{"title":"kris mess","metaTitle":"kris mess · Backslash Festival 2026","uri":"artists/kris-mess","id":"kris-mess","ongoing":false,"work_title":"","day":"Saturday","time":"22:15:00","endtime":"23:15:00","stage":"Stage X","formats":[{"id":"live-act","title":"Live act"}],"country":"CH","links":[{"linkText":"instagram.com/kris___mess","url":"https://www.instagram.com/kris___mess/"}],"description":"<p>kris mess is an organised chaos, an eclectic blend of electronic, club and pop influences, interwoven with ethereal yet at times brutal sounds and melodies, driven by a desire to blur genre boundaries as a means of unsettling the listener’s experience. </p><p>Melanie Meystre (1996*) is a multidisciplinary artist originally from Vevey (CH), who lives and works in Fribourg (CH). After studying visual arts at EDHEA in Sierre (Bachelor of Fine Arts), she continued her studies at the HKB (Master’s in Contemporary Art Practice), where she focused her artistic practice on performance. In 2022, she decided to integrate her self-taught sound practice into her performance work, moving from the virtual space of SoundCloud – where she had been sharing her music – to give her first concert under the name kris mess.</p><p></p>","cover":{"url":"https://backslashfestival.com/media/pages/artists/kris-mess/68747eee24-1781684896/kris_mess-1200x-q80.webp","alt":"Backslash Festival 2026","width":1080,"height":1350},"prev":{"id":"francine-satu","title":"francine satu","uri":"artists/francine-satu"},"next":{"id":"margaretha-jungling-alina-arshi-luc-hafliger","title":"margaretha jüngling, Alina Arshi & Luc Häfliger","uri":"artists/margaretha-jungling-alina-arshi-luc-hafliger"}}