QIER is an audio-visual gender performance band with wonderfully off-kilter electro-clash tunes and live video loops. QIER uses only uses freeware software or home-made software. The input devices include computer keyboards, an areolatron, and a dictaor.QIER believes identity is a mix of visuals, narratives, genders, complex codes, data, race, commercial and institutional information. The performance collaborative includes Renee Shaw, Brendon Howell, and Melissa Mullins.