Aurora Picture Show kicks of this year's Media Archeology Festival Thursday, April 19 at Aurora Picture Show.  Thursday evening will feature Bruce McClure, and Ray Sweeten.   The Festival continues Friday, April 20 at Domy Bookstore and Saturday, April 21 at The Orange Show. The Festival is curated by Nick Hallett.

Bruce McClure uses the tools and occasion of  film projection to create a visceral hybrid of  vaudeville, installation and cinema. Drawing on the experience of Harold Edgerton's stroboscopic flash and the flicker films of recent decades, McClure applies his formal training as an architect to construct mind-altering, multi-projector works of light and obstruction accompanied by optical sound. 
Ray Sweeten extends the tradition of experimental- cinema pioneer (and Houston native) Mary Ellen Bute with his use of the oscilloscope–an instrument which charts the flow of electrical impulse on an x and y axis–to generate lush, geometric animations. Though its main applications are in the scientific research field, Sweeten uses the oscilloscope to visualize
compositions for sweeping electronic sound, creating unique sculptural patterns.


Tickets are $10 per show ($8 for Aurora members) or $15 for a festival pass ($10 for Aurora members) and are available by contacting Aurora at 713.868.2101 or here.