{"id":9,"date":"2026-11-13T20:55:03","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T20:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/masquedviol.in\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2026-11-13T21:05:01","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T21:05:01","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/masquedviol.in\/","title":{"rendered":"MasquedViolin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style>\n  :root {\n    --bg: #f4f4f2;\n    --ink: #1a1a1a;\n    --mute: #6b6b68;\n    --rule: #cfcfcb;\n    --max: 760px;\n  }\n  @media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {\n    :root { --bg: #121212; --ink: #e6e6e3; --mute: #8d8d89; --rule: #2e2e2c; }\n  }\n  * { box-sizing: border-box; }\n  html { -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; }\n  body {\n    margin: 0;\n    background: var(--bg);\n    color: var(--ink);\n    font-family: \"Helvetica Neue\", Helvetica, Arial, system-ui, sans-serif;\n    font-size: 16px;\n    line-height: 1.55;\n  }\n  main { max-width: var(--max); margin: 0 auto; padding: 96px 24px 64px; }\n  header { margin-bottom: 96px; }\n  .id { font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: .14em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--mute); margin: 0 0 24px; }\n  h1 { font-size: clamp(36px, 7vw, 56px); font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: -.02em; line-height: 1.05; margin: 0 0 24px; }\n  .lede { font-size: 18px; max-width: 34em; margin: 0; }\n  section { border-top: 1px solid var(--rule); padding: 32px 0 56px; display: grid; grid-template-columns: 180px 1fr; gap: 24px; }\n  section > h2 { font-size: 13px; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: .14em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--mute); margin: 4px 0 0; }\n  section p { margin: 0 0 16px; }\n  section p:last-child { margin-bottom: 0; }\n  dl { margin: 0; display: grid; grid-template-columns: 140px 1fr; row-gap: 10px; column-gap: 16px; }\n  dt { color: var(--mute); }\n  dd { margin: 0; }\n  table { width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums; }\n  th, td { text-align: left; padding: 10px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule); vertical-align: top; }\n  th { font-weight: 400; color: var(--mute); font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: .06em; text-transform: uppercase; }\n  td.n { width: 48px; color: var(--mute); }\n  td.s { white-space: nowrap; color: var(--mute); text-align: right; }\n  a { color: inherit; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-underline-offset: 3px; }\n  a:hover { text-decoration-thickness: 2px; }\n  ul.plain { list-style: none; padding: 0; margin: 0; }\n  ul.plain li { padding: 6px 0; }\n  footer { border-top: 1px solid var(--rule); padding-top: 24px; font-size: 13px; color: var(--mute); display: flex; justify-content: space-between; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 8px; }\n  @media (max-width: 640px) {\n    main { padding-top: 56px; }\n    header { margin-bottom: 56px; }\n    section { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 12px; padding-bottom: 40px; }\n    dl { grid-template-columns: 1fr; row-gap: 2px; }\n    dd { margin-bottom: 10px; }\n    td.s { width: auto; }\n  }\n<\/style>\n<style>\n  .wp-site-blocks{padding:0!important;margin:0!important}\n  .wp-site-blocks > *{margin-block-start:0!important}\n  .entry-content, .wp-block-post-content{max-width:none!important;padding:0!important;margin:0!important}\n  .wp-block-post-content > *{max-width:none!important;margin-left:0!important;margin-right:0!important}\n  main section{max-width:none}\n<\/style>\n<main>\n\n  <header>\n    <p class=\"id\">masquedviol.in<\/p>\n    <h1>MasquedViolin<\/h1>\n    <p class=\"lede\">An album series conducted as performance-as-research. Each season examines the artifact of a song. Electric violin, voice, electronics, AI.