In Shatara Michelle Ford’s experimental thriller Test Pattern, light and dark are intertwined. The film is a staggeringly impressive debut, blending color, sound and story to create an intricate ...

With a calibration DVD and sound level meter in hand, you can play a test pattern and set levels for your speakers.

Shatara Michelle Ford’s feature feels conceived not for the purpose of revealing inner lives alone but to put society at large to the test.

“Test Pattern” achieves a lot with very little: The film’s nonlinear editing and cannily scored silences invite our interpretations, locating in them the entanglements of race and gender.

'Test Pattern' director Shatara Michelle Ford explains the process of self-funding their indie award-contending film with nine credit cards.

"Test Pattern Sound Check" marks the first large-scale exhibit by ISU's arts technology program, consuming the main gallery and all three smaller spaces at University Galleries.

Acclaimed Japanese sound and light artist Ryoji Ikeda brings together an avalanche of binary code and electronic noise in a monumental installation at Carriageworks.