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Dive into ¡Harken!

We are delighted to have co-produced ¡Harken! (Written, Performed, and Created by Modesto Flako Jimenez) alongside our amazing collaborators, ¡Oye! Group & Onassis ONX. Learn more below:

¡Harken! is a transfiguration of the flawed and fragmented pieces of history written about Juan Rodriguez, a mixed-race Atlantic Creole who arrived in 1613 from Santo Domingo as a fur trader for the Dutch. In ¡Harken! Juan Rodriguez’s ghost, wanting desperately to be a real person, asks ChatGPT to tell him more about his life. The AI responds with hallucinations and distortions based on secondhand accounts written by colonizers and accepted as “history.” Using generative AI, audience prompts, face-swapping, and image generation, ¡Harken! Audiences help Rodriguez re-write his story by ‘feeding’ the AI new information, generating new images and landscapes.

Additional Credits:
Visual Artist & Technical Systems Creator by Ker Chen
Lighting Designed by Megan Lang
Set Designed by Henry Pedersen
Directing Consultant & Writing Contribution by Richard Maxwell
Sound Designed by Drew Sensue-Weinstein
Production Managed by Emily Rondon
Stage Managed by Allison Cachay Narva
Assistant Stage Managed by Nzingha Primus
Production Assistant by Neeti Sivakumar
Salons Moderated by Jazia Hammoudi and Matthew Niederhauser

This performance took place on Jan 17-18, 2026.

Photography by Ryan Muir.

¡Harken! is produced by ¡Oye! Group, MAX (Media Art Xploration) and Onassis ONX. First commissioned by Governors Island Arts for INTERVENTIONS in 2023, the work was further developed at NYTW Adelphi Residency in 2024 and at JACK Arts in February 2025. Special thanks and extra development support from Materials for the Arts, Sterling Swann, Dan Dobson, and The Maiden and The Wolf.

#mediaartxploration #oyegroup #onxstudio #harken #flakojimenez #theater #nyc #nycforyou taken in Onassis ONX by @mediaartx

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Dancing with Black Holes 🕳️

Live Score by @sunday.applepie
Choreography by @peterchuthis

#mediaart #dance #nycevents #blackholes by @mediaartx

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Bonus question: What percentage of the world’s population currently lives in urban areas?

Not satisfied? Join us at MAXmachina this fall to challenge yourself to some big questions with our collaborators!

#MAXmachina #FunFacts #Science #StreetInterview NYC by @mediaartx

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📣 Nature Sings: A Sonic Revival

Prepare to dive into arctic waters with humpbacks, swing through Borneo’s rainforests with orangutans, and soar over Southern India in Nature Sings: A Sonic Revival, a world premiere live experience that weaves music, science, and ground-breaking immersive technology to transport you straight into the heart of our planet's wild habitats.

Featuring raw field recordings from top eco-scientists, powerful vocals by Grammy-winner Eliza Bagg (Roomful of Teeth), visionary sound design by Emmy and BAFTA-winner Nick Ryan, and stunning visuals by Tony-nominee David Bengali under the direction of Kay Matschullat, this visceral spectacle invites you to reconnect deeply with the living Earth and step up to protect its future.

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@nickryanstudio
@davidbengali

🗓️ October 29-30, 2026
📍 Museum of Science, Boston
🎟️ $25 | Available at the Link in Bio!

#NatureSings #SonicRevival #ImmersiveExperience #LivePerformance #EcoArt #WorldPremiere #EnvironmentalArt #WildlifeArt #TechInArt #NatureLovers #RoomfulOfTeeth #ElizaBagg #NickRyan #DavidBengali #ProtectOurPlanet #EarthOptimism by @mediaartx

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🐋🎶 Step inside endangered ecosystems at the world premiere of Nature Sings: A Sonic Revival, a live, immersive performance of sound, light, and voice in the William and Charlotte Bloomberg Public Science Common.

On Oct. 29 and 30, dive underwater with humpback whales, swing through Borneo’s rainforests with orangutans, and soar alongside birds over southern India through a decade of field recordings, dynamic visuals, and live vocals.

On opening night, Oct. 29, @Ashley_Judd joins us to introduce the premiere and lead a live conversation with the artists and scientists behind the experience.

️ 🎟 Tickets on sale at the link in our bio. by @mediaartx

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The Recording Academy introduced the "Best Asian Pop Music Performance" category in a couple months back stirring up controversy amongst artists and music fans. Are these categories arbitrary? Who do they serve?

#Grammys #KPop #BTS #ArtisticExpression #PopCulture by @mediaartx

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Happy solar eclipse day! Check out past MAXLive production When Light Bends that takes you back to the 2024 solar eclipse🌙☀️

Director: Elena Araoz (@araoz_elena)
Producer: Kay Matschullat (@kmatschullat)
Writers: John Edgar Lopez and Gracie Leavitt
Lighting & Set Design: Jared Goldberg and Justin Townsend (@justintownsenddesign)
Sound composition: Tamar Muskal

#SolarEclipse #MAXLive #Theater #Science #LiveArt by @mediaartx

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THROWBACK to the 2024 Eclipse… 🌑✨
At Highland Center for the Arts @highlandcenterforthearts, we hosted the play When Light Bends, journeying through time with Einstein and others to figure out what makes matter move and how we matter.

Credits to the incredible artists and collaborators who brought this work to life: Elena Araoz, John Lopez, Gracie Leavitt, Jon Norman Schneider, Marina Pires, Victoria Frings, Sam Kebede, Dr. Jaren Goldberg, Justin Townsend, Tamar Muskal, Steve Cuiffo, Nathan Leigh, Christopher Vergara, and Kay Matschullat.

#solareclipse #throwback #eclipse2026 by @mediaartx

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Thank you to our chic collaborators🫶
1. ¡Harken! (2026) @modesto_flako_jimenez
2. Dancing with Black Holes (2026) @peterchuthis @sunday.applepie
3. Syntax of Undoing (2025) @raymondpinto @team.rolfes @sunday.applepie
4. Vibrating Waiting For You To Touch (2025) @anti.inc

#kindachic #CollaborativeArt #InnovativeArt #PerformanceArt #LiveArt by @mediaartx

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Throwing it back to NUUM Collective's (@nuumcollective) timeless piece Doppelgänger about the self and its interaction with time and decisions

Check it out on mediaartexploration.org/program/doppelganger/

#ContemporaryArt #PhilosophicalArt #LiveArt #ArtistLookback #ThrowbackThursday by @mediaartx

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Classics are constantly being rewritten and reinterpreted. For collaborator Raymond Pinto (@raymondpinto) revisiting The Tempest meant confronting the reality of creative work inside modern systems. Visit our website to Syntax of Undoing & learn more!

#TheTempest #ArtAndCulture #MediaArtXploration #LivePerformance #Choreography by @mediaartx

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Don't be shy & reach out! Thank you all for those who have been supporting MAX❤️ More exciting opportunities to come!

#EngageWithMax #MediaArtXploration #StayConnected #NYC #Artists by @mediaartx

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