Music

MSHR is the art collective of Birch Cooper and Brenna Murphy. Their work meshes digital sculpture, analog circuitry and ceremonial performance. The duo constructs and performs cybernetic compositions using analog synthesizers of their own design. MSHR’s sculptural, musical and electronic work inform each other deeply, creating the meta-form that is their collaborative practice. MSHR emerged from the art collective Oregon Painting Society in 2011 in Portland, Oregon, USA. They were artists-in-residence at Sonoscopia, 2014、 Eyebeam, 2014、 Pioneer Works, 2016、 Signal Culture, 2016. In this performance, MSHR engages with a series of generative systems via sculptural interfaces. The systems are composed of MSHR’s hand-made analog synthesizers, in feedback with light, movement and sound. The duo inserts themselves into the system, shifting the feedback patterns to explore the hyperscapes of a transhumanist ceremony.