“Current:LA” exhibits plug water sustainability with art, science
The Daily Bruin examines the UCLA Art | Sci Center's contribution to Current:LA exhibition
Art|Sci Director Victoria Vesna tells the Daily Bruin about the birdsong piece that was part of Current:LA, a public art biennial.
"An enormous plastic dome covered a directional mic and a set of headphones by the watershed in the middle of Del Rey Lagoon Park on Tuesday.
The audience members approached the installation one by one, putting on headphones to hear bird songs and then mimicking the sounds into microphones. A computer calculated the accuracy of the audience member’s rendition of the bird song. Most people got an accuracy level of around 30 percent, while others scored less than five percent.
The birdsong exhibit was the first of UCLA Art | Sci Collective’s events this summer as a part of “Current:LA,” a biannual art exhibition highlighting a different theme each year. The theme for this year is water. Last week’s “Birdsong Diamond Wetlands” event at Del Rey Lagoon Park and the upcoming “Water Canning” event at Westside Neighborhood Park celebrate the utility and the importance of sustainability of local bodies of water, said Mick Lorusso, exhibition and program manager."— Sadia Khalid, July 25, 2016
Read the full article at the Daily Bruin website.