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Tyler Matthew Oyer
Straddling electronic music and performance art, Tyler Matthew Oyer has performed and exhibited their goth-pop projects internationally for over 10 years. Their vocal aesthetic combines spoken-word incantation with years of vocal training in opera and choral music. Oyer's musical stylings have been compared to those of Björk, Klaus Nomi, SOPHIE, and Perfume Genius.
Musical releases include: RELEASE DELUXE (2017), NO TEMPLE (2020), RETEMPLE - NO TEMPLE REMIXED (2020), and TENDERNESS (2021).
Oyer is featured on the title track of SONIKKU's album Joyful Death and their artworks have been exhibited alongside artists such as Genesis P-Orridge, Kenneth Anger, Kembra Pfahler, David LaChapelle and Vaginal Davis. Oyer has performed alongside artists including Christeene, Mykki Blanco, Narcissister, Elysia Crampton, Easter, Kelela, and Macy Rodman at venues such as The Getty Museum, MoMA PS1, Art Basel Miami Beach, Silencio Paris, and LINK Bologna.
Show Description
Part operetta, part techno club, part esoteric ritual, VENUS is a stage show by Tyler Matthew Oyer. The concert takes all notions of Venus as its meditation; femme, anti-patriarchal, celestial non-dominant icons. The orbits of Venus and Earth dance in the pattern of a 5-pointed star or 5-petaled flower, a rhythmic traversing ebb and flow that reminds us our identities are not fixed, but constantly in flux; a relational orbit with our icons, past selves, and constellations of people, stories, dreams and inspirations. The performance features music from Tyler’s records NO TEMPLE, RETEMPLE, TENDERNESS and their forthcoming album VENUS.
Musical releases include: RELEASE DELUXE (2017), NO TEMPLE (2020), RETEMPLE - NO TEMPLE REMIXED (2020), and TENDERNESS (2021).
Oyer is featured on the title track of SONIKKU's album Joyful Death and their artworks have been exhibited alongside artists such as Genesis P-Orridge, Kenneth Anger, Kembra Pfahler, David LaChapelle and Vaginal Davis. Oyer has performed alongside artists including Christeene, Mykki Blanco, Narcissister, Elysia Crampton, Easter, Kelela, and Macy Rodman at venues such as The Getty Museum, MoMA PS1, Art Basel Miami Beach, Silencio Paris, and LINK Bologna.
Show Description
Part operetta, part techno club, part esoteric ritual, VENUS is a stage show by Tyler Matthew Oyer. The concert takes all notions of Venus as its meditation; femme, anti-patriarchal, celestial non-dominant icons. The orbits of Venus and Earth dance in the pattern of a 5-pointed star or 5-petaled flower, a rhythmic traversing ebb and flow that reminds us our identities are not fixed, but constantly in flux; a relational orbit with our icons, past selves, and constellations of people, stories, dreams and inspirations. The performance features music from Tyler’s records NO TEMPLE, RETEMPLE, TENDERNESS and their forthcoming album VENUS.