This summer, seven Daily Bruin Video journalists will document their experiences at different locations around the world. Inspired by a meditative audience-participation artwork at the Kimsooja exhibition in Seoul, video journalist Chelly Jin acknowledges the uniqueness of her own experience in a city of 10 million people by capturing the moments, people, places and food […]
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prime: How to plan a summer garden party
If you’re in town for the summer, spend a day picnicking at the Getty Center, or take advantage of the sculpture garden or your apartment building’s rooftop common area to plan a summer garden party. Westwood may be emptier than it is during the school year, but your weekend afternoons don’t have to be. With […]
Daily Bruin Video Travels: Paris, France
This summer, seven Daily Bruin Video journalists will document their experiences at different locations around the world. Daily Bruin Video senior staffer Sandra Carbonell-Kimtia is spending part of her summer in the romanticized city of Paris, France. Her travels document the city’s renowned locations.
Daily Bruin Travels: Barro Colorado, Panama
This summer, seven Daily Bruin Video journalists will document their experiences at different locations around the world. Barro Colorado Island is located in the Gatun Lake in the middle of the Panama Canal. The heavily protected island is the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI)’s primary site for research in ecology, animal behavior and evolution, serving […]
Cracking the Gender Code
For some, a black screen on their laptops is a form of communication. Their fingers fly across the keyboard as they compile a series of blue, green and red letters and numbers, stacking one statement on top of the other, until they’ve managed to bridge the language barrier between human and machine. But one small […]
Give a Robot a Fish
A sign on a door located on the ninth floor of UCLA’s Boelter Hall reads, “Beware of Robot.” Inside, stationed at the center of the room, is Tony. He stands more than 5 feet tall with a black torso, dark red rolling base, two large arms, an Internet router on his back and an Xbox […]
Dama(scene)
My phone screen displayed a call from Damascus, Syria, below a phone number that I recognized as my grandmother’s. I picked up the call and we proceeded to our regular conversational routine that we had practiced since I could speak: exchanging hellos, showering compliments on each other and asking for news.