This event is in the past.It took place on May 16, 2026 at Telematic Media Arts.


Brian Bartz & Kelley O’Leary: DIAGENESIS — Artists Talk with Curator-Art Historian Patrick Crowley
West SoMa
Two Bay Area artists build an alien world from hacked screens and twitching machinery, exposing how mining minerals and harvesting attention both extract from us. Kinetic sculptures and shimmering installations turn familiar tech into uncanny artifacts for slow, uneasy contemplation.
new media art
kinetic sculpture
immersive installation
artist talk
Tips
🌍"an exercise in world-building" (Clark Buckner)
🎤curator Patrick Crowley leads the artist talk
Brian Bartz & Kelley O’Leary: DIAGENESIS — Artists Talk with Curator-Art Historian Patrick Crowley
West SoMa


Two Bay Area artists build an alien world from hacked screens and twitching machinery, exposing how mining minerals and harvesting attention both extract from us. Kinetic sculptures and shimmering installations turn familiar tech into uncanny artifacts for slow, uneasy contemplation.
new media art
kinetic sculpture
immersive installation
artist talk
Tips
🌍"an exercise in world-building" (Clark Buckner)
🎤curator Patrick Crowley leads the artist talk
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