MSHR

27 Feb 2014

Overview

With electronic sound, organic material, light, and reflective surface, MSHR merge technology with the more primal and intuitive aesthetics of folk art and spiritualism. Engaging in improvised action within constructed landscapes of organic and technological debris they have developed methods of manipulating physical material to conjure transformative psychedelic experiences. Their performances immerse the audience with sound from hand-built electronic instruments and visually bombard with an incessant repetition and gridding of manipulated digital image. Brenna Murphy and Birch Cooper are visual artists and musicians working in digital media, sculptural installation, electronic instrument design, sonic recording and performance. The duo has worked collaboratively under the name MSHR since 2011 and previously in the art collective Oregon Painting Society. The artists live and work in Portland, Oregon, USA.