Events
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The Uses of Hatred: A Symposium
Sponsored by UCLA Initiative to Study Hate
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For a Resilient US Theater, Post-Pandemic: A Panel Featuring Barbara Fuchs
Livestream available via HowlRound TV on Wednesday, April 3 at 1 p.m. PDT. For a Resilient US Theater, by UCLA researchers Barbara Fuchs and Rhonda Sharrah, is part of Pandemic Preparedness in the Live Performing Arts, a comparative transnational study on the resilience of theatre post-COVID funded by the British Academy. Between April 2023 and...
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SLAM – Restoration premiere with director Marc Levin & poets Beau Sia and Saul Williams
Presented by UCLA Library Film & Television Archive
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XR for Poetics & Play: A Pedagogical Inventory w/ Danny Snelson
Join the XR Spring Summit 2024 for a hybrid event featuring UCLA English and Design Media Arts Assistant Professor Danny Snelson. This presentation will focus on recent trends in AI production of 3D-generative assets and environments for VR play. XR platforms and tools covered include: LUMA Genie, Sketchfab, Pistol Whip, Beat Sage, Mozilla Hubs, New...
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On Solidarity: Reflect and Restore
"R 21 aka Restoring Solidarity" Film Screening & Discussion
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The “General Library,” or, Minority Piracy for Survival
Why do non-wealthy minority students pirate academic textbooks? In this talk, Professor Gail De Kosnik will discuss her interviews with Black, brown, and Indigenous internet users about their pirate practices, and will analyze their conceptualizations of illicit media and information access as connection, cultural participation, and upward mobility—in other words, as survival. Register here to...
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Material Poetics of Post-Digital Poetry w/ Holly Melgard
A Text/Tech event