LEVL9 is proud to be part of CURRENTS New Media Festival 2021. We debut our new movie today at the Southwest’s most prestigious show of experimental and electronic art! It all kicks off today, June 18 and runs until June 27. Virtual reality! Augmented reality! Videos! Performances! Soundscapes! Interactive art!

You’ve enjoyed CURRENTS for years at El Museo in the Santa Fe Railyard. After a year of adjustment and learning new ways to connect, CURRENTS 2021 will be both online and at CCA Santa Fe, Currents 826 gallery, the Railyard Park and other spots around Santa Fe.

CURRENTS returns to The Center for Contemporary Arts (CCA) 19 years after its inaugural festival there in 2002. In-person exhibits will happen at CCA’s Tank Garage Gallery, with precautions taken for the health of visitors and staff. The 25 artworks on view include interactive installations, multimedia performances, new media sculpture and virtual/augmented reality pieces. Click here for more about the CCA show.

CURRENTS Virtual: Most of the 2021 festival will be online, with a fun new interactive platform.  Visitors can talk and video chat with one another, take a virtual train ride and experience desktop, virtual reality and video works, as well as an amazing lineup of live-stream performances —from the comfort of their own homes all over the world!

Virtual Festival opens noon MT, June 18th and remains live 24 hours a day until June 27th. This is where to see our movie!

Click here to view the online show and our new movie!

Our short movie ‘Digital Zoetrope’ infuses modern tech with Old World aesthetics to lure you into an engaging 17-minute ride through real and imagined landscapes with original soundtrack. Join us on the ride, and give us some love and feedback on either the CURRENTS site or this blog—your involvement makes a big difference as the art world ‘reopens’ locally and globally. Enjoy!

LEVL9/Digital Zoetrope

Sasha Pyle: digital art and images

Julie DeFeo: production and sound

Jamie Chase: percussion