The Schedule
[IQ-Wall Artist Meet & Greet]
[March 13th]: Thursday 5:00 - 6:00 PM
University Grill, Administration Building, IU South Bend
Festival welcome address and introductory remarks, along with an interactive media work by Tina Tallon (LLMents I) and Nick Hwang (You are the product), as well as a remote performance from Denmark, Finland, and Switzerland of Andreja Andric's Concert for Smartphone Network, by Andreja's Networked Ensemble. This will be a great opportunity to meet festival artists and learn more about what is going on.
[March 13th]: Thursday 7:00 - 9:00 PM
Louise E. Addicott & Yatish J. Joshi Performance Hall, IU South Bend
A concert of media works featuring Justin Goldsmith (cello) performing Yuanyuan Kay He's On the Threshold of a Drizzly Reality, artist/creator performances by Cecilia Suhr (voice: Human vs. Transhuman), Aaron Hynds (tuba: Cardiac), Jared Bradley Tubb (motion sensors: Exactitude), and Yoonjae Choi (computer: Fluid), as well as screenings of Riley Ham's 16 Acre RAM, Shahrzad Talebi A Detour, Invalid Light by Mistake, and Ryan Olivier and Mark Sniadecki's Toccata: a Multimedia Assemblage for Video and Immersive Sound.
[March 14th]: Friday 12:00 - 12:50 PM
Louise E. Addicott & Yatish J. Joshi Performance Hall, IU South Bend
Don't miss this keynote presentation by [PMF~ 2025]'s special guest artist Yuanyuan (Kay) He. Pianist Eteri Tskipurishvili will perform He's A Journey to the Stars, followed by a screening of "Children of the Stars" from StellarScape. Dr. He will also provide a brief overview of her work and then be available to discuss it after the performance. This event will open with the screening of Salvatore Siriano, Legion.
[March 14th]: Friday 7:00 - 8:45 PM
Browning Cinema, DeBartolo Performing Arts Center, University of Notre Dame
In partnership, DPAC's Browning Cinema, IU South Bend's Audio Visual Collective, and Ryq Peden live score a hidden gem within the Godzilla canon, Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975). This performance includes a pre-feature short presentation of Wesley Uchiyama-Penix, Wander.
[March 15th]: Saturday 12:00 - 2:00 PM
Leighton Auditorium, Main Library, Community Learning Center, St. Joe County Public Library
The St. Joe County Public Library will host an hour-long screening of performing media works followed by an Artist Panel featuring Oonagh O’Brien and Amogh Dwived, moderated by Krista Hoefle. The SJCPL Screening Reel includes David Bennett's Always On, Norah Lorway's Double Black Diamond, Amogh Dwivedi's Faucet, Freida Abtan's My Heart is a River (Act iii - Documentation), Excerpts from Felipe Tovar-Henao's «ludus vocalis» mouth music for fixed multimedia, and Oonagh O'Brien's Acousmatic Through Abstraction.
[Langlab Live Sets]
[March 15th]: Saturday 7:00 - 10:45 PM
Grab a drink and some food and enjoy an eclectic array of live performance sets starting each hour throughout the evening in the relaxed atmosphere of Langlab.
7 PM Set: Eric Souther and the Western Michigan University Kinetic Imaging Program
8 PM Set: Orson Abram's ghost note, Jon Watson's No-Input Mixer No. 2, and David Bird's Prism
9 PM Set: Jacklyn Brickman performs Cossettes: Sugar + Pulp, followed by Zeynep Özcan's Customs and Borders
10 PM Set: TXST Mysterium for New Music Ensemble performs Los Inocentes - River Soundscapes
[January 18th - March 23rd]: Wednesdays - Sundays 12:00 - 5:00 PM
Give yourself plenty of time to enjoy these time-based installations at the South Bend Museum of Art. StellarScale (He) in the Weikamp Gallery runs a little over 45 minutes, and the reel in the Project Room runs 1 hr 15 mins.
Weikamp Gallery: Yuanyuan (Kay) He: StellarScape
Project Room: Christina Hughes: Un-Contained, Jiayue Cecilia Wu: The Himalayans' Trilogy NO.2: Sound of Nangqên, Alberto Novello: LUMIASONIC 4OKS, Cheryl Pagurek: Being and Becoming, Jorge Ramos: BLUR, Eddie Lohmeyer: Kodama, Matt Schumaker: Temporary structures, elsa justel: Estudio de Metal, Mayank Sanganeria: break me, genAI, Lorelei d'Andriole: i need to go back to the ocean and come back as a wave to understand what healing is, Sofía Matus Cancino: Concordia, Simona Fitcal and Julie Zhu: ROOM.