate love letter to reality itself—how beautiful is it that we learned math to mimic the movement of water? It feels like creating an illusion of a grander life, one so compact it can be held in your hand.