Madeline Stepien is a sound artist based in New York City. Her work explores sound as a tool of perceptual and emotional manipulation. Operating under the alias “pent” from 2020-2024, she developed her practice through a plethora of live performances and recorded material that range from live interventions in club environments to fixed media installations. She has performed at Moma PS1, Roulette Intermedium, Pioneer Works, Sculpture Center, Emily HarveyFoundation, Knockdown Center, Sustain Release Festival, Dripping Festival, and Public Records.
Performances
Upcoming
- September 27, 2026 - Ambient Church w/ Charlemagne Palestine
Past
- July 26, 2026 - Experimental Sound Studio - Chicago, IL
- May 24, 2026 - Stone Circle Theatre w/ Sydney Spann - Ridgewood, NY
- September 13, 2025 - Moma Ps1 - Queens, NY
- September 12, 2025 - Sustain Release - Monticello NY
- May 11, 2025 - Dead Gods - Nexus records - TBA
- February 28, 2025 - Roulette Intermedium - Brooklyn, NY
- February 6, 2025 - The Music Gallery - Toronto, Ontario
- January 22, 2025 - L&SD (with Ben Kudler & Marcin Pietruszewski) - Brooklyn, NY
- January 1, 2024 - Griffith Park - Los Angeles, CA
- January 1, 2024 - Indexical - Santa Cruz, CA
Residencies
- 2025 - Roulette Intermedium / Music Gallery Toronto (collaborative residency)
- 2024 - The Lot Radio (ongoing)
Commissions / Installations
- 2025 - "Sound Installation for Focus Focus & Mateo Garcia Studio pop-up gallery" - Marseille, FR
- 2024 - 48 hour long four channel sound installation "Occlusion Forms" - Dripping Festival - Sparta, NJ
- 2023 - Conducted a panel on sound synthesis and presented a commissioned piece. "Sound Synthesis Panel" - Dripping Festival- Queens, NY
- 2022 - Eight channel sound installation "annular proto sep" - The Living Gallery- Brooklyn, NY
Releases
- 2024 - "digitals" - self released
- 2024 - "trepidation cycles" - 3XL
- 2024 - "untitled" - self released
- 2022 - "live fold" - self released
- 2022 - "annular proto sep" - self released
- 2021 - "live 2" - self released
- 2020 - "-" - self released
Contact
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