Wednesday, May 14

‘A Most Favored Nation’ offers unique augmented reality theater experience

If the phrase “augmented reality theater” sounds unfamiliar, allow “A Most Favored Nation” to demonstrate. In conjunction with the Center for Research in Engineering, Media and Performance, the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television is welcoming the UCLA community to the live-to-tape immersive theater experience with “A Most Favored Nation.” The play’s action occurs in 1963 Chicago yet extends three sets of characters’ storylines across two alternate timelines, allowing viewers to choose which aspects of the production to follow. Read more...

Photo: (From left to right) Paulyne Youri, Marisa Moenho and Jacqui Kolker play Hana, Sabine and Gene in “A Most Favored Nation.” The live-to-tape show combines augmented reality with real life performances. (Courtesy of UCLA Department of Theater)


Tour the Garden: Alexander Calder’s Button Flower epitomizes community focus of outdoor sculpture

As chancellor from 1960 to 1968, Franklin D. Murphy conceived of and curated UCLA’s Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden. The bucolic hills and surrounding pathways, completed by architect Ralph Cornell in 1967, serve as a community hangout and the backdrop for some of the finest sculptures of the 20th century. Read more...

Photo: (Katelyn Dang/Illustrations director)


Student film grapples with grief, heartache as homesickness in ‘Fragmentation of Home’

This post was updated Feb. 2 at 10:15 p.m. Home takes on a new meaning in memory. Looking to pursue a novel mixed media artistic endeavor, second-year theater student Uma Supatra-Campbell collaborated with peers to create “Fragmentation of Home.” The project consists of two parts, the first of which was a pre-recorded dance posted Dec. Read more...

Photo: Released in two parts, “Fragmentation of Home” is a mixed media project featuring the work of second-year theater student Olivia Braun (left), second-year theater student Lucian Patton (center) and co-director Eliana Gershon (right), among others. (Courtesy of Uma Supatra-Campbell)



Graduate student discusses art, technology in ‘Software for Artists Book’

“Software for Artists Book” paints an equitable picture of technology and art. The collection of essays written by artists on technology and art was digitally published on Jan. Read more...

Photo: Graduate student ann haeyoung is featured in “Software for Artists Book” with her chapter “How to Work Within Power Structures that Don’t Work for You.” (Photo by Ariana Fadel/Daily Bruin staff, Photo illustration by Ashley Ko/Daily Bruin Staff)



Alumni appear in Singing Revolution musical, discuss parallels to modern times

This post was updated Jan. 23 at 11:45 p.m. In the midst of political division and turmoil, “Singing Revolution: The Musical” is telling a story of peace. Read more...

Photo: (From left to right) Alumni Thomas Hollow, Kelsey Lee Smith and Anthony Marciona star in the musical retelling of the Estonian independence movement, “Singing Revolution: The Musical.” (Photos courtesy of Joel D. Castro, JBC Images and Lisa Bevis. Photo illustration by Katelyn Dang/Illustrations director)



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