Upcoming performances

September 12, 2025, 8PM – “Into the Lucid Chamber”

Georgetown Steam Plant
Spam New Media festival
Live electronics, sound installation

When I first visited the Steam Plant, I was struck by its unique acoustic character—its rich reverberation, resonant frequencies, and the surprising musicality of its materials when awakened. This piece treats the space not merely as a venue, but as a collaborator. Field recordings made in and around the Steam Plant form the basis of an electroacoustic composition projected throughout the building via a multichannel distributed speaker system. The sounds are transformed in real-time using an accelerometer-based control system, drawing both performer and listener into a shared sonic field. In a sense, the space begins to “play itself”: its resonances processing the very sounds it once generated. The machine dreams on, and we eavesdrop—just for a moment—on the echoes of its past.

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Marcin Pączkowski (pronounced `marr-cheen pawnch-`koav-skee) is a Composer, Conductor, Digital Artist, and Performer, working with both traditional and electronic media. As a composer, he is focused on developing new ways of creating and performing computer music. Currently based in Seattle, he is the Music Director of Evergreen Community Orchestra and works with numerous ensembles as a computer musician, as well as a conductor and a performer.

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