Hox Zodiac Dinner is an on-going collaboration between Victoria Vesna and neuroscientist Siddharth Ramakrishnan. Inspired by the Hox genes which codify body plans across the animal kingdoms, Hox Zodiac offers the audience a seat at the dinner table, enabling conversations on mutations, morphology, and metamorphosis, on humans in relation to animals and the food we eat, on animals feral and laboratory raised. The participatory project aims to heighten consciousness about our animal bodies, mutations, art, and science.
EVENTS ARE FREE and light refreshments are on the house. Parking is in lot 9, by the hour $12 all day. Drive up to the top of the parking structure to reach the entrance of the building.
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.
What do we value? What is value? To address this question, we are using gold atoms as a metaphor and as an actual material that has arrived on Earth from space. Through storytelling, projections, and food experiences covered in edible gold, the audience participates in a speculative narrative about value, matter, and the future of humanity. The project unfolds through four scenes, each accompanied by a tasting ritual and visual narrative: Cosmic Gold, Gold Rush, Atomic Gold, and Space Tourism.
Sholeh Asgary’s Qanat is an interactive sound and light installation named after the ancient Iranian underground water channel system. Asgary amplifies the resonant qualities of a traditional rug with the sound of water, as a pendulum microphone hung above picks up the amplified sounds of the rug, movements, and room tone, creating a live feedback loop. Visitors are invited to sit, lay or stand on the rug, affecting the transmission of sound throughout the gallery. The exhibition also includes a series of embossed prints that are topographical mappings created by Asgary’s breath and a video work that references water, transmission, and incommunicability. Qanat reminds us that we are all born into the comforting darkness of sound and water.
Opening on Friday, May 9: 4:00 – 6:00 PM
Location: CNSI Lobby and Art Sci Gallery, 5th Floor of the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI)
570 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095
Parking: Parking Structure 9
675 Charles E Young Dr S, Los Angeles, CA 90095
Navigation: After parking, proceed to the top floor of the structure. Take the gangway along the north side of the lot, then navigate around the CNSI building to its east entrance on the 3rd floor. From there, you can access the lobby and the Art Sci Gallery on the 5th floor.
Joel Ong’s installation, In Silence …, takes a selection of anecdotal stories abstracted from interviews with individuals at medical, ecological, and socio-cultural frontlines, and “narrates” them through actors limited to non-vocal expressions. A reflecting pool reveals patterns that alternate between emergence and disappearance in synchrony with the story’s emotional valences and as cymatic visualizations of speech. The audio for these stories is accessible through a bone-conductance railing nearby, audible through touch. Ong’s work pays tribute to the resilience of these frontline communities through emotional turmoil and uncertainty that has made them feel they were in a perpetual suspension and immobility. This iteration of In Silence at the UCLA Art Sci Gallery also features two survivor testimonials from the Climate Disaster Project (https://climatedisasterproject.com/stories-archive/).
Opening on Friday, April 4: 2:00 – 5:00 PM
Location: CNSI Lobby and Art Sci Gallery, 5th Floor of the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI)
570 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095
Parking: Parking Structure 9
675 Charles E Young Dr S, Los Angeles, CA 90095
Navigation: After parking, proceed to the top floor of the structure. Take the gangway along the north side of the lot, then navigate around the CNSI building to its east entrance on the 3rd floor. From there, you can access the lobby and the Art Sci Gallery on the 5th floor.
Patricia Cadavid’s Electronic _Khipu_ is an instrument for interaction and experimental sound generation operated by weaving knots with conductive rubber cords into which sound compositions are encoded. This instrument is based on an Andean quipu, the ancient textile “computer” used for the processing, encryption, and transmission of information in knots and cords of cotton and wool. KHIPUMANCY is a Performance Documentation Video that documents the performance of KHIPUMANCY, presented at the Ars Electronica Festival in 2021. In this collaborative performance, Patricia Cadavid and Paola Torres Núñez del Prado explore the interplay between tradition and technology, performing with their respective khipus: the Electronic_Khipu and the ML: Knot() Khipu. Together, they reimagine the Andean khipu as instruments of sound, storytelling, and cultural resilience.
Location: Fowler Museum
Parking: Parking Structure 4
221 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095
Navigation: Exit Parking Lot 4 and walk north along Charles E. Young Drive. Turn left onto the pathway leading into North Campus. The Fowler Museum will be straight ahead.
Memory Garden by Iman Person is an immersive sonic installation that explores Black speculative archives through somatic memory, ethnobotany, and land extraction. Suspended glass sculptures with ceramic embellishments represent the shape of the hippocampus—the brain’s memory center. Historical and live weather data from St. Ann, Jamaica—such as humidity, air quality, and temperature—triggers layered audio throughout the gallery and the soundscape features a soft drone of 40-hertz tonal frequencies, a potential tool for improving cognitive functions in individuals with memory loss conditions. Memory Garden serves as a manifestation of the codification of language and experience by journeying peoples.
Location: CNSI Lobby and Art Sci Gallery, 5th Floor of the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI)
570 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095
Parking: Parking Structure 9
675 Charles E Young Dr S, Los Angeles, CA 90095
Navigation: After parking, proceed to the top floor of the structure. Take the gangway along the north side of the lot, then navigate around the CNSI building to its east entrance on the 3rd floor. From there, you can access the lobby and the Art Sci Gallery on the 5th floor.
