MOVEMENT // Exhibition

Start: 12 May 2015 5:00 pm
End: 14 May 2015 4:00 pm

Opening reception:
May 12, 2015
5-7pm

UCLA Art|Sci Gallery 5th Floor, California Nanosystems Institute

The UCLA Art Science Undergraduate Society is a student group that aims to create a community of creative minds from all majors. They foster the artistic and scientific development of our members by working on collaborative art pieces and showing them in a public exhibit at the end of the year. They also explore the work of other artist-scientists through our partnership with the UCLA Art|Sci Center and by going on quarterly trips to galleries and museums in Los Angeles. Students in our organization gain powerful analytical and creative skills while learning how to effectively communicate across many disciplines. In sum, the Art Science Undergraduate Society merges inspired minds from the sciences and humanities. Through lively discussion, artistic exploration, and the building of a supportive community, they have expanded the UCLA undergraduate experience.

The 2014-2015 showcase of member work focuses on the theme Movement. This theme challenged students to consider the many ways in which movement is manifested in artistic practice and how it relates to the science of kinetics. Most members’ pieces focus on motion at a conceptual level, interpreted through the movement of living things, from tracking reptile and amphibian locomotion to the mechanics of human muscles. Movement is a subject with the potential for a diversity of interpretations and wide application across the humanities, the sciences, and the arts. 

Event is free and open to the public.