In conjunction with her exhibition at the Art | Sci CNSI Gallery during the month of March, Mary Flanagan joins Eddo Stern and the UCLA Game Lab to give a hands on workshop on games and activism.
Wednesday, 6 September 2017 - 8:00pm to Monday, 11 September 2017 - 6:00pm
Exhibitors / Artists:
Victoria Vesna + Xin Xin
Curated by Victoria Vesna (UCLA ArtSci Center + Design Media Arts) and Xin Xin (voidLab), the works on view, “Feminist Climate Change” explores the relationship between issues in feminism and those in environmentalism, and reflects the dynamic network of UCLA Design Media Arts, which includes faculty-driven research labs and centers that enable students and faculty to work collaboratively across disciplinary and institutional boundaries.
WHERE
Splace
Kunstuniversität Linz
Hauptplatz 6
4020 Linz
Austria
During this exciting week centered around the environment, art and science, Linda returns to the UCLA Art|Sci Center for several days of eco-centric events, including a lecture involving her forthcoming book, open workshops and a can't-miss open-mic symposium.
You are invited to an interactive exhibition by Linda Weintraub exploring Ecological Materialism and Contemporary Art, the focus of her forthcoming book. Linda will be present at the UCLA Art|Sci Gallery to meet students, introduce her new project, and guide their interactions. She will hold several hands-on workshops for blocks of 10–12 people at a time on April 19th and 20th:
19 APRIL 2017
12:00pm–1:00pm | open registration
1:00pm–2:00pm | open registration
4:00pm–5:00pm | open registration
5:00pm–6:00pm | open registration
6:00pm–7:00pm | open registration
20 APRIL 2017
12:00pm–1:00pm | open registration
1:00pm–2:00pm | open registration
4:00pm–7:00pm | reserved for UCLA Honors 177: Biotech + Art students only
Linda Weintraub is a curator, educator, artist, and author of several popular books about contemporary art. She has earned her reputation by making the outposts of vanguard art accessible to broad audiences. The current vanguard, she believes, is propelled by environmental consciousness that is not only the defining characteristic of contemporary manufacturing, architecture, science, ethics, politics, and philosophy, it is delineating contemporary art.
ART + BRAIN workshop and LASER
October 18, 2016
5:00pm
Art|Sci Gallery and Presentation Room
CNSI 5th floor
This ART + BRAIN workshop by the Art|Sci Collective and Art|Sci artist in residence Patricia Olynyk (Washington University in St. Louis) explores interconnections between art and neuroscience, and features the project "Octopus Brainstorming: Empathy" with Victoria Vesna and neuroscientist Mark Cohen.
CURRENT:LA / VICTORIA VESNA / OLIVIA OSBORNE / DAWN FAELNAR / MICK LORUSSO / CLAUDIA JACQUES / ART|SCI COLLECTIVE
As part of the CURRENT:LA Public Art Biennial, the Art|Sci Collective presents a sculptural installation consisting of glass jars containing water from throughout the region that sets the stage for a water awareness workshop that includes instructions for creative tasks on the topic that participants can perform and upload to waterbodies.org. In collaboration with the Art|Sci Collective, Dr. Olivia Osborne will present her research on how silver nanoparticles in consumer products end up in water bodies/rivers affecting the aquatic environment.
WATER CANNING Sunday, July 24 and Sunday, August 7
4:00–7:00PM at Westside Neighborhood Park
2999 Clyde Avenue, Los Angeles CA 90016
About CURRENT LA:
Every two years, the CURRENT:LA Public Art Biennial will focus on an issue affecting Los Angeles and other global cities to inspire civic discourse and use contemporary art to deepen connections between people. Putting a new spin on the international biennial, CURRENT:LA democratizes the way people access art by featuring temporary art projects and public programs at outdoor locations, taking art out of the museum environment and into LA's diverse neighborhoods. This citywide cultural event is presented by Mayor Eric Garcetti and the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs. The first presentation of the CURRENT:LA Public Art Biennial in 2016 is funded by DCA and Bloomberg Philanthropies through its Public Art Challenge initiative.
CURRENT:LA / VICTORIA VESNA / CHARLES TAYLOR / DAWN FAELNAR / MICK LORUSSO / CLAUDIA JACQUES / ART|SCI COLLECTIVE
In collaboration with UCLA evolutionary biologists and nanotechnology experts, the Art|Sci Collective will introduce the wetlands’ diverse resident bird species and life in the water at Del Rey Lagoon, as part of the CURRENT LA Public Art Biennial. Experience bird song in its purest form—unsullied by the noise of daily activities—with our bird mimicking contraption and an introduction to the wetlands' diverse resident birds!
BIRD SONG DIAMOND WETLANDS Tuesday, July 19 and Saturday, July 30
4:00–7:00PM at Del Rey Lagoon
6840 Esplanade Street, Los Angeles CA 90293
About CURRENT LA:
Every two years, the CURRENT:LA Public Art Biennial will focus on an issue affecting Los Angeles and other global cities to inspire civic discourse and use contemporary art to deepen connections between people. Putting a new spin on the international biennial, CURRENT:LA democratizes the way people access art by featuring temporary art projects and public programs at outdoor locations, taking art out of the museum environment and into LA's diverse neighborhoods. This citywide cultural event is presented by Mayor Eric Garcetti and the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs. The first presentation of the CURRENT:LA Public Art Biennial in 2016 is funded by DCA and Bloomberg Philanthropies through its Public Art Challenge initiative.
Toni Dove will demo interactive elements from several projects using video motion sensing to control projected video. Followed by a Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous.
BIO
Considered one of the pioneers of interactive cinema, New York-based artist Toni Dove creates unique hybrids of film, installation, experimental theater and gaming. Participants interact with video, using motion sensing and other embodied interface strategies to “perform” on-screen avatars. Major projects include: Artificial Changelings, an interactive cinema installation in which viewers navigate between two centuries, debuted at the Rotterdam Film Festival, 1998, Spectropia, a feature length live-mix movie performance for two players debuted 2008 Wexner Center, Lucid Possession, a live mix video performance with multiple robotic screens and musical performers, premiered Roulette, NYC, 2013. The Dress That Eats Souls, a robotic cinema installation is currently in development and will premiere at a retrospective of Dove’s interactive work at the Ringling Museum in Fla., 2018
2000/2003 – Dove served on a Government Advisory Committee on Information Technology and Creativity, Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, National Research Council, USA.
Grants and awards: Rockefeller Foundation, the Greenwall Foundation, the Langlois Foundation, New York State Council on the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, New York Foundation for the Arts, The LEF Foundation, MediaThe Foundation, and the Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts from M.I.T.
DEMO
Dove will demo interactive elements from several projects using video motion sensing to control projected video. Participants will move a characters body onscreen with their own movement, experience a video puppet that lip-synchs live to their voice, and explore the interactive narrative vocabulary of an installation that allows them to navigate between two characters - one in the 19th century and one in the future.
TUESDAY, 2/2/2016
2-8pm
Broad Art Center, Room 4230
Digital Artist Alex May (UK) presents his video mapping workshop: “Painting With Light”
in Lecturer Refik Anadol’s Motion Class, co-sponsored by the Art|Sci Center.
Alex May's words on his workshop:
"As part of my art practice I developed my own video mapping software (called Painting With Light), designed primarily for myself, but secondarily to be an accessible route into using the technology for artists who don't necessarily have any prior experience of working with mapping, projectors, or even particularly extensive digital skills.
Originally released in 2012, I've used it for many of my installations and live performances - including a 75 minute show at Tate Modern, London. During this time I've continued to develop the features of the software, and have run many workshops in various countries to introduce the software and processes; to share enough so that participants are able to practically do video mapping and take it in the direction they're interested in."
UCLA Arts VAPAE and ART/SCI invite you to a Sound Bath - a healing experience facilitated by Ossie Mair, MA, LMFT
Monday, February 1, 2016 at 6pm
EDA, 1250 Broad Art Center, UCLA
Event is free and open to the public. Participation is limited - Reservations suggested.
The OM Rhythm Circles Sound Bath Experience is a journey of pure sound and vibration. It is called a sound bath because you are bathed in the healing vibrations of Gongs, Tibetan Singing Bowls, Didgeridoos, Hand Pan, and other gentle, relaxing instruments. You are immersed in sound, allowing it to vibrate away the negativity and tension in your body and mind, replacing them with positivity, peace and harmony. And because we all respond differently to similar stimuli, so too, each person will experience the sound bath in his or her own unique way.
Due to the demands of our daily lives, the increase in stress-related disease in modern society is a fact. Stress is like an over-amping of the nervous system, and has many contributors. Many external, as well as internal influences, such as the foods we eat, people we encounter, thoughts we think, sounds we hear, environments we move within, etc., have a proven, negative effect on our well-being. Therefore, the goal in all healing, meditative, and transformational pursuits is to restore the intrinsic state of balance within our body, and if possible, to effect this change on a cellular level.
Sound & music are nutrients for the nervous system. We are constantly being vibrated, on a cellular level, by heardand unheard sound frequencies. Sound is vibration that produces resonance and rhythm in our bodies, and touches us and influences our emotions like no other source of input or expression. The vibrational nature of the gongs, bowls and other instruments, triggers all cells of the body to resonate simultaneously in a most powerful & effective way. And so too, the sound bath experience will have an incredible and profound effect on your well-being.
During the Sound Bath, you will either lie on the floor (you should plan on bringing your own yoga mat or blanket, and/or pillows), or just sit comfortably in a chair and let the sounds envelop you. Most people close their eyes and let the music take them on a gentle and transformative journey. Typically, a state of deep relaxation is achieved, and some people even fall asleep. You should dress in comfortable clothing and be prepared for an exciting new experience.
Ossie Mair, Founder and Principal Facilitator of OM RHYTHM CIRCLES, is a Certified Drum Circle Facilitator, Actor andLicensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Los Angeles, CA.
This event is co-sponsored by the Visual and Performing Arts Education Program (VAPAE), the ART/SCI Center and the Department of Design Media Arts in the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture.
