FlowILM is a free community art event focused through an art & technology lens on the relationships between human and non-human organisms and their ecosystems. This event features the living systems of the Cape Fear coastal region and the people that care about them. Collaborative, multi-media art, sound, film and performance can be experienced inside and outside the museum walls into the surrounding landscapes, where visitors are encouraged to meander and explore biologically and ecologically inspired work.
The fifth, biennial FlowILM event at the Cameron Art Museum featured an array of artists, filmmakers, musicians, performers, writers, scientists, local non-profits and UNCW faculty & students with an interest in local / global water issues. FlowILM will return to the Cameron Art Museum in October of 2026 in its new biennial format with deeper community collaborations and a wider range of creative work focused on our relationships with water and aquatic ecosystems.
This event is produced by the Coaction Lab at The University of North Carolina Wilmington and the Cameron Art Museum and sponsored by UNCW.
Flow 2024 Artists / UNCW Instructors / UNCW Labs / Local Non-Profits :
Lead Artists:
- Nicole Dextras – https://nicoledextras.com
- Gene A. Felice II – https://genefelice.com/
- Janice Lancaster – https://www.janicelancaster.com/
- Chelsea Loew – https://www.chelsealoew.com/
- Karola Luttringhaus – https://www.karolaluettringhaus.com/
- Kima Moore – https://www.kimathimoore.com/
- Maurice Moore – https://maurice-moore-mkx7.squarespace.com/
- Jeremiah Roberts – http://www.warpeduniverse.com/
- Grant Stewart – https://subterrene.bandcamp.com/
Film Series:
- Dislocated / Dislocada – Ana Rankin / various artists https://www.instagram.com/muestradislocada/
- UNCW Film Studies Environmental Filmmaking class series – André Silva
- UNCW Time Based Media Course – Water themed Animations – Gene A. Felice II
- UNCW Water themed student documentary films – Laura Dunn – https://twobirdsfilm.com/about
- Teflon Body Rot – Kate Henshaw – https://www.katehinshaw.com/
- The Last Plant – Janice Lancaster
- Jesse Bradley – Cape Fear River Watch Films
UNCW Faculty led Student Teams:
- Madison Creech – Studio / Digital Art (Water Text projections on CAM building)
- Shannon Bourne – Studio Art / Printmaking
- Sayantani Dagupta – Creative Writing – Writing Letters to Water w/ Karola Luttringhaus
- Gene A. Felice II – Studio / Digital Art – Video Projection Mapping class projects
Research Displays from UNCW Labs / Departments:
- Environmental Science dept.
- Christian Briseño-Avena – Plankton Ecology Lab
- Phil Bresnahan / Coast Lab
- Jake Warner / Warner Lab
- Algal Resource Collection
- Marine Quest
Research Displays from local non-profits: