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Getty Center video loop highlights Faculty film
In the installation "Hotbed," designed to complement a current exhibition, "California Video," Los Angeles' famed Getty Center will be projecting Art Department faculty member Paula Levine’s 1987 video “Mirror, Mirror” on its exterior walls as part of a loop of short films.
These artist's videos from 1984 to 2007 explore the theme of the body as nature within a body of culture. Viewers can stroll through the grounds of the Getty Center to see videos spectacularly displayed between the architecture and gardens in this engaging two-evening installation.
The images from the Hotbed installation include a mouth split in half, speaking two different languages, hand-drawn digital video that portrays restless sleep, among cycles of sweet dreams, images of war and telescopic rushes of collective symbols from the media.
Levine's "Mirror, Mirror" is shot in Venice, California at Muscle Beach. It is a short vignette about the instability of the gaze and voyeurism: viewing and being viewed. In the three-minute video, a male figure posing with a naked torso, is caught in slow motion returning our expectant gaze as if to challenge our preconceptions.
Levine is a media artist and Associate Professor of Art in Conceptual/Information Arts. Her current research and art practice is in GPS, remote and locative media. Her prize 2006 exhibit, "Signature," a GPS triggered sound installation, was part of Sonoma County Museum’s centennial commemoration of the1906 California earthquake. Her works have shown in video festivals, galleries, and museums worldwide.
"Hotbed" will be displayed on May 9 and 10 at the Getty Center in Los Angeles from 7:00 pm-9:00 pm.
Special Lecture by John Swanbeck, Director of the Big Kahuna
John Swanbeck, Hollywood director of the major film The Big Kahuna (1999) featuring Kevin Spacey and Danny Devito, is coming to the Theatre Arts Department.
He will talk on: “Hollywood and the Actors/Directors Relationship” at 1 PM, Tuesday May 6, in the Little Theatre (Creative Arts Building Room 107).
This event is FREE. For details, call ext. 8-1341 or email the Department of Theatre Arts Office at tha@sfsu.edu.
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Creative Arts E-Lert, April 2008
Check out the April edition of the College of Creative Arts E-Lert, the official e-mail newsletter of the SF State College of Creative Arts. This issue includes previews of Theatre Arts' production of the musical "City of Angels," the Spring Sing choral concert, annual Design and Industry Exhibition, BECAfest, Film Finals and more. The issue also features items on BECA alum Frank Somerville's promotion to top anchor at KTVU-Channel 2, Cinema faculty member Weimin Zhang's work on the official Summer Olympics documentary, Dance faculty member Albirda Rose's award for public service, and Music alum Angela Cadelago's recent success in Bay Area opera.
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