Please join us on Friday, November 15th, 2024, for the opening reception of Robertina Šebjanič’s exhibition, “CO_SONIC 1884 KM2.”
Robertina Šebjanič’s Co_Sonic 1884 km² is an audio/visual-poetic reflection and AI-powered soundscape which explores the Ljubljanica river’s seven distinctly named sections as one integrated whole. Using the sounds and images of different lifeforms who (co)habit along the river’s path, dwelling both above and below the water, this multichannel video and sound installation tells the story of (co)existence among river environments and their human and non-human inhabitants.
Location: CNSI Lobby and Art Sci Gallery, 5th Floor of the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI)
570 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095
Parking: Parking Structure 9
675 Charles E Young Dr S, Los Angeles, CA 90095
Navigation: After parking, proceed to the top floor of the structure. Take the gangway along the north side of the lot, then navigate around the CNSI building to its east entrance on the 3rd floor. From there, you can access the lobby and the Art Sci Gallery on the 5th floor.
>>Video Screening Running in Parallel to the Exhibition
Location: CAP UCLA Nimoy Theater (Nimoy REEL)
The multi-channel video installation at CNSI will be complemented by single- and two-channel presentations of Co_Sonic 1884 km² at the CAP UCLA Nimoy Theater.
No RSVP required https://soundofatmosphere.com/nimoy-theater/
>>Co_Sonic 1884 km² Presentation by the Featured Artist
Date: Friday, December 6, 2024, 4 - 6 PM
Location: EDA (Experimental Digital Art)
A three-channel presentation of Co_Sonic 1884 km² with live audio will be performed by the artist, followed by a conversation on water ecology and the rights of nature with invited guests.
RSVP required
UCLA Design Media Arts presents: COACTION: Collaborations in Art, Science, Design, Games, and Technology
DATES: Thursday, October 17 – Thursday, October 24, 2024
OPENING DATE AND TIME: Thursday, October 17, 5:00 – 8:00 pm
LOCATION: New Wight Gallery
240 Charles E. Young Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90095
We are thrilled to offer a glimpse into the UCLA ArtSci Center’s body of work as we celebrate its 20th anniversary in 2025. This exhibition will showcase groundbreaking projects from the UCLA Research Center, Labs, and Studios, founded by DMA Faculty. The ArtSci Center will highlight key past achievements, current initiatives, and an exclusive preview of future endeavors.
The UCLA Art|Sci Center pursues, facilitates, and promotes research and programs that explore the potential of media arts and science collaborations. We focus on projects that address social, ethical, and environmental challenges stemming from scientific innovations.
COACTION is an exhibition of work created by UCLA Research Center, Labs, and Studios founded by DMA Faculty: Victoria Vesna, Rebeca Méndez, Eddo Stern, Jenna Caravello, Chandler McWilliams, Lauren Lee McCarthy, and Casey Reas.
**UCLA Art|Sci Center Presents "Atmosphere of Sound: Sonic Art in Times of Climate Disruption"**
>> Performances, exhibitions, and talks will run Sept 14, 2024, through June 7, 2025
EXHIBITION | Katie Grinnan “The Sensitives”, Amber Stucke “Talking To Plants” as a feature of "Atmosphere of Sound: Sonic Art in Times of Climate Disruption"
Opening reception: October 04, 2024, 4–7 pm
Amber Stucke’s Talking to Plants is a sound art installation inspired by knowledge of how Ojibwe people talk to plants for medicine as well as by John Cage's Works of Chance Operations and Indeterminacy. Each sound piece placed onto vinyl is created in response to two questions: what is the idea of a plant and how would you talk to it? The edition of six records will alternate and play in the gallery on a set schedule.
SAVE THE DATES
12-1pm, Saturday, October 5, 2024 - Talking to Plants Listening Hours
12-1pm, Saturday, October 12, 2024 - Talking to Plants Listening Hours
12-1pm, Saturday, October 19, 2024 - Talking to Plants Listening Hours
The Sensitives are copper sculptures studded with oxidizing suckers. Each sucker is touch-sensitive (echoing the chemo-tactile nature of an octopus’ sensory system) and plays a tone when pressed. The sequence of tones derives from a fragment of an octopus’ genetic material. The iterative score generates an expanded signaling: a conversation that operates outside of, but parallel to, human syntax. Sculptures can be activated by visitors when gallery staff are present.
Location
ArtSci Gallery, 5th Floor of CNSI
570 Westwood Plaza,
Los Angeles, CA
Navigation
Walk to the top floor of the parking structure.
Take the gangway along the north side of the lot.
Navigate around the CNSI building to its East entrance (3rd floor).
>>About "Atmosphere of Sound: Sonic Art in Times of Climate Disruption:"
Atmosphere of Sound: Sonic Art in Times of Climate Disruption is a series of exhibitions and performances, an app, and a publication highlighting eight Art|Sci artists in residence: Sholeh Asgary, Patricia Cadavid, Bill Fontana,Yolande Harris, Anna Nacher, Joel Ong, Iman Person, and Robertina Šebjanič; along with five local artists: Katie Grinnan, Rachel Mayeri, Christina McPhee, Amber Stucke, and Nina Waisman. https://soundofatmosphere.com
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