The MF Dynamics winter show, Pulse, at ROUNDHEAD BREWING COMPANY in Hyde Park, Boston, presented by DEPARTURE ARTS became a massive celebration of community, neighbors, family, and percussion + lights experiments. Made possible by the Mass Cultural Council, the event featured performances by Emma Terrell, Denver Nuckolls, Maria Finkelmeier, and a light-painting booth by Jess Holz.

This multidisciplinary piece, which lives outside of conventional genre classification, was aptly described by performers Jean Laurenz, Maria Finkelmeier, and Greg Jukes as ‘chamber theater.’ This label perfectly acknowledges the way that all elements of composition, staging, film, performance, and visual effects contribute to the narrative.

A deeper dive into MF Dynamics creation and sales of NFTs along with an inside look at the recent performance at Roundhead Brewery that featured live, responsive visuals and a special NFT gift for attendees. By Elisabeth Sweet, Head of Community at MF Dynamics

MF Dynamic’s fearless leader, Maria, recently took part in a weeklong performance workshop of Tod Machover’s 1987 opera, VALIS, at MIT, led by the composer himself and director, Jay Scheib.

The mf team is gearing up to bring some much needed joyful ambiance to the Harvard Ed Portal this Fall. FREQUENCIES is a crowdsourced audio/visual mural that features the sounds and sights of Allston-Brighton, straight from the people who live, work, and play in this vibrant Boston neighborhood. Maria will be collaborating with visual artist, Allison Tanenhaus on this nightly pulsating performance that will run from November 2021 - February 2022.

“Centuries in the Making: Gloucester’s Wives & Fisherman Shine On” is a collaboration bringing mfD back together with Luminartz and Hersch Visuals to honor the 20th anniversary of the unveiling of the Gloucester Fishermen’s Wives Memorial, a contribution to this fishing community by the Gloucester Fishermen’s Wives Association. The project will celebrate the tireless efforts of the women of this organization whose contributions include, “promoting the New England fishing industry, helping to preserve the Atlantic Ocean as a food supply for the world, and assisting active and retired fishermen and their families to live better lives.”

Threads of Assumption: The Biases You Weave is a multidisciplinary exploration of the impact gender based harm has on one’s health, professional trajectory, and interpersonal relationships. Threads is a collaboration by Maria, Sofie Hodara, Martha Rettig, and U-Meleni Mhlaba-Adebo, is made possible by The Boston Foundations Live Arts Boston Grant in Residency at the Goethe Institut, and will be shown in June of 2021. Read more to find out how to become involved in the generation of material for this project.

Nubian Nights is a 3-weekend installation guided by jazz, light, and love, presented by the Roxbury Cultural District, and produced by MF Dynamics and Hersch Visuals at Jazz Urbane Café, Black Market, Nubian Gallery.

The secret it out! We are thrilled to share that we'll be illuminating the DCR Hatch Shell in Boston to celebrate the 20th anniversary of The Esplanade Association - bringing a little joy to a dark New England winter and celebrating the potential of 2021! We hope you’ll join us this Jan & Feb on the Esplanade!

The idea for Project Daydream came to me just as the pandemic was becoming a reality in the US, but before we really understood the long term effects of the virus. I wanted to create a body of work that would encourage calm and imagination for young people. I wanted to introduce the meditative and warm tone of the marimba, and challenge ears and eyes with improvisatory ideas and contemporary sounds.

I’ve been following Allison’s hypnotic glitch art for years. While the global pandemic has shifted my flow (in so many ways!), it has also created some space to reach out to other artists and potential collaborators I admire.

For BLINK Cincinnati, I created a musical score, lighting score, and technical language to bring the Roebling Bridge (aka “the singing bridge”) to life for four nights in October 2019 with Masary Studios, Brave Berlin and Vincent Lighting Systems. Here’s a peak into the process!

While I released this album over a year ago, it is resurfacing for me as I try to refocus and look toward the future in the times of physical distancing due to COVID19. These days at home are spent taking care of Lillian (she’s now 15 months old!) and dreaming about future collaborations. They are also spent in reflection…

Harsh is Truth came to life via the Arts on the Trails to Freedom initiative by the National Parks Service in collaboration with the New England Foundation for the Arts. The Old South Meeting House immediately spoke to me for many reasons: a beautiful blank white canvas (wall!) accented by flowing architectural features, a rich and important narrative in our revolutionary history, and swell acoustics.

Premiering a new project is like wearing your soul on your sleeve while hoping that nothing breaks. In May, I had the pleasure/intense pressure (self inflicted) of premiering a brand new project at the i=u festival of Open Senses UK in London! I've been super jazzed about participating in the festival ever since my Eastman friend, Eugene, called about a year ago to start brainstorming!

The Beat Bus is due for a sophomore update! Thanks to the New England Foundation for the Arts Creative City grant, I will be spending time this summer reimagining and reengineering the Beat Bus workshops and free play

Months after the premiere of our ambitious "Know No." production, I continue to brainstorm/scheme/hustle to find a way to present the piece again. Months of work and creation went by so quickly in its three night run at the beautiful Cyclorama.