Presented by Museum of Science Boston, WaveForms 2024 was hosted at Midway Artist Studios in Fort Point Boston on October 25, 2024 • 7pm-10pm. The event programming took place through curatorial partnerships featuring four distinct areas:

Video + Animation Screening — Studio 102 Theater
Spatial Sound Mixtape — Studio 105 Sound Lab
Audio Visual Performance — Studio 101 Black Box Stage
Installation Artworks — Studio 101 Galleries

/programming intentionally overlapped with a robust schedule allowing guests to weave and establish a self guided experience within each area.

Visit the program below and click the + symbol to reveal artists & info.

Video + Animation ScreeningS — STUDIO 102 Theater

Boston Cyberarts curated 20 works of experimental animation and video art from regional + international artists through an Open Call. Presented in the Studio 102 Theater at Midway Artist Studios. These artists were selected through an open call juried by Lina Maria Giraldo, Wenhua Shi, and Jeffu Warmouth.

AUDIO VISUAL PERFORMANCE — STUDIO 101 BLACK BOX STAGE

Audio visual performances take place three times throughout the night within the 101 Blackbox Theater. First featuring Switch Angel + LOFI_SCIFI and then MASARY performing twice featuring Boston Lyric Opera singer Angela Yam.

  • Ritual System is an AV performance by MASARY exploring the shape of time, perception of sound, and form. This performance examines traditional and novel ways to consider how sound and light are experienced and how they interact through various perspectives. Each set includes singer Angela Yam of Boston Lyrica Opera featured in the piece 'Calves Can't Handle'

  • Musician Switch Angel and visual artist LOFI_SCIFI merge their talents to create instinctive, engaging audiovisual performances through programming and new media practices. Switch Angel's live coded electronic music layers intricate melodies and deep rhythms, which intertwines with LOFI_SCIFI's sublime, evolving live visuals; creating visceral audio-visual landscapes. The evolving relationship between programming, music, and visual art is at the forefront of their creative exploration.

SPATIAL SOUND MIXTAPE — Studio 105 SOUND LAB

MIT Spatial Sound Lab curated and mixed spatial sound works to be played back through 4.1 channel spatial audio in the Studio 105 Sound Lab. This Futures of Listening Mixtape is played back three times; with opportunities to discuss with the artists and MIT crew throughout the evening.

  • Aaron Bellamy

    Avanti Singh

    Justin Looper

    Ken Field

    Kit Orion

    Kyle Keane

    Leftroman “Coinwave”

    Mark Araujo

    MASARY Studios

    Proxemia

    sadnoise

    SRCFLP

    Weilu Ge & Kelon Cen

INSTALLATION ARTWORKS — STUDIO 101 galleries

Illuminus Boston has curated two artists to present their installation media artworks, Makeda Wallace & Sam Lê Shave. Located both upstairs and downstairs of the Studio 101 area surrounding the black box theater.

  • A cross-disciplinary artist, Sam works in paint, crochet, textiles, fashion, and tattoo. She cares deeply about community mental health and preserving traditional textile skills like embroidery. Sam was born and raised in Dorchester, and finds much inspiration from her mom and her Vietnamese heritage.

  • Makeda Wallace is one of Boston’s most decorated movement artists. As a first generation Caribbean American, Makeda’s predominant styles of dance and choreography are Hip Hop and Dancehall. Mom of two, Makeda aims to be an example for the next generation to pursue their passion with fire, courage, and unwavering self confidence.

MASARY has curated Shozab Raza to present their media artwork as a part of the Installation Track. Located upstairs of the Studio 101 Galleries.

  • Shozab Raza was born in Sialkot, Pakistan, in 1997. He received his BFA from the National College of Arts and earned his MFA from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design in 2024, where he was awarded the graduate award for Big, Bold, Creative Thinking. His work has been featured at the Boston Cyberarts Gallery, the Ray and Maria Stata Center at MIT, MassArt x SoWa, Piano Craft Gallery, and Cambridge Art Association. In October 2023, he hosted his inaugural solo exhibition, 'Material Nature,' at the Godine Family Gallery. He has collaborated with Coca-Cola, Pepsi, KFC, Legendary Pictures, Paramount Pictures, and Universal Music. His award-winning performances have been held at MIT Theater Arts, Lahore Arts Council, the New England Conservatory, and the Brookline Public Library. He lives and works in Boston, MA.