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John Fitzgerald, The Vivid Unknown: CloudQatsi

  • February 16 - 22, 2026
  • PS21 Grounds

    2980 New York 66
    Chatham, New York 12037
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Description

US premiere
Free, self-guided and open from noon-8:00 pm daily

An ephemeral installation of projected light and water vapor which reimagines Godfrey Reggio’s seminal 1982 film Koyaanisqatsi via a generative AI model trained on the filmmaker’s archive. 

Computer vision takes over an immersive projection space to explore the violent nexus of nature, humans, and technology. Projected onto a veil of mist, clouds of light converge into fleeting apparitions, housed within a cavernous, resonant chamber. The visuals breathe with the elements, dissolving the boundaries between image and environment, technology and nature, presence and absence. 

As the very ground beneath us shifts from terra firma to techno firma, the installation invites viewers to stand inside the flux. Inseparable from its surroundings — reshaped and eroded by the winds of time—we are asked, which age is this, the sunset or the dawn?

Date & Time

Feb 16 - 22, 2026

Venue Details

PS21 Grounds

2980 New York 66
Chatham, New York 12037 PS21 Grounds
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