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Our last outing of the summer! We treked down to the National Archives in London for the exhibit MI5: Official Secrets.

My spawn, who are spy obsessed, looooved it. It was well curated and laid out, creating a "secret archive" one could wander through. I dig the retro "top secret file" style of signage.

Best of all, the family activity trail was really well done. So often those feel... slap dash. This one is thoughtful, not too challenging but required attention to the displays, and the booklet is quite beautifully designed.

If you have the time and inclination, I recommend checking this one out. Now if you will excuse me, I have a sudden urge to rewatch London Spy...

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Get ready to take one small step to the Jewish Museum of Maryland for its new exhibit: “Jews in Space: Members of the Tribe in Orbit.”

We absolutely LOVE the title of this Jewish Times article about our new exhibit! "Drops of Jewpiter" - the writer knows a good pun s the way to our hearts. #JewsInSpace

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Art Show Confidential

What is Los Angeles? You could say an overpopulated city or the star-studded place to be. To many, Los Angeles is the creative epicenter for art, music, and fashion, and the LA Art Show is just one demonstration of it all. The show is currently celebrating its 25th birthday and celebrating the art of Los Angeles, all while supporting St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital.

Celebrities, patrons, and art fans filled the opening night gala of 120-gallery exposition, hosted by Sofia Vergara, at the LA Convention Center. The night was filled with chatter, music, and food as hundreds streamed through the doors to view the premiere in all its glory.

Artwork fills the whole top floor of the Convention Center, making it very easy to get lost in both the individual galleries and diverse pieces. Everything from fine paintings and pop art sculptures to live performances and glittered gowns can be seen, but some notable exhibitions are Modern + Contemporary and Core.

Featured within Modern + Contemporary, you can find resin popsicles, infinity-mirrored objects, 3-D shifting images, and some amazing fine art paintings with a twist. These galleries carry some of the most entrancing work and were definitely the hit of the night as the theme of the show.

Core highlights similar aesthetics to the Modern + Contemporary exhibit, but it contains a greater focus on diversity in different mediums. To distinguish between the two, Core carries a range of textile designs, many bold colorful works, and abstracted views on reality. These were undoubtedly a spotlight of the night.

Entrancing the public, the LA Art Show works hard to feature artists from across the Los Angeles community, pushing the boundaries of exclusivity and conformity in the art world. With so many different galleries, the show is definitely worth the trip to see the massive amount of renowned artwork and bask in the variety of styles. It is only open to the public until February 9, so be sure to take some time to check it out!

Mia Jessie

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It Belongs In A Museum: Indiana Jones and the Adventure of Archaeology Review

By Emma Louise Backe Although Indiana Jones is a beloved cinematic figure—the consummate swashbuckling archaeologist—his representation of archaeological theories and methodologies has been a point of contention among the anthropological community ever since the first film was released. Capitalizing off of Indy’s enduring fame, the National Geographic Museum, located in Washington D.C., launched…

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Mirror Stage

I wasn’t quite sure what to expect when I headed into the exhibit but then, I don’t think anyone would have expected what they got. I followed the signs around the Dallas Museum of Art until I found the exhibits “landing area”, displaying the Artist’s statement - both for the overall project, and for the particular artist on display at the time. After shuffling around for a moment I entered the the glass doors to the viewing area and sat in front of the wide screen. I was immediately over-whelmed. All the characters displayed sported vibrant colors and painted skin. The voices were high-pitched and grated on my nerves, couched somewhere between what is considered the stereo-typical “gay” voice, and the voice of a boy mockingly pretending to be a girl (which, in some cases, I suppose he was). The scenes bounced around with little to no connectivity, making the supposed plot hard to follow. Further, Trecartin used edits on his clips that are traditionally considered poor taste and a sign of the inexperienced.

All these disparate elements came together in a way that almost reminded me of Dadaism. The movie was chaotic, but purposely so. Perhaps the most impressive aspect is the purposeful use of bad technique - using affects that are outdated or over-blown. There was a specific scene where the image seemed to tilt in perspective, much like an old screen-saver from Windows XP would. It was disorienting, purposeless, and in bad taste - and you could tell Trecartin knew it. Additionally, it fit with the ever moving nature of the film.

