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Imprecision @imprecision.art · 05/08/2026

dusting off the newsletter to share info on my forthcoming album out this fall on Sawyer Spaces (@sawyereditions.bsky.social), my Unpoetry at the Frye performance on September 17 with Tom Scully and Noelle K. Chun, a residency, and recent installation work

plans afoot, no uhaul, just garlic

updates on my forthcoming album, a live show, a residency, and recent installations.

s.a. liva @spit.imprecision.art · 27/07/2026

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i should have posted more during #teardown2026 but my installation went well, i met some cool folks, and i burned myself while trying to connect a recycled vape battery to an ultrasonic piezo driver board. a pretty positive experience ☺️

a view of the installation of a device in my piece flagday, moin red on a clear acrylic shelf on a window. the devices is clear PET and black glitter PLA

another view of a similar device, but from behind (through the window). this one is printed in pink PLA and makes the paisley design on the back apparent

Imprecision @imprecision.art · 15/07/2026

my piece "flagday (a particular kind of perceptiveness)" is in the installation track at #teardown2026 from July 24-26, 2026 at Jupiter NEXT in Portland, OR. i'll have of extra score booklets available for sale. thanks to @crowdsupply.bsky.social for hosting! www.crowdsupply.com/teardown/por...

a wall-mounted blue device in a gallery hosting my installation "flagday", with artist text and instructions on the wall. the device and the One are on a wall-mounted acrylic shelf.

a flyer for teardown 2026 with pictures of disassembled electronics. text reads "hack, discover, and share hardware / july 24-26, 2026 • portland, or, usa"

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Imprecision @imprecision.art · 02/06/2026

María Dolores A. Matienzo - Ongoingnesses (2026)

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Imprecision @imprecision.art · 12/05/2026

happy to one of the co-owners of @subvert.fm and launch my page for real today. i'm dropping an unreleased synth jam as a subvert exclusive to celebrate. www.subvert.fm/imprecision_...

subvert launch image saying i'm a co-owner.

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Imprecision @imprecision.art · 05/03/2026

i feel awfully lucky that i was selected as a participating visual artist at this year's ground hum. seattle, come thru this saturday at washington hall!

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Imprecision @imprecision.art · 25/02/2026

very very excited to join the lineup as a participating installation artist 💅🏽

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Imprecision @imprecision.art · 13/02/2026

my new installation piece, "flagday (a particular kind of perceptiveness)," opens today, 2/13 as part of sweeThe4rTs at Common Objects in Seattle! comedown for Belltown Artwalk!

Collective Motion & queeragendadotgay Present:
sweeThe4rTs
a t4t art show
Opening Show& Trans Art Market
* Friday, February 13th, 6 PM *
*@ Common Objects, 2601 1st Ave (Seattle)
Show to include a 10 ft saint mosaic by the Hot Rat Summer Artist

a red device with a knob, antenna, and a small screen on a clear acrylic shelf. the device is connected to the wall using a carabiner and a red lanyard

a zine about the installation containing directions and a 3d rendering of the back of the device

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Imprecision @imprecision.art · 15/01/2026

reminder seattle / duo show this saturday 1:17 with my buddy jackie an, plus LA touring noisers insufficient despair and miser and seattles own @scarletdeath.com show is at dracula's castle / ask a punk/dm for address

1.17.26

miser (la)
insufficient despair (la)
[duo] jackie an (sea) & maría dolores a. matienzo (sea)
scarlet death (sea)
at dracula’s castle , seattle, washington
direct message @dracs_castle on instagram for address

$10 - notaflof • 8pm

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Imprecision @imprecision.art · 10/01/2026

one week from today! DM for address.

Imprecision @imprecision.art · 25/10/2025

did some things to update my website because of some upcoming announcements 😶‍🌫️ imprecision.art

stupid pony @solidarity.pizza · 22/10/2025

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if there's any artist that's been inspirational in how i approach my work (including self-releases on @imprecision.art) it's absolutely gotta be tom ellard/severed heads/sevcom. that even goes beyond noise labels, general "diy", what have you. ellard understood the internets at the right time

stupid pony @solidarity.pizza · 25/09/2025

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chicago ! i'm playing at Collider on Friday!! dm for address and be cool. wear a mask.

