Students running through the Schauerman Library may find themselves stopping dead in their tracks in front of a flat screen TV to catch a glimpse of the new multimedia exhibit on display.

From now until June 15, “Energetic Light,” will be on display at the library.

The exhibit features eight South Bay artists, Constantine Lackides, Rudy Rodriguez, Frank Gorosko, Cris Orfescu, Myrna Nakemurna, Jim Mickinniss, Charles Perera and Arlene Yalush.

“This is a unique art display because it’s not just photography; it has video and music to go with it,” Ed Martinez, public access librarian, said.

That’s exactly what the artists from the PhotoSavvy and LifesEyes groups said they desired.

“With this multimedia piece, we’re trying to enhance the photos with music,” Lackides said.

The exhibit features eight short two-to-three minute slideshows set to music, along with two still photographs from their respective slideshow.

“Each multimedia piece is intentionally that short because we want people to stop and look at them all,” Lackides said.

With many students giving the exhibit a positive response, the group’s efforts seem to have been a success thus far.

“I like how they have both (sound slides) and photos; It gives you the feeling that you were there,” Wendy Gonzalez, undecided major, said.

One of the group’s main goals was to make the students feel as if they were there when the photographer took the photo.

“I want them (those looking at the exhibit) to get the feeling of each piece,” Lackides said. “That’s why each piece is two to three minutes long because it enhances the emotions that the photographer might have felt.”

“I want them to go ‘Wow, I saw this blurred photo of a bike race that was set to music and it was like I was there, like I saw the bikes whizzing’,” he said.

Lackides said he hopes that the exhibit will inspire students from the music department and the art department to join the group and help create other hybrid multimedia exhibits.

“It would be ideal if a student from the music department created original music and a photography student took photos and they got together to create this great work,” Lackides said.

As the work is right now, none of the artists can sell their pieces because all of the chosen music is copyrighted.

“We’re pushing to being able to make art we can sell,” Lackides said.