*Man, that is some lecture line-up. What the hell, that makes the hair stand up all over my head.
*You'd surely have to be one of the coolest mofos in the world just to REALIZE that these characters are some of the coolest people in the world....
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I’m late in posting this, but I’m pleased to announce the 2009-2009 lecture series for the UCLA Department of Design | Media Arts (DMA).
The faculty worked closely together and with the graduate students to put together a list of the people we were most excited to invite.
I spent the summer emailing people, negotiating, working around schedules, etc. to put together the final list. I feel the list accurately reflects the different interests and fields that define our department. (((Yikes!)))
I hope some of you will be able to join us for this great series. Thanks to Brenda Williams for taking the process over from there. All lectures begin at 6pm in the EDA at the Broad Arts Center, UCLA.
Kenya Hara
September 30, 2008, 6:00 pmKenya Hara is interested in designing “circumstances” or “conditions” rather than “things.” A graphic designer and Professor at the Musashino Art university, Hara has been an Art director of MUJI since 2002.
Paul D. Miller/DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid
October 29, 2008, 6:00 pmMiller explores the overall theme of sound in contemporary art, digital media, and composition. He reconstructs the history of sound and recorded media by several of the most well known artists of their field.
The Yes Men
November 20, 2008, 6:00 pmThe Yes Men are a merry troupe of imposters who have poked fun at some of the world’s biggest corporate criminals. They are most well known for impersonating the WTO– the subject of a feature film and book– but they have had dozens of other escapades fighting corporate crime with words, glue, and rubberbands.
Clay Shirky
January 13, 2009, 6:00 pmShirky is the author of Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations. He divides his time on consulting, teaching, and writing on the social and economic effects of Internet technologies.
Steven Heller
January 28, 2009, 6:00 pmHeller is an art director at the New York Times, originally on the OpEd Page and for almost 30 of those years with the New York Times Book Review. Currently, he is co-chair of the MFA Designer as Author Department, Special Consultant to the President of SVA for New Programs, and writes the Visuals column for the New York Times Book Review.
United Visual Artists
February 10, 2009, 6:00 pmUnited Visual Artists is a British-based collective whose current practice spans permanent architectural installation, live performace and responsive installation. Research and development is a core part of their process — enabling them to constantly explore new fields.
Amy Franceschini of Futurefarmers
April 7, 2009, 6:00 pmFranceschini is an artist and educator. She founded Futurefarmers in 1995 to bring together multidisciplinary practitioners to create new work. She is currently teaching media theory and practice courses at Stanford University and the San Francisco Art Institute.
Kryzsztof Wodiczko
April 21, 2009, 6:00 pmWoriczko is internationally renowned for his largescale slide and video projections on architectural facades and monuments. He has developed a series of nomadic instruments for both homeless and immigrant operators that function as implements for survival, communication, empowerment, and healing.
Natalie Jeremijenko
May 5, 2009, 6:00 pmJeremijenko is an artists, inventor, and engineer with the mission to reclaim technology from idealized, abstract concepts and to apply it to the messy complexities of the real world, often with disquieting results.
