Echoes and Connections
Sep
22
1:00 PM13:00

Echoes and Connections

Echoes and Connections @ The Sie Film Center

Program Screening

Sunday, September 22, 2024

Screening 1:00 pm

Echoes and Connections reflects on social and political issues, ancestral ties, and philosophical perspectives on the contemporary world. This program offers viewers a unique lens to understand and connect with the complexities of our shared and disparate human experiences.

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Rebel Animations
Sep
22
11:00 AM11:00

Rebel Animations

Rebel Animations @ The Sie Film Center

Program Screening

Sunday, September 22, 2024

Screening 11:00 am

Rebel Animations showcases the most traditional animated shorts featured in our festival, yet these films challenge norms with subversive themes or innovative structures. This program brings together works that offer fresh perspectives through classic animation techniques, each film rebelling against the status quo and inviting viewers to explore the unconventional.

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Decode Recode at The Digital Armory
Sep
21
5:00 PM17:00

Decode Recode at The Digital Armory

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Decode Recode @ The Digital Armory

Saturday, September 21, 2024

Doors: 5:00 pm / DJ Set 6:00 pm / Live Performances: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

This is an event you won’t want to miss. The Digital Armory is a unique location outfitted with projection and sound, which immerse the audience in an unforgettable setting. We will begin with an open screening of the Syncopated Images program, followed by live performances featuring: Ian Hatcher, Johannes de Young, Colleen Lee, Adán de la Garza, Phillip David Stearns, Bimbonita (Ethan Bradford Barrett Villarreal), Deven Verma, and Rachel Halmrast.

Syncopated Images replaces our former Sonic program, featuring all-new works that blend illustration, animation, and sound. These films are ideally suited for large-scale projection, and we’re thrilled to present them at the Digital Armory, where the venue’s expansive setting enhances their impact.

Featuring films by: Tsz-wing Ho, Nana Kawabata, Cyrus Leung, Yuvia Maini, Mimi Maxaieie, Andres Bronnimann, Alexander Dupuis, Espen Tversland, Maryam Habibi, Camila Dron, Michaela Grill, J. June,

In partnership with the Digital Armory and the Temple Denver. Special thanks to Adam Gordon.

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Uncharted Identities Program Screening
Sep
20
7:30 PM19:30

Uncharted Identities Program Screening

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Uncharted Identities @ The Sie Film Center

Program Screening

Friday, September 20, 2024

Doors: 7:30 pm / Screening 8:00 pm

Uncharted Identities features films that broaden the language of experimental cinema through a contemporary lens by addressing relevant societal topics. This program includes analog filmmaking techniques, digital animation, and elements of expanded animation, utilizing a diverse range of methods and approaches. Each film shares a connection to established forms of visual literacy and offers a thoughtful exploration of identity.

In partnership with Denver Film.

Featuring films by: Nasty Säde Rönkkö, Deven Verma, Ana Barroso, Raquel Salome Velasquez, Lucien Pin, Stefano P. Testa, Sara Magdalena Sawicka, Ryo Orikasa, Anton Cla, and Thadeusz Tischbein

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MOVING BEYOND THE ALGORITHM: THE NEAR FUTURE OF HUMAN-CENTRIC CREATIVITY
Sep
18
3:00 PM15:00

MOVING BEYOND THE ALGORITHM: THE NEAR FUTURE OF HUMAN-CENTRIC CREATIVITY

WEDNESDAY, SEP 18

3:00PM — 6:00PM

UNION HALL ART SPACE (INSIDE THE COLORADAN)

65 ATTENDING

Explore the role of creativity, experimentation, and innovation as essential aspects of art-making with an engaging discussion set against the backdrop of the dynamic Union Hall Art Space. We will focus on how the most imaginative and unconventional art can drive inspiration and how regular practice, free from the constraints of what is deemed "good," leads to truly impactful work. Technology, viewed as a tool to enhance our ideas rather than replace human insight, serves to amplify our innate ability to dream and innovate, but it cannot replace the unique essence of our originality.

1.5 hr panel discussion with Q&A. Followed by a 1.5 hr happy hour in the art space.

In partnership with Denver Startup Week and Union Hall.

