MSHR: Two Nights of Live Audiovisual Performance

The Institute of Contemporary Art Santa Fe is honored to welcome MSHR, the pioneering art collective founded by Brenna Murphy and Birch Cooper, for a rare two-night performance series. Fresh off a tour in Japan and China, this is a unique opportunity to experience their internationally recognized work here in Santa Fe.

On April 25, MSHR will present Index Network Entity, a sculptural audiovisual system linking real-time video projection with spatialized sound. Built with open-source tools including Blender and SuperCollider, the work functions as a live interface where digital forms and sonic structures evolve through performance. Developed in connection with the Vašulka Archive, the piece reflects MSHR’s ongoing exploration of hybrid media systems and experimental instrument design.

MSHR builds and performs with sculptural electronic systems that merge human presence with electrical signal. Their work spans immersive installations and live audiovisual environments, combining analog circuitry, digital code, and custom hardware to explore the space between sound and form. Founded in 2011 in Portland, Oregon, MSHR continues to develop responsive systems that blur the line between the organic and the synthetic. The name MSHR is a modular acronym—open-ended by design—and can be spoken as a set of initials or as a verb: to mesh.

Join us at ICA Santa Fe for two nights of live performance that engage the edges of form, sound, and system.

For more information, visit:

• www.mshr.info
• icasantafe.org
• Instagram: @mshr.info | @ica_santafe