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CARDIAC DANCE                                                                                                                    DOW JONES: A SOLFÉGE ECONOMY

09 OCTOBER 2013                                                                                                                                                    31 OCTOBER 2013
CNSI AUDITORIUM                                                                                                                                           CNSI ART|SCI GALLERY

CARDIAC DANCE is based on the twisting,                                                                                               Dow Jones: A Solfége Economy was a
pulsing rhythms of the human heart                                                                                                    real-time singing portrait of the US
in motion. Through the work of two                                                                                                    stock market, and by extension, the U.S.
cardiologists—Dr. Francisco Torrent-                                                                                                  economy. Each business day, millions
Guasp and Dr. Gerald Buckberg—a new                                                                                                   of publicly owned company stocks and
approach to dealing with congestive                                                                                                   shares are bought, sold and exchanged
heart failure has been developed. What                                                                                                in a perpetual cycle for capital gain.
you will see on stage is their attempt                                                                                                Dow Jones interpreted the resulting
to show this revolutionary concept                                                                                                    fluctuations in share values to create
through dance, music and media.                                                                                                       a continuous sound of economic highs and
                                                                                                                                      lows.

                                                                                                                                      Gareth Walsh is a media artist from the
                                                                                                                                      UK working at the intersections of Art,
                                                                                                                                      Cinema, Technology and physical space.
                                                                                                                                      His artwork questions the boundaries of
                                                                                                                                      perceived reality, and focuses on the
                                                                                                                                      illusionary properties developed through
                                                                                                                                      the manipulation and recombination of
                                                                                                                                      its parts.

ARTIST ART+ACTIVISM COLLABORATION COMMUNITY EDUCATION LECTURE PUBLICATION RESEARCH RESIDENCY ROBOTICS MIXER SYMPOSIUM ||||       ARTIST ART+ACTIVISM COLLABORATION COMMUNITY EDUCATION LECTURE PUBLICATION RESEARCH RESIDENCY ROBOTICS MIXER SYMPOSIUM ||||
     || SPRING SUMMER FALL WINTER ||||| 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 ||||| UCLA CNSI DMA BEYOND |||||  ||||| SPRING SUMMER FALL WINTER ||||| 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 ||||| UCLA CNSI DMA BEYOND |
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