Games have always been a huge part of the entertainment industry, but what makes them entertaining? Game makers expend significant effort making design decisions people often don’t think about when they’re playing each game. Read more...
Photo: (Juliette Le Saint/Illustrations director)
Two sopranos will meow in perfect tune at the Getty Center on Saturday evening. The performance will take place as a part of the free lecture-concert series “Sonnets and Sonatas,” led by French language and culture professor Laure Murat. Read more...
Photo: Alumna Rosalind Wong will be playing the piano at the Getty Center on Saturday evening for the “Sonnets and Sonatas” lecture-concert series. Wong will perform Jean-Philippe Rameau’s song “The Hen,” which is traditionally played on the harpsichord. Although the harpsichord rendition manages to effectively sound like a hen’s clucking, Wong said she has to put especial care into playing so that she can mimic the sound on the piano. (Niveda Tennety/Daily Bruin)
Sholeh Wolpé said translating poetry is like the sky’s reflection in the sea – similar, but never exact. The process of transferring a poem from one language to another requires more than just direct translation, UCLA’s inaugural author-in-residence said. Read more...
Photo: Sholeh Wolpé, UCLA’s inaugural writer in residence, has translated the works of several Iranian poets. She said the process requires translators to maintain not only the meaning of a piece’s words but also the author’s intended message. (Axel Lopez/Daily Bruin)
Guillermo Ojeda began writing his three-minute romantic guitar solo with just seven notes. Ojeda, a graduate student in social welfare, submitted his song “Soledad” to “7 Notes Experiment,” a global contest that encourages musicians from across the world to compose a song of any genre from a given set of seven notes. Read more...
Photo: Graduate student Guillermo Odeja created his song “Soledad” using Spanish guitar strumming inspired by his grandfather. The song layers the strumming at varying tempos, based off of the seven notes from the contest he entered. (Jenna Nicole Smith/Daily Bruin)
Hana Kim’s production designs range from digital forest nymphs to kaleidoscopic collages of hands and piano keys. The 2012 UCLA MFA alumna was awarded the Center Theatre Group’s $10,000 Richard E. Read more...
Photo: Hana Kim, a UCLA alumna, recently won the Center Theatre Group’s $10,000 Richard E. Sherwood Award for her work as a projection and set designer. The award honors emerging artists in the Los Angeles theater community who exhibit exceptional talent and push the boundaries of their field. (Courtesy of Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging)
My heart dropped when I saw the words “whitewashing” and “controversy” appear in a headline about the upcoming film “Annihilation.” I’ve been excited for the film ever since its trailer dropped in December. Read more...
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Spend your three-day weekend celebrating President’s Day with patriotic cookies. Read more...
