John Fitzgerald
The Vivid Unknown: CloudQatsi
US premiere
Visual Art / Installation / Film
Free
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?
The Dark: PS21’s fearless winter festival of live performance radiating across Columbia County
The Dark is a new annual festival from PS21 : Center for Contemporary Performance that celebrates and elevates the depths of winter. Taking place February 16–22, 2026, the festival will unfold at PS21 and across Columbia County—in theatres, restaurants, libraries, saunas, and outdoor public spaces. Featuring more than 60 international artists and over 80 performances, The Dark offers a packed week of world-class contemporary performance, installation, music, dance, and theatre—all exploring winter as a time of community and solitude, fire and ice, darkness and light. A major new attraction for the region, the festival positions Columbia County as a year-round cultural destination—not just a summer one.
It is a light in the dark—and The Dark is the light.
Secure your Festival Pass to The Dark now which includes tickets to every performance along with a complimentary sauna and ice skating session!
Co-produced by Onassis ONX, Agog, and Godfrey Reggio Foundation.
John Fitzgerald is an artist and creative strategist whose work navigates the dynamic relationship between humans and technology. Through large-scale immersive experiences, he blends the playful with the profound, inviting critical reflection on how technology shapes perceptions and behaviors in the digital age. His work has premiered at Cannes, Sundance, Tribeca, BAM, SIGGRAPH, IDFA, and Plásmata I & III in Athens.
Fitzgerald has led commercial work for Google, Apple, Samsung, MIT Media Lab, World Expo Dubai, MoMA, and the New York Times. He holds an honors degree in media studies from Brown University and has held fellowships as a Visiting Artist at the MIT Center for Art Science and Technology, a Visiting Scholar at the MIT Center for Advanced Urbanism, a Pulitzer Center Grantee, and is a NEW INC alum. Fitzgerald is co-founder of the experiential studio, Sensorium, and the Innovation Director of Onassis ONX in New York.
This performance/installation is designed to be experienced as a walk-through or ground procession.
We are happy to accommodate accessibility needs whenever possible—please email Adriana at boxoffice@ps21chatham.org to let us know how we can assist you.
