TIETON — Music and digital art collide Thursday night when FLUX takes over Shorthead Brewing with an immersive audio-visual performance beginning at 9 p.m.
The project pairs DJ Hunter, also known as Israel James Hunter, with visual artist and creative technologist Jon Nutting, known as VJ IMAJON. Together, the duo creates a live experience that blends improvised electronic music with synchronized visuals projected throughout the space.
Jon Nutting, left, known as VJ IMAJON, and Israel James Hunter, known as DJ Hunter, perform as FLUX on Friday, June 6, 2026, on East Spruce Street in Yakima, Wash.
Hunter describes FLUX as an evolving DJ/VJ collaboration built around spontaneity and audience engagement. The pair often incorporates installation art, projection work and elements of spatial augmented reality to transform venues into immersive environments.
The idea for FLUX grew out of Hunter’s interest in combining live music with installation art. Already performing as a DJ and creating live sets in Ableton, a music production software, he began exploring ways to make performances more interactive and visually engaging. After meeting Nutting through a mutual friend and learning about his work creating coded visuals with projection technology, the two decided to collaborate.
“We thought it would be super cool to combine my visual projections with James’ music,” Nutting said of their early conversations. Their first performance together took place at the Larson Gallery.
The result is part concert and part digital art installation, with music and visuals created and manipulated in real time. Rather than presenting a fixed show, FLUX embraces improvisation, making each performance unique.
Thursday’s event offers audiences a chance to experience that creative interplay firsthand.
A screenshot shows live-generated visual artwork created by Jon Nutting, known as VJ IMAJON, during a FLUX performance on Friday, June 6, 2026.
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