Vasa Mihich

BEING IN BETWEEN: DESIGN | MEDIA ARTS FACULTY

The diverse backgrounds and expertise of the D|MA senate faculty reflect the direction and philosophy of the department. This unique group of media artists, designers and theorists all make connections between design but then branch off into art and science, architecture, sculpture, performance, technological innovations, sensors and robotics, information spaces, database aesthetics, fashion and technology.

Lectures by Victoria Vesna, Casey Reas, Vasa Mihich, Jennifer Steinkamp, Rebeca Méndez, Robert Israel, Christian Moeller, Erkki Huhtamo, Katherine Hayles, and Mark Hansen.

All lectures are free. Refreshments will be provided.
If you are not able to join us physically, log on to the live stream: http://www.eda.ucla.edu/main/index.php

Oct. 18
Vasa Mihich– Professor
Noon to 2 p.m. in the EDA, room 104 Kinross
11000 Kinross Avenue, Westwood

Academy of Applied Arts, University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia. Artist and Designer. Selected Public Collections: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C.; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Musees Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Art Moderne, Brussels; San Diego Museum of Art; Philips Collection, Washington, D.C.; Wilhelm Lehmbrech Museum, Duisberg, Germany; UCLA Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, Los Angeles. Corporate Collections: World Trade Center, New York; United Technologies, Connecticut; Toyota Auto Industries, Japan; Olivetti, Italy; Google, California. Website: http://www.tsco.com/vasa

Machiko Kusahara

"Robot and Japanese Life Style"


Robot is a part of Japanese culture, with connection to popular/subculture such as manga (Japanese comics) and anime (animation). At the same time it's application reflects the Japanese life style, including social welfare system, security, and urban life. To meet the Japanese notion of robot and human-robot relationship, designing a robot is much more than just designing a machine.

Machiko Kusahara, Ph.D is a curator of media art and a scholar in the field of media studies and media art. She has published internationally in the field of art, technology, culture and history while being involved in founding art venues including NTT/ICC and served as a jury member for SIGGRAPH, Ars Electronica, ISEA, among many others. She taught at UCLA in 2002-03, and is currently a professor at Waseda University.