Heft TRANSMISSION: 0xDEAFBEEF, Yoshi Sodeoka + MYMK, CLOUDS by James George, Zach Lieberman, Liminal Grove by Luke Mombrea + Nate Mohler
A seminal Audiovisual Montage from 2021 by the artist known as 0xDEAFBEEF, running just under 20-minutes.
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Garlands (2018) is a 30-minute abstract video work by Yoshi Sodeoka created in collaboration with MYMK, developed alongside his full-length album of the same name. The project emerged through an ongoing dialogue between sound and image, with visuals generated through a custom-built video feedback system that responds directly to the audio, producing evolving forms and textures in real time.
Color plays a central role in the work, carefully tuned to the emotional and tonal shifts of the music. The piece is intended to be experienced in its entirety, allowing its gradual transformations to fully unfold.
Garlands has been presented internationally, including screenings at Kinomural 2025 and the Laforet Museum in 2018, and has appeared in festivals worldwide. The work received the Grand Prize at the Punto y Raya Festival.
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CLOUDS is an interactive documentary about code and creativity by Co-Directors Jonathan Minard and James George. A generation of artists and hackers have emerged on the internet using open source technologies for experiments in art and design. CLOUDS is a portrait of this community of digital pioneers, explored through the lens of code. The project asks questions about the future of creativity at a time when algorithms play an important role in shaping culture. Clouds first debuted at Sundance and has been presented at MoMA and other international art institutions. The interactive screening will be guided live by the co-directors for this event!
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New algorithmically generated animated audiovisual work by Zach Lieberman, based on his Daily Sketches practice will be presented, with a run time ~10m.
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The evening will culminate with a screening of Liminal Grove – a sound installation featuring original compositions by Luke Mombrea and video artwork by Nate Mohler that explores the space between memory, technology, and the natural world. Blending cinematic sound design, generative visuals, and archival textures, the installation transforms the listening experience into a meditative environment where organic and synthetic forms dissolve into one another.
The visual component incorporates Nate’s ongoing “Painted Cities” process — using personal photos around the city styled onto video of the city, creating a layered digital reinterpretations of the city on the city. Drawing from Luke’s background in orchestral composition and experimental sound alongside Nate’s practice in digital art, projection, and immersive media, “Liminal Grove” unfolds as a living landscape of sound and light.
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This TRANSMISSION Session uses the new ultra hi-fi listening system by Joe Doucet, Volumes, and a 32 foot projection wall by Apptronics. See the full schedule for more events as part of this initiative running May 15 – June 12
Soft drinks will be available, feel free to BYO.
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About Transmissions and Volume Speakers
Heft
NYC art gallery partnering with artists who use, and address, the ubiquitous systems of contemporary life. Partnering with a fluid roster of artists, the gallery shows a wide spectrum of work – emphasizing inventive uses of traditional materials, memorable experiences, and provocative artworks that are rapidly gaining recognition for advancing the New Systems art movement.
Heft created the TRANSMISSIONS initiative to bring together important musical experiences with a range of systems based fine artworks at their LES gallery. Running from May 15 – June 12 at Heft.
VOLUMES Listening System
Volumes Speakers are conceived as spatial instruments rather than conventional audio equipment. Each unit integrates five drivers, including front- and rear-firing elements that create a layered, multidirectional sound field. Paired with dedicated stereo subwoofers, the system produces both clarity and physical weight. Sound moves through the room rather than projecting from a fixed point, extending beyond the conventional stereo image. The result is an embodied listening experience where rhythm, frequency, and spatial information are perceived through the body as well as the ear.
Joe Doucet is a designer, entrepreneur, inventor, and creative director whose work sits at the intersection of design, innovation, and sustainability. Named by Forbes as "the living blueprint for the 21st-century designer," Doucet has received numerous awards including the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award. His work is in the permanent collections of MoMA and the Smithsonian, and he holds multiple patents shaping how design touches everyday life.
Produced by Projekt Blank & Heft Gallery