Performance: Bunjamun Ahlteen and Brandon Walley

On the evening of Sunday, December 15, proudly hosted a collaboration between audio/video artist Benjamin (Bunjamun) Ahlteen’s (CMH) multimedia project Levitation Center and filmmaker Brandon Walley (DET), a duo between improvisers Gerard Cox and Billy Wolfe (CMH), and multi-instrumentalist Tristan Buie-Collard’s project My Name is Tristan (CMH).
About the artists:
The Levitation Center serves as a moniker for Benjamin (Bunjumun) Ahlteen’s ambient musical and conceptual art output. It is also an immersive performance space where levitation-inducing shows occur in a peculiar barn in Ohio. Bunjumun is a musician and multimedia artist based in Columbus, Ohio. They have spent eighteen years participating in the local music and arts scene. Over the past five years, they have focused on music for film and immersive experiences, with an interest in performance accessibility and audience participation.
Brandon Walley is a filmmaker and curator based in Detroit, Michigan. He creates 16mm, Super 8mm, and digital films that explore the abstractions between humanity, ecology, industry, and technology. For over a decade his films have been screened widely in festivals, museums, and cinematheques including Kunsthaus Graz (Austria), Strangloscope (Brazil), Rooftop Film (NYC), Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Iowa City Experimental Film Festival, Ann Arbor Film Festival, and more. Brandon has taught film production at various institutions including the College for Creative Studies, Lawrence Technological University, and YArts of Metro Detroit. Brandon has been Media City Film Festival’s Regional Artists’ Curator since 2008 and former Board Chair. He is the Special Programs Coordinator for Ann Arbor Film Festival and Program Director with Greater Farmington Film Festival. He was the Program Director at Corktown Cinema and Detroit Broadcasting Company and former Co-Director of the Detroit Film Centre. Brandon is an Artist Fellow with Kresge Arts in Detroit, awarded in 2020.