DES 001 preview

Location: MedSci 180c

Join us for a free premiere screening of a new film about art in our times. Plus, see a preview lecture that gives a sample of what you’ll experience if you enroll in DES001 “Introduction to Design” (spaces available for Winter quarter – register now). We will preview the new 7th season of the PBS television series Art21: Art in the 21st Century with segments about artists Tania Bruguera and Wolfgang Laib from the Art21 episode titled “Legacy.” DES001 explores, in part, the areas where art and design overlap. Bruguera’s activist art parallels the work of designers creating “social design” or engaging with design as a tool for social change. Laib creates temporary architectures with natural materials like beeswax that are a feast for the senses. His works made of pollen use it as a naturally-occurring pigment, a topic we consider when we treat color theory in DES001.

Wednesday’s preview screening will be punctuated by discussions. As a counterpoint to the Art21 screening, a brief lecture by Professor James Housefield will consider ways that the work of artists James Turrell and the designers Charles & Ray Eames offer tools to aid in contemplating immensity.Together, the work of Bruguera, Laib, Turrell, and the Eames Office asks us to consider “what can art and design do in the 21st century?”
Free and open to the public. Parking available in the adjoining lot (VP56) with UC parking passes ($9 daily visitor passes available for purchase from yellow vending machines; limited parking meters).