The Collapse, The Light, The Moment: ATOTAL at FEED
ATOTAL did not fail to happen in Erie. It happened differently. That difference became part of the work.
Outside FEED, snow continued to fall. Roads remained uncertain. Somewhere between cities, Vigroux and Schmitt were ensuring they could return home safely.
Inside, a small group of people had just shared an hour of concentrated attention shaped by sound, light, and a system designed to fall apart gracefully.
Why Erie Matters: A Global Work in a Local Context
Sometimes, the center of the art world is where you least expect it.
The gallery is intimate enough to hold a shared breath and technical enough to honor precise demands from artists who treat light and code like instruments. The projection plane fills peripheral vision without distortion. The sound system can ride from whisper to impact without collapsing. Staff and volunteers are trained to protect legibility rather than force spectacle. The ethos is simple. Clarity over volume. Conversation over hype.
Nick M Daniels is our guest
Nick Daniels: Considered a pioneer in the Pittsburgh dance scene, Nick M. Daniels is the founding Artistic Director of the D.A.N.A. Movement Ensemble (Dancers Against Normal Actions) which he started in 1991. With over 30 years of dance and choreography experience, he has reemerged after a 20+year hiatus. Since returning in 2016 his choreographic style continuously has developed. His style is based on butoh, African, modern and contemporary styles based on pure raw emotion. His creativity often entices the use of soundscapes and video imagery.
Hypnocade : Art is a Game
Feed Media Art Center (Feed) is thrilled to announce the unveiling of Hypnocade V1, a groundbreaking interactive arcade unit that merges generative video art with classic gaming controls. Developed by an emerging artist whose journey was sparked by the very technology it incorporates, Hypnocade V1 invites players to become instant visual artists, manipulating a mesmerizing, kaleidoscopic video landscape in real-time.
Hypnocade V1 is not just a game; it is a playable, interactive video synthesizer and glitch box housed within a familiar arcade cabinet. Players utilize joysticks and buttons to move shapes, transform colors, spin, mirror, and otherwise manipulate visuals created generatively by the system.
Light, Logic, and the Coming Collapse
An artwork that behaves is never finished. Each performance will teach the system something new. Each audience will teach it how attention feels. When the projection starts on December 14, remember: you are not watching effects. You are witnessing dialogue. Code will breathe. The city will answer.
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.
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.
Susan Snipes: Waiting for Your Response
Susan Snipes: Still Waiting For Your Response
Artist in residence at FEED Media Art Center
Summer Artists Coming to FEED This Summer!
The 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.
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.
