Matrix feedback — fluid corpora — programmatic glitch — testing assembly theory (modular configurations and recursive reconfigurations): online, real-time, in-person, intraocular, out of body, outer limits, boundary conditions — expertly crafted, locally-sourced plastics — farm-to-table, microsonic doses brought directly to your seat.

Join us as Coaxial Arts Foundation hosts the Plastics Dept.: a recurring concert series curated by the electronic music enthusiasts at Perfect Circuit.

The inaugural gathering of Plastics Dept. brings together four expert acts, each of whom specialize in their own unique variety of electronic experimentation. We welcome Tom Hall, Lauren Sarah Hayes, Anthony Baldino, and Eventuate to investigate a question: what happens when a performer develops a personal, deeply embodied relationship with dynamic, artificial, electronic, and/or automated systems?

Where do we place human intention in a world increasingly driven by algorithms? Is it better to distrust or avoid seemingly un-steerable, inorganic processes? Or, perhaps, can we learn to interact with them? Is technology — even the incomprehensible and inhuman parts of it — simply new evidence of humanity's continuing proliferation?

Each of our performers operate around the edges of these questions, intuitively and fluidly navigating the boundary between human and machine — resulting in everything from frenetic noise to fractured beats, transformed voice, and contemplative evolving soundscapes. It's a meeting of remarkable thinkers + unheard sounds, and it is not to be missed.

Perfect Circuit (Burbank, CA) is an independent shop dedicated to exploring fun and forward-thinking approaches to + tools for electronic music and sound design.