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Enjoy three exhibitions with one ticket at FEED!
Visiting hours Thursday -Saturday Noon-5
Jessica Reisch with Austin Willis: Lake Erie Listening Project
Immerse yourself in sights and sounds of Lake Erie while sitting in a boat in our spacious gallery.
The Lake Erie Listening Project aims to transport audiences into the unseen, unheard depths of one of North America's vital Great Lakes. The project utilizes hydrophone technology to capture the subtle, complex soundscapes of Lake Erie's underwater ecosystems. Underwater recordings were taken using a hydrophone (water microphone) in the lagoons and wetlands of Presque Isle State Park and are both heard and felt through the installation’s centrally featured boat sculpture. The boat serves as a listening vessel that viewers are invited to enter into, acting as a grounding physical presence in the space.The boat is fitted with transducer speakers that transmit sound through vibrations. Paired with immersive projected imagery of the surface of Lake Erie, the project roots these sounds in their precise time and place, offering an intimate, auditory journey into the lake's depths.
Collaborating with Erie, PA local partners the Bayfront Maritime Center and Project NePWTNE, "The Lake Erie Listening Project" stands as a testament to community-driven environmental stewardship. Dr. Sam Mason, director of Gannon University’s Project NePWTNE, eloquently summarizes the project's essence: "Nature is talking to us; are we listening?”
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Jessica Reisch is a media artist and educator with an MFA in Computer Arts from the School of Visual Arts and a BA in Education Studies from Brown University. Emphasizing rhizomatic networked connections, her soundscapes and immersive installations draw on the use of highly sensitive microphones and microscopes in conjunction with transducer speakers and projections to engage with the surrounding environment with a deepness usually overlooked or under-engaged by humans in the Anthropocene.
Austin Willis maintains a multidisciplinary practice exploring motifs around architecture, the built environment, and our relationship to everyday objects and furniture.
Ginny Brocki with KellyKillz
For Ginny Brocki, art is a journey of healing and transformation. Brocki says: "This is digital therapy. I draw, I process, I move on." Through intricate portrait drawing, Brocki transmutes her inner world into tangible art, capturing moments of serenity and bliss. Each completed piece serves as a snapshot of a resolved emotion, a feeling externalized and understood. Ginny Brocki's portrait subjects are brought to life via AI animations by KellyKillz.
LoVid, Joshua Ellingson & other artists: FEEDworks
Experience a collection of visionary media artworks from the past few decades, including artists from Iceland, across the USA, and Erie.
Enjoy the latest additions to the FEED collection from Ellingson.TV and Matos, along with artwork from Kristie Kish, Liquid Light Factory, Brad Ford and other FEED family artists.
Artists include:
Benton C Bainbridge
Brad Ford
Joshua Ellingson
Kristie Kish
Liquid Light Factory
lonesav
LoVid
Maria Gudjohnsen
Matos
Aaron "MoonEyes" Homerski
Nancy Meli Walker
NNeng
Sean Capone
Shantell Martin & Andrew Boyle
The Good Liars
Todd Paropacic
Artworks acquired by FEED Media Art Center support its multifaceted mission.
Preservation: the Center strategically collects and safeguards significant media artworks, with a particular focus on under-recognized practitioners and genres, utilizing a specialized data center for the unique challenges of digital media.
Promotion: the purchased pieces are actively exhibited in FEED's flexible gallery spaces, which host numerous large-scale media art exhibitions throughout the year, drawing local and global attention to the dynamic field.
Education: these artworks become invaluable resources for workshops, lectures, and community-driven art projects, offering opportunities for both local Erie residents and visiting artists to engage with and learn from innovative media practices, fostering a deeper understanding and appreciation for this evolving art form.
pictured:
Jessica Reisch with Austin Willis: Lake Erie Listening Project, 2025 (immersive mixed media & audiovisual installation, dimensions variable)
Meet the Organizer
Established in 2022, FEED Media Art Center is a digital arts incubator devoted to the production, exhibition and preservation of all forms of media art.
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