March 28, 2026

Doors @ 7:30 | Performances @ 8:00

FREE and open to the public

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dadaLab - 2008 Alexander Ave. Austin, TX.

CAST: Premiere Night is the culminating event of the inaugural CAST season, bringing together the full cohort of international artists selected to create new collaborative works for this special evening. Following a global call for submissions, the CAST panel chose six composers and six visual artists whose practices represent some of the most compelling directions in contemporary sound and visual media. Each composer was paired with a visual artist to form a collaborative team, and these pairs have spent months developing original works that receive their world premieres at this event.

The composers in this year’s cohort explore a wide range of contemporary musical approaches, including experimental composition, electronics and computer music, performance-driven work, and spatial audio. All musical works will be performed by either SoundMap Ensemble or Line Upon Line Percussion, two of Austin’s leading contemporary music groups and core creative partners of CAST.

The visual artists bring their own experimental perspectives, working with realtime digital performance, immersive visual design, code-based imagery, and generative AI techniques. Their work will be presented on the dadaLab immersive video wall, creating a unified environment where sound and image merge into a shared performance space.

Premiere Night features the debut of six new collaborative works by the following artist teams:

Stylianos Dimou & Britt Moseley (with SoundMap Ensemble)
Haeun Park & Krista Faist (with SoundMap Ensemble)
Rafael Godoi & David Sydiongco (with SoundMap Ensemble)
Carolina Carrizo & Jonathan Monaghan (with Line Upon Line)
Mathis Saunier & Shirley Steele (with Line Upon Line)
Shahrzad Talebi & Eric Theise (with Line Upon Line)

Together, these collaborations highlight the artistic vision at the heart of CAST. Premiere Night invites audiences into an evening of immersive performance, new artistic possibilities, and the future of contemporary audiovisual work.

Learn more about CAST, the composers, and the visual artists participating in the 2026 season here: https://dadageek.com/cast

ABOUT CAST:

CAST (Contemporary Art & Sound Technologies) is a platform for artists working at the intersection of sound, music, and visual media — dedicated to bold experimentation and boundary-pushing interdisciplinary work.

For the inaugural 2026 season, selected composers, visual artists, and multimedia creators have been paired into collaborative teams, spending months developing new work together. Their efforts culminate in a single performance on Saturday, March 28 at dadaLab.

Throughout CAST week, audiences will experience performances and presentations from artists across the experimental sound and visual media community — building toward that final night.

Presented in partnership with UT Austin's College of Fine Arts, the Department of Arts and Entertainment Technologies, the Butler School of Music, SoundMap, Line Upon Line Percussion, dadageek, and dadaLab.

More CAST Events:

Me Mer Mo Monday CAST Takeover! (March 21, 2026)
CAST Creators in Performance (March 22, 2026)

Contact the host of CAST: Premiere Night

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