Michael Chernoff is a multimedia filmmaker and video artist whose work explores the environmental effects of video and media technology. His films, installations, and VR experiences focus on the physical presence of video screens as sites of consumption, interaction, and surveillance. His projects often feature video-archaeological arrangements of interconnected analog and digital devices, whose sculptural, archival, and signal qualities blur distinct eras of media technology.

By merging obsolete and modern video systems, Chernoff draws attention to the shared developments of television, computers, and the internet—unified by the graphic interface of video. His work expands the discourse on the cultural dominance of video screens as environments for the extraction of both physical and virtual activity. Chernoff insists that the ways we access and engage with digital media today are deeply informed by the interactive and cultural practices of screens from the past.

Chernoff’s creative research in filmmaking and Video Archaeology is based in Buffalo, NY. His work has been supported by institutions such as FEED Media Center, Buffalo International Film Festival, and the Chroma Art Film Festival. He teaches digital and 3D arts in the School of Visual Art + New Media at SUNY Fredonia."


^{Research Topics: Surveillance, Videosphere, Expanded Cinema, New Materialism, Glitch Media, Signal Processing, Perception, Compression, Remediation, Virtuality}
_{2023 - MFA Media Arts Production, Dept of Media Study, CAS, University at Buffalo
2011 - BFA & Art Ed. Minor, College of Arts & Ceramics, Alfred University}