Protocinema
protocinema.bsky.social
Protocinema
@protocinema.bsky.social
An itinerant cross-cultural art organization that commissions and presents site-aware art around the world. Our purpose is to support dialogue between cultures on equal footing and create opportunities for listening and creative expression.
ONUR KARAOĞLU’s video Read Subtitles Aloud, Chapter 2 (2020) is screening in I’M GLAD YOU EXIST with Coleman Collins, Laura Parnes, and Diane Severin Nguyen, as part of Ekrani i Artit 2025: Postcards from Elsewhere in Shkodër, Albania, Friday June 20.
June 12, 2025 at 1:33 PM
COLEMAN COLLINS video The Upper Room (2025) is screening in I’M GLAD YOU EXIST with Onur Karaoğlu, Laura Parnes, and Diane Severin Nguyen, as part of Ekrani i Artit 2025: Postcards from Elsewhere in Shkodër, Albania, Friday June 20.
June 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
ANAHITA NOROUZI’s Hidden in Plain Sight is being screened in THE SUBSTANCE WITH WHICH THE FUTURE IS MADE, the inaugural video art programme at Alserkal Avenue. Running through June 15th, this series is displayed outdoors on a large LED screen in The Yard after sunset.
April 21, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Screening schedule for THE SUBSTANCE WITH WHICH THE FUTURE IS MADE, the inaugural video art programme at Alserkal Avenue! Running through May 30, this series is displayed outdoors on a large LED screen in The Yard after sunset.
March 28, 2025 at 6:42 PM
LIU CHUANG’s Untitled (Festival) is being screened in THE SUBSTANCE WITH WHICH THE FUTURE IS MADE, the inaugural video art programme at Alserkal Avenue.

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1: Liu Chuang, Untitled (The Festival), 2015, Video, Color, Sound, 5 minutes 14 seconds
March 21, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Protocinema announces THE SUBSTANCE WITH WHICH THE FUTURE IS MADE, the inaugural video art programme at Alserkal Avenue. www.protocinema.org/exhibitions/...
February 28, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Protocinema is hiring a Project Coordinator to support the current Project Manager. This position provides assistance to communications and grant applications, provide administrative support to Protocinema.
Location: NYC (hybrid)
Hours: 1 day weekly
Please submit your resume to mari@protocinema.org
February 21, 2025 at 5:56 PM
This inaugural video art programme at Alkersal Avenue grounds us in the present—to confront the horror and loss of today. Screened every evening at The Yard, from 6PM onwards, starting with Abbas Akhavan’s short film, 'Slug'.
February 7, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Protocinema is excited to announce that Sister Sylverster has received a Creative Capital 2025 Award @creativecapital.bsky.social with Protocinema for project Ghost Genes! Creative Capital awarded artist grants totaling $2.45 mil to 55 artists to create 49 new works across the US in 2025.
January 31, 2025 at 7:27 PM