Thursday, May 1 at 6:30PM
NETWORK ENTITY - Artist Talk and Performance with MSHR
3600 Lyons Rd, Austin, TX 78702, USA
$10
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Thursday May 1st, 2025
The Museum of Human Achievement, 3600 Lyons Road, Austin, Texas 78702
6:30pm - Doors
7:00pm - Artist Talk
8:00pm - Performance
Join us for an artist talk and performance by MSHR. The artists will share about their creative practice and the processes behind their body of work, with room for questions and discussion. Following a brief intermission, they will present a performance of NETWORK ENTITY.
MSHR’s audiovisual performance, NETWORK ENTITY, is an ever-mutating composition of sculptural and sonic shapes. The video projection and 4-channel audio are created with handmade instruments including sculptural electronic interfaces and open source software paths which allow for real-time improvisation.
If you’re into or curious about creative collaboration, electronic music, digital fabrication, custom-made instruments, video synthesis, or open source softwares Blender and Supercollider, come hang out!
MSHR is an art collective that collaboratively builds and explores sculptural electronic systems. Their performances and installations integrate electrical signals and human presence, weaving dense networks of causality to form audiovisual environments that babble with life-like current. They explore intuitive and technical gradients between sonic and sculptural forms, using analog circuitry and open-source software to sculpt mutually resonant hyperobjects. MSHR was founded by Brenna Murphy and Birch Cooper in 2011 in Portland, Oregon. The name MSHR is a modular acronym designed to hold varied ideas over time. It can be pronounced as an acronym or like one who meshes.
Presented by the Museum of Human Achievement for the Collaborative Art + Technology Situation (CATS+).
The Collaborative Art + Technology Situation (CATS+) is a program for artists interested in expanding their work in digital and new media. The CATS+ Residency Program brings cohorts of artists and tech wizards together to learn and collaborate on new work. CATS+ promotes troubleshooting, curiosity, and critical thinking around emerging and ubiquitous technologies. We host artist-led workshops, gatherings, mentorships, public showcases, a media art studio, an online wiki to remove the mystery from tech by foregrounding human connection, process, and experimentation.
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Venue Details
This event will be indoors in an open air warehouse without climate control, please dress according to the weather. The temperature outside is the temperature inside.
The Museum of Human Achievement (MoHA) has aging floors and a gravel parking lot. We recommend closed toe flat shoes, and an outfit that won't snag or get tripped on. We want you to have the best time while remaining safe and gorgeous.
Code of Conduct - https://moha.wiki/Code_of_Conduct
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Accessibility and Health
MoHA is wheelchair accessible. Please reach out to info@themuseumofhumanachievement.com if you have any other accessibility needs and we will do our best to accommodate.
To help keep our community safe and healthy, please do not attend if you feel ill or were recently exposed to illness, such as COVID and the flu.
Hand sanitizer and masks will be available. Masks are welcome!
Additional FAQs - https://moha.wiki/FAQ_→
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Travel & Parking Information
MoHA is located behind the Canopy Art Complex in a gravel parking lot. Guests can park for free in our lot and find free/paid street parking.
Riding bikes? We are accessible for bikes via several trails that connect to Springdale Road.
Riding the bus? The two closest bus stops to MoHA are at the 7th/Springdale stop and the Springdale/Govalle stop. We recommend using Google maps or Cap Metro Trip planner to confirm your route.
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The Museum of Human Achievement (MoHA) is a community-driven non-profit organization in Austin, TX grounded in affordability, inclusivity and access for artists. MoHA’s vision is for an empowered, resilient creative community where each member has the resources to foster well being, prosperity, and a self-determined future.
MoHA runs a variety of programs in Community Abundance, Digital Arts, Exhibition, and Professional Development for artists, organizers, and audiences. Learn more at their website https://moha.wiki.
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The Museum of Human Achievement, 3600 Lyons Road, Austin, Texas 78702
6:30pm - Doors
7:00pm - Artist Talk
8:00pm - Performance
Join us for an artist talk and performance by MSHR. The artists will share about their creative practice and the processes behind their body of work, with room for questions and discussion. Following a brief intermission, they will present a performance of NETWORK ENTITY.
MSHR’s audiovisual performance, NETWORK ENTITY, is an ever-mutating composition of sculptural and sonic shapes. The video projection and 4-channel audio are created with handmade instruments including sculptural electronic interfaces and open source software paths which allow for real-time improvisation.
If you’re into or curious about creative collaboration, electronic music, digital fabrication, custom-made instruments, video synthesis, or open source softwares Blender and Supercollider, come hang out!
MSHR is an art collective that collaboratively builds and explores sculptural electronic systems. Their performances and installations integrate electrical signals and human presence, weaving dense networks of causality to form audiovisual environments that babble with life-like current. They explore intuitive and technical gradients between sonic and sculptural forms, using analog circuitry and open-source software to sculpt mutually resonant hyperobjects. MSHR was founded by Brenna Murphy and Birch Cooper in 2011 in Portland, Oregon. The name MSHR is a modular acronym designed to hold varied ideas over time. It can be pronounced as an acronym or like one who meshes.
Presented by the Museum of Human Achievement for the Collaborative Art + Technology Situation (CATS+).
The Collaborative Art + Technology Situation (CATS+) is a program for artists interested in expanding their work in digital and new media. The CATS+ Residency Program brings cohorts of artists and tech wizards together to learn and collaborate on new work. CATS+ promotes troubleshooting, curiosity, and critical thinking around emerging and ubiquitous technologies. We host artist-led workshops, gatherings, mentorships, public showcases, a media art studio, an online wiki to remove the mystery from tech by foregrounding human connection, process, and experimentation.
-=-=-=-=-
Venue Details
This event will be indoors in an open air warehouse without climate control, please dress according to the weather. The temperature outside is the temperature inside.
The Museum of Human Achievement (MoHA) has aging floors and a gravel parking lot. We recommend closed toe flat shoes, and an outfit that won't snag or get tripped on. We want you to have the best time while remaining safe and gorgeous.
Code of Conduct - https://moha.wiki/Code_of_Conduct
-=-=-=-=-
Accessibility and Health
MoHA is wheelchair accessible. Please reach out to info@themuseumofhumanachievement.com if you have any other accessibility needs and we will do our best to accommodate.
To help keep our community safe and healthy, please do not attend if you feel ill or were recently exposed to illness, such as COVID and the flu.
Hand sanitizer and masks will be available. Masks are welcome!
Additional FAQs - https://moha.wiki/FAQ_→
-=-=-=-=-
Travel & Parking Information
MoHA is located behind the Canopy Art Complex in a gravel parking lot. Guests can park for free in our lot and find free/paid street parking.
Riding bikes? We are accessible for bikes via several trails that connect to Springdale Road.
Riding the bus? The two closest bus stops to MoHA are at the 7th/Springdale stop and the Springdale/Govalle stop. We recommend using Google maps or Cap Metro Trip planner to confirm your route.
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The Museum of Human Achievement (MoHA) is a community-driven non-profit organization in Austin, TX grounded in affordability, inclusivity and access for artists. MoHA’s vision is for an empowered, resilient creative community where each member has the resources to foster well being, prosperity, and a self-determined future.
MoHA runs a variety of programs in Community Abundance, Digital Arts, Exhibition, and Professional Development for artists, organizers, and audiences. Learn more at their website https://moha.wiki.
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