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Thursday, 6 November 2014 - 5:00pm

The UCLA Art|Sci Collective Presents BIRD SONG DIAMOND

Exhibition Opening, 5-7pm + LASER Symposium, 7-9 pm

Art|Sci Gallery, CNSI 5th Floor, Room 5419

We as human beings have taken bird songs out of our daily environment. This interactive sound+projection installation uses hyper-directional sound speakers, bird songs, and drone-footage that heighten the audience's awareness of the environment in a bird's point of view.

Featuring the work and on-going collaboration of UCLA professors Dr. Charles Taylor, Evolutionary Biology, and Dr. Victoria Vesna, Design|Media Arts, artist-inventor Aisen Caro Chacin, sound-artist Joel Ong, artist John Brumley, and Mick Lorusso + Mary Tsang from the Art|Sci collective.

This is one aspect of a multi-year trans-disciplinary collaborative project “Mapping the Acoustic Communication Networks of Birds” funded by the National Science Foundation.

EVENTS ARE FREE and light refreshments are on the house. 

Parking is in lot 9, by the hour or $12 all day. Drive up to the op of the parking structure to reach the entrance of the building. 

 

BODY PRACTICES Exhibition Opens November 5, 2014

Qualcomm Institute Fall 2014 Exhibition in gallery@calit2

"Body Practices" opens with panel/reception Nov. 5, 2014, runs through Jan. 9, 2015

The gallery@calit2 launches Body Practices, an exhibition that explores notions of virtual and physical presence. The exhibition is curated by Trish Stone and it features works by artists Ursula Damm, Electronic Disturbance Theater/b.a.n.g. lab, Desirée Holman, Tara Knight, Alex McLean, Bryce Clayton Newell, and Victoria Vesna.

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Friday, 31 October 2014 - 5:00pm
 

Edward Shanken + Yolande Harris

listening to the distance: visionary theories of art technology

October 31, 2014, 4:00 pm   » 

Historian/theorist Dr. Edward Shanken and artist/researcher Dr.Yolande Harris collaborate to bring their lecture-performance-seminar to the Art|Sci center. Together, they will share complementary and contrasting perspectives on current experimental art practices, addressing ideas of techno-intuition and sonic consciousness, of the potential of transdisciplinary research to generate innovation and the intersections between art, theory, and contemporary social practices.  

Tea & Cookies provided. 

LOCATION TBD 

Art|Sci center, Room 5250

Broad Art Center

240 Charles E Young Drive

Los Angeles CA 90095

+ Parking is $12 all day, and is available in structure 3, adjacent to the building. For more information, call 310.794.2118 .

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Monday, 20 October 2014 - 5:00pm

 

VICTORIA VESNA: LUNCHTIME LECTURE

October 20, 2014, 12:15 pm   » 

Art|Sci Director Victoria Vesna, media artist, professor in the Department of Design Media Arts, and director of the UC Digital Arts Research Network lectures about her life as artist, professor, and director. This event is part of the Design Media Arts Lunchtime Faculty Lecture Series.  

EDA, Room 1250 

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Broad Art Center
240 Charles E. Young Drive, Room 1250
Los Angeles, CA 90095
+Parking is $12 all day, and is available in structure 3, adjacent to the building. For more information, call 310.825.9007.

 

Environmental Humanities Seminar: Boundaries of the Self

 UCLA Environmental Humanities presents BOUNDARIES OF THE SELF 

An interactive seminar where attendees will discuss featured participants' essays rather than listen to lectures or presentations. If you plan to attend the seminar, please email Michelle to RSVP and to recieve access to the readings in advance. 

Wednesday, October 15, 2014 // 6-8 pm // Room 306, Royce Hall 

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Thursday, 9 October 2014 - 5:00pm

 

DESIGN IS ONE, LELLA AND MASSIMO VIGNELLI

FILM SCREENING OF KATHY BREW AND ROBERTO GUERRA MOVIE

October 9, 2014

RECEPTION 5:00 pm // SCREENING 6:00 pm

FREE film screening followed by discussion with director Kathy Brew. Lella and Massimo Vignelli are two of the world’s most influential designers. Their work covers such a broad spectrum that one could say they are known by everyone, even by those who don’t know their names. Luminaries from the world of design – from architects, Richard Meier and Peter Eisenman, to graphic designers, Milton Glaser, Michael Bierut, and Jessica Helfand – bring us into Vignellis’ world, capturing their intelligence and creativity, as well as their humanity, warmth, and humor. 

Hosted by Art|Sci

EDA  (Map)
Broad Art Center
240 Charles E. Young Drive, Room 1250
Los Angeles, CA 90095
+Parking is $12 all day, and is available in structure 3, adjacent to the building. For more information, call 310.825.9007.

 

Art|Sci Fall 2014 Calendar

 

The Art|Sci 2014 Fall Calendar has been finalized!

Upcoming Events:
 
Seres: Inhabitants of the Land of Silk -- 5-7 pm, October 2nd
+ LASER Symposium -- 7-9 pm, October 2nd
 
Design is ONE: Screening and Discussion with Director Kathy Brew -- 5-7 pm, October 9th
 
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Art|Sci Global Summer Connections + Happenings

Art|Sci Happenings: Summer 2014 

The Art|Sci Collective has been busy across the globe -- building connections, making alliances, and spreading the word about the relevant interconnectivity between arts and sciences. 

Professor Victoria Vesna spent the rest of the summer post-NanoLab abroad, traveling across Europe, from Croatia to Serbia, Vienna to Paris, Bristol to Linz. 

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