Eyes and Ears: Design Lecture Series w/ Noah Porter

The PNCA Design Lecture Series welcomes designers from all over the world to share their work and what moves them. On February 11, 2025, Noah Porter will talk with us about his work and the areas where collaborations with musicians drive his practice.

This lecture is hosted by PNCA Graphic Design in conjunction with "Eyes and Ears, A Survey of Visuals in Music 2020–2024," on exhibit February 6 to April 3, 2025.

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FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!

Pacific Northwest College of Art
In the first-floor Mediatheque
511 NW Broadway, Portland, OR 97209

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Noah Porter (he/him) is a filmmaker and music video director who has spent the last decade bringing songs to life on film. Raised in Portland, OR on a steady diet of MTV, he recognized new frontiers for the medium as rappers like Lil B and Tyler The Creator began self-publishing music videos on YouTube and virality became the primary force shaping the landscape of the music industry.

Noah's music videos have been viewed over six million times on Youtube, although some percentage of those were probably illegitimate for various marketing-related reasons. He doesn’t think it’s a big percentage though. He was solely responsible for backing up the footage on Kelly Reichardt’s 2020 film “First Cow”. When he met Andre 3000 he asked the rapper-turned-flautist if his verse on the Devin The Dude song “What A Job” was a true story. It was.

"Eyes and Ears" is curated by Bijan Berahimi and co-curated with Noah Porter and Kristin Rogers Brown. The inspiration for the show comes from Berahimi’s personal love of music and desire to create space for this new era of visuals in music, as well as a recognition that this curation of work from the past four years is too often seen in the context of fleeting social media feeds. This exhibition provides a platform for the creatives working in music now, and inspire the community around it.

We can’t wait to chat with Noah about music, film, design, and hear more stories from his creative practice!

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Hosted by the BFA Graphic Design program at Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) since 2016, and co-founded with FISK, the PNCA Design Lecture Series welcomes in a diverse range of creative folks to explore the broad and vibrant possibilities of what design can be and do in the world today. For more than 100 years, the Pacific Northwest College of Art has served as a dynamic creative center for emerging artists, designers, and creators. PNCA is part of Willamette University.

Check out more of Noah's work at noahporter.tv or find him on instagram @coastalnoah.

Follow along with "Eyes and Ears, A Survey of Visuals in Music 2020–2024," presented by Center for Contemporary Art & Culture and PNCA Graphic Design, @eyes___and___ears.

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Learn more about PNCA Design community, including more about our program, inspiring student work, and extended communities, at https://pnca.willamette.edu/academics/bfa/graphic-design/ or by following us on instagram @PNCADesign.

Posters by Bijan Berahimi / FISK.

Host or Publisher Hallie Ford School of Graduate Studies at PNCA