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Squeaky Wheel presents an evening of films, actions, and conversation with artist and DMS PhD candidate Jason Livingston. This evening of films showcases Livingston’s long-standing work on the climate crises and protest movements through visual and linguistic play. Featuring his celebrated film Ancient Sunshine (2020), the screening features work made by the filmmaker from 2012 to the present day. This event is organized on the occasion of his exhibition with Phoebe A. Cohen, In the Sun’s Absence. The artist will be present to deliver an artist talk ahead of the screening, and the exhibition will be open after the screening at Squeaky Wheel.

2024 Annual Department of Media Study Black Box Concert

On Thursday, April 18th, several DMS faculty members will be performing at Buff  State's Collaborative Electroacoustic Music Series. organized by Tomás Henriques.  Bill Sack, Cort, Jason Geistweidt, and Cort Lippe will perform. Details of the event can be found below:

MONDAY April 15, The Department of Media Study's PLASMA (Performances, Lectures, And Screenings in Media Art)​presents a talk by art historian TJ Demos at 6:15 pm EST in the Center for the Arts, Room 112. This event is co-sponsored by the Department of Art.

DMS Faculty members Christina Corfield and Crystal Campbell will be moderating panels at the upcoming 'Femeeting Sister Lab', a symposium highlighting women in art, science, and technology. This event is sponsored by UB's Art Department, Coalesce Center for Biological Art, and UB's Humanities Institute.

MONDAY April 1, The Department of Media Study's PLASMA (Performances, Lectures, And Screenings in Media Art)​ presents a talk by artist Jenson Leonard at 6:15 pm EST in the Center for the Arts, Room 112.

DMS professor Kalpana Subramanian's film Tattva screens March 27th at Ann Arbor Film Festival  as part of the special program Visions from Colorado curated by Erin Espelie and Jennifer Peterson and featuring films by Anna Kipervaser, Barbara Hammer, Christin Turner, Espelie, Jeanne Liotta, Jennifer Reeves, Stacey Steers, Taylor Dunne and Stan Brakhage.

MFA student Blake Barit's thesis exhibit "Index of a Painted Film" opens at CEPA galleries on Main St. in Buffalo on April 12th at 6pm, with an artist talk at 7pm, running through April 26th.