FREE
Lipsey Auditorium
Doors at 6:30 pm, screening at 7 pm

Join the Buffalo AKG for the premiere of Kyla Kegler's The Accumulation of Meaning Over Time!

Kyla Kegler (born 1985) explores themes of fantasy, relationship, pleasure, and purpose through painting, sculpture, performance, and film. Her films and performances often choreograph groups engaged in tasks that blend emotional and physical labor.

Her current project, The Accumulation of Meaning Over Time, was funded by the UB Humanities Communities of Care Grant and NYSCA. The film is a lyrical exploration of how understanding of self deepens with age, and how collective meaning gathers across generations, bodies, and images. It is an ode to the treasure hunt of growing older—to the gradual realization that what moved us as children was not fleeting naïveté, but the first glimmer of lifelong motifs that orient how we move through the world. Drawing from personal narration, Jungian theory, and the history of experimental media art in Buffalo, NY, the film weaves these threads into a meditation on memory, inheritance, and becoming.

The screening of the approximately 22-minute film will be followed by a brief discussion of the work between Kegler and Assistant Curator, Special Projects Zack Boehler. This event is free and open to the public.

Accessibility

The Stanford and Judith Lipsey Auditorium is located on the second floor of the Knox Building and can be accessed by the elevator across from the Family Room. There is accessible seating along both sides of the Auditorium, as well as in the two back corners. Assistive Listening Devices and American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation for people who are Deaf or hard of hearing are available upon request. To schedule an ASL interpreter for an event, please submit a request at least two weeks in advance. The closest restrooms are on the first floor of the Knox Building in the same hallway as the Moog Inc. Visitor Services Desk.