Subtropics: Audible Fields - immersive listening experiences curated by Gustavo Matamoros

Deering Estate and Subtropics present Subtropics: Audible Fields at Deering Estate, a five-part series of immersive listening experiences curated by composer and intermedia artist Gustavo Matamoros. Taking place on select weekend dates at 4:00 PM, the series brings together experimental music, moving image, radio art, and spatial sound practices in a sequence of programs that foreground listening as an active, perceptual experience. Across the series, sound, image, gesture, and environment converge within multichannel audio, expanded cinema, and durational performance. Audiences are invited to engage listening not only as hearing, but as a spatial mode of attention shaped by movement, resonance, and proximity. All events take place in the Deering Estate Theater, recently enhanced with updated projection, lighting, and surround sound capabilities. The theater serves as a cultural resource for the community, presenting a wide range of programs that include music, dance, film, and educational initiatives aligned with Deering Estate’s mission. SUBTROPICS: AUDIBLE FIELDS — SCHEDULE: All events take place on select weekend dates at 4:00 PM All events are free of charge, RSVP on Eventbrite All events will be located at the Deering Estate Theater. Deering Estate Theater 7220 SW 168th Street, Palmetto Bay, FL 33157 Sunday, July 26, 2026 Unfinished Visions: Silent Film & Sightless Radio A program of expanded cinema and radio art exploring fragmentation, montage, and transmission across time. Tickets online: www.eventbrite.com/.../unfinished-visions-silent... Saturday, August 1, 2026 Listening Club: Sound in Space The Listening Club, created by Gustavo Matamoros, makes its Deering Estate debut with an episode dedicated to spatial listening. Tickets online: www.eventbrite.com/.../listening-club-sound-in... Sunday, August 16, 2026 jamJamStrawberry: Strawberry Sweets An immersive, durational performance by the experimental collective jamJam Strawberry, featuring Sony Mao and Emile Milgrim with participation of original dropbox contributor Tickets online: www.eventbrite.com/.../jamjamstrawberry... Sunday, September 13, 2026 Audible Systems: Held / Garet + Matamoros A program of intermedia works exploring sound, image, and perception as interconnected systems. Tickets online: www.eventbrite.com/.../audible-systems-held-garet... Saturday, September 26, 2026 The Music of Julio Roloff A rare presentation of works by Miami-based composer Julio Roloff, featuring acoustic, electroacoustic, and computer music performed by the composer and guest musicians. Tickets online: ../the-music-of-julio-roloff... About the Artists-in-Residence: Gustavo Matamoros is a Miami-based intermedia artist, composer, and curator working in experimental music, sound installation, and interdisciplinary performance. Born in Caracas, Venezuela, he has been active in South Florida since 1979 and is the founding artistic director of the Subtropics Festival. His work explores listening as a spatial and perceptual practice through immersive and site-responsive environments. He is currently in residence at Florida International University’s i360 XR Theater and at Deering Estate Theater, supported by a Knight Arts Challenge award. Freddy Jouwayed is a Miami-based multimedia artist and exhibition designer and a resident artist at Deering Estate. His practice spans projection environments, multimedia installation, and exhibition design. For this series, he develops the multiscreen realization of ¡Que Viva México! materials and contributes visual projection and spatial image design across the programs. Barron Sherer A Miami-based visual artist, Barron Sherer works across moving image, projection, and immersive media. His practice explores light, abstraction, and perceptual experience through layered visual systems that respond to sound and spatial context. Drawing from both analog and digital processes, he creates dynamic visual environments that emphasize transformation, rhythm, and texture. For Subtropics: Audible Fields at Deering Estate, Sherer contributes live visual elements for Strawberry Sweets, in collaboration with Freddy Jouwayed. About the Participating Organizations: Subtropics is a Miami-based platform dedicated to experimental music and sound art, presenting concerts, installations, and interdisciplinary projects that explore new approaches to listening and sonic experience. Frozen Music is a Miami-based experimental music collective dedicated to improvisation, sound exploration, and the presentation of alternative listening environments. jamJamStrawberry is an experimental collaboration originating in early network-based music exchange between Sony Mao and Sawako. Known for its hybrid of granular synthesis, glitch aesthetics, and distributed collaboration, the project continues as a live and evolving performance platform integrating additional collaborators and expanded instrumentation.