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Imprecision @imprecision.art · 11/09/2025

Chicago! i'm playing on September 26 with iph, solid hands ( @cranksatori.bsky.social + mrs. hands ), and dying in space at collider underground. $10/pwyc; dm for address. wear a mask!!!

a digital flyer for a show made out of collaged images

María Dolores A. Matienzo (Seattle, Washington)
iph
j. soliday + mrs.hands
dying in space

collider underground (chicago)
friday sept 26th, 7:30pm
$10/pwyc| notaflof

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Imprecision @imprecision.art · 23/08/2025

SoCal! i'm playing at Trade School in Altadena, CA on August 30 with Louis Lopez. $15 door/$10 with RSVP. gototradeschool.org/en/events/ma...

a black and white flyer for a show. the background image is a snare drum with bells, marbles, finger cymbals, a small gong, paper, an inflation bulb, a friction mallet, and a plastic box on it.

María Dolores A. Matienzo
Louis Lopez

© Trade School (Altadena, CA)
Saturday August 30 @ PM
S15 door / S10 W/ RSVP

Imprecision @imprecision.art · 08/08/2025

save the date: i will be performing at Trade School in Altadena, CA on August 30. LA composer/performer Louis Lopez will be there too! $10 w/ RSVP or $15 at door. gototradeschool.org/en/events/ma...

gototradeschool.org

María Dolores A. Matienzo & Louis Lopez

New work by Seattle-based composer, poet, and archivist María Dolores A. Matienzo and Louis Lopez.

Imprecision @imprecision.art · 17/06/2025

wednesday, 6/18: i'll be reading and performing new/improvised works at @jackstraw.org in conversation with till the teeth's "we being so." 7pm, don't be late.

text of a flyer

06.18 7 pm
unpoetry + jack straw
cultural center in conversation with
till the teeth | we being so
butler | tracy | cotallo solares maría dolores a. matienzo
sofia o
shankar narayan
eric m acosta | till the teeth

an installation art piece in a room. colorful fabric objects, painted wooden pallets, and microphones.

we being so (2025)
Till the Teeth
A
n act of embodiment through sound, space, and presence, this multimedia installation considers how bodies and frequencies shape a room, its narratives, and the rituals it conveys. Objects once full of life disappear into the hands of speculative remembrance. Interactions with objects serve as windows into cultural memory, testimony, and the layered histories embedded within a household— resonating with the experiences of immigrant and itinerant families.
By sonifying these relationships, the work explores sound as a means of self-determination and meaning-making, tracing connections between land, displacement, fragmentation, and communal memory. Audience participation is integral, as movement and being actively shape the evolving site. Through collaborative exchange and interaction, the work unfolds as a fleeting yet intuitive resonance, where sound becomes a site of belonging, adaptation, and transformation.
Till the Teeth is an interdisciplinary art collective founded by Jonathan Rodriguez and Sandesh Nagaraj. Engaging sound, movement, and visual media, their work spans performance, sculpture, and multimedia installation. Grounded in the cultural and contested landscapes of the U.S.-Mexico border and southern India, Till the Teeth serves as a lens for framing sonic and spatial ecologies, using improvisation, ritual, and metamorphosis as central methodologies. Their practice embraces a rasquachismo ethic-making do with available resources-alongside experimental approaches that interrogate the boundaries of music, performance, and art-making. By activating found objects, field recordings, and reimagined instruments, Till the Teeth explores sound as an unpredictable, ephemeral, and communal medium for resistance and adaptation.

