Flux, Spring 2026
In person: Brother Mouth, Nicholas Buckwalter, Danae Gosset, Conner Griffith, Craig Melville, Lost Noise, and Najeeb Tarazi. Followed by a courtyard after-party with a DJ set by Eno.
The Flux Screening Series brings the creative community together for a night of outstanding short films and music videos, featuring wildly inventive filmmaker presentations and performances.
Our spring program: the weird, the wonderful, the unexpected.
We're thrilled to premiere I'm Glad I Know That Now, Thank You, the new animated series from British cartoonist Chris (Simpsons artist). Yes, that's his name. We also welcome Najeeb Tarazi back to the Hammer with a comedic new short, The Influencers, which hits close to home for any Angeleno. And for anyone who's endured a long-haul flight, Neck Pillow is a deliriously funny music video collaboration between NYC-based Brother Mouth and Australian director Craig Melville.
Since 2021, Danae Gosset and her team at Pencil Studio have collaborated with the Mac Miller estate, crafting hand-made animated works set to Miller's music, from visualizers to full music videos. Their latest, for Rush Hour, features 2,200+ frames painted entirely by hand and composited digitally. It's a stunner.
Video artist Conner Griffith, a featured artist at the first Flux Festival, joins us tonight with his hypnotic new music visual for A Sense of Getting Closer by London-based electronic musician Max Cooper.
Nicholas Buckwalter and Itsuki Yoshizawa's video for Maya Ongaku's Maybe Psychic, shot on 16mm in the coastal town of Ōiso, Japan, explores the psychic force we possess as children, and gradually lose.
On the other side of the world, in Salvador, the capital of Bahia and the heart of Afro-Brazilian culture, visual artist Luma Nascimento and digital artist Zamba used generative AI tools to tell an Afrocentric story with multiple references to Bahian popular culture for the band Afrocidade's Orìkí. The project was made with the participation of Iyalorixá Edelzuita de Oxaguian, a revered 81-year-old Candomblé priestess. Released in late January 2025, it stands as an early example of generative AI used in service of ancestral storytelling.
The spring lineup spans comedy, dance, drama, animation, and music videos for A$AP Rocky, Lesram, Harry Styles, Tamara Flores, and more.
Joining us in person: Brother Mouth, Nicholas Buckwalter, Danae Gosset, Conner Griffith, Craig Melville, Lost Noise, and Najeeb Tarazi. Followed by a courtyard after-party with a DJ set by Eno.
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Maybe Psychic by Maya Ongaku, directed by Itsuki Yoshizawa and Nicholas Buckwalter -
Orìkí by Afrocidade, directed by Luma Nascimento and Zamba -
A Sense Of Getting Closer by Max Cooper, directed by Conner Griffith -
Nobody by Zep, directed by Lost Noise -
Neck Pillow by Brother Mouth, directed by Craig Melville -
Zersplitter dein Glas by Pako Peng, Julie and Pablo Rochat, directed by Erik He -
The Influencers, directed by Najeeb Tarazi -
Rush Hour by Mac Miller, directed by Danae Gosset -
Infinito by Tamara Flores, directed by Rupert Höller -
Takita by Lesram, directed by Bleu Desert -
Some Interesting Apples, directed by Elena Heatherwick -
Special guest DJ Eno
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