monautomaton

Monika Eva Hauck (aka monautomaton) is a Canadian/Polish VJ and multidisciplinary artist based in Helsinki, Finland. Her practice spans live visuals for performances, festivals, and events, as well as interactive installations and exhibitions. Hauck crafts surreal digital landscapes that merge abstraction with immersion, interactivity, and improvisation.
She has collaborated with a range of nationally and internationally recognized artists, including Canadian icons like US Girls, Deerhoof, Snotty Nose Rez Kids, and The Sorority. Her live visuals have animated stages for festivals such as the Art Gallery of Ontario, Kazoo! Festival, Wavelength Music, Hillside Festival, Flourish Festival, Electric Eclectics, and numerous DIY and underground events.

Currently completing her MA in New Media Design and Production at Aalto University in Helsinki, Monika is also the former Chair of the Digital Art and Design Association (DADA, 2022) and Vice-Chair of TOKYO, the Aalto Arts Student Association (2023). She was a finalist in the 2023 Tampere Film Festival VJ Contest, has performed at Aavistus A/V Festival, and frequently collaborates with Helsinki-based Entropy Ry.

In addition to her work in live visuals, Hauck holds a BA in Studio Art from the University of Guelph and is a co-founder of the A/V project Static Channel, where she creates visuals and performs synth. Her creative portfolio extends to painting, drawing, sculpture and photography, in which her process based practice informs her approach to installation and performance.
Check instagram for recent work
and her CV for (mostly) everything else

VJ Reel
Recent Sketches
2024

Live VJ Set
Kanae Nozowa
Korjaamo 2023

Live VJ Set
Entropy e30v
2024

Live VJ Set
DJ - Mary Young
Aavistus Festival 2022

Techno Bunker
Installation Visuals
Lumen Festival 2022

Music Video
Half Truths
Static Channel 2023

Cymatic Monoprints
Analog VJ Printmaking
Versa 2015