Wednesday, February 18

Q&A: Architect to speak at UCLA roots contemporary design in cultural history

Zhu Pei weaves traditional Chinese culture into architecture in an attempt to preserve the past, he said. An architect based in China, Pei founded Studio Zhu-Pei in Beijing, envisioning projects such as the contemporary Jingdezhen Imperial Kiln Museum, a spacious place for locals to gather. Read more...

Photo: Zhu Pei, the creator of the Jingdezhen Imperial Kiln Museum in China, will lecture at UCLA on Monday. Pei said he works with a location’s cultural background when designing buildings. (Courtesy of Zhupei)


Hammer installation explores expression of space, contemplates on rituals

Tectonic plates and underwater acoustics are inspirations for Jamilah Sabur’s artwork. Sabur, a Miami-based artist, created a video installation inspired by geographic and oceanic data. Her work is currently on display at the Hammer Museum, and will be showcased until May 5. Read more...

Photo: Jamilah Sabur draws inspiration from geographic data for her pieces like “Stream Gradient” (pictured above), and a video installation which will be on display at the Hammer Museum until May 5. (Courtesy of Jamilah Sabur and Nina Johnson)



UCLA students to display personal art styles in pop-up show

Live music, digital illustrations, photographs and clothing all feature in Bruin ArtPop. The pop-up art show, which will take place Friday at the Kerckhoff Art Gallery, is the first in a series of exhibitions curator Neha Dhiman said she hopes to plan. Read more...

Photo: Third-year aerospace engineering student Ryan Weber creates “glitch art,” which is made by manipulating electronics physically or digitally in ways they are not originally intended to be used. His work will be on display at the Kerckhoff Art Gallery as a part of the Bruin ArtPop exhibition. (Eli Countryman/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Alumna takes lead role in play about intersections of love, science, identity

“Paradise” features an intellectual Muslim student to illuminate stories that are often ignored in theater, said actor Jeff Marlow. The play makes its West Coast debut at the Odyssey Theatre on Saturday and will run through Feb. Read more...

Photo: Alumna Medalion Rahimi and actor Jeff Marlow star in “Paradise,” a play following their two characters – an optimistic student and her bitter science teacher – as they band together to get Rahimi’s character a scholarship. Rahimi said her character diverges from the stereotypical portrayal of many Muslim characters in media. (Courtesy of Earl Gibson III)



Film archive series to shed light on Hollywood’s unrecognized female directors

This post was updated Jan. 26 at 7:08 a.m. From the mid-1930s until the mid-1960s, there were only two female directors in Hollywood: Dorothy Arzner and Ida Lupino. Read more...

Photo: Maya Montañez Smukler, wrote “Liberating Hollywood: Women Directors and the Feminist Reform of 1970s American Cinema.” The UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Hugh M. Hefner Classic American Film Program will present a film-archive series based on the book. (Courtesy of Art Streiber)