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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