{"id":227513,"date":"2026-05-11T18:19:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T18:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/227513\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T18:19:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T18:19:10","slug":"clara-yang-brings-ex-machina-to-nyc-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/227513\/","title":{"rendered":"Clara Yang brings \u2018Ex Machina\u2019 to NYC"},"content":{"rendered":"

The multimedia show at the Baryshnikov Arts Center will be part of Carnegie Hall\u2019s \u201cUnited in Sound: America at 250\u201d festival.<\/p>\n

\"ClaraClara Yang\u2019s multimedia project has evolved over the two years since its inception. Going from Carolina to NYC. (Submitted photo)<\/p>\n

Clara Yang\u2019s multimedia project \u201cEx Machina\u201d is heading to the Baryshnikov Arts Center in New York.<\/p>\n

After the project\u2019s debut at Carolina\u2019s Moeser Auditorium in March 2024, Yang \u2014 the head of keyboard studies for the College of Arts and Sciences\u2019 music department \u2014 took the performance to Los Angeles. Now she will be performing May 11 in New York as part of Carnegie Hall\u2019s \u201cUnited in Sound: America at 250\u201d festival.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s a perfect place to showcase \u2018Ex Machina,\u2019\u201d Yang said. \u201cThis program is a testament to America at 250: shaped by a diverse group of brilliant American artists whose distinct voices come together to reflect the full, rich spectrum of who we are.\u201d<\/p>\n

Those artists include electric guitarist Yvette Young and digital media artist Xuan, whose work provides the immersive visuals that are paired with the show.<\/p>\n

These visuals, in conjunction with Yang\u2019s piano playing, serve as the foundation for a three-act multimedia show that explores the evolving relationship between humanity and technology.<\/p>\n

In the two years since its inception, Yang says that \u201cEx Machina\u201d has gone through an evolution of its own.<\/p>\n

\"Clara\u201cIt\u2019s begun to develop in a way that\u2019s gone so far beyond my expectations,\u201d Yang said. \u201cI\u2019m just so grateful to be a part of this upcoming festival. It means a lot.\u201d (Submitted photo)<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I first performed in Moeser Auditorium, we had to kind of stitch together the images to fit within the space, and it was only semi-surround visually,\u201d Yang said. \u201cIt worked out really well, but the excellent projectors and the venue for the Process Series at UNC last year have given us the opportunity to improve the audiovisuals of the show, making it more immersive to prepare for the show at Baryshnikov Arts.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yang has also added two new pieces in recent performances. One is Philip Glass\u2019s \u201cEtude No. 11.\u201d The other is \u201cHammers Over the Moon,\u201d by Liliya Ugay, a piece that Yang describes as a conversation between an acoustic piano and a machine.\u00a0It\u2019s another example of how the project continues to explore the intersection between artificial intelligence and art.<\/a><\/p>\n

On May 1, Yang releases an album of the show, \u201cxmachina,\u201d which will be available on all digital platforms.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a very different experience without the visuals,\u201d Yang said. \u201cBut I think being able to focus on just the aural aspect will give audiences a different perspective for the music.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the Baryshnikov Arts Center, the performance will feature both the immersive visuals to the varied piano compositions, providing audiences with the ideal way to experience \u201cEx Machina.\u201d When Yang first performed the show at Carolina, she never expected it to reach the heights that it has now.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s begun to develop in a way that\u2019s gone so far beyond my expectations,\u201d Yang said. \u201cI\u2019m just so grateful to be a part of this upcoming festival. It means a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n

By Josh McCormack, University Communications and Marketing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The multimedia show at the Baryshnikov Arts Center will be part of Carnegie Hall\u2019s \u201cUnited in Sound: America…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":227514,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[89362,30056,27414,89363,19415,89364,89365,89366,9,56,63,65,64,89367,89368],"class_list":["post-227513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-baryshnikov-arts-center","tag-carnegie-hall","tag-carolina","tag-clara-yang","tag-college-of-arts-and-sciences","tag-department-of-music","tag-ex-machina","tag-keyboard-studies","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-united-in-sound-america-at-250","tag-university-of-north-carolina-at-chapel-hill"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227513\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}