monautomaton
Monika Eva Hauck aka monautomaton, is a Canadian/Polish VJ based in Helsinki, Finland. She designs visuals for live performances, festivals, interactive installations and exhibitions and events. She crafts digital landscapes and worlds that merge the surreal with abstract . She focuses on digital tomfoolery, immersion, audio interactivity, improvisation and temporary reality levitation.
She has created visuals for a number of national and inter-nationally recognized artists from the likes of Canadian heavy-hitters such as US Girls, Deerhoof, Snotty Nose Rez Kids, and The Sorority. She has regularly VJ'd and animated the stage for events with the Art Gallery of Ontario, Kazoo Festival, Wavelength Music, Hillside Festival, Flourish Festival Electric Eclectics and numerous DIY/underground events. Currently based in Helsinki, Finland completing her MA in New Media Design and Production at Aalto University. Former chair of DADA (Digital Art and Design Association, 2022) and former vice-chair of TOKYO (Aalto Arts Student Association, 2023). She was a finalist at the Tampere Film Festival VJ Contest in 2023 and has performed at Aavistus A/V Festival and occasionally collaborates with Entropy Ry. Monika Hauck also has a BA in Studio Art from The University of Guelph, Canada 2012. Since 2015 she has also done live visuals and plays synth in her A/V project Static Channel. She occasionally exhibits photos, prints and paintings. Check instagram for recent work or my CV for (mostly) everything else |
VJ Reel
Recent Sketches 2024 |
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VJ Reel Recent Sketches 2024 |
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Live VJ Set Kanae Nozowa Korjaamo 2023 |
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Live VJ Set Entropy e30v 2024 |
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Live VJ Set DJ - Mary Young Aavistus Festival 2022 |
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Techno Bunker Installation Visuals Lumen Festival 2022 |
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Music Video Half Truths Static Channel 2023 |
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Cymatic Monoprints Analog VJ Printmaking Versa 2015 |
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