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Visual Arts Launches New Concentration in Art Practice

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:22:52 -0700

Visual Arts Launches New Concentration in Art Practice
http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/newsrel/arts/09-09ArtPractice.asp
September 24, 2009
By Sheena Ghanbari

This fall UC San Diego’s Department of Visual Arts welcomes the inaugural class for the Ph.D. concentration in art practice, one of the first doctoral programs in the country designed for practicing artists.

Incoming students will have a wide range of resources on campus, including the cutting-edge departments of Music, Theater and Dance, CALIT2 (a center for new computing technology) and the extensive collections of the libraries.

Using Mobile Phone Technology to Transcend Borders, Dimensions

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:54:17 -0700

Using Mobile Phone Technology to Transcend Borders, Dimensions
http://www.calit2.net/newsroom/rss.php?id=1546

San Diego, CA, June 4, 2009 — As they become more and more ubiquitous, mobile phones have made it possible to communicate with virtually anyone on the planet at any time. But one researcher at the University of California, San Diego, is taking the technology even further by using cell phones to prompt communication in unlikely places: The microscopic arena of nanotechnology; restricted border regions between nations; and even the realm of the paranormal. Calit2 Principal Investigator Ricardo Dominguez will spend all summer in Spain engaging in a series of projects that will extend the scope of his sometimes controversial research.

Professor Lev Manovich Featured in the Khaleej Times

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:19:01 -0700

Cultural Analytics: A New Field That Combines Arts, Media And IT

April, 17 2009

THE impact of the digital revolution is unmistakable. Emails have replaced letters and memos; IP telephony and instant messaging have replaced telephone calls; audio and video content are now “broadcast” online on channels like YouTube, and friendships are maintained and built over social networks like LinkedIn and Facebook.

With many of life’s tasks now taking place within the digital realm, a complex amalgamate of our thoughts, emotions, connections, photographs and other personal details are captured  in cyberspace.

Fixing the Volatile: A video installation by Dolissa Medina

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:39:51 -0700

Fixing the Volatile
A video installation by Dolissa Medina

Installation through October 15, 2008

VAF 404 (Grad Commons)

Gallery Hours:
Monday, Oct. 13: 12-4 pm
Tuesday, Oct. 14: 1-5 pm

Closing Day:
Wednesday, Oct. 15: 1-5 pm

Over Laps: Artists Film Screening Performance at Golden Hill, Sept. 5

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:52:38 -0700

Michael Trigilio, Cathy de la Cruz, Deanna Erdmann, Glenna Jennings, Ianna Quesnell, Scott Horsley

Artists Film Screening Performance

September 5, 2008 | 7pm

Work By: Acamonchi, Armando De La Torre, Benjamin Lavender, Brian Dick, Cathy De La Cruz, Deanna Erdmann, Gary James Lee, Glenna Jennings, Iana Quesnell, Kathy Brannock, Michael Trigilio, Monica Duncan, Nathaniel Klein, Rob Benavides, Scott Horsley, Trish Stone

Bands: Roxy Jones, Scarlet Symphony

Djs: Claire Caraska, OMG

Golden Hill, 830 25th Street (Next to the Shell Station)

World premiere ¡Únicamente la Verdad! “videopera” written by Rubén Ortiz Torres

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:14:31 -0700

Rubén Ortiz Torres

World premiere

¡Únicamente la Verdad! “videopera” closes IU Summer Music Festival Aug. 8 and 9
( http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/8595.html )

For Indiana News Room, July 31, 2008

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Smuggling and betrayal. Myth and reality. Can fiction be truer than fact or reach a layer of truth that the usual facts don't make accessible?

These intriguing issues and others will be explored in the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music's production of ¡Unicamente la Verdad! (Only the Truth!) on Aug. 8 and 9 at 8 p.m. in downtown Bloomington's Buskirk-Chumley Theater. This world premiere, which concludes the 2008 IU Summer Music Festival, will feature the IU Contemporary Vocal Ensemble, conducted by Carmen Helena Téllez. Both performances are free and open to the public.

For many years, Mexicans everywhere have known about Camelia "la Tejana" (woman from Texas), who was the subject of many "corridos" -- a form of Mexican ballad -- popularized by the famous band Los Tigres del Norte. Camelia had dared to kill her lover, who betrayed her after they smuggled marijuana over the border together.

Though a fictional account and unlike other corridos, where the woman suffers deceit and betrayal in silence, this tale of Camelia sparked the "border imagination" about a strong woman who speaks and acts for herself. Outlaw and outcast, she disappeared into the social fabric and then surprisingly began to take on new forms.

This "videopera" encompasses elements from contemporary music video, tabloid journalism, analytical documentary, popular Mexican music and, of course, opera. The libretto, by Rubén Ortiz-Torres, is based on several news pieces about the return of the "real" Camelia and reconstructs her "true" story of trafficking marijuana and becoming a murderer for love.

"A long time ago, I received a commission from the Organization of American States to write a chamber opera," said composer Gabriela Ortiz. "When I discussed this with my brother, Rubén, he suggested that we look at El Alarma -- a tabloid magazine that claims to print 'Only the Truth!' -- as a point of departure for ideas about popular stories in the news media that had a particular social impact. We found a striking piece of news and visual images about a man who committed suicide because of a woman, Camelia la Tejana. From that story, we started to conceive the entire opera."

