CNMAT Users Group (CUG) presents: DROUGHT SPA & Svist
DROUGHT SPA (electronics, text, visuals)is the multimedia experiment of Oakland-based artists alex cruse and Kevin CK Lo. Using text, computer vision, stochastic synthesis, movement, and generative visuals, their work explores subjectivation within networked life. They have presented and performed at CounterPulse, Brown University, B4BEL4B Gallery, Audio Foundation (Auckland), San Francisco State University's Poetry Center, Gray Area, Vaska Emanouilova Gallery (Sofia), Aeromoto (Mexico City), and elsewhere. alexcruse.xyz // kevincklo.com
Svist (electronics, visuals)Dmitri Svistula is a performer of electronics and improviser based in Richmond, CA with interests in free musics, human assisted and generative sonic environments, instruments and installation. Presenting a multi-media piece that uses microscopy, computer vision, and synthesis to explore the stories of locally found or harvested structures and organisms in a form of auditory feedback interaction.