This event is in the past.It took place on April 4, 2026 at SFMOMA Museum Store.
Performing Abstraction: Samia Halaby with Members of the Kronos Quartet
Transbay
Watch digital art pioneer Samia Halaby paint with code while Kronos Quartet members improvise in real time. Her 1990s "Kinetic Painting Program" generates shifting abstractions that the strings answer note for note: a conversation between light and sound.
immersive audio-visual performance
avant-garde collaboration
live improvisation
digital meets acoustic
Tips
💻Halaby coded this program in C back in the early 1990s
🎻three Kronos members improvising in real time
🪑arrive early for prime viewing spots
Performing Abstraction: Samia Halaby with Members of the Kronos Quartet
Transbay
Watch digital art pioneer Samia Halaby paint with code while Kronos Quartet members improvise in real time. Her 1990s "Kinetic Painting Program" generates shifting abstractions that the strings answer note for note: a conversation between light and sound.
immersive audio-visual performance
avant-garde collaboration
live improvisation
digital meets acoustic
Tips
💻Halaby coded this program in C back in the early 1990s
🎻three Kronos members improvising in real time
🪑arrive early for prime viewing spots
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