Drawn from the Carl and Marilynn Thoma Foundation collection, the exhibition Ephemeral Acts explores the transient nature of time-based art, where time serves as both medium and composer.

Curated by Kathleen Forde, the Foundation’s Director and Curator of Media Arts, this exhibition also underscores the foundation's commitment to collecting, preserving, and sharing both the history and contemporary landscape of media art in depth. Each artist featured in Ephemeral Acts has more than one work in the collection’s holdings, demonstrating the foundation’s priority to collect throughout an artist’s career. This is reflected in the works chosen and exhibited by both Steina and Woody Vasulka.

The works included are:
Steina, Violin Power, 1970-78
Woody and Steina Vasulka, Noisefields, 1974

The work on view spans 1970-2025, highlighting the Foundation’s strategic dedication to a stewardship of the field from its inception to the present.

The exhibition opens on October 31 2025, and remains until May 16, 2026.