The Best of ICAMedia 08

Tue, 27 May 2008 14:04:44 -0700

The UC San Diego Visual Arts 2008 Graduating ICAM Seniors Present

The Best of ICAMedia 08

June 4 and 5, 2008

Reception on Thursday, June 5, 2008 from 5-6:30pm at Atkinson Hall Auditorium

Wednesday, June 4th
Noon-4pm -- Best of ICAMedia Installation at the Black Box Theatre located in the Atkinson Hall
Noon-4pm -- Welcome to Media Café at Atkinson Hall Auditorium

Thursday, June 5th
Noon-4pm -- Best of ICAMedia Installation at the Black Box Theatre located in the Atkinson Hall
2-5pm and 6:30-9:30pm -- Best of ICAMedia at the Atkinson Hall Auditorium

UC, San Diego Auditorium and Black Box Theater in Atkinson Hall, 9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla, California 92093

The Best of ICAMedia is a showcase of the exquisite talent of Visual Arts and Music ICAM (Interdisciplinary Computing and the Arts major) seniors who have been working in the interdisciplinary world of technology and art. Utilizing their imagination and the skills honed from multiple methods of expression across the arts, music and film/video, these students share pieces from static art to multi touch games in this exhibit. This is the next generation of artists - the electronic impact of artistic expression upon our day to day world. The projects exhibit the very best of combined technology, art and culture.

Please join our graduating class of 2008 for this one of a kind presentation.

For more information please contact:
Fabiola Hanna at fhanna@ucsd.edu or Emily Jankowski at ejankows@ucsd.edu
URL: http://crca.ucsd.edu

Media Lecture: Laura Parnes

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 13:26:50 -0700

Media Lecture

Laura Parnes

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

VAF Performance Space

Lecture/Talk: 3:30-5:00 PM

Laura Parnes videos and installations are informed by traditions and genres in both narrative film and video art, and seek to blur the lines between conventions of story telling and experimentation. She has screened and exhibited her work widely in the US and internationally, including the Museo Nacional Centro De Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain; the Whitney Museum of American Art, NY; Dunedin Public Art Gallery, New Zealand; the Institute for Contemporary Art /P.S. 1 Museum, NY; Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Galizia, Spain; Miami Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami; Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami; the Brooklyn Museum, NY; and on PBS and Spanish Television. Her work has been featured in solo shows at Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, LA; Participant Inc., NY; Deitch Projects, NY; and in a two-person screening at The Museum of Modern Art, NY. She has been awarded residencies at the Sally and Don Lucas Artists Programs at the Montalvo Arts Center, the Wexner Center, Harvestworks, and others. In 2005 she received a Finishing Funds grant from the Experimental Television Center. Her most recent work Blood and Guts in High School was named in the Village Voice as a top ten experimental film/video for 2005. She has taught at New York University and The New School. BFA, Tyler School of Art. She joined Bennington faculty in fall of 2004. Born in Buffalo, New York, 5/11/68. Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.

Kate Dollenmayer, Deanna Erdmann and Glenna Jennings at the Cinema Lounge

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 13:24:39 -0800

Kate Dollenmayer, Deanna Erdmann and Glenna Jennings

Sushi Presents

Cinema Lounge

In Collaboration with Citizen Video and UCSD Media Center and Library

Cinema Lounge | BASIC @ 410 Tenth Avenue Downtown San Diego, CA

Tickets: Pay-What-You-Can
Prepay online at Sushi Tickets Online or Call 619.235.8466
21 & up only

Sushi Performance & Visual Art is pleased to announce the new Cinema Lounge series. The Cinema Lounge series screens unique and challenging films for local audiences in an informal atmosphere that provokes thought, dialogue, and inspiration. Cinema Lounge is more than movie-going. It is film, emerging directors, local music, visual art, food, and fun. The series takes place on the last Tuesday of the month: January 29, February 26, and March 25 at 7pm. The Cinema Lounge series is hosted by Basic Urban Kitchen & Bar, 410 Tenth Avenue at J Street downtown.

Tuesday, January 29, 2008 7pm - Shorts, Indies, & Locals
10th Annual HI/Lo Film Festival (2007)
Deacon’s Mondays (2007) by Lowell Frank & Destin Crettin
• Discussion with filmmakers
• Live Music by Kill Me Tomorrow, dance punk noir-wave
• Visual Art by Deanna Erdman and Glenna Jennings (photographic portraits)

Tuesday, February 26, 2008 7pm - mumblecore films
The New Brad (2000) by Jay & Mark Duplass – Premiere
People’s House (2007) by Andrew Bujalski
Andrew is Tired (2005) by Kate Dollenmayer
• Discussion with filmmakers
• Live Music by The Muslims, party angst
• Visual Art by Spencer Little, wire bender

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Review:
"Sushi Art Gets an Urban Edge written by Shanna Schwarze for NBCSanDiego.com

"Dinner Party Pistol,” by Glenna Jennings captures women reflecting on their fathers, eating with them, and using a gun as the link throughout.

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