Steven McInerney (b. Melbourne, 1983) is an artist living in London, combining 16mm, digital proceses, and immersive sound to create expanded forms of cinema, live audiovisual performances, and installations. McInerney’s work investigates emergent phenomena, using the time-variant systems of media for exploration. Their cinematic work draws upon dichotomous energies, meditating between the sacred and profane. Live performances utilise multi-channel projection and real-time feedback systems, employing a structuralist methodology that values error and reappropriation. From here, speculative narratives take form, often blurring the lines between science and fiction. McInerney is the founder of Psyché Tropes, an interdisciplinary platform for audiovisual research, events, and releases, with a monthly radio programme on Resonance 104.4 FM.
McInerney’s film projects have received international recognition with awards, funding and support from Arts Council England, Lux Moving Image, Film London, and British Film Council. They co-founded and directed the Hackney Film Festival from 2010–2012, has been featured on BBC Radio and Ina GRM’s L'Expérimentale on France Musique. Reviews in print and online include The Wire Magazine, Wallpaper, Elephant, Ableton, and Electronic Sound among others. McInerney performs and releases as Merkaba Macabre, while other collaborative projects include IOME, Post Coma, and Flying Disks.