UCLA California NanoSystems Institute
(CNSI), 5th floor
JENNIFER MOON explores the possibilities of virtual world-building for ameliorating psychic pain and social anxiety in her 2018 body of work, “Familial Technologies.”
This exhibition is curated from a larger body of work first exhibited at Commonwealth and Council in Los Angeles and includes virtual living spaces and personal avatars developed for use in Avakin Life, a virtual world game that Moon and her parents and brother used to experience family therapy sessions under self-determined circumstances in conjunction with visits to a therapist “IRL”. Moon’s family members are represented here by “player cards” that profile their avatars, screen shots of their individual dwellings in Avakin Life, and screen recordings of their ongoing weekly Avakin Life family relationship sessions.
Through the idealized, mediated virtual platform, the Moon family is able to access aspects of their emotional psyches free of the barriers that physical embodiment presents.
Stealth Drones is comprised of seven embroidery hoops hung in formation. Each hoop contains fractal patterns and ornamentation embroidered in white thread. The hoops are presented on a black velvet backdrop. At regular intervals UV lights are activated in the exhibition space. The embroideries react to the UV light and reveal a new type of information. Once the regular room lights are turned back on, this information disappears.
Please join us for our monthly LASER talk following the opening reception for Stealth Drone by Anne_Niemetz.
We are joining forces with the Fathomers to co-host a program of the National Academy of Sciences for a “Science Speed Dating” event dedicated to vibrant explorations of innovative research in 7 minutes or less,
Communication and games researcher Lonny J. Avi Brooks, AI researcher Philip Butler, aerospace systems engineer Tracy Drain, oceanographer Bethanie Edwards, robotics engineer Maynard Holliday, and theoretical physicist Clifford Johnson offer brief, energetic presentations on their research and work. Following the presentations, AFPC host Ahmed Best moderates a panel and Q&A with the speakers on the implications of their work to the shared experience of Black and Brown communities.
Friday, 18 October 2019 - 7:00pm to Friday, 1 November 2019 - 9:00pm
Exhibitors / Artists:
Anne Niemetz +
LEONARDO ART SCIENCE EVENING RENDEZVOUS (LASER)
UCLA California NanoSystems Institute | Presentation Space (Fifth Floor)
570 Westwood Plaza, Building 114, 5th floor, Los Angeles, CA 90095
Parking information for Parking Structure 8 https://map.ucla.edu/
ART EXHIBITION + LEONARDO ART SCIENCE EVENING RENDEZVOUS (LASER): CYCLING THROUGH MILANKOVITCH
Please join us for our monthly LASER talk following the opening reception for Cycling Through Milankovic by Dona Jalufka
UCLA California NanoSystems Institute | ArtSci Gallery + Presentation Space (Fifth Floor)
570 Westwood Plaza, Building 114, 5th floor, Los Angeles, CA 90095
Parking information for Parking Structure 8 https://map.ucla.edu/
Sheila Pinkel, Brittany Ransom, Anuradha Vikram, Qian Ye +
LEONARDO ART SCIENCE EVENING RENDEZVOUS (LASER)
Please join us for our monthly LASER talk with Sheila Pinkel, Brittany Ransom, Anuradha Vikram, Qian Ye along with special surprise guests on this very special evening!
We will also preview the Leonardo exhibition opening on 10/18
UCLA California NanoSystems Institute | Presentation Space (Fifth Floor)
570 Westwood Plaza, Building 114, 5th floor, Los Angeles, CA 90095
Parking information for Parking Structure 8 https://map.ucla.edu/
Friday, 18 October 2019 - 8:00am to Saturday, 19 October 2019 - 6:00pm
Exhibitors / Artists:
Noel G. Boyle, Massimo Ciavolella, Morteza Gharib, Francis Wells +
Leonardo da Vinci, Inventing the Future: Flight, Automata, Art, Anatomy, Biomorphism brings scholars, doctors, scientists, and artists together to discuss and view Leonardo’s influential work and legacy. His desire for new knowledge and understanding are examples of true interdisciplinary thinking, and this conference invites us all to consider approaching the future with expanded, Leonardo visions of what is possible.
Organized by: Noel G. Boyle, Professor of Medicine/Cardiology, UCLA; Massimo Ciavolella, Professor of Italian and Comparative Literature, UCLA; Morteza Gharib, Professor of Aeronautics and bioinspired Engineering, Caltech; Francis Wells, Cardiac Surgeon, Royal Papworth Hospital, and Cambridge University, UK
Sunday, 28 July 2019 - 4:00pm to Friday, 9 August 2019 - 2:00pm
Sci|Art Lab+Studio is a highly competitive, 2-week summer program for high school juniors and seniors interested in collaborating with diverse and notable minds to challenge traditional, polarized perspectives of the arts and sciences.
This joint venture, between the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) and Department of Design | Media Arts, sponsored by the Art|Sci Center, brings together two of the most competitive majors at UCLA. This is an excellent opportunity for students interested in both science and art to build their portfolio for college admission as well earn FOUR UNITS of transferable UCLA CREDIT for the two-week course. The course will be supplemented with field trips, guest scholars and lecturers, while offering students the opportunity to experience college life on the UCLA campus.