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Experimental Constructs Program Screening
Sep
15
1:00 PM13:00

Experimental Constructs Program Screening

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Experimental Constructs @ The Sie Film Center

Program Screening

Sunday, September 15, 2024

Screening 1:00 pm

Experimental Constructs explores experimentation that defies definition and categorization. These works range from the manipulation of images through advanced technology to the slick artifice of 3D animation, all while meandering through nontraditional narratives. This program invites viewers to immerse themselves in the weird and wonderful, experiencing the innovative ways in which artists engage with the medium.

In partnership with Denver Film.

Featuring films by: Jan Bitzer, Steven Lapcevic, Yann Roussel, Jesu Medina, Katie Torn, Yoriko Mizushiri, Peter Whittenberger, Cassie Shao, Milad Forouzandeh, Chris Kore, Jessica Tucker, Benjamin Rosenthal and Eric Souther, Nicoleta Mures, Zeping Sun, S4RA, Anna Ren, Xi Chen, Tyler Calkin, Mickael Doczekalski, and Angie Lin Boyer.

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INTERSECT Presents: PULSE: An Interview and Performance with Debora and Jason Bernagozzi
Sep
15
11:00 AM11:00

INTERSECT Presents: PULSE: An Interview and Performance with Debora and Jason Bernagozzi

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 WORLD PREMIERE @ The Sie Film Center

Intersect Presents

PULSE: An Interview and Performance with Debora and Jason Bernagozzi

This event will celebrate the release the first installment of the Intersect series, a collection of half-hour documentaries highlighting the work and stories of Colorado-based performance artists who engage in innovative combinations of art, science, and technology. Pulse features Debora and Jason Bernagozzi, artists, community organizers, and founders of the now Colorado-based nonprofit Signal Culture. The documentary will be followed by screenings of their current work and a Q&A session. Please stay for the Experimental Constructs program at 1:00 pm.

Sunday, September 15, 2024

Screening: 11:00 am

In partnership with Denver Film and produced with financial support from the Colorado Department of Film Television and Media.

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MELT: The Memory of Ice
Sep
14
6:30 PM18:30

MELT: The Memory of Ice

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WORLD PREMIERE @ The Denver Museum of Nature and Science

MELT: THE MEMORY OF ICE

BETSEY BIGGS

Saturday, September 14, 2024

Doors: 6:30 pm / Film: 7:00 pm

Followed by a presentation and Q&A

Join us in the Infinity Theater for the world premiere of MELT: The Memory of Ice. Experience this exploration of our changing planet through the lens of local filmmaker Betsey Biggs, Ph.D. Following the screening, we are honored to welcome Richard Nunn, Assistant Curator and database manager of the National Ice Core Laboratory (NICL), for a discussion on the significance of this work and the invaluable insights that ice can reveal.

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Affinity Networks Program Screening
Sep
13
7:30 PM19:30

Affinity Networks Program Screening

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Affinity Networks @ The Sie Film Center

Program Screening

Friday, September 13, 2024

Doors: 7:30 pm / Screening 8:00 pm

Affinity Networks features a diverse collection of films created by women, each offering a unique perspective and voice. Inspired by Donna Haraway's concept of affinity, the program emphasizes a network of connections between individuals rather than a unified identity. These connections are fluid and multifaceted, reflecting the intricacy and complexity of being through experimental techniques.

In partnership with Denver Film.

Featuring films by: Colleen Lee, Diana Cam Van Nguyen, Jolie Ruelle, Nina Suominen, Daria Kashcheeva, Erin Espelie, and Emma Piper-Burket.

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Night Lights Denver Festival Open
Sep
12
8:00 PM20:00

Night Lights Denver Festival Open

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Night Lights Denver @ Rock Bottom Brewery

Public Projection / Social Event

Thursday, September 12, 2024

8:00 pm

Join us to celebrate this year’s Night Lights Denver commissions with David Moke of the Denver Theatre District. This program features work by Chanee Choi, Dev Harlan, Iván Casís Jr., Nero Chenxuan He, Valentina Ferrandes, Masary Studios, and AVA Animation.

In partnership with the Denver Theatre District and Night Lights Denver.


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Studio Event - Resident Artist Asher Hoffman
Aug
24
6:00 PM18:00

Studio Event - Resident Artist Asher Hoffman

A landscape blooms out in the dark, or maybe a pattern of thought unfolding. There’s something there, and the longer you look at it, it becomes something else. Hoffman’s work reads like this – one thing at the start, another as you read further – rhizomatic, a little daringly unsure, and yet forthright and honest. An undeniable offer to begin. 

