Franck Vigroux: Architect of Sonic Catastrophe
Edward Kranz Edward Kranz

Franck Vigroux: Architect of Sonic Catastrophe

Then practice drift. Listen for when you stop hearing and start waiting. That moment is the hinge. Vigroux uses expectation as material. He builds grooves, then lets them rot. Notice that decay.

Let silence last. Atotal contains moments of sudden subtraction. Resist the urge to fill those gaps with interpretation. Instead, listen for what stays behind: a reverb tail, a visual echo, a lingering bodily hum.

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The Signal Before the Noise
Edward Kranz Edward Kranz

The Signal Before the Noise

You enter in near-dark. Air holds its breath. A low hum threads the room and finds the edges of your body. The first pulse lands. Light answers. Not as decoration, but as a presence that rearranges how you see. You register your heartbeat as metronome. The walls appear to inhale. Your eyes recalibrate.

What arrives is not spectacle. It is a proposition that your senses are about to stop agreeing with each other. Sound pushes. Light resists. Perception sits between them and begins to shear.

This is the signal before the noise.

Read slowly. Revisit as needed. Bring ears and awareness.

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Brad Pattullo and Andrea Russo Join OPENFEED 2025 Residency with Powerful Animated Shorts
Edward Kranz Edward Kranz

Brad Pattullo and Andrea Russo Join OPENFEED 2025 Residency with Powerful Animated Shorts

FEED Media Art Center welcomes 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.

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