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Imprecision @imprecision.art · 13/06/2025

ASPIRÉMONOS opens tonight as part of "t4t" at The Factory, 1216 10th Ave, Seattle, from 6-10pm.

an installation with two pink turntables, a white box, hose, and records

INSTRUCTIONS TO VIEWERS
1. Put on the headphones.
2. To interact with the piece, blow into or through the white tube using the mouthpiece, or squeeze the bulb on the black tube.
3. If the needle is at the very center of either of both records, carefully reset the tone arm to another position on Side A.
4. Repeat from step 2.
ASPIRÉMONOS is a multichannel sound art installation that projects trans joy as vital function and vital force. Using processed recordings of breath from 20 people, the piece constructs a lifeworld where trans joy can be expressed and shared through the act of respiration. The installation responds to the act of breathing as a form of viewer interaction for further symbolic exchange. Using turntables with built in speakers and digital audio playback on headphones, the installation provides a cyclical, aleatoric experience.
The viewer interacts with the installation through the breath (or "breath") of the viewer, which modifies the sounds and vibrations used to produce the composition and the piece in its entirety.
1. Think of a time another trans person made you feel trans joy.
2. Start recording.
3. Inhale audibly, as you if breathed in that bliss when you felt it.
4. Exhale audibly, as if you were sharing your breath with someone else to spread that exuberance.
5. Let that breath become a sound that radiates the joy.
6. Stop recording.
7. Thank the person who made you feel that joy.
This work was manifest by the breath of: Al Pastries, Alexandra Hardwick, Anonymous (x 2), Ashley Seward, Atlas A. Lee-Reed, Billy Sigil, Bridget, EGG, Eve Vickers, Genna Joy, Hope Salmonson, Madeleine, Mariló, Ro Shapes Tickle, Sarah Hennies, Serena Hommes, Swerv, Yelahneb Unicornucopiax, and Yvonne.

picture of a flyer

JUNE 12, 6 - 10 PM
THE FACTORY
1216 10TH AVE
t4t
t4t IS AN AMPLIFICATION OF PURE TRANS JOY— A CELEBRATION OF TRANS COMMUNITY WHERE WE ARF STRONGER TOGETHER

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Imprecision @imprecision.art · 03/06/2025

we're coming for our roses. (updates on my new installation that opens 6/12, the accompanying new record, and an upcoming live performance on 6/18.) buttondown.com/imprecision....

we're coming for our roses

updates on my new installation that opens 6/12 and an upcoming live performance on 6/18.

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Imprecision @imprecision.art · 02/05/2025

fresh for bandcamp friday (derogatory): a new single (noisy-to-doleful improv pieces for snare, piano, and tape loops); plus scores and posters for "she's buoyant." imprecision.bandcamp.com

cover for a record. blue and orange halftone image of a snare drum with pink text over it. text reads "MARÍA DOLORES A. MATIENZO. RUEHRWERKE. 2 OR 3 THREE THINGS I KNOW FOR SURE. REC. NOV. 2024. IMPR011"

cover of a printed and bound score. black text, purple image of a woman on cream paper. text reads:

she's buoyant
for violin, synthesizers, percussion, piano, tape, & voice
María Dolores A. Matienzo

outdoor photo of a hand holding a poster. cream paper, purple image of a woman, black text reading:

Imprecision Art presents
María dolores A. Matienzo
she's buoyant
for violin, synthesizers, percussion, piano, tape, & voice
October 26-27, 2024 (world premiere)
Jackie An (violin, voice)
Raqa Down (synth, voice, percussion)
María Dolores A. Matienzo
(synth, voice, percussion, piano, tape)
Jesse Roth (Director)
BASE: EXPERIMENTAL
ARTS et SPACE
October 26-27, 2024
7:30 PM
6520 5* Avenue S seattle, WA 98108
$5-520 sliding scale
Advance tickets available at https://shesbuoyant.eventbrite.com/
All attendees must wear a face mask; complimentary masks available

Imprecision @imprecision.art · 01/05/2025

last call! there's only 12 hours left to submit a recording of your breath!

stupid pony @solidarity.pizza · 30/04/2025

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looking for MORE trans folk to make recordings of their breath. deadline is tomorrow, may 1! instructions are below and more info is at imprecision.art/breathe - please share!

an image in a pink and blue circular halftone of a set of pursed lips. the text says "submit your breath by may 1 @ 11:59 PM"

Instructions
• Deadline: May 1, 2025 11:59 PM Pacific Time.
• Make an unprocessed recording following the prompt below. A voice memo on your phone is fine.
• Recordings should be no more than 30 seconds and in MP3, M4A, WAV, or CAF format.

