MSHR is an art collective that builds and explores sculptural electronic systems. Their practice is a self-transforming entity with its outputs patched into its inputs, expressing its form through interactive installations, virtual environments and live improvisations. MSHR was established in 2011 in Portland, Oregon by Brenna Murphy and Birch Cooper.
Since forming, MSHR has toured extensively, working with organizations including Dotolim, Seoul; Ruang Gulma, Yogyakarta; Vasulka Kitchen Brno and Teren, Brno; Bangkok Noise Festival; Liquid Architecture, Melbourne; Calm & Punk, Tokyo; JIKAN space, Osaka; Hiroshima Prefectural Museum of Art; Moscow International Experimental Film Festival; National Arts Festival of South Africa; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Hong Kong Arts Centre; Ex Teresa Arte Actual, Mexico City; Fotomuseum Winterthur; Kunsthaus Langenthal; LAMPO, Chicago; Transmediale, Berlin; The Lab and Yerba Buena Center, San Francisco; PICA and Upfor, Portland; Blank Forms, Roulette, MoMA PS1, Museum of Arts and Design, and Rubin Museum, NYC.
MSHR has been artists in residence at Outo Olo, Helsinki; Indexical, Santa Cruz; other gallery, Fukuoka; GASBON METABOLISM, Hokuto; LOM, Bratislava; Titanik, Turku; Cashmere Radio, Berlin; Pioneer Works, NYC; HIAP, Helsinki; Signal Culture, Owego; Sonoscopia, Porto; and Eyebeam, NYC.
Their name is a modular acronym, designed to hold varied ideas over time.
Photo: Paolo Biava
MSHR, Field Transducer Circuit, sculptural electronic system, GAMeC, Bergamo, 2023, photo by Paolo Biava
More about the artwork here: https://mshr.info/FieldTransducerCircuit