<\/p>\n  <\/header>\n\n  <section id=\"status\">\n    <h2>Status<\/h2>\n    <dl>\n      <dt>Current season<\/dt><dd>Season 1<\/dd>\n      <dt>Research period<\/dt><dd>2025 \u2013 ongoing<\/dd>\n      <dt>Location<\/dt><dd>Hudson Valley and New York Metro<\/dd>\n      <dt>Broadcast<\/dt><dd>Blast Radio, ongoing<\/dd>\n    <\/dl>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section id=\"season-1\">\n    <h2>Season 1<\/h2>\n    <div>\n      <p><strong>War, What&#8217;s It Good For?<\/strong><\/p>\n      <p>Research question: Art? if propaganda is more coherent than truth.<\/p>\n      <p>Cycle: <em>Forever Wars<\/em>. A dark-industrial cycle for electric violin, voice, electronics, and AI, guided by the question: what does resilience sound like?<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section id=\"artifacts\">\n    <h2>Artifacts<\/h2>\n    <table>\n      <thead><tr><th>No.<\/th><th>Title<\/th><th style=\"text-align:right\">Status<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n      <tbody>\n        <tr><td class=\"n\">01<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/7xVoUpJRsBCcZ46wbfnTOh\">The Fight Eternal<\/a><\/td><td class=\"s\">Released 10.2025<\/td><\/tr>\n        <tr><td class=\"n\">02<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/0ZhX0jVICxySjkfjFnogJm\">War, What&#8217;s It Good For<\/a><\/td><td class=\"s\">Released 07.2026<\/td><\/tr>\n        <tr><td class=\"n\">03<\/td><td>The Forever Wars<\/td><td class=\"s\">Forthcoming<\/td><\/tr>\n      <\/tbody>\n    <\/table>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section id=\"method\">\n    <h2>Method<\/h2>\n    <div>\n      <p>Arrangement, recording, editing, mixing, and mastering are carried out by the performer.<\/p>\n      <p>Pieces are typically built from a spoken-word loop. The violin enters, answers, and loops over the voice.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section id=\"hmm\">\n    <h2>Live work<\/h2>\n    <div>\n      <p><strong>The Human Music Machine<\/strong><\/p>\n      <p>A participatory performance. Audience members propose musical ideas. The ideas become prompts for a generative AI system. The output is interpreted live on electric violin with effects processing. The mask is presented as an interface object.<\/p>\n      <p>Each performance adds to a public archive of prompts, AI outputs, recordings, and annotated responses.<\/p>\n      <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jessingrassellino.com\/human-music-machine\/\">Project documentation<\/a><\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section id=\"documentation\">\n    <h2>Documentation<\/h2>\n    <ul class=\"plain\">\n      <li>Video: <em>Could Have Had A Bicycle<\/em>, 30.04.2026, 11:59. MasquedViolin on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@masquedviolin\">YouTube<\/a>.<\/li>\n      <li>Listen: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/5H21dkSzz5gkacDkoLUUY1\">Spotify<\/a><\/li>\n      <li>Social: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@masqued_violin\">@masqued_violin on TikTok<\/a><\/li>\n    <\/ul>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section id=\"context\">\n    <h2>Context<\/h2>\n    <div>\n      <p>MasquedViolin is the performance persona of Dr. Jess Ingrassellino, an orchestral violinist and music educator based in the Hudson Valley, New York.<\/p>\n      <p>This page is a record. Material is added as artifacts accumulate.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section id=\"contact\">\n    <h2>Contact<\/h2>\n    <p>Booking and residency inquiries: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jessingrassellino.com\/\">jessingrassellino.com<\/a><\/p>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <footer>\n    <span>MasquedViolin<\/span>\n    <span>Record maintained 2026<\/span>\n  <\/footer>\n\n<\/main>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>masquedviol.in MasquedViolin An album series conducted as performance-as-research. Each season examines the artifact of a song. Electric violin, voice, electronics, AI. Status Current season Season 1 Research period 2025 \u2013 ongoing Location Hudson Valley and New York Metro Broadcast Blast Radio, ongoing Season 1 War, What&#8217;s It Good For? 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