E-mail a copy of the recording to breathe@imprecision.art. In your e-mail, include the following:
1. If and how you would like to be credited (any name or anonymously is fine).
2. A quick acknowledgement that you're 18 years of age or older, and that you're OK with me using this recording for this project (see "What Will Happen" below).

Prompt
1. Think of a time another trans person made you feel trans joy.
2. Start recording.
3. Inhale audibly, as you if breathed in that bliss when you felt it.
4. Exhale audibly, as if you were sharing your breath with someone else to spread that exuberance.
5. Let that breath become a sound that radiates the JOy.
6. Stop recording.
7. Thank the person who made you feel that joy.

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Imprecision @imprecision.art · 28/04/2025

etude for kitchenaid and turntable

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Imprecision @imprecision.art · 26/04/2025

another boost for the cro on the newsletter includes recommended events for the #seattle crowd. buttondown.com/imprecision....

trans people: let me hear you breathe - i want clips of you breathing. seriously. details inside.

a song of breath

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Imprecision @imprecision.art · 21/04/2025

nearly chose the prodigy's "breathe" for my insta post lmao

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Imprecision @imprecision.art · 21/04/2025

Call for submissions - breath piece (deadline May 1, 2025 @ 11:59 PDT). tldr: I'm a trans composer and poet looking for recordings of the sound of trans people breathing audibly in response to a prompt for use in a sound art installation. More details at imprecision.art/breathe and in images.

Call for submissions - breath piece

I am a trans composer and poet working on a sound poetry/installation piece for an upcoming gallery show. For source material, I am looking for recordings of the sound of trans people breathing audibly in response to a prompt.
Instructions

* Deadline: May 1, 2025 11:59 PM Pacific Time.
* Make an unprocessed recording following the prompt below. A voice memo on your phone is fine.
* Recordings should be no more than 30 seconds and in MP3, M4A, WAV, or CAF format.
* E-mail a copy of the recording to breathe@imprecision.art. In your e-mail, include the following:
1. If and how you would like to be credited (any name or anonymously is fine).
2. A quick acknowledgement that you’re 18 years of age or older, and that you’re OK with me using this recording for this project (see “What Will Happen” below).

Prompt

Think of a time another trans person made you feel trans joy.
Start recording.
Inhale audibly, as you if breathed in that bliss when you felt it.
Exhale audibly, as if you were sharing your breath with someone else to spread that exuberance.
Let that breath become a sound that radiates the joy.
Stop recording.
Thank the person who made you feel that joy.

What Will Happen
• I will be editing and processing these recordings into a larger set of audio tracks.
Any spoken words will be removed, but non-verbal vocalizations might be kept.
• An interactive installation that leverages these audio tracks will be installed in a gallery group show at The Factory in Seattle, Washington that opens on June 12,
2025.
• I cannot guarantee I will use all received recordings in the final piece.
• The audio tracks will be recorded onto physical media with limited copies (25 or less) as part of this process. The physical media will be available for purchase at the gallery and through my Bandcamp site.
• Individuals will only be credited as they prefer. If you wish to remain anonymous you may do so. Credit and/or name changes are welcome for future performance/ recording iterations.
• Permission for continued use in future settings or installations may be revoked upon request.
• The original submitted recordings will be deleted after the gallery show closes.

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Imprecision @imprecision.art · 19/04/2025

bummed to miss this Xyloboyz-affiliated gig next week because of prior plans. seattle, y'all should go in my stead.

Imprecision @imprecision.art · 12/04/2025

they dropped the lawsuit against me, not the overall lawsuit.

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Imprecision @imprecision.art · 11/04/2025

hard to believe it's been over twenty years for these. our 2021 digital reissue of "arise...!" is available on bandcamp. trying to find a copy of it in the long envelope with the zine... blacktent.bandcamp.com/album/arise-...

blacktent.bandcamp.com

arise with joy and free us all!, by Black Tent

3 track album

Imprecision @imprecision.art · 09/04/2025

hear me out. this, but for musique concrète. sponsor me, u-haul

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stupid pony @solidarity.pizza · 08/03/2025

an @imprecision.art sighting in the wild: micro-text score, in @eireannmor.bsky.social's ABUNDANT NUMBER #3, verso, just below the fold

a black and white photo of a folded sheet of paper right below someone's eye. three lines of text appear above an unrelated image. text reads:

a hand, held (for voice and kettle): utter/ whistle the grief in a love poem not yet deployed. https://imprecision.art

Imprecision @imprecision.art · 11/02/2025

this Sunday (2/16), join us and a whole bunch of others for Louder Now! A Community Benefit for the LA Fires, organized by the inimitable @missmira2u.bsky.social. more details in the flyer and on @smokesignal.events: smokesignal.events/did:plc:fhcr...

