MESS Commissions Archives

Mimmie
MESS Commissioned Artist

Mimmie works with objects, movement and sound. She is interested in the idea of unlocking intergenerational spirits and collective healing.

margaritabassova20 February 2025

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INHARMONICITY
MESS Commissioned Artist

INHARMONICITY chains together an array of synthesisers to create inviting and atmospheric soundscapes, grounded in evolving and emotive percussion informed by the deep history of electronic dance music productions.

margaritabassova20 February 2025

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Reibang Chakma
MESS Commissioned Artist

Reibang Chakma, an electronic music from North East India, channels the essence of human improvisation through intricate textures and melodic glitches.

margaritabassova20 February 2025

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D. Tyrone
MESS Commissioned Artist

D. Tyrone is a Naarm-based, queer music producer and DJ whose compositions and DJ sets are highly influenced by dub, jungle, and deep house records that shaped the music scenes of the early 2000s.

margaritabassova5 February 2025

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Zoltan Fecso
MESS Commissioned Artist

Zoltan Fecso is a musician, composer and artist living on Wurundjeri Country. His wide-ranging practice includes performance, installation, public artwork, composition and collaboration

margaritabassova5 February 2025

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Joel Stern
MESS Commissioned Artist

Joel Stern is a Naarm-based artist, curator, and researcher who has worked in experimental music and sonic art for over 20 years. He’s a Research Fellow at RMIT University's School of Media and Communication and co-leads the Machine Listening project.

margaritabassova4 November 2024

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Lauren Squire
MESS Commissioned Artist

Lauren Squire is an electronic music producer and sound designer. Her practice focuses on experimental and ambient music, underground dance music, installation art and the spaces where these disciplines intersect. Producing and DJing solo under the alias Zosia Kossak.

margaritabassova30 October 2024

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Sonorous IX – Joel Ma & Jannah Quill

For its ninth instalment in its Sonorous series, MESS invites Joel Ma and Jannah Quill to engage with the limitless possibilities of the MESS collection. Commissioned to create an immersive multichannel electroacoustic performance, these two extraordinary artists push their work…

Tess12 June 2024

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Sonorous Commissioned Performance – 2024 Program

When Sonorous IX –Thu 18th Jul 2024, 7:00 pm Sonorous X – Thu 14th Nov 2024, 7:00 pm Where Primrose Potter Salon Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St Southbank VIC 3006 Cost $50/40 Bean Bags (Full/Concession) $37/30 Standard Seating (Full/Concession)…

Tess21 May 2024

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Naretha Williams
Commissioned Artist

A First Nations Wiradjuri woman of mixed lineage, born and based in Birrarung-ga/Naarm Melbourne on the Sovereign Lands of the Kulin Nation, Victoria AUS. Naretha works across contemporary music, composition and sound design with a professional creative career spanning 20…