Reflecting California Institute of the Arts’ experimental ethos, the Institute’s CalArts Expo rolls out its latest projects integrating cutting-edge engineering and computer science with visual and performing arts. Highlighting new student and faculty projects made over this last academic year, the Expo’s exhibitions and performances run from early afternoon to late evening in the ROD Music Hall, MOD Theater, Main Gallery, Wild Beast, Machine Lab, and Lund Dance Theater. The Expo reflects the latest practices in technologically sophisticated arts, involving viewers in interactive experiences, bringing artists’ perspectives to computer games, forecasting future directions of digital performance, animation, and projection mapping, and exploring the latest in software and hardware as a means of commenting on our increasingly connected world.
Exhibition Venues open 2:00–11:00 PM
Cafe Lobby | Clark’s Field | L-Shape Gallery | Machine Lab Main Entrance | Main Gallery | Roy O. Disney Concert Hall Lobby | Sharon Disney Lund Dance Theater | The Last Dodo in E400 | WaveCave | Wild Beast | Wild Beast Courtyard | X-Box
Portfolio Venues open 2:00–8:00 PM Walt Disney Modular Theater & Lobby: CalArts School of Theater Design and Production
CalArts Provost's Award for Creative Excellence:
Peng Lai / 1
Shiqi Zhang, School of Film/Video, Film and Video
with Chenghui Mao, School of Dance, Dance; Justin Yau, School of Music, Composition and Experimental Sound Practices
SquishBoi
Odie DeSmith, School of Music, Music Technology
CalArts School of Theater Design and Production Portfolio
X. Hill, School of Theater, Costume Design
CalArts President's Award for Creative Excellence:
The Ableton Award: