Efraín Rozas is a Peruvian interdisciplinary artist, researcher and robotics maker. His work was described as “an incredible physical presence that transformed the stage into a soundscape” by The New York Times, “a heady confluence of technology, culture and cognition” by The New Yorker, and “a deep psychonautic dive” by Wire Magazine. He is a Jerome Artist Fellow 2023-2025 for combined arts. He was a resident at The Kitchen on 2021. He has performed at Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, Brooklyn Museum, Queens Museum, Museum of Contemporary art of Lima and Central Park Summerstage Fania Records 50th anniversary. His experimental salsa album Roza Cruz was named one of the best Latin American albums of the decade by Zona Sucia and Estereofonía.
Rozas will perform percussion interacting with a light/percussive robotic sculpture which generates rhythmic patterns in real time with algorithms created on Max MSP. Special guests Michael Liu, Karl Lee, James Hyun and Xiaopeng Ma who will perform 2 pieces by Rozas.
