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Event 1 : Sarah Brady’s show, Material Reiteration, awakens matter, calling upon a new emergence of form outside the industrial complex and Anthropocene…

This was my first art event that I have attended in UCLA and I was expecting to see some beautiful artistic paintings or melody, but I was totally wrong. The horrible noise from the speakers was annoying me since I entered the show. I found a pile of stones moving and a metallic sculpture.

Kinetic Sculpture
Then, I met with Sarah and figured out that the sound is produced by Supercollider, a computer-generated audio synthesis and algorithmic composition. The pile of moving stones is called kinetic sculpture underneath of which is an electric motor rotating and the 3D metallic sculpture is modeled using CNC machine.
Metallic Sculpture

Sound generated by Supercollider

Finally, I realized that the theme of the show is realistic as it is revealing the industrialized environment. I can feel the working environment of industrial workers while machine noises torturing their everyday working environment from the audio generated and is achieved by computer software.

All these information surprises me in such a way that today artists are utilizing the modern technology. This helps me understand more about the week 1 topic, the two cultures and I found the gap of two cultures, art and science are closer and displayed in one place in this art gallery. 

Proof of attendance

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