This is where Teetering found its feet; a discussion with Hoffman led to a full look into piles of canvases stacked in a bedroom. Hoffman is prolific, working constantly, leaving paintings to dry on his patio and on any available surface. With painting, you can tell he comes to rest. The viewer can follow his mind as it wanders from place, to person, to experience, to self. As this exploration oscillates between external and internal, Hoffman offers it as a gift to the viewer rather than a burden. He invites us to inhabit this tension, to honor it, and to find a resting place within it. The result is a hold somewhere between the viewer and the image, the canvas and the place beyond – a balancing point, a delicate spin – a teetering. 

Teetering is a self-presented collection of new works by Asher Hoffman, with curation by Andrew K. Shepherd and presented in collaboration with Denver Digerati at the Evans School in the Golden Triangle of Denver, CO. 

Asher Hoffman, a Jerusalem-born artist now based in Denver, seamlessly integrates over seven years of mindfulness practice into his artistic process. For him, creating art is a profound meditation, a spiritual journey. Immersed in nature, Hoffman's work is deeply rooted in spirituality, introspection, and personal identity. He translates emotions and experiences into abstract forms and scenes inspired by joy, loss, landscapes, and music. Hoffman's intuitive approach to art echoes the pioneering spirits of abstract art.  

Andrew K. Shepherd was born in Las Vegas, NV in 1999. He received a BFA in Painting from the Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, GA in May 2021. Maturing alongside the internet, in the suburbs of Las Vegas, and in an America defined by class inequity, Shepherd makes artwork about the process of remembering. First collecting images, commodities, and cultural artifacts, then utilizing intuition and abstraction to synthesize them into paintings and objects, Shepherd is recording his experience of the world. Andrew now lives and works in Denver, CO, working as a Studio Associate with NINE dot ARTS and as a painter in his studio.


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Studio Event  - Resident Artist Sofi Hailu
Aug
18
5:00 PM17:00

Studio Event - Resident Artist Sofi Hailu

Please join us to celebrate our resident artist, Sofi Hailu. During her time as a resident, Sofi has explored ways of processing grief through oral histories, filmmaking, animation, and the preparation of food. You’ll be able to check out Sofi’s short experimental film and will be treated to some of the recipes that she has translated from Russian in a way to connect to family and memory with a shared community today. You are not required, but welcomed to bring a food or drink item that represents the memory of home, to share in community.

“Sofi Hailu was born in 1998 in Nuremberg, Germany to an Ethiopian father, and Ukrainian mother, and was raised in the United States since the year 2000. In 2020, Hailu received her BFA in Studio Art at the University of Denver. Her animations have been featured in Denver Digerati's SUPERNOVA 2020 festival and the Placeholder BFA Exhibition at the Myhren Gallery.  Through mediums such as animation, sound, photography, and drawing she explores themes such as self-discovery, language, migration, the African diaspora, and music.”

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Open Studio - Resident Artist Tyler Grimes
Jun
15
2:00 PM14:00

Open Studio - Resident Artist Tyler Grimes

June open studios at the Evans School featuring our current resident, Tyler Grimes.

“Tyler Grimes (he/him, b. 1994) is a visual artist from Wilmington, DE. His multimodal works and writings ponder paradoxes in hopes to allow reconsiderations of one's perception of (and purpose in) reality. His work spans video installation, emergent technologies, photography, performance, and ecologically-engaged art projects. He has a background in visual communications, which is supplemented by a Photographic and Electronic Media MFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art. He's been awarded research grants, admittance into artists residencies, has shown work internationally, has been a part of award-winning film productions, and most recently presented ongoing research at the Politics of the Machines (@POMConference - if you want to tag them) conference in Aachen, Germany. He is currently a student at the University of Colorado, Boulder, pursuing doctoral credentials in Critical Media Practices and Cognitive Science. “                           

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BODY / SOUND / WORD / IMAGE 
May
25
7:30 PM19:30

BODY / SOUND / WORD / IMAGE 

Please come out to support the grassroots side-project of Joshua Ware and Sharifa Lafon

WHAT: BODY / SOUND / WORD / IMAGE 

WHO: Cosmidis-Grove, Halmrast, Koca, Sitterud, Tnydall, Verma, and Warm (aka Mpw) 

DAY: Saturday, 25 May 2024 

TIME: 7:30pm (doors) / 8:00pm (event) 

LOCATION: St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 2201 Dexter Street, Denver, CO 80207 

Our next event will take place on Saturday, 25 May at St. Thomas Episcopal Church in the Park Hill neighborhood of Denver. Doors will open at 7:30pm, and the performance will begin at 8:00pm promptly. (Note: This event is not affiliated with the church or any religious sect; we simply love the architecture and acoustics.) 

