Monday, December 15

UCLA students, faculty recreate renowned architecture models

The “Super Models” architectural exhibit will feature a German house and a dental clinic all under an 18.5 foot foam structure. Each building is a copy of other architectural models held in the German Architecture Museum’s collection created for the exhibition. Read more...

Photo: Sylvia Lavin, an architecture and urban design professor, helped lead a team of students in creating copies of architectural models held in the German Architecture Museum called the DAM. (Axel Lopez/Daily Bruin)



Alumna’s personal experiences add realism to acting in ‘This Land’

Audience members of “This Land” can experience about 150 years of Los Angeles history without ever having to leave the comfort of their seats. The historical play will run Friday through Nov. Read more...

Photo: UCLA alumna Cheryl Umaña Bonilla stars in the Company of Angels’ “This Land,” a historical play that follows 12 different characters’ claim to the land that is modern day Watts. (Alyssa Dorn/Daily Bruin staff)



Alumna draws attention to consequences of Western activism through show

Kristina Wong’s latest show features a scene where she throws brightly colored red hashtags at her audience members while encouraging them to throw them back. The act is meant to simulate hashtag activism, one of the many topics Wong, a UCLA alumna, critiques in her one-woman show “The Wong Street Journal.” “The Wong Street Journal” originally debuted in 2015, but Wong is bringing the performance back to Los Angeles from Oct. Read more...

Photo: Alumna Kristina Wong’s one-woman show “The Wong Street Journal” first debuted in 2015 and will return to Los Angeles Oct. 26 through Nov. 12. The show tackles themes of privilege and activism with humor and a TED Talk-style realism.(Dayoung Lee/Daily Bruin)


Distinguished professor introduces Maya art, culture to Powell rotunda

Powell Library’s rotunda has traded in books for vibrant ponchos. “When you come into Powell, you can’t miss it,” said Patricia Greenfield, a distinguished professor of psychology and the curator of “Weaving Generations Together,” an exhibit consisting of Maya weavings and embroideries. Read more...

Photo: Psychology distinguished professor Patricia Greenfield organized “Weaving Generations Together” at Powell Library, an exhibit consisting of Maya weavings and embroideries which she acquired during field research in Mexico.(Hannah Burnett/Assistant Photo editor)


Design media arts student fulfills dreams through surreal films

Joaquin Barlow turned a dream about his death into a film project that consisted of Russian ants, steak and sugar water. He said the Russian ants were just figments of his imagination conjured up in a dream, and his reveries serve as just one of his many sources of inspiration. Read more...

Photo: Joaquin Barlow, a fourth-year Design | Media Arts student, has worked on several film projects including one based on a dream he had about killer ants. Barlow constructed a cardboard box and placed a steak covered in sugar water in it to film ants eating. He also created a music video for the band Apollo Soul that follows an old man as he gets ready for the day. (Axel Lopez/Daily Bruin)



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