Holly Willis
Holly Willis teaches in USC's School of Cinematic Arts and writes about new media art. She is the author of "New Digital Cinema: Reinventing the Moving Image" and editor of "The New Ecology of Things" on pervasive computing.
"Los Angeles is most beautiful when seen in a close-up," says Thom Andersen, who provides this intimate view of the city in his new film "Get Out of the Car" screening on Monday night at REDCAT.
The band OK Go will use a new iPhone app to write its name across the city by driving, sensing and visualizing their cross-town jaunt.
Doug Aitken's new video installation on view at the Regen Projects Gallery is a meditation on catastrophe, mediation and how we understand our world.
Dan Graham's show at Regen Projects II features videos and a pavilion that reflect, literally, on contemporary architecture and urban spaces.
John Whitney Jr.'s dazzling three-screen abstract animation offers a delicious psychedelic treat this weekend as part of the Alternative Projections symposium at USC.
LA media artist Natalie Bookchin likens video blogging to the ancient Greek chorus, reflecting on the turmoil of the gods...
Short Stack is a screening of shorts made by designers in LA set for Wednesday, November 10, 2010 @ 7:00 p.m.
This week in Southern California Media Arts, the old and the new collide as old films are projected on antique projectors while across town, artists present generative, sensor-enhanced live cinema performances.
Scholars Trebor Scholz and Laura Y. Liu discuss labor, exploitation, social networks and urban space in a new, free pamphlet published by the Architectural League of New York.
Media Arts Preview, October 28
LA media art this week is all about boundary crossing as projects mix materials and formats, the virtual and the real, the ephemeral and the tangible.
A new stop-motion animation by the design firm Hunter/Gatherer captures the need for school reform felt by many LA parents, and invites action through a new platform for school rebuilding called Redu.
This week's media art events include collage animation, existential videos, interactive sound installations, and YouTube documentaries.