The evening will feature a collaborative body movement and video performance by Rachel Halmrast and Deven Verma; a sound, video, and literary triple-collaboration between Sierra Cosmidis-Grove, Nali Koca, and Mpw (aka Mark Warm); as well as a multi-media, performance art collaboration between Kenzie Sitterrud and Alston Tyndall. 

We think this event will be spectacular, so please come out and support the artists and this series. 

As a small, two-person team without institutional support, we rely on word-of-mouth in the community to promote and support these events. We highly encourage you to forward this information to anyone who you think maybe be interested. 

Light refreshments will be served at the event. 

ARTIST BIOS: 

Sierra Cosmidis-Grove (they/she) is an artist working in experimental film, performance, and photographic processes. Since graduating from Evergreen State College in Olympia with a BA in Visual Arts, they have shown work in festivals and galleries throughout the United States. They are currently an MFA candidate at the CU-Boulder Film program scheduled to graduate in May 2025.   

Rachel Halmrast (they/them), born and raised in Seattle, WA, is a movement artist and choreographer based in Boulder. They received their BFA in Dance from CU Boulder in 2022, and subsequently have used their dance practice to engage with athleticism, androgyny, effort and effortlessness as aesthetic. 

Nazlı Koca (she/her) is the author of The Applicant, a 2024 Colorado Book Awards finalist. She is an international artist who publishes across media, languages, and genres. Her work is rooted only in migration, translation, and adaptation.   

Kenzie Sitterud (they/them) is a multimedia artist who works primarily in large-scale installation, commercial art, freelance graphic design and public art environments. Starting first as a musician and installation artist in the queer and DIY community of Denver (2004-2009) and Seattle (2009-2023) Sitterud moved back to Denver in 2013 to pursue their Bachelors of Fine Art in Communication Design at Metropolitan State University of Denver graduating in 2016. Kenzie began to emerge in the Denver art scene as an installation artist during their residency at Redline Community Art Center (2017-2019). Kenzie work is designed to be ironic or funny to lessen the heaviness of the social issues and injustices we face in modern society.  Connecting to the human experience from a non-majority perspective, their intentions are to create artworks that embrace empathy and perspectives that visually help explain social injustice or historical injustices.  Kenzie’s work has been featured at the Denver Art Museum, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Meow Wolf Denver, Breck Create, Platteforum, and various galleries around the art districts of Denver.  

Alston Tyndall (she/they) is a dance performance artist, choreographer, advocate, and learner. Originally from North Carolina, she earned a BA in Sociology and Dance with a Professional Performance Certificate from Meredith College. Alston is entering their final year at the University of Colorado Boulder as an MFA in Dance Candidate with an interest in the intersections of queerness and disability.  

Deven Verma (he/him) is a college dropout originally from Massachusetts, currently living in Boulder, CO. Much of his work is centered around play as well as the exploration of the unknown and the unseen, using film to discover optical tricks that boggle the mind and question understandings of visual reality. 

Mpw // Mark Warm (he/him) is an experimental/noise artist residing in Colorado Springs, CO. The Iowa native uses modular synthesis to process field recordings, found objects, drums and homemade instruments to produce sounds that can vary from wind in an open field to chopped and frantic bursts of musique concrète. 

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Open Studio - Resident Artist Brenda Vega
May
24
6:00 PM18:00

Open Studio - Resident Artist Brenda Vega

Please join us to close out the residency of Brenda Vega. You’ll have the opportunity to meet the artist and see what she has been working on during her time with us. We also utilize these events for networking to enable connections between artists working in other locations.

Brenda (she/her) is a Visual Artist from the Andes. (Ecuador, born in 1984.) In 2016, Brenda was awarded the Troika Photography Prize in London for her multimedia work 'Interfaced Nature.' She participated in artist residencies like SIM Residency Reykjavík (2019), Lumen in Italy (2018), and No Lugar in Quito (2017). Brenda completed her MA in Photography at the University of the Arts London in 2016. From 2019 to 2023, Brenda taught art full-time at the Universidad San Francisco de Quito in Ecuador. In 2022, Brenda was awarded the prestigious Fulbright Grant for Faculty Development in Ecuador before embarking on a Ph.D. in Visual and Performing Arts at the University of Texas at Dallas, which is her current pursuit. She now resides in Richardson, Texas, with her husband and dog, Bruno.


