New Frontier

An experiment in Festival presentation, New Frontier is a social and creative space that showcases media installations, multimedia performances, transmedia experiences, panel discussions, and more.
Cityscape 2095

AntiVJ artists Yannick Jacquet, Mandril, and Thomas Vaquiée blend painting with light projection to transform the walls of New Frontier into a luminous, three-dimensional… »

CORAL: Rekindling Venus

Inspired by the first collaboration among the international science community to witness the celestial transit of Venus in 1761, Lynette Wallworth’s visually stunning Coral:… »

E.m-bed.de/d and Augmented Real

Rap artist Yung Jake is Net art incarnate, flowing lyrics about tweet culture, datamoshing, hashtags, and memes as he blows up on Twitter, YouTube, Tumblr, and Instagram… »

Eyjafjallajokull

Inspired by the 2010 Icelandic volcanic eruption that wreaked travel havoc across Europe, Eyjafjallalokull is a stunning, three-dimensional, audiovisual mapping installation… »

The Meteor

A man in prison, a wife carrying on a new life, a mother getting older: three lives connected and warped by a single event. As fortysomething Pierre is serving a 14-year… »

North of South, West of East

North of South, West of East enhances narrative storytelling by wrapping the film around the entire room. Presented in a 20-seat theatre with swivel chairs, Meredith Danluck’s… »

Pulse Index

Rafael Lozano-Hemmer’s beautifully resonant interactive media installation swaths the central lounge of New Frontier with images of the warm, breathing flesh of its visitors.… »

Rekindling Venus: In Plain Sight

Inspired by the first collaboration among the international science community to witness the celestial transit of Venus in 1761, Lynette Wallworth’s visually stunning Coral:… »

The Magic of MIT

#MagicMIT When you think about the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, filmmaking, civic activism, and cultural criticism are probably not what come to mind. A visiting… »