Friday, December 6th at 8pm, ISSUE Project Room and The Emily Harvey Foundation present 2024 Artist-In-Residence Axine M’s culminating commission, Control Scheme, songs and improvisations for computer-extended fretless guitar and voice. The event will take place at The Emily Harvey Foundation’s limited-capacity space in SoHo, Manhattan, and recognizes a longtime collaboration between two like-minded organizations that are committed to supporting the work of underrepresented artists while sharing resources.

Her year-long residency has explored the user experience and the effects of capitalism on our identities and relationships. Experimenting with pieces from her repertoire that feature alternative methods of control, the artist writes: “An interface is a set of affordances. When designed for a specific use case, the offerings of an environment may be hacked, expanded, or ignored. Well-designed tools are easy to use and difficult to master.”