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 AND VIDEO SCREENING

4 - A ILB Film

Israel Lucius Barnes

Wichita, Kansas Documentary, Short, 00:03:01

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Glass Highways Series: Billboards

Tiffany Carbonneau

New Albany, IndianaAnimation, Experimental, Short, Web / New Media, 00:06:41

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Club Walrus

Karl Erickson

Memphis, TNAnimation, Experimental, Short, 00:05:49

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Skin Shedding

Tyson Gentry 

Clemson, SCExperimental, Music Video, Short, 00:04:00

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Hollowgram

Laura Iancu 

Blacksburg, VADocumentary, Experimental, Short, 00:07:00

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Climate Control

Sarah Lasley

Eureka, CADocumentary, Experimental, Short, 00:15:00

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You Do Not Exist

Dwayne LeBlanc

Los Angeles, CAShort, 00:08:00

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BEND THE CIRCUIT (a manifesto)

Lex Leto

Iowa City, IAShort, Other, 00:03:06

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Heating Snow

Song Lu

New York, NYAnimation, Experimental, Other, 00:05:20

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Screen Memory

Maggie Murphy

Greensboro, NC Animation, Experimental, Short, Student, 00:03:45

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FLORE

Emily Sasmor

Brooklyn, NYAnimation, Experimental, Web / New Media, 00:02:12

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A nature documentary: Act I, Elements of Decomposition

clay scofield

Bloomington, IN / Iowa City, IA Animation, Experimental, Short, 00:05:10

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No Time of Deep Time

Eric Souther

Kalamazoo, MIExperimental, 00:08:00

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hiatus B

Jenelle Stafford

Portland, MEExperimental, Short, 00:08:21

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I Never Thought of Phoenixes

Courtney Taniguchi

Los Angeles, CAAnimation, Experimental, Short, 00:02:00

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twit

Roy Taylor

Louisville, KY Animation, Short, 00:02:40

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Hurricane Season

Michelle Trujillo

Holyoke, MAExperimental, Short, 00:06:22

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Solar Storm

Masha Vlasova

Atlanta, GAExperimental, Short, 00:02:50

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