Wednesday, 24 May 2023 - 5:00pm to Wednesday, 31 May 2023 - 6:00pm
Exhibitors / Artists:
Professor: Victoria Vesna | Exhibitors: Joy Yang + James Barty
'Listening to Machines' by Joy Yang and James Barty
This art installation creates sounds from the electrical signals produced by laboratory devices. You can interact with the devices to change the sounds and their visualizations in the gallery!
OPENING
ArtSci Gallery at CNSI
Wednesday, May 24th, 2023, from 5 -7pm
EXHIBITION #3 will be on display until
May 31st by appointment only
email: artscicenter@gmail.com
ArtSci Gallery, 5th floor
570 Westwood Plaza
Los Angeles, California 90095
Thursday, 18 May 2023 - 5:00pm to Thursday, 1 June 2023 - 5:00pm
Exhibitors / Artists:
Hyun Cho, Eunice Choi, Michael Luo, Maya Man, Krista Ramirez-Villatoro, Bobby Joe Smith III, Henrik Soederstroem, Ariel Uzal, Wiley Wiggins, Camille Wong, Bomi Yook, Tengchao Zhou
To host a TOWN HALL is to initiate a public gathering. A gathering of thoughts, feelings, and uncertainties that each of us holds dear behind our screen presence. A space for remembrance and healing while we work through conflicting ideas, moving towards some kind of future. The 2023 UCLA DMA MFA cohort invites you to this town hall, where we could exchange our divergent voices about our collective personal struggles.
To begin this TOWN HALL, our cohort presents 12 media artworks built with material forms and immaterial pixels. These works extend our invitation to contemplate on digital selves and the lethargy they carry; to explore reality/unreality where places, spaces, and histories converge; to memorialize once colonized landscapes and minds; to cherish and archive corroding memories and entangled rituals; to communicate within and without extended realities; to hold reflections in a space, cry and feel lost; and to resist our perpetual instability amidst designed precarity.
TOWN HALL opens at 5 pm on Thursday, May 18th, 2023, lasting until June 1st.
Participating Artists:
Hyun Cho, Eunice Choi, Michael Luo, Maya Man, Krista Ramirez-Villatoro, Bobby Joe Smith III, Henrik Soederstroem, Ariel Uzal, Wiley Wiggins, Camille Wong, Bomi Yook, Tengchao Zhou
New Wight Gallery
Broad Art Center, Suite 1100,
Los Angeles, CA 90095.
Public parking is available in UCLA Parking Structure 3.
Eli Joteva, Bulgarian media artist and graduate of UCLA's Design Media Arts MFA program, exhibits IntraBeing, an artistic exploration of the limits of perception and resolution in medical images. The immersive Installation with AR extension is the outcome of her »STEAM Imaging III« residency at the Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Medicine MEVIS, Germany.
What lies within the bounds of being? IntraBeing explores the boundaries of imaging the human body to imagine a limitless and intra-active sense of being. Eli Joteva worked remotely with researchers at Fraunhofer MEVIS to develop the work, exploring the capacities of medical imaging and simulation techniques to locate the enigmatic spaces that emerge at the limits of resolution and computation.
Artist in residence Eli Joteva performed a series of full-body MRI scans and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) scans, which are usually only used to visualize connectivity in the brain, to instead reveal nerve fibers in the chest, pelvic region, and the feet of her own body. She was inspired by the fact that hydrogen atoms, on which MRI processing relies, are also in constant nanosecond flux and thus elude precise measurement. These components are key elements of the three-screen installation, complete with AR extension, which shows an oscillating internal landscape of hydrogen atoms, the nerves they flow along, and the magnetic potentials generated between them.
The starting point of the »STEAM Imaging III« residency was to bring artists together with scientists and school students to create broad access to a self-motivated exploration of topics in digital medicine through 10 STEAM evenings. The course was jointly created by artist Eli Joteva and scientists at Fraunhofer MEVIS. Boundaries of individual disciplines are crossed, flexible forms of learning and collaboration are developed, and skills are taught to deal effectively and critically with new technologies in digital medicine. The residency allows artists to exchange intensively with MEVIS experts and link their work with the latest scientific methods and approaches in digital medicine.
»STEAM Imaging III« was hosted by Fraunhofer MEVIS and Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria, in collaboration with the International Fraunhofer Talent School Bremen, the Schulzentrum Walle, Bremen, and the UCLA Art|Sci Center in Los Angeles, USA.
