Design Media Arts Awarded two 2016-17 UCLA Regents' Lecturers
The Department of Design Media Arts is pleased to announce that they were awarded two UCLA Regents’ Lecturers for the 2016-17 school year.
The first lecturer is Martha Clarke hosted by Robert Israel. Martha Clarke is a founding member of Pilobolus Dance Theater and Crowsnest. She is the recipient of a MacArthur Genius Award in addition to fellowships from the NEA and Guggenheim Foundation.
The second recipient is Daniel Canogar hosted by Erkki Huhtamo. Daniel received an M.A. from NYU and the International Center for Photography in 1990. His work as a visual artist focuses on photograpy, video, and installation art.
His recent work includes Storming Times Square, screened on 47 of the LED billboards in Times Square, New York; “Small Data”, a solo exhibition at bitforms, New York, and Max Estrella Gallery in Madrid; “Quadratura”, a solo exhibition at Espacio Fundación Telefónica in Lima; “Vórtices”, an exhibition exploring issues of water and sustainability at the Fundación Canal Isabel II in Madrid;Synaptic Passage, an installation commissioned for the exhibition "Brain: The Inside Story" at the American Museum of Natural History in New York and two installations at the Sundance Film Festival 2011 in Park City, Utah.
Each artist will give a lecture during their stay at the department. The hosts will work with the artists to create a 2-3 day workshop for students.