Collective Bread Diaries: A Taste of Protest
DMA | 5 p.m., UCLA CNSI Center
Drawing on the commonly unnoticed value of bread, and the everlasting impregnable imprint it has always had on revolutions throughout history, Collective Bread Diaries: A Taste of Protest is an interactive art project in which participants are granted the opportunity to draw and share their personal visual representations of bread, eventually forming an array of visual diaries, each peculiar to its creator. The results are exceptionally reproduced by a machine, which although possesses no threads to culture, tradition, or history, emphasizes the conscious perception of one’s distinct identity.
UCLA Art|Sci Center Artist In Residence Haytham Nawar is an artist, designer, and researcher who currently lives and works in Cairo. He is Assistant Professor and Director of the Graphic Design program, Department of the Arts at the American University in Cairo. He is the founder and director of the Cairotronica, Cairo Electronic, and New Media Arts Festival.
Through the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture Design Media Arts Department and the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI), the UCLA Art|Sci Center supports visiting research scholars and artists-in-residence from around the world. Through various lectures, mixers, and symposia, artists and scientists are brought together in order to mesh these cultures and inspire individuals to think about art and science as an interrelated synergism of society.
More detailed information as available on the UCLA Art|Sci Center website.
Event Date: Thursday, Apr. 5, 5–7 p.m.
Venue: Art|Sci Center Gallery
Price: Free
The California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) is located in South Campus in the Court of Sciences.
Parking is available in Structure 9.
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