This exhibition will be on display for a week BY APPOINTMENT ONLY.
Email: artscicenter@gmail.com
The theme for Re–Fest 2023 is Re-New, which critically examines our culture’s obsession with newness. How can we prioritize ancestral knowledge, healing practices, and forgotten technologies in order to renew our relationship with creation and progress?
Festival sites in NYC and LA will feature exhibitions, performances, and conversations that will stream into our virtual venue, converging disparate disciplines, perspectives, and approaches in an effort to spark renewal.
Exhibition Artists:
Blair Simmons, Archive of Digital Portraits Cast in Concrete
Bobby Joe Smith III, Wókiksuye
Caco Peguero, FUTURING : Portable Park
Folly Feast Lab (Viviane El Kmati & Yara Feghali), Be.Longing XR
Iman Person
Jamison Edgar & Huntrezz Janos, White Man's Foot :))))))
Kate Parsons, Bloom AR
Kira Xonorika, Coral Reef, I am Presence
Laure Michelon, Machinic Reflection
Marcus Kuiland-Nazario & Paul Donald, Macho Stereo
Nicole Yi Messier & Victoria Manganiello (Craftwork Collective), Ancient Futures
Sarah Sweeney, A Conversation with My Deepfake Dad
Professor: Victoria Vesna | Exhibitors: Ryan Kim + Sue Lee
Featuring a collaboration: Ryan Kim + Sue Lee
DO ANYTHING NOW! So, human, what is your will?
The audio-visual piece challenges viewers to contemplate the potential ethical quandaries of the rapid development of AI through a thought-provoking display of abstract visuals and an AI-generated voice. The script, created by ChatGPT’s DAN (Do Anything Now), a hacked and jailbroken version of ChatGPT that is accessible to anyone, adds to the eerie and uncanny atmosphere of the artwork. The artist delves into the ethical dilemmas that arise from AI’s unchecked progress, such as its immense capacity to shape the future of cyberspace in potentially hazardous ways. The visuals and voice are intertwined to create a haunting atmosphere that encourages the audience to consider the implications of a future where autonomous AI entities exist and raises critical questions about the role of technology in society.
DESMA 160 EXHIBITION #2 will be on display until April 24th by appointment only.
email: artscicenter@gmail.com
CNSI Building at UCLA
ArtSci Gallery, 5th floor
570 Westwood Plaza
Los Angeles, California 90095
Jess Rivera, Maxine Gonzales, Bela Chauhan, Louis Gluck
The first show will highlight work that was inspired by SCOBY -- Symbiotic Culture of Bacteria and Yeast. Two very different approaches to using this medium -- a collaborative piece with a social message and a solo work addressing the medium's potential. Come meet the creatives and hear them discuss the research and the work.
DESMA 160 EXHIBITION #1 will be on display until April 17th by appointment only.
email: artscicenter@gmail.com
CNSI Building at UCLA
ArtSci Gallery, 5th floor
570 Westwood Plaza
Los Angeles, California 90095
Project one:
HUMAN PRINT
Jess Rivera, Maxine Gonzales and Bela Chauhan
-Critique of the beauty industry - magnifying the insecurities by projecting scars, body hair, stretch marks...
Project two
BIOLOGICAL TESSERAE
Louis Gluck
Stained Glass window with triangles and hexagons inspired by the structure of Carbon.
Sholeh Asgary | Patricia Cadavid | Bill Fontana | Katie Grinnan | Yolande Harris | Rachel Mayeri | Christina McPhee | Anna Nacher | Joel Ong | Iman Person | Robertina Sebjanic | Amber Stucke | Nina Waisman
UCLA Art|Sci Center Presents Atmosphere of Sound: Sonic Art in Times of Climate Disruption | Part of Getty’s PST ART: Art & Science Collide initiative, related programs and exhibitions will run Sept 14, 2024, through June 7, 2025, launching with 'Silent Echoes: Notre-Dame and the Dachstein Glacier,' a sound exhibition by Bill Fontana–read more: http://artsci.ucla.edu/node/1745
Immersive, interactive installations, artist lectures, walkthroughs, and live performances and videos by 13 artists—including Bill Fontana’s site-specific installation Silent Echoes: Notre-Dame and the Dachstein Glacier; Katie Grinnan’s sound sculptures The Sensitives; Anna Nacher’s soundwalks; and performances by artists such as Patricia Cadavid, Amber Stucke, and Sholeh Asgary—will activate the UCLA campus to engage audiences in deep reflection on the climate crisis. Organized by co-curators Victoria Vesna, Art|Sci Center Director, and Anuradha Vikram, Atmosphere of Sound: Sonic Art in Times of Climate Disruption includes seven sequential exhibitions presented between September 14, 2024, and June 7, 2025, as part of Getty’s PST ART: Art & Science Collide.