LOUDER NOW!
a community benefit for the LA fires
KIDS MAKE THE WORLD: 4-6pm
- arts and crafts activities
- resources and literature for community defense
- beats by DJ Rio

WE MAKE THE MUSIC: 6pm - ???
- hosted by Mira Tsarina
- auntie death
- end of small sanctuary
- the passion racket
- nedy johnson
- principal pleasure
- noe Navarro
- people in progress
- Maria Dolores a. Matienzo and Jackie an

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 16TH at WOODLAND THEATER
608 NW 65th St, Seattle WA 98117

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Imprecision @imprecision.art · 03/01/2025

join us January 11 at the Chapel in Seattle for Otolithia / María Dolores A. Matienzo / Ruth Davidson, presented as part of the Wayward Music Series. all ages, $10-$20 sliding scale. more info: www.waywardmusic.org/event/otolit... advance tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/otolithia-...

flyer for a show, with text centered around an image of snow-covered trees with diagonal lines radiating from a point in the upper right

Otolithia
María Dolores A. Matienzo
Ruth Davidson

Saturday, January 11
doors 7:30, music 8:00
$10-$20, sliding scale

Chapel Performance Space
4640 Sunnyside Ave N, Seattle

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stupid pony @solidarity.pizza · 16/12/2024

a short clip of "te tractas eam ad Larem" from my set at the Base showcase at Equinox Studios Very Open House last saturday

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Imprecision @imprecision.art · 14/12/2024

a bonkers rehearsal setup, but it'll do

a performance space, containing a table with a laptop, a mixer, and various objects, a chair, a snare drum with objects on it, an amplifier, and a recorder on a small tripod.

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Imprecision @imprecision.art · 10/12/2024

read more about our upcoming shows, works in development, and a teaser of what "she's buoyant" was all about. buttondown.com/imprecision....

upcoming shows in Seattle in December and January, updates on works in progress, and a brief review of the she's buoyant premier.

we're doing it live

Imprecision @imprecision.art · 16/10/2024

we've gotten a lovely write up about "she's buoyant" in the newsletter of our performance's director, jesse roth - join us on october 26 and 27 and feel the magic that she's experienced. artgardening.substack.com/p/announcing...

artgardening.substack.com

Announcing: she's bouyant

Come see a show I'm directing! (and some things to read/watch/check out)

Imprecision @imprecision.art · 24/09/2024

today we got to tour Base, the venue for the "she's buoyant" premiere. we are so excited to work with Aaron, Sean, and everyone else there!

two women smiling and standing in front of a flyer for the show hanging on a green door

Imprecision art presents
María Dolores A. Matienzo
she's buoyant
for violin, synthesizers, percussion, piano, tape, & voice

October 26-27, 2024 (world premiere)
Jackie An (violin, voice)
Raqa Down (synth, voice, percussion)
María Dolores A. Matienzo
(synth, voice, percussion, piano, tape)
Jesse Roth (Director)

Base: Experimental Arts & Space
October 26-27, 2024
7:30 PM
6520 5th Avenue S
Seattle, WA 98108
$5-$20 sliding scale

Advance tickets available at https://shesbuoyant.eventbrite.com/
All attendees must wear a face mask; complimentary masks available

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Imprecision @imprecision.art · 17/09/2024

it's PR day for us here, so enjoy a snippet of the projections we've been working on. and as a reminder, tickets for the "she's buoyant" world premiere on oct 26-27 are available for presale: shesbuoyant.eventbrite.com

Imprecision @imprecision.art · 13/09/2024

did i set out to have "she's buoyant" include sapphic lifeguard content? no am i resisting that impulse now? also no