All Events
Cup of Culture - Meet the Filmmaker
Against the Grain: An Artist’s Survival Guide to Perú
MCC THEATER
In 1989, Alfredo Marquez used an image of Mao in an artwork. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison. For every artist, the need to create and be heard is as basic as food and shelter. But what happens when you live in a country where the state clamps down on free thinkers, forcing artists to censure themselves? Discussion with the director following the screening. Ann A. Kaneko,
65 min., Spanish, English, Japanese, and Quechua, 2008, Perú, USA. Co-sponsored by the UCSB Art, Design, and Architecture Museum.
Art Exhibit
A Conversation with the Artist Michael Massenburg
MCC LOUNGE
Michael Massenburg has exhibited in galleries and museums, completed private commissions, and worked on public art projects throughout the country and abroad in Mexico, Senegal, and Haiti. Some of his public works include MTA, LA County Arts Commission, ESPN, and the American Jazz Museum. He is the recipient of grants from the Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department and the California Arts Council and his work resides in many private collections. Massenburg is also an art educator who teaches for various organizations throughout the Los Angeles County. Co-sponsored by the Black Student Union.
Race Matters Series
New Racisms, Sexisms, and Homophobias in Video Game Worlds Lisa Nakamura
MCC LOUNGE
Racist, homophobic, and sexist language are common in military networked console games such as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, a digital game franchise whose most recent releases Modern Warfare: Black Ops and Modern Warfare 3 broke media sales records. While many video game critics warn users against the dangers of video game violence, the racism and sexism that occur between players of these games are perhaps more worrisome than violent game content, and are poorly regulated and monitored. Social games are part of a new networked public sphere, one where youth are sorting out civility more or less on their own. Lisa Nakamura is the Director of the Asian American Studies Program, Professor in the Institute of Communication Research and Media and Cinema Studies Department, and Professor of Asian American Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Cup of Culture
Golden Venture
MCC THEATER
Three hundred undocumented Chinese immigrants sail into a 1993 tragedy that becomes a crucial turning point in US immigration history. The Golden Venture crash fed a media circus and became a symbol of a growing national concern over illegal immigration. Peter Cohn, 70 min., Chinese and English, 2006, USA. Co-sponsored by the Partnership in International Research and Education in Electron Chemistry and Catalysis at Interfaces (PIRE-ECCI).