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JesterN Visual Music Workshop (RSVP required - Limited Space)
Apr
22
5:00 PM17:00

JesterN Visual Music Workshop (RSVP required - Limited Space)

Visual Music: controlling Laser and Vector Monitors with sound - in partnership with DU and LEAF.

To sign up, please email info@denverdigerati.org with your name, contact information, and your zip code. We’ll respond with more information on the event including the room location at DU.

Probably as a consequence of the renewed interest towards analog circuitry and modular synthesizers, in the last few years, analog projections have become increasingly popular in the community of electronic musicians and multimedia artists. An easy frst approach is through vector graphics: one can start experimenting with Oscilloscopes and Lasers in a very intuitive way with just a couple of oscillators. The appeal of vector graphics may derive from the seemingly infnite resolution, the line-based aesthetic, and the intrinsic impermanence of the display. Other motivations lie in repurposing obsolescent hardware, reimplementing historical devices, or simply diverging from mainstream digital approaches to video. This is a multidisciplinary workshop that introduces and merges diferent theoretical felds: media archaeology, analog electronics, graphic design, optics, computer vision, coding and early 3d modeling for '80s gaming.

The technique explained is very intuitive especially for musicians as all visuals will be a direct translation of sound signals. Visualizing sound through light reveals for the eyes several sound properties and geometries that could otherwise remain unnoticed by the ears: frequency ratios, phase shifs, detuning and beatings, etc. I call this process Visual Listening: a deeper way of understanding sound through light. Through digital prototyping, the workshop will show possible hardware confgurations to setup an analog video workstation recycling laser, oscilloscopes and old cathode ray tube monitors. In a critique towards consumerism, the workshop will integrate technologies from diferent ages to create new unexpected aesthetic results, while learning about the history and techniques of video art. We will discuss possible solutions on how to setup an all analog audiovisual live show using laser and vector monitors.

WORKSHOP BREAKDOWN

The workshop will be divided into 5 parts:

- introduction about the instructor (www.jestern.com) and what one can do with the techniques explained in the workshop.

- the hardware: how lasers, oscilloscopes and vector monitors are built and work, possible hacks to expand their control using audio signals.

- the sofware: how to code sound signals to drive lasers and oscilloscopes with real time audio sofware (Ableton, MaxMSP, Pure Data, Processing or Supercollider). We will familiarize with the sofware MaxMSP (https://cycling74.com/downloads) and play with some pre-assembled audio patches.

- let's build something: each participant will work on creating his/her own digital/analog system for a live audiovisual performance. We will start prototyping using a simulation sofware then move to real hardware trying each participant system on a laser projector.

- we will fnally discuss possible approaches for a live gig, issues and solutions.

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Stuff We LOVE - Lafayette Electronic Arts Festival
Apr
17
to May 4

Stuff We LOVE - Lafayette Electronic Arts Festival

From the LEAF Website (Please check LEAF directly for more information)

Fruiting Bodies

The underlying impetus behind this year’s festival revolves around acknowledgment and cultivation of the many communities in the region involved in electronic and new media arts.

Our goal is to help lift these communities in whatever small way we can, by providing a fertile substrate for them to thrive, connect, network, and generate exotic and beguiling fruit.

April 17 – May 4 – FREE

Various locations

Outdoor Video Projections

Friday, April 19, 7pm – FREE

Center for Musical Arts (CMA), 200 E Baseline Rd, Lafayette, CO 80026

Julia Edith Rigby
The Carbon Diablo Ensemble
Mickey Lenny & Nihil Coil
Diggers

Saturday, April 20, 7pm – FREE

Center for Musical Arts (CMA), 200 E Baseline Rd, Lafayette, CO 80026

jesterN
Playground Ensemble
Kevin Sweet
Paulus van Horne & FMSHAGGI

Friday, April 26, 7pm – FREE (with Registration)

The Collective Community Arts Center 201 N. Public Road Lafayette, CO 80026

Film Screening: Sisters with Transistors

Friday April 26, 9pm – TICKETS HERE

The End, Lafayette – 525 Courtney Way Lafayette, CO

Mary Elias Letera, MossPig, Mr. Knobs

Tuesday, April 30, 6-8pm – FREE

The Collective Community Arts Center 201 N. Public Road Lafayette, CO 80026

Panel Discussion
Moderated by Annie Phillips

Friday, May 3, 7pmTICKETS HERE

The Arts HUB, 420 Courtney Way, Lafayette, CO 80026

LARAAJI

with visuals by L’Astra Cosmo

Lisa Bella Donna

with visuals by Christopher Robin Short


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Media Live: Technology as Healing Closing Performances
Jan
13
6:00 PM18:00

Media Live: Technology as Healing Closing Performances

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Please join us for an evening of performances at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art. This evening is in partnership with BMOCA and Kiah Butcher, curator, Media Live. Come early to check out the exhibition before it is gone. Performances co-curated by Cherish Marquez and Sharifa Lafon.

