Erie Art Company, in partnership with FEED Media Art Center, PACA, and the Lake Erie Labor Temple, is thrilled to announce a global call inviting digital artists to participate in OPENFEED 2026–27.
This exciting initiative is supported by Erie Art Company who received funding from Pennsylvania Creative Industries, powered by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the National Endowment for the Arts. This initiative includes both exhibition opportunities and a unique residency program, inviting artists to explore and present their work within the dynamic landscape of media arts.
OPENFEED 2026-27 is excited to announce that it welcomes submissions starting October 1st, 2026 to February 28, 2027 from artists who are working across a broad and diverse spectrum of digital mediums, including but certainly not limited to interactive installations, generative art, sound art, video art, software art, kinetic digital sculptures, circuit bending, electronics-based art, robotic art, light art, bio-responsive art, performance, and participatory workshops and initiatives. The program is intentionally open to all forms of subject matter, actively encouraging artists to delve into a wide range of themes and complex concepts that resonate deeply with their individual practice; however, the only exception to this inclusivity is the prohibition of hate speech or any discriminatory content.
Project Overview: The Virtual Artist Residency: Phy-digital
The residency expands digital artists’ practice by prioritizing resources and risk-taking over travel. Building on the 2024–25 OPENFEED pilot, the 2026–27 "phy-digital" model uses a three‑phase workflow: remote concept development, mentored build and critique, then an online exhibit, on-site installation, and public engagement. It removes common barriers for emerging and mid‑career digital artists by providing high-end hardware, powerful computing, industry software licenses, and sustained mentor support.
OPENFEED 2026 - 2027 welcomes submissions from artists working across a broad and diverse spectrum of digital mediums, including but not limited to interactive installations, generative art, sound art, video art, software art, kinetic digital sculptures, circuit bending, electronics-based art, robotic art, light art, bio-responsive art, performance, and participatory workshops and initiatives. The program is intentionally open to all forms of subject matter, actively encouraging artists to delve into a wide range of themes and complex concepts that resonate deeply with their individual practice, with the sole exception being the prohibition of hate speech or any discriminatory content.
More details on public events, workshops, and exhibition dates associated with the OPENFEED 2026-27 Virtual Artist Residency will be announced soon.
OPENFEED was made possible by a grant from and mediathe foundation. With a special partnership between Feed Media Art Center and Erie Art Company.
EACo received funding from Pennsylvania Creative Industries, powered by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the National Endowment for the Arts.
At Pixel Plastic, the boundary between screen, code, hardware, and physical space is meant to be pushed. Whether you are an artist pushing new media boundaries, an interdisciplinary collaborator, or a member of the press covering the evolving digital landscape—we want to hear from you.
We are actively opening our doors for new artist partnerships, editorial features, and applications for the OPENFEED 2026–2027 Virtual Artist Residency.
OPENFEED 2026–2027: Open Call for Virtual Residencies
We are thrilled to announce that applications are open on a rolling basis for the OPENFEED 2026–2027 Virtual Artist Residency.
The program welcomes creators working across the full spectrum of digital, electronic, and experimental media. Whether your medium lives purely in code or bridges physical computing and responsive hardware, we invite artists working in:
Interactive installations & generative art
Sound art, video art, and software art
Kinetic digital sculptures & circuit bending
Robotics, light art, and electronics-based work
Bio-responsive art, digital performance, and participatory initiatives
EACo received funding from Pennsylvania Creative Industries, powered by
the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Past OPENFEED / LiveFEED Artists
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ERIE, PA – June 17, 2025 – FEED Media Art Center, in partnership with Erie Art Company, is thrilled to announce the selection of acclaimed artists for its highly anticipated OPENFEED 2025 Summer Residency. This initiative provides exhibition opportunities and a unique residency program, inviting artists to explore and present their work within the dynamic landscape of media arts.
The OPENFEED 2025 Summer Residency will feature a diverse group of talented artists pushing the boundaries of digital and new media art:
Yinkore: Threaded Lineage (Virtual Residency)
OPENFEED's first-ever Virtual Residency will feature the incredibly talented artist Yinkore. Her residency will focus on "Threaded Lineage," a captivating 3-5 piece visual art series that delves into the profound cultural, familial, and spiritual inheritance woven into the act of sewing. Yinkore's personal matrilineal story serves as the inspiration for this project, tracing the legacy of tailoring from her great-grandmother, who passed the skill to her grandmother, and subsequently to her mother, creating a rich tapestry of artistry and tradition.
Jessica Reisch: Lake Erie Listening Project
Jessica Reisch, a new media artist, designer, and educator with an MFA in Computer Arts from the School of Visual Arts and a BA in Education Studies from Brown University, will bring her unique perspective to the residency. Emphasizing rhizomatic networked connections, her soundscapes and immersive installations draw on highly sensitive microphones in conjunction with transducer speakers and projections to engage with the surrounding environment with a depth usually overlooked by humans. This piece will combine audio recordings that reveal the unheard ecosystems of Lake Erie with footage and imagery that grounds these sounds in place and time. Her work has been showcased internationally at venues such as Locust Projects (Miami, FL), The Engine Room International Sound Art Competition (London, UK), SIGGRAPH 2024 (Denver, CO), and the International Symposium on Electronic Arts (ISEA) 2024 in (Meanjin (Brisbane), Australia. Reisch currently teaches digital design and emerging technology courses at Pratt Institute, New York Institute of Technology (NYIT), and Hostos Community College (CUNY).
