Kameron Ackerman (nb/he/him) VHS to digital, installation

Moments that in the past have felt like tiny triggers approached in a new way, rendering their power over me useless, or at least much less potent. A video remixing footage originally shot in 1998/1999, mostly focusing on people and rituals. The audio is taken from one radio show pared down to its essence, rendered unrecognizable.

Crystal Z Campbell (they/them) & Nathan Young (he/him) digital video

When the Stars Came Down to Earth uses star maps and sound recordings of space to imagine a different type of timekeeping and storytelling, one that marks time, place, and events using star charts. A spherical image projected onto the surface depicts star maps. These star map images index the appearance of the sky from a time and place of pivotal events in world history, creating a cyclical narrative of events marked by star images in place of conventional time-keeping methods.

nilson carroll (he/they)

an interactive media installation exploring interruptions to bodily and spiritual health.
It is a queer prayer, a broken mirror, a re-aligning, an intense act of longing.

Michael Chernoff

Interactive Multi-Channel Video Feedback
CRT Monitors, Camcorder, CCTV, RF TV Tuner, Media Player Files

Lorne Covington (he/him) digital projection

Walk on to the Electric Heliotrope Dancefloor and patterns of light start swirling around you. As you move, gesture, twirl, the light dances with you, becoming more complex; as you move near others, your patterns interact with theirs forming a jointly created work of moving, living, art.

Joel Dow (he/they) interactive video

Living Circle is a live video projection feedback loop casting a moving circle of light from ceiling to floor. Viewers may enter and interact with the circle, interrupting and affecting the loop.

Taimur Gibson (they/them) interactive A/V installation

A laser array is aimed at a mirror placed on top of a speaker. By driving sound through the speaker, the acoustic vibrations experienced by the mirror create a chaotic pattern of laser light. Visitors are encouraged to experiment with the provided electronic instruments to see what effects they are able to create.

Jenn Libby (she/her) 16mm to video installation

The Cluttered House is a transmission from the ether – my imperfect memories of an abandoned house in Michigan. Was I infected that night? I took a diary, a book, and a cigar box. Now I live in the cluttered house filled with other people’s lost memories.

Bloody Noes are planning for this moment of alignment and opening, the opportunity to usher mystery. The blueprint is drawn from a dream.

Bloody Noes will perform on Saturday, June 22 at 7:30 pm in The Psychic Garden.

CACOPHONY is a small group of queer folks dedicated to anchoring decolonized ritual in the Rochester region. The closing ritual on Sunday, June 23rd invites conjured wisdom to conclude the Psychic Seance and offer reflective integration. CACOPHONY will honor the space and season through illumination and gratitude, and invite participants to deconstruct and take gifts from the altar.

CACOPHONY will perform on Sunday, June 23 from 4 pm until 6 pm in Studio 302.

D33PFAK3 is a live interactive audio/visual installation performance. DF explores the intersection of analog and digital feedback energies to stimulate multi-sensory experiences.

D33PFAK3 will perform on Friday, June 21 at 7 pm in The Psychic Garden.

Joel Dow (he/they)

Joel Dow (he/they) (City Harvest Black) is an experimental sound and a/v artist. Their art has been an integral part of a nomadic lifestyle performing in DIY settings across the U.S. and Europe. As City Harvest Black, along with many other collaborations, Dow often creates visual pieces to accompany performances.

Joel Dow will perform on Saturday, June 22 at 10:15 pm in The Psychic Garden.

Tomonari Nishikawa (he/him)

This is the third variation of the on-going 16mm film projector performance piece, “Six Seventy-Two Variations.” Nishikawa uses a wood carving knife to scratch off the photographic emulsion of the looped film and produces visual and sound as a live performance.

Tomonari Nishikawa will perform on Saturday, June 22 at 8:15 pm in The Psychic Garden.

rebekkah palov (she/her)

Two part performance, Part 1 Prelude to: live video edit/processing of video files. Footage of woodland flora late winter. Silent two small projections. Part 2 The Planes Extended (blue) live electro-acoustic improv composition. Original Mic recordings, pre-processed recordings, live filtering/effects, and some basic audio synthesis. performance is in blue light with live camera (2) program switching. two small projections.

rebekkah palov will perform on Saturday, June 22 at 9:15 pm in The Psychic Garden.