From the exhibition:

“Technology as awareness, awareness as empathy, empathy as healing, healing as change.

From our earliest stone tools to the advent of AI, technology is a catalog of human innovation. MediaLive explores the synergies between art and technology as instruments of positive change for our collective future.”

Door: 6:00 pm

Performances: 6:30 pm

Cost: Cost: Pay from Your Heart*, free for BMoCA members.

Featuring:

Debora and Jason Bernagozzi

Lanx Borealis

Ben Coleman

Meca’Ayo (Tameca L Coleman)

Elle Hong

Kevin Sweet

Zoid Hæm

Debora Bernagozzi works primarily with the mediums of video, photography, and fiber. Her ongoing body of video work consists of gestural, abstracted pieces that are more resonance than representation. She creates her work through a hybrid analog/digital method utilizing real-time video and audio processing techniques. She creates single channel pieces and installations, as well as doing live video performances, sometimes alongside her husband, artist Jason Bernagozzi. Her creative process is experiential, with video as well as with documentary photography and fiber art, including lacemaking.

She received her BFA in Video from the Atlanta College of Art in 1999 and her MFA in Electronic Integrated Art from Alfred University in 2002. Her work has been exhibited in the US and internationally, including at the Denver Art Museum, Burchfield Penney Museum, Ann Arbor Film Festival, and the Kuala Lumpur Experimental Film and Video Festival. She was awarded artist residencies at the Experimental Television Center, Squeaky Wheel Media Arts Center, and in Kuala Lumpur. Her essays “Video Synthesis: Waveforms, Disruptions, Transformations, and Anti-Obsolescence” and “Signal Culture: Experimental Media Art, Community, Preservation, and Play” were published in both English and Polish inVideosyntezy 2, a book accompanying Intermediale Festival of Audiovisual Forms, Legnica, Poland.  Her video performance work was referenced in the National Endowment for the Art publication Tech as Art: Supporting Artists Who Use Technology as a Creative Medium. 

Inspired by residency experiences that were transformational for them both personally and artistically, Debora and Jason Bernagozzi, along with Hank Rudolph co-founded Signal Culture, a nonprofit organization that provides residencies, resources, and exhibition opportunities for artists, researchers, and innovators working in experimental media art. She serves as Executive Director while continuing to make and exhibit her own work.

Jason Bernagozzi is an artist whose work examines and critiques the codes embedded within the psyche of media culture. Their work uses the real-time features of video and electronic media as a way to engage with interdisciplinary concepts as a dialogical system of emerging languages. Bernagozzi’s work has been supported through numerous grants and awards from organizations such as the New York State Council for the Arts and the New York Foundation for the Arts and has been exhibited nationally and internationally at exhibitions such as the European Media Art Festival in Osnabruk, Germany; the Festival Les Instants Vidéo Numériques et Poétiques in Marsaille, France; the Ilman Museum of Art in Seoul, South Korea and the Currents New Media Festival in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Jason is also a co-founder of the experimental media art non-profit organization Signal Culture and is currently an Associate Professor of Electronic Art at Colorado State University.

Lanx Borealis is a Canadian-Ukrainian interdisciplinary artist and musician who performs under the stage-name Lanx Borealis. She currently lives in Denver, Colorado and is finishing her BFA in Arts Education. Paint, sound, video, and performance are her primary mediums which she intertwines in her creative practice. Her current work reflects her research into audio/video art, feminism, and folk magic.


Ben Coleman
is a British multi-disciplinary artist residing in Denver, CO. His practice is rooted in sound and performance making, but often plays with other media, including music, text, video and installation.

Coleman grew up in theatre and music, forming his first bands in London while studying contemporary performance. Moving to the US in 2006, he dedicated some eventful years to musical projects- later returning to performance alongside new roles as composer, sound designer and installation artist. His practice now embraces curatorial projects, and frequent collaboration with dancer/choreographers, visual artists, and theater practitioners.