Jessica will be joined by Austin Willis, who maintains a multidisciplinary practice exploring motifs around architecture, the built environment, and our relationship to everyday objects and furniture. Austin received his MFA in Fine Art at the School of Visual Arts and his Bachelors in Visual Art from the University of Victoria in British Columbia. Over the past few years, he has participated in shows at Latchkey Gallery (NY), John St Gallery (NY), SVA Curatorial Project Space (NY), Sweetpea Gallery (Victoria, Canada), Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art (Kelowna, Canada), 1190 Queen St (Toronto, Canada), and 4x4 on 5th (Vancouver, Canada).
Susan Snipes: Navigating the Digital Age
Cleveland-based interdisciplinary artist Susan Snipes will explore the anxieties and disconnection of the digital age through her media installations. Working across various mediums and often incorporating interactive elements, Snipes creates immersive spaces that invite reflection and dialogue, encouraging audiences to explore their own roles within an interconnected reality where virtual and physical boundaries are increasingly blurred. Snipes holds an MFA in Visual Art from Vermont College of Fine Arts and a BA in Art History from Case Western Reserve University. Her work has been recognized with numerous awards, including the Kennedy Prize for Creative Achievement in the Arts, and has been exhibited extensively, including at the CAN Triennial, “YOU ARE HERE” at The Sculpture Center in Cleveland, and the 79th Annual May Show at the Mansfield Art Center. An active advocate for her community, Snipes founded NEO Art Opportunities and UNDERSTORY, a contemporary art space dedicated to showcasing emerging conceptual and media artists.
Corrina Espinosa: Technology, Creativity, and the Human Experience
Denver-based tech and new media artist Corrina Espinosa will join the residency, bringing her exploration of the bleeding edge of technology, creativity, and the human experience. With over 10 years at CU Boulder, where she has served as an Assistant Teaching Professor and Guest Lecturer, Espinosa is dedicated to fostering innovation and critical thinking in the next generation of digital artists. Her work has received accolades such as the “Leaving the Room without Leaving the Room” Award at the Casa Bonita Art Show (2025) and Best Renegade Art Show by Denver Westword (2023).
Emerging technologies like AR, AI, and digital animation allow her to build worlds that bend space and time. She explains, “they let me tell stories that don’t behave. These stories are not linear; they shimmer, loop, whisper, and sometimes scream. I don’t aim for resolution — I aim for recognition.
A moment where a viewer’s internal static matches mine. That is the connection. That is the spell.”
Brad Pattullo & Andrea Russo: Animated Shorts
The residency will also welcome Brad Pattullo, a professor of animation and film in the Art Department at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. Pattullo's extensive experience includes working on acclaimed animated television series such as “Gary and Mike,” MTV’s “Celebrity Deathmatch,” and WB’s “Phantom Investigators,” as well as contributing animated segments to "Sesame Street." His independent animated films have garnered international recognition, screening at over ninety film festivals and receiving eighteen prestigious awards. OPENFEED is honored to make his work visible and celebrate this creator, educator, and parent.
Pattullo will be joined by his former student, Andrea Russo, a 2D Animator and Illustrator and a recent graduate of PennWest Edinboro. Russo's film, AMYGDALA, is a culmination of their time at Edinboro and a powerful love/hate letter to their experience with lifelong mental health struggles. Animation, illustration, and art have always been intrinsic to Russo's life and happiness, and they hope to provide the same sense of joy to others.
"Viscous" by Brad Pattullo
"Amygdala" by Andrea Russo
Franck Vigroux: Experimental Electronic and Transdisciplinary Arts
The residency year will conclude on December 13th with Franck Vigroux, a multifaceted artist whose works range from experimental electronic music to modern composition and music theatre. Vigroux’s music is made of tectonic tensions, beats, electronic textures, and a very personal approach to sonic exploration. He is equally prolific as a solo artist and as a collaborator, having worked with musicians such as Elliott Sharp, Mika Vainio, and Reinhold Friedl. Vigroux’s uniqueness comes from his artistic approach that integrates new media and performance arts, designing transdisciplinary shows and audiovisual concerts in collaboration with visual artists such as Antoine Schmitt and Kurt d’Haeseleer.
The total work of art, when pushed to its paroxysm of absolute coincidence of the perceptions of a captive spectator, is similar to the techniques of mental manipulation of totalitarian regimes, proceeding by annihilation of the critical mind, repetitive semantic pounding, subliminal messages. ATOTAL is an audiovisual show aiming to reconstruct in order to better deconstruct the processes of imposition of will by repetition and absolute synchronism, to propose a breach to a potentially life-saving deco-incidence.
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