Michael Chernoff is a filmmaker and video artist who operates The Video Archaeology Lab, in Buffalo, NY. His work critiques the hyperreality, virtual space, video surveillance, and controlled ecology of “media environments,” through the cultural dominance of video devices and video signal. Addressing both eras of analog and digital video technology, Chernoff’s practice of assembling old and new technologies blurs distinct eras of screens, cameras, and media. He creates multimedia films, immersive installations, and interactive media. His practice is supported by institutions such as FEED Media Center, BICA, Buffalo International Film Festival, The Guild 980, and the Chroma Art Film Festival.


<sup>Research Subjects: Video Surveillance, Interactive Archive, Interface, Immersion, Virtual Reality, Glitch, Compression, Perception, Signal Processing, Media Ecology,

Education</sup>
2023 - M.F.A. Media Art Production, Dept of Media Study, University at Buffalo

• Filmmaking
• AV Installation
  
• Interactive Programming

2011 - B.F.A.  School of Art & Design, Alfred University

• Photography
• Video Arts
• Mixed-Media