Author Archives: David Chang

As Lee Bontecou stepped up to the microphone in front of admiring guests at her art exhibit in the Hammer Museum, she realized her lowly position relative to the sound piece. “I’m too short,” Bontecou said. The assembly of onlookers chuckled at her self-deprecating humor, but they may very well have been laughing at the […]

Unbeknownst to every single UCLA student but one, the administration has commissioned an ambitious art project in the form of construction imagery. You heard it here first: all the construction on campus is actually art. “Really?” asked first-year history student Julie Lazar. “I didn’t know that.” Misguided youth of America. When will they learn the […]

It’s safe to say that William Trevitt, one half of Ballet Boyz, does not own a fur coat. “There’s this idea that dancers are sacred beings or religious figures who concentrate completely on their art and leave backstage in their big fur coats,” Trevitt said. “We’re completely not like that. We’re really just normal people […]

For the past two years, UCLA Live has been tirelessly praised as eclectic, genre-bending, unconventional, eclectic, avant-garde and eclectic. With another fruitful season set in motion, nobody seems to care that UCLA Live has the Los Angeles arts community spoiled rotten. The 2003-2004 season features a premium blend of roughly 170 performances in theater, dance, […]

Scott Dudelson learned some valuable lessons while organizing this past year’s Acoustic Live battle of the bands. Although this past fall’s inaugural battle drew sizable crowds for normally calm Sunday nights, Dudelson has continued to make improvements on the event. “For this year, we’ve tried to avoid important Jewish holidays and World Series games,” Dudelson […]

Why rice? According to Fowler Museum of Cultural History curator Roy Hamilton, the starchy grain is the one commonality on a continent that makes no sense as a single unit. “The word “˜Asia’ is really an artificial construct,” Hamilton said. “Even in terms of geography, Asia is not one lump. The Himalayas cut across it. […]

If there has to be a root of all evil, it might as well be money. A decrease in UCLA Live’s state funding this year was naturally followed by an increase in student ticket prices. Glancing through this season’s catalog reveals the ungodly sight of “$20″ replacing the usual “$15″ next to “UCLA Students.” “It’s […]