His work has been presented by institutions including the High Museum of Art, Denver Art Museum, MCA Denver, Understudy, Alliance Theatre, Atlanta Contemporary, Redline Contemporary Art Centre, Museum of Contemporary Art Georgia, Gibney Dance, Dashboard, Georgia Institute of Technology, Flux Projects, Zuckerman Museum of Art and Emory University.

Coleman’s work has been featured by Hyperallergic, Wire Magazine, Vice, Pitchfork, The Denver Post, Southwest Contemporary, Arts ATL, Burnaway and NPR. He is a resident alumnus and board member at Redline Contemporary Art Centre, Denver.

Visit him and his work at www.bencolemansounds.com

Elle Hong is an antidisciplinary artist currently based in Cheyenne/Ute/Arapaho Territories (Denver, CO). She holds an MFA in Choreography with a Graduate Certificate in Emergent Technologies & Media Arts Practice from the University of Colorado Boulder, and a BA in Dance & Sociology from Wesleyan University. Elle provides dramaturgical support for artists Helanius J. Wilkins (“The Conversation Series: Stitching the Geopolitical Quilt to Re-Body Belonging”) and LA Samuelson (“Telegraph Valley”), and has toured as a performer for Michelle Ellsworth (“Evidence of Labor”; “Post-Verbal Social Network”). Current research interests include improvisational processing as making, ease/effort, being/nothingness, dis/embodiments of femininity, and risk. Ultimately, she aims to feel radically present while in a state of complete dissociation, or, is trying to embody the moment/train for the times. Her work uses dance as a primary text for transcending the (representational) limitations of the body.

"Kevin Sweet, PhD is a multimedia artist and educator currently serving as Assistant Professor of Design and Interactive Arts: Immersive Experiences, at the University of Texas at Dallas. He is an avid collaborator working across the sciences, philosophy, community-based arts-research and education. From developing sonic planetaria to XR community practices in ancestral resilience, his work centers around the potential for narrative and refiguration through embodied forms of creative play."

Zoid Hæm is a renaissance artist born in Tulsa, Oklahoma and currently living in Denver, Colorado. He uses the medium of art to tell the great myths of life. Zoid is currently receiving a dual master’s degree in art and business from CU Boulder. He is also the founder of Void Art Haus, a design studio which produces art centered community events focused on creating places for people to rest, learn, and commune. Zoid has recently published his book titled Poems Can Fly, which is his first collection of poems and short stories. Zoid’s performance art combines the use of poetry and technology to explore new realms of communication to create thoughtful cathartic experiences in the hopes of inspiring others to share their stories.

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Forest of Shadows (Reschedule)
Sep
29
6:00 PM18:00

Forest of Shadows (Reschedule)

Please join us in celebrating Autumn Thomas on Friday, September 29th from 6:00-9:00 pm. Thomas will be showing her video interactive sculptural work entitled Forest of Shadows.

“Forest of Shadows” is an interactive installation that explores the integration of technology and abstract sculpture. Shadows often explore the symbolism of mystery and transformation and embody hidden knowledge and spiritual insight. The integration of technology and shadows creates immersive installations where viewers actively engage with the shifting interplay of light and shadow, abstract and concrete. It serves as a expression of the African diaspora, that which echoes the spiritual connection to ancestors and their guiding presence. I aim to evoke wonder and contemplation, prompting a dialogue between the conscious and subconscious. By blending abstract sculpture and interactive shadows, I welcome viewers to embrace the transformative potential of the unknown, encouraging personal exploration and introspection.”

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Closing Screenings
Sep
17
2:00 PM14:00

Closing Screenings

We will screen 3 programs at the Sie Film Center on Sunday. You will need tickets for each performance that you select and they will be available through our friends at Denver Film the ONLY nonprofit film center in Colorado. We are grateful to all the staff at Denver Film for their support and partnership.

**This year we are implementing a “pay what you want” option for tickets. We want our events to be accessible to the public, but we are also aware that higher attrition occurs with free events. Your ticket price goes towards the support of our nonprofit organization, and in most cases, directly to artists.

The End of Story features visually striking films that defy conventional narratives and showcase innovative uses of technology in art.

Protopia unfolds alternative perspectives and the construction of new realities inviting viewers to envision the future through diverse lenses.

