Whose Memory is Working (Composer & Performer)

“Whose Memory is Working” is a movement and sound piece that invites the audience to reflect on the relationship between media and its mediums, and the ways that we use it to construct our collective memories. Hilton and Chou use an overhead projector and an 8mm projector for light sources to illuminate their rigid sets of movements, while also providing as acoustic instrumentation and mediums for electroacoustic feedback loops, all of which layer in sound-on-sound recording loops that obstruct the initial imprints of memory over time.

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Preheat is an annual short experimental film festival based on the idea of what digital movement can be. 2023's festival is presented in partnership with The Museum of Human Achievement’s Summer Drive In Series.

Preheat explores and bends the idea of dance and how that can translate on to the digital and through video elements. We are driven by the idea of challenging boundaries through what we call “border blending”. We seek to challenge preconceptions of what a dance film can be, and ideas on who can perform or create experimental video art. We are prioritizing creatives who are a part of marginalized communities: BIPOC, LGBTQ+, people with disabilities, and based in Austin, Texas. This is the 2nd edition of Preheat. Preheat started as a grassroots gathering in a backyard as an alternative form of organizing and sharing art. There is no application fee and every artist that is chosen will receive a small stipend to honor their work done behind the screen thanks to MoHA.