Friday, September 16, 2022
7:30pm doors / 8:00pm show
Tickets $17-25 (discounted or free for members)
SFEMF 2022 Festival Pass $45
Masks required for entry

Michelle Moeller (b. St. Louis MO) is a composer, performer, and educator based in Oakland, CA. Her musical practice is ever evolving, guided by patient curiosity and a natural resistance to singular identity. Drawing from both a foundational lyricism and a penchant for dissonant textures, she uses live signals, custom effects, and computer synthesis to build intricate electroacoustic systems. She holds an MFA from Mills College. michellemoeller.com

Born in San Jose and living in San Francisco’s Parkside neighborhood, Dev Bhat is a musician, composer, sound designer, and writer. He has previously performed in bands that could be characterized as industrial rock, shoegaze, hardcore punk, instrumental rock, and ambient. Dev’s solo work as shipwreck detective features synthetic and organic textures using analog synthesizers, old tape recorders, samplers, loopers, and effects processors. His performances are built on structured improvisation, and he draws inspiration from nature, RPG video games, sci-fi films, 90s anime, and speculative fiction. shipwreckdetective.bandcamp.com

Luciano Chessa is a composer, conductor, audiovisual and performance artist, and music historian. His compositions include A Heavenly Act, an opera commissioned by SFMOMA with video by Kalup Linzy; Cromlech, a large organ piece for Melbourne’s Town Hall Organ; and the opera Cena oltranzista nel castelletto al lago, merging experimental theater with reality TV, requiring from the cast over 55 hours of fasting. Chessa has been commissioned multiple times by the Performa Biennial, and in October 2022 will collaborate with famed artist Ugo Rondinone on a multichannel audiovisual installation for Paris Plus/Art Basel. Chessa’s work has appeared in Artforum, Flash Art, Art in America, and Frieze, and has been featured in the Italian Marie Claire and the September Issue of Vogue Italia. lucianochessa.com