Resonant Dwellings is a diverse collection of films, which redefine the concept of home, evoking fresh and thought-provoking interpretations.

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Evans School Party
Sep
16
to Sep 17

Evans School Party

  • Evans School Enter through 11th St. Entrance (map)
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On Saturday night we will gather for a party at the Denver Evans School. We will feature two looping programs, an exhibition, and sound performances by our artist in residence, Raquel Meyers, along with sets by Ryan Wurst and Phillip Stearns.

The looping programs will run in the 2nd floor auditorium and the Denver Digerati space (room 325) in the Evans School building. We will screen the sonic program in the Denver Digerati space, Uncanny Intelligence, and a special bonus loop in the auditorium.

The exhibition will feature: Mary Elias Letera, Richard Katterjohn, Andy DiLallo, ANDiLAND, Kate Hollenbach, Paulus van Horne, Lares Feliciano, Laleh Mehran, Jason Bernagozzi, and a special program curated by Christopher Coleman entitled Archaeo Logical.

Archaeo Logical will feature: Anya Asano, Iñigo Bilbao, Claudia Braileanu, Chepertom, Vanessa Coleman, Alex Crouwers, Everlasting Building, Dev Harlan, Auriea Harvey, Tywen Kelly, Sara Ludy, Matthew Plummer-Fernandez, Kelly Richardson, Setta Studio, Stu Sontier, Clement Valla, Frederik Vanhoutte, Sabato Visconti, Alun Wang, and Rodel Warner. More Info: https://mehrancoleman.org/archaeo-logical/ 


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Day TWO screenings
Sep
16
12:00 PM12:00

Day TWO screenings

We will screen 4 programs at the Sie Film Center on Saturday. You will need tickets for each performance, available through our friends at Denver Film, the ONLY nonprofit film center in Colorado. We are grateful to all the staff at Denver Film for their support and partnership.

**This year we are implementing a “pay what you want” option for tickets. We want our events to be accessible to the public, but we are also aware that higher attrition occurs with free events. Your ticket price goes towards the support of our nonprofit organization, and in most cases, directly to artists.

Digital Dialect, an ongoing signature program curated by Faiyaz Jafri, spotlights pure digital animation and films that embody his distinctive curatorial vision.

Democracy of the Eye features films that emphasize the subjective aspects of viewership. Each of these films challenge the viewer in some aspect of narrative or form. This program is not appropriate for children.

Self and Ego explores films that delve into the intricate layers of human identity and consciousness, sparking introspective conversations and profound insights.

Dystopia is a program dedicated to myriad perspectives of the world that examine the dark undercurrents of societies and the human condition.

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Opening Night Screening
Sep
15
8:00 PM20:00

Opening Night Screening

Please join us at the bar at the Sie Film Center for a social hour before viewing the opening night screening, curated by our Executive Director and Curator, Sharifa Lafon.


For the opening night program, you’ll experience a glimpse into the films featured throughout the festival. This sampler captures the essence of our theme, Welcome to the Here and Now, showcasing the very best of our innovative and boundary-pushing selections, fostering a conversation about the medium and trends over the last two years.

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Alice Scope Talk: Building Inclusive Communities with Decentralized Technology
Sep
15
5:30 PM17:30

Alice Scope Talk: Building Inclusive Communities with Decentralized Technology

We will begin our evening with a talk by Alice Scope on the topic of Building Inclusive Communities with Decentralized Technology. Scope is a Ukrainian art curator and the Program Director at Vellum LA, a women-led new media art gallery based in Los Angeles. Alice's passion is to create speculative worlds through gaming, XR, blockchain, and performance. She explores topics such as Posthumanism, potential future adaptations, and authenticity in machines. This talk is in partnership with Union Hall.

** Special note: There is a Colorado Rockies game beginning at 6:40 pm. Please give yourself extra time to park in the downtown area, or plan on using public transportation. We have scheduled the talk early to avoid the height of the traffic.

Union Hall is located inside The Coloradan at 1750 Wewatta Street in Suite 144 on the first floor. From the outside, there are two entrances to the building - one on Wewatta Street between 17th and 18th St, and one just above 17th Street next to the sweetgreen. Both entrances are equipped with power assist doors, and all public areas are wheelchair accessible. You can find wayfinding signage that will lead you to Union Hall in the interior of the building.

Metered street parking is available and there is a parking garage in the building (entrance on 18th and Wewatta). Public transportation options are of course available as well.

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