I have been asked by LAMPO to perform at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago later this month, as part of their Magical Musical Showcase series. I’m pretty excited about it, and I hope you can make it- I’ve been creating some new instruments and experimenting with drum-playing robots, so this show should be [...]

Good afternoon, you fair and kind beings.
Firstly, I have a newly built piece debut’ing at Aldo Castillo Gallery as part of the Deadline Projects show “High Art.” The theme of the show is a sly reference to mobiles, in the tradition of Calder and others. My contribution will be a miniaturized, compact version [...]

Man, what a fun time that was.  Big thanks to Patrick of Roth Mobot for putting it all together.  And my new handmade sequencer synth worked!

Live set at MEECAS 09, handmade synth from Michael Una on Vimeo.

Live set at MEECAS 09, handmade synth part 2 from Michael Una on Vimeo.

Live set at MEECAS 09, handmade [...]

Anyone in Ireland this weekend should check out the Synth Eastwood show in Dublin- there’ll be a live music performance featuring Beep-it, among other excellent multi-discipline art happenings. Click the image for details.

Greetings everyone. This is a quick note regarding two events happening this week:
Thursday, December 11: I’ll be conducting a workshop wherein you can build your own Beep-it.
It’s part of Handmade Music Night, sponsored by Etsy, Make Magazine and CreateDigitalMusic.
Venue is 3rd Ward in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Details here.

Friday, December 12: My piece “Mini [...]

From Sept. 19-21 I’ll be participating in ArtXposium, a 3-day multimedia art experience with more than 80 participating artists. Local, national and international talent will come together from September 19th to the 21st to display a variety of art work ranging from traditional painting, sculpture, and photography to interactive, multimedia, and sound installations.
I’ll be showing [...]

The show will be called Shadows, tracks and traces
When: Opening reception August 2. Show closes August 31.
Where: Second Bedroom Gallery, 3216 Morgan Street Apt. 4R Chicago
Description:
Shadows, tracks and traces seeks to make people aware of the omnipresent, ambient surveillance going on around us all the time by audiovisually representing the [...]

Hey everyone. Next Wednesday, April 30th I’ll I’ll be performing a live looping audio set as part of the Butterfly Social Club’s Re:Vivify Wednesday series. There will be live video, artmaking, bodywork, fortunetelling, and probably a whole lot of hip urban hippies.
9pm, 722 W. Grand, next to the Funky Buddha Lounge.
Be there or be [...]

Michael Una at Bigger Than Your Life from Michael Una on Vimeo.