As the lights went out, a hush fell over Royce Hall and gradually a humming sound began to grow. A single dancer walked across the stage with an air of indifference, every footstep resonating through the hall in the near silence. Read more...
Photo: (Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA)
Under a cloak of stars stand two figures, a dancer low to the ground reaching up to an audience member standing tall, looking gently down. The dancer reaches for the hand of the audience member until, with her assistance, they meet on the same level. Read more...
Photo: On the Royce Hall Terrace, the contemporary dance company Ate9 dANCEcOMPANY performed “Exhibit o,” choreographed by Danielle Agami. The performance broke the barrier between audience members and performers, as the dancers interacted with – and involved – onlookers. (Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA)
It is easy to overlook an inconspicuous door to the Broad Arts Center tucked away on the edge of north campus. But not this week, as on a platform, male genitalia painted white greet professors and guests as they enter the New Wight Gallery. Read more...
Photo: Jane Mi, a Design | Media Arts graduate student, calls her piece “Hanaiakamalama,” after the famous constellation. Mi is one of 10 students showing their work in this year’s MFA art exhibition, titled “.CALM,” which will run through Friday in the New Wight Gallery. (Courtesy of Jane Mi)
Because of his early love for Disney, Matthew Friedman, a fourth-year mechanical engineering student, was shocked to arrive at UCLA his first year to find no official Disney-related club or group on campus. Read more...
Photo: The Disney Club of UCLA and Hooligan Theatre Company will host “Be Our Guest: A Night of Disney Cabaret” Tuesday. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin)
At the height of Andy Warhol’s fame in the late 1960s, artists, poets and musicians crowded his New York City studio space, called “The Factory.” In a haze of smoke, rock groups like the Velvet Underground played as 16 mm films made by Warhol and his peers were projected onto screens. Read more...
Photo: Co-comissioned by the Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA, “Exposed: Songs for Unseen Warhol Films” will feature 15 publicly unseen Andy Warhol films, including the 1966 “Color Film of Antoine and Nico.” (The Andy Warhol Museum)
Professor Rebecca Allen remembers wondering if the computer was a tool artists could take advantage of. Joining the Design | Media Arts field before its title was established, Allen said this was still a time when computers were giant boxes in research labs. Read more...
Photo: In 1996, professor Rebecca Allen became the first department chair of the Design | Media Arts department. Now, after professor Willem Henri Lucas steps down from the role, Allen has returned as the department chair. (Miriam Bribiesca/Daily Bruin)
About 10 years ago, UCLA English professor and McSweeney’s contributor Mona Simpson went on a mission to bring stimulating discussions on literature to writers and readers, specifically college graduates, who yearn for the same intellectual connection found in the classroom. Read more...
Photo: McSweeney’s and the UCLA Hammer Museum team up for Tuesday night’s “Some Favorite Writers: McSweeney’s at the Hammer,” a roundtable discussion about the literary community. (Victoria Chang/Daily Bruin senior staff)
