Arts & Entertainment
Arts & Entertainment
Oxy Wanlass Artist in Residence Roksana Pirouzmand experiments with medium, space and sound
The theme for this semester's Studio Arts course Art Outside the Bounds is "Everything was once something else.” Instructor Roksana Pirouzmand said she was inspired by...
Arts & Entertainment
UEPI Native Garden incorporates alternative landscaping and native plant restoration
The Urban and Environmental Policy Institute (UEPI) located at 1541 Campus Road recently replaced its grass lawn with a new garden holding plants native to...
Arts & Entertainment
Aleem Hossain’s ‘Weird Short Films’ inspires discussion about technology and the future of filmmaking
Media Arts & Culture (MAC) Professor Aleem Hossain showcased “Three Weird Short Films” Feb. 6 to students, professors and Occidental community members at Choi Auditorium. A Q&A...
2014
Eagle Rock Music Festival mixes big names, local bands
Author: Jeremy Childs|Jane Drinkard A family of five all dressed as Pikachu may seem out of the ordinary in any other context, but they fit in...
Arts & Entertainment
Local flea markets offer serendipitous steals to shoppers
Author: Leah Nomkin|Brenna Reid|Macarena Blando Demarco|Emily Shugerman It is no secret that Los Angeles boasts a wide array of flea markets, distinctive for their goods, customers...
2015
“Togetherness” brings Eagle Rock to HBO
Author: Ella Fornari Occidental's campus and its surrounding neighborhood frequently host film crews that turn the suburbs of Los Angeles into places ranging from Chicago ("Parenthood")...
Arts & Entertainment
Fake documentary reveals constructed histories
Author: Demi Duenes Students often assume the history they learn about through museums, textbooks or historians is an accurate and truthful narrative. Filmmaker Jesse Lerner challenges...
Artfx
Art startups take gallery space digital
Author: Taylor Majewski With the rise of the Information Age and the development of digital technologies, the art world has been slow to the uptake. ...
2015
Mystery building on lawn opens to public
Author: Lena Smith Occidental staff, students and professors alike have puzzled over the small, freestanding new building by the Academic Commons. But today at 5 p.m.,...
2015
Weingart exhibit confronts sexual assault on campuses
Author: Rachel Cohn Books of feminist theory are strewn around a round table and evocative photographs of two women wearing nothing but blankets and boots hang...
2016
‘Dry Land’ reveals reality of adolescence
Author: Tessa Sternberg A dim blue light shines on a mildewy floor, focusing on a single drain. The sounds of splashing and shrieks of children fill...
