Tables filled with colorful merchandise line the stretch of Lindbrook Drive between Glendon Avenue and Westwood Boulevard. Jesse Nguyen, a pottery artist showcasing his wares under the shade of a canopy, picks up a delicate plate and hands it to a curious passerby. Read more...
Photo: Local artist Jeni Bate shows off her collage artwork. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin)
Tears fall down Yingtai Zhu’s cheeks as she leans toward the grave of her beloved Liang. Played by second-year business economics student Xiaoyi Chen, Zhu is a young Chinese girl fighting for her love in an ancient feudal society. Read more...
Photo: The Chinese Student Association will hold their annual Heritage Night at Schoenberg Hall Saturday. This year, they will perform “The Butterfly Lovers,” a traditional Chinese love tragedy about Yingtai Zhu, a young girl pursuing love in a feudal society. (Tamaryn Kong/Daily Bruin)
As they enter the Hammer Museum, museumgoers are greeted by bold letters on a yellow and pink wall. It was here in the museum lobby where Dutch contemporary artist Lily van der Stokker left her large-scale wall paintings, following the likes of artists such as Barbara Kruger. Read more...
Photo: Dutch contemporary artist Lily van der Stokker is currently displaying her multi-dimensional art installations on the Hammer Museum’s walls. (Monica Jeon/Daily Bruin)
In Super Tap-Out Saga, players end up fighting each other over control of the device. This is an example of the experimental games designed by Design | Media Arts alumnus and UCLA Game Lab researcher Nick Crockett, who will be giving a talk about his work for Unity Club in the Game Lab at Broad Art Center on Thursday. Read more...
Photo: UCLA alumnus and Game Lab researcher Nick Crockett will give a talk about his work developing 3D games for Unity Club on Thursday. Crockett has worked to showcase students’ work at the UCLA Game Lab and works to make video games more appealing for new audiences. (Miriam Bribiesca/Daily Bruin)
Wax drips onto a convoluted pipe that spans a hallway of the Broad Art Center. Design | Media Arts graduate student Hsin-Yu Lin sits underneath the installation as she speaks of her interest in objects and the social purpose they serve in a space. Read more...
Photo: Design | Media Arts graduate student Hsin-Yu Lin’s solo exhibition, “Kin Ku Ki Kwan ( The Encyclopedia of Timid Knowledge),” will open Thursday in Broad 1250. The wax-covered installation will be accompanied by a game, which Lin said will guide viewers to interact with the sculpture and space. (Maryrose Kulick/Daily Bruin Senior Staff)
Riding her bike around Los Angeles while wearing a mask, UCLA Design | Media Arts alumna Pinar Yoldas became fascinated with air pollution. On April 9, Yoldas was named as one of the recipients of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship for her proposal, “Distilling the Sky.” With an architectural structure, Yoldas said she hopes to compress polluted air particles into a kind of ink for this generation’s stories. Read more...
Photo: UCLA Design | Media Arts alumna Pinar Yoldas has a background in both arts and sciences. Her proposal, “Distilling the Sky,” aims to compress polluted particles into a kind of ink for this generation’s stories. (Matt Cummins/Daily Bruin)
Marvel Comics has seen an increase in mainstream popularity with the recent release of several box office hits, such as “The Avengers.” Since its inception in 1939, the comic book company has created thousands of characters. Read more...
Photo: Since her first appearance in the comic book series “Uncanny X-Men” in 1981, Rachel Grey has become a prominent member of the 2013 launch of the all-female “X-Men.” (Courtesy of Marvel Comics)
