iotaSalon | October 2009

After a long hiatus, The iotaSalon is returning to Los Angeles! With the generous support of the UCLA Design | Media Art Department, iota will hold a salon on October 1st in the Broad Art Center on campus, first floor at the EDA screening space.

At the iotaSalon, we get together to screen and discuss new experimental works alongside some classics. For this first salon curator Jeremy Schwartz scoured some of the highlights from recent submissions, and curated those with older works from our film collection. The theme for this screening is ‘strategies of abstraction’ There are a few pieces from the 50s. 70s and 80s, with the bulk of the pieces having been digitally created recently. Abstraction ranges from the intangible to the geometric. Often it includes representational objects within a realm of abstraction. Sometimes a process exists wherein a concrete concept or image is abstracted. Concepts range from mathematical to spiritual, rhythm is ordained by musical, biological or poetic forces.

This event has (unfortunately) occurred in the past. Our next salon is Thursday November 19, 2009. Click here for details.
To see photos, scroll below to see video of the Q&As and a link to our Flickr set.

Screening on 16mm as part of the historic film segment:

Come Closer (1952) – Hy Hirsh
Flesh Flows (1974) – Adam Beckett
Object Conversation (1985) – Paul Glabicki

Screening on video for the contemporary segment:

Stele (1996-99) – Robert Darroll
Undulation (2007) – Harvey Goldman, Music by James Bohn
One (2007) – Michal Levy
Geometrio (2008) – Kino
Impossible Spaces (2008) – Sylvia Pengilly
2B Textures (2008) – Bonnie Mitchell and Elainie Lillios

When: Thursday October 1st, 2009, 7:30pm – 9:30pm
Where: UCLA Design | Media Art Department, 1st Floor Broad Art Center (EDA), Westwood, CA

Map and Directions

Parking on campus: You may park in campus Lot #3, on the northeast side of campus. Entrances are off of Hilgard, just south of Sunset Blvd. The Broad Art Center is across the street from the lot on the southeast corner. The fee is $9. Click here for directions and a map.

Parking off campus: Parking is available on the residential streets (Loring Ave is the closest) on the east side of Hilgard after 6pm, you may walk up the hill and cross Hilgard to get to campus. Allow 5-10 minutes to walk. Click here for a map of the approximate area.

For more information, email info@iotacenter.org