On the evening of Friday, August 28, the Fuse Factory is thrilled to present the second artist-in-residence 2026 season performance: experimental musician/digital artist Dvvid Watson in collaboration with noise/electronic musician Ty Owen. Also included on the bill is Laudanum Quilt (CMH) and Caleb Miller and Kevin Holland’s duo project Caleb’s Night Nigh Palace (CMH). In between performances are sets by DJ Buttered Croissant. Our 2026 artist-in-residence program consists of a series of performances featuring Dvvid Watson. Doors 7:30pm, show begins at 8:00pm sharp. $10 prepaid, $15 at the door.
About the artists:
Dvvid Watson is an experimental audio and visual artist and designer based in Columbus, Ohio. His work centers on creating strange, surreal sound environments using field recordings, corrupted audio, synthesizers, and unconventional effects processing. Through improvisational layering and manipulation of these sources, he builds unexpected audio collages that can feel calming, haunting, and occasionally amusing.
Experimentation and the use of materials in ways they were not originally intended have been central to his creative practice throughout his life. Over the past twelve years, Dvvid has been actively performing and releasing experimental music in Columbus. He holds a BFA from Montserrat College of Art in Beverly, MA and works from a fine art background, applying studio art approaches to sound, structure, and transformation.
In addition to his individual work, Dvvid runs Dour Records, a small label dedicated to experimental music and sound projects. His practice emphasizes process-driven exploration and the creation of unusual audio spaces rather than fixed or polished outcomes.
Ty Owen is a prominent Columbus, Ohio-based experimental musician, audio engineer, and multimedia artist. He is deeply embedded in the local avant-garde and DIY electronic scenes, bridging the gap between sonic exploration and visual media. His music focuses heavily on modular synthesis, live electronic improvisation, found sound, and intentional noise production. Projects include Fatal Gaze, a duo with David Reed, and The S.T.A.T.I.C Series.
Laudanum Quilt is the project name for Margot Bailey, a sound artist and musician based in Columbus, Ohio. The work focuses on ritual drone, noise music, and textured ambient audio.
Caleb Miller is a musician and educator in Columbus, OH. His work mostly focuses on eclectic-midwestern perspectives surrounding creative, new music and projects. In addition to his personally lead projects (Gault, pincer, Here Here) Caleb plays, writes and subs in many jazz-adjacent projects (Favorite Daughter, Yumbambe, Troy Kunkler 4tet), songs-oriented groups (Zack Kouns and His Insatiable Orchestra, Carr and Company, Confusions, Francis Bacon Band), contemporary classical settings (dance accompanist, classical pianist) and other settings (Taylor K Conrad, solo work, Sun Trash, audio work, VMR, music videos, album artwork). As output he is most interested in productions that show a true synthesis of perspectives, sounds, individuals and communities. Music and projects that strive for some form of “newness” regardless of the setting, people or situation. Caleb also currently operates the Columbus-based recording label Very Much Recordings and teaches in the American public (!) school system.
Kevin Holland is an American multi-instrumentalist, electronic composer, coder, and music educator. He is best known for creating deeply immersive ambient soundscapes and designing custom audio software. Based in Columbus, Ohio, Holland operates at the intersection of musical performance, hardware synthesis, and programming. His projects include Sineqube, October Ember with his wife Jennifer Dutiel, and playing lead guitar for Nick Weckman’s rock opera Worms Rise Up!