Trecartin is trying to mimic the internet - and it seems he succeeded. With so many fractured cultures that are each evolving at an ever-increasing pace, the internet taken as a whole would be rather chaotic. Even individually, there is diversity. With a profile on every website, most rather disconnected, a person can put on and take off masks at will without even thinking about it. Trecartin confronts this problem, and makes viewers really examine their online behavior.

I must admit - I couldn’t sit through the whole film. After five minutes I leaned to the friend I dragged along with a horrified whisper, “It’s like all the worst parts of the internet got together”. As an involved member of the internet community, I was confronted with what I usually tried to ignore. The longer I watched, the more the chaos disturbed some unknown part of me until, finally, I could take no more and I quietly scurried to the exit.

#Exhibit Review #Concentrations 59: Mirror Stage – Visualizing the Self After the Internet

IVFF: Holiday by the Sea

This last Friday, December 3rd 2014, Isla Vista held the first First Friday in conjunction with the excursion club. The theme was “Holiday by the Sea”, and there was definitely a sense of holiday cheer amongst the crowd. This event is a late night art and culture event that is essentially an alternative to the regular friday night in IV. This event started at 9pm and continued until 1am Saturday morning, and throughout the night the attendees wore a steady hat of snow. Snow in Isla Vista? Yes! Along with the christmas hats and christmas lights that lit up Perfect Park, there was a snow machine that showered people with holiday spirit!

In addition to the christmas snow and lights, local bands played until midnight including the improvisation act Sketch N’ Sniff, Sun Daes, and Yancellor Chang. Then with respect to the noise ordinance that is enforced in Isla Vista, from midnight to 1am there was a silent disco. And the attractions didn’t end there - there were hammocks and slacklines that were set up thanks to the excursion club, carnival games, food trucks, raffles, face painting and fire dancing that lasted the entire night.

This was my first experience going to a First Friday in Isla Vista, and a lot of preparation went into it. I decided to contact the person in charge of the event and see if there was any possibility that I would be able to showcase a piece of interactive artwork. I couldn’t get in contact with her, but on my way home from class that friday around noon, I noticed a small group of people setting up poles and lights in Perfect park. I got off my bike and proceeded to see if they needed any help setting up and happily contributed. I then spoke to a few people who were very excited about my idea, figured out a place to install my art piece for the night, and finalized meeting times and logistics.

This is where the real work began. I left the park around three pm, which left me under five hours to acquire all of my supplies, as well as create the base for the interactive piece. But i managed to pull it off, and around 8:50pm, a mere ten minutes before the event began, I hauled my gigantic piece of plywood from my house to Perfect park. I had to make a few trips, but I got my piece of art standing up, under a tree, in the warmth of the christmas lights, with two containers of different shades of green paint underneath, a few paint brushes, black paint and a lot of paper towels. Since I stood next to my interactive art piece most of the night, I am not aware of any other pieces of art at the event. But everyone was very excited to contribute and put their handprint on The Family Tree of Isla Vista. There were handprints big and small, perfect and smeared, as well as a few drunk hand prints/streaks. I was very happy with the turnout and how enthusiastic individuals were to contribute something to this piece that represented their community. People of all ages stopped by, young ones and wise ones, intoxicated and sober, “artsy” and not, and it was perfect - it was the exact representation of our beachtown I wanted to portray.

And this goes for the whole event, people of all ages and backgrounds and interests showed up, and I think that that says something about our goals as a culture and community. We want to be something more than our party image that the outside world sees us as, and we want to embrace the other side of our community, the one that embodies a sense of family, an appreciate of arts, a respect for our culture and our environment. That is the community I am proud to be a part of and the Isla Vista First Friday: Holiday by the Sea only reinforced my love for my community.

(I would attach a few pictures of my art installation, but I think i’ll wait until the idea/project that inspired the art piece is finished, which will be this Friday, December 12th)

Thank you to all that made this event possible! Including:

IV Open Lab

Excursion Club

IV Food Coop

Academic Services & Senate

IV Recreation & Park District

County Administration Services

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Exhibit Review

Tess Wagner

I had the chance to visit the UMMA this past weekend and saw the graphic design exhibit. The pieces on display were all wonderful. The piece that stood out to me the most was Jane by Louis Rhead. I can appreciate the art nouveau characteristics such as the color and line usage. Also, the floral background was beautiful.

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