UCLA SCI|ART

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Nina Wang 8/3/21 Nina Wang 8/3/21

Kombucha

Nina Wang 8/2/21 Nina Wang 8/2/21

Mind Map

Nina Wang 7/31/21 Nina Wang 7/31/21

Ultrasound and Hearing Range

Nina Wang 7/30/21 Nina Wang 7/30/21

Tidal Bore

Nina Wang 7/28/21 Nina Wang 7/28/21

Herbarium and Climate Change

Nina Wang 7/27/21 Nina Wang 7/27/21

The nature of Hexagons

Workshop

Sidewalk Herbarium

This workshop will be held in two separate sessions with some days for scavenging in between. One hour per session wherein session #1 we will cover the basics of plant identification, a little historical context, as well as a look at herbariums and their uses. After this, students would be encouraged to explore their neighborhood for invasive species, native plants, etc. Students would then press and dry their plant specimens. Session #2 would be when we come together and mount our samples to create our personal herbariums. Alternatives would be to create cyanotype prints with these plant specimens, students create botanical illustrations of the specimens outdoors, do creative writing describing the species selected, etc (accounting for all abilities).

Workshop

Mycelium Hands

In this two-part lecture/workshop we will learn all about mycology - the study of fungi - covering the potentials that fungi hold for sustainable design, earth repair, and models and metaphors for how to adapt and survive on our rapidly changing planet. After gaining scientific insight into mycology (part 1), we will take this knowledge (and our mycelium) and apply it in a material workshop demonstrating how fungal mycelium can be grown into 3 dimensional shapes and objects.

Workshop

Photogrammetry And AR

In this workshop participants will learn how to create mobile AR installations based on their body’s pose and joint position as triggers. We will be using Lens Studio to publish and share our AR creations around the world on SnapChat. The goal of this workshop is to explore how AR can lead to artworks that enable an embodied practice within immersive media. Technology has certainly blurred the lines between our reality and the digital realm, can AR take this even further and transform our sense of place and how we share art? In a time where we can’t experience most artwork in traditional spaces like galleries and museums, can AR reimagine the relationship between art and space and bring it into context within our own homes? The Embodied AR workshop invites students to rethink our personal devices as tools to challenge our traditional understanding of art exhibition and the body’s relationship with technology.

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Kombucha Biomaterial

In this workshop, you will learn how to culture and grow your own bacterial cellulose from SCOBY (symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast)- kombucha to use as vegan leather. We will review what a biomaterial is, possi- ble uses and how to start your own culture. We will be able to harvest our own material and postprocess it in various ways. The preparation takes over 1 hour but the complete process takes around 4 weeks. Let’s have fun with microbes!