OAMF - 2026

Open Air Media Festival


Open Air Media Festival (OAMF) is excited to announce the 2026 program; a traveling film/video art screening presented in three cities in late May and early June. The program will travel across the Midwest and Southeast bringing artists from across the country to outdoor, public locations. 

The 2026 OAMF screening schedule:

Iowa City, IA
Friday May 29th, 8:30pm,
FilmScene in the Park

Greenville, SC
Friday June 5th, 8:30pm,
Monaghan Mill

Louisville, KY
Saturday, June 13th, 9:00pm,
Big Four Bridge
OAMF is co-organized by Zen Cohen, Assistant Professor of Digital Media at Clemson University, Clemson, SC and Dana Potter, Assistant Professor of Graphic Design at the Hite Institute of Art + Design, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY with production assistance from Caleb Payne.

Participating artists were curated from a national open call, from 12 U.S. states, and spanning ages 25 to 72. Selected works exhibit a vast spectrum of video art including non-traditional documentary, 3D animation, narrative, and non-narrative, expanding public access to contemporary media art. 


Open Air Media Festival is generously supported by:
City of Iowa City Public Art Program










FILM & VIDEO SCREENING DOC 45456

No Time of Deep Time


00:08:00
Experimental

If we could witness the Earth across deep time, the ground beneath our feet would oscillate, revealing the dynamic nature of our planet‚ what feels permanent to us is actually in constant flux when viewed on the geological timescale. No Time of Deep Time explores Michigan's Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in the Upper Peninsula as a site of geological deep time. I use custom software to transform audio waves into complex patterns that weave and cut across vantage points of the site, exploring the aged relationships between water and rock. A contemplation of imperceptible movements that have shaped these iconic sandstone cliffs over 500 million years. The images work as metaphors to visualize geological processes, that reveal hidden rhythms in what appears static. Patterns that seek to feel erosion, sedimentation, and metamorphosis‚ processes that continue unabated beyond human perception.

Eric Souther

Kalamazoo, MI
website

@ericsouther


Eric Souther (b.1987, Kansas City) holds an MFA in Electronic Integrated Arts from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, and an B