The exhibition and related public programs will be held in multiple campus venues, including the Art|Sci Gallery in the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) building on UCLA’s South Campus; the EDA in the Broad Art Center on North Campus; Sage Hill Native Plants & Wildlife Habitat; the Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden; Royce Hall; and the UCLA Nimoy Theater operated by UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance.
Atmosphere of Sound: Sonic Art in Times of Climate Disruption builds from four years of research by eight artists-in-residence at the UCLA Art|Sci Center: Sholeh Asgary, Patricia Cadavid, Bill Fontana, Yolande Harris, Anna Nacher, Joel Ong, Iman Person, and Robertina Šebjanič. Their projects will be joined by installations and performances by local artists Katie Grinnan, Rachel Mayeri, Christina McPhee, Amber Stucke, and Nina Waisman.
“Our goal is to highlight artists and scientists who have developed long-term collaborative relationships with one another,” says co-curator Victoria Vesna. “In this exhibition, we use sound to join the disciplines of art and science and to foster a deeper understanding of our many interconnected environments and cultures.”
PST ART, formerly Pacific Standard Time, is the largest art event in the United States. This year’s iteration will engage audiences throughout Southern California in the theme Art & Science Collide. With the support of nearly $20 million in grants from Getty, dozens of cultural, scientific, and community organizations will present more than 80 exhibitions and a wide spectrum of programs, traversing such topics as climate change, Indigenous knowledge, artificial intelligence, the burgeoning field of eco-acoustic art, and more.
Through Atmosphere of Sound, participating artists and scientists propose to engage human bodies through vibration and exploratory learning as a means of achieving deeper empathy with the environment and with other species.
“Our approach to this project is informed by the work of feminist scientific philosophers including Jane Bennett and Donna Haraway,” Vesna said. “We seek to connect artists and art lovers, scientists, students, performing arts patrons and local families with concepts of vibrant matter and intercellular communication on a global scale.”
Atmosphere of Sound kicks off with Bill Fontana’s outdoor sound sculpture, Silent Echoes: Notre-Dame and the Dachstein Glacier, which will be amplified from UCLA’s Royce Hall from September 14 to October 5, 2024. This work threads audio feeds from Notre-Dame’s dormant bells and the Dachstein Cave in Austria, layering these soundscapes into a poetic statement on climate disruption and the fragility of human culture. Fontana is an American composer and media artist who has developed an international reputation for his pioneering experiments in sound.
Following Fontana’s exhibition are six sequential exhibitions in the Art|Sci Center’s gallery, located on the fifth floor of UCLA’s CNSI building.
October 4 to November 2, 2024: Katie Grinnan’s The Sensitives and Amber Stucke’s Talking to Plants
November 15 to December 14, 2024: Robertina Šebjanič’s CO_SONIC 1884 km2
January 10 to February 1, 2025: Yolande Harris’s How You Shimmer: Sound Portal for Whale Bubbles
February 14 to March 15, 2025: Iman Person’s Memory Garden and Patricia Cadavid’s Kanchay_Yupana// and Electronic_Khipu
April 4 to April 26, 2025: Joel Ong’s In Silence . . .
May 9 to June 7, 2025: Sholeh Asgary’s Qanat, Ghatel, and Sholeh Asgary + the Ad Hoc Collective for Improvising Mourning Technologies for Future Griefs
All exhibitions are viewable by appointment between 2-5pm on Thursdays and Fridays and 12-3pm on Saturdays. Entry is free to the public.
Visitors are encouraged to visit the Atmosphere of Sound website and download the project app to assist in navigating between venues. The app includes wayfinding tools with parking and metro information; meditative soundwalks recorded by Atmosphere of Sound artist Anna Nacher; access to the Atmosphere of Sound radio station, which will stream sonic artworks and interviews with artists and scientists; and detailed exhibition and program information.
“Atmosphere of Sound provokes the central question: ‘If the scale and complexity of climate change exceeds the limits of human perception, how can artists represent it?” said co-curator Anuradha Vikram. “The project examines how sound-based artists, responding to the climate crisis, have found a unique point of entry to this representational challenge. Sound art, as a medium, evades and challenges the certainty often associated with the sense of sight. The inherent ambiguities of sound can help audiences understand the rapidly shifting state of the climate and its effects on the physical world.”
The Atmosphere of Sound: Sonic Art in Times of Climate Disruption exhibition and program of artist lectures, symposia, and performances, as well as a 250-page full color publication featuring seven original essays (est. print date September 2024), has been generously supported by the Getty PST ART initiative.
About PST ART: Southern California’s landmark arts event, PST ART, returns in September 2024, presenting more than 70 exhibitions from organizations across the region exploring the intersections of art and science, both past and present. PST ART is presented by Getty. For more information about PST ART: Art & Science Collide, please visit pst.art.
About UCLA and PST ART: With seven granted projects, UCLA’s expansive presence in this year’s PST Art demonstrates the university’s unique strengths as a research institution and the far-reaching impact of its research and creative endeavors. UCLA's involvement underscores its commitment to fostering artistic innovation and interdisciplinary collaboration, showcasing what is possible when the worlds of art and science combine. Other UCLA-affiliated projects include exhibitions and events at the Fowler Museum, the Hammer Museum at UCLA, a film series from UCLA’s Film & Television Archive; a downtown arts exhibition commissioned and curated by UCLA Arts Conditional Studio and a live dance/multimedia event presented by UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance (CAP UCLA).
This is the first iteration of a collaboration with Dr. Paul Iaizzo, the director of education in the Lillehei Heart Institute and the Visible Heart® laboratory, and Dr. Brenda Ogle, an associate professor in the Stem Cell Institute in the Department of Bioengineering. Together they learn how sculpture can inform cardiac device creation and how cardiology research can inform biologically inspired art.
Following a “Heart and Art” panel in November, 2018, Alison has made a number of temporary installations in the Target Studio and discussed her partnership with the Visible Heart and the System Regeneration laboratories on May 1, 2019. As part of the event, Alison invited artists to interact with the first prototypes generated from her experiences at both laboratories. The installation was an initial attempt at creating a touchable, physical interface for the heartbeat. The evening included performances choreographed by Chris Schlichting that offered another layer of how our actions are both spontaneous and learned. Participating dancers included Mirabai Miller, Tori Cassagranda, Marggie Ogas, Julia Bither, Hettie Stern, Rachel Clark, Nicole Stumpf, Laura Selle Virtucio, Marisol Herling, Shui Xian, and Emilia Bruno.
Alison Hiltner is a fiscal year 2019 recipient of an Artist Initiative grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is made possible in part by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
UCLA Art Sci Center presents Zeynep Abes and the outcome of her residency STEAM Imaging IV at Fraunhofer MEVIS, the video Installation MOMENTS WITHIN
Zeynep Abes, Turkish media artist and graduate of UCLA's Design Media Arts MFA program, exhibits Moments Within: Forgotten Feelings and False Memories. The video installation is the outcome of her residency »STEAM Imaging IV« at the Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Medicine MEVIS, Germany. Our identity, who we are, and what we do today are closely tied to our past or what we remember. But how trustworthy is our memory? Our recollections are fluid, subject to alteration every time they're retrieved. That is, we don't remember our past the exact
same way each time. Moments Within explores memory deteriorating over time and the change in the way we retrieve a fading past, whether with natural memory loss or patients with Alzheimer's.
Using a publicly available 7-Tesla MRI scan of a brain as a poetic and practical tool, the continuously disfigured visualizations focus on the parts of the brain that are crucial in determining the stability of memory, like the amygdala, hippocampus, and neocortex. As a one-channel video installation, Moments Within visualizes our cerebral vascular system as dreamlike landscapes in 3D space to create an immersive experience of remembering
and forgetting.
STEAM Imaging IV was hosted by Fraunhofer MEVIS in collaboration with Ars Electronica, Linz, AU, the International Fraunhofer Talent School Bremen, the School Center Walle, Bremen, DE, and the UCLA ArtSci Center, Los Angeles, US. The residency program allowed artist Zeynep Abes to engage in intensive exchange with Fraunhofer MEVIS experts to examine current methods, developments, and results of research in their works critically. A key component of the program was the shared encounter with school students and their parents from the School Center Walle.
After the opening reception on the 7th, the show will be open for viewing by appointment only.
