UCLA Game Lab

Join us tonight at 5pm at the New Wight Gallery for UCLA Design Media Arts COACTION: Collaborations in Art, Science, Design, Games, and Technology opening reception!

UCLA Design Media Arts presents COACTION: Collaborations in Art, Science, Design, Games, and Technology, an exhibition showcasing innovative work from UCLA Research Centers, Labs, and Studios led by DMA Faculty: Victoria Vesna, Rebeca Méndez, Eddo Stern, Jenna Caravello, Chandler McWilliams, Lauren Lee McCarthy, and Casey Reas.

Join us for the opening reception on Thursday, October 17th, 5:00 – 8:00 PM!

Exhibition Dates:
October 17 – October 24, 2024

For more information, visit: https://dma.ucla.edu/events/coaction-collaborations-in-art-science-design-games-and-technology-fall-2024-exhibition

UCLA Design Media Arts presents COACTION: Collaborations in Art, Science, Design, Games, and Technology, an exhibition showcasing innovative work from UCLA Research Centers, Labs, and Studios led by DMA Faculty: Victoria Vesna, Rebeca Méndez, Eddo Stern, Jenna Caravello, Chandler McWilliams, Lauren Lee McCarthy, and Casey Reas.

Join us for the opening reception on Thursday, October 17th, 5:00 – 8:00 PM!

Exhibition Dates:
October 17 – October 24, 2024

For more information, visit: https://dma.ucla.edu/events/coaction-collaborations-in-art-science-design-games-and-technology-fall-2024-exhibition

Reminder! 🗓️ Applications for the Tenure-track Assistant or Tenured Associate/Full Professor in Games position are due this Saturday, Oct 5, 2024 by 11:59pm (Pacific Time). 👾 Apply here:
https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF09663

UCLA Design Media Arts invites applications for a Tenure-track Assistant or Tenured Associate/Full Professor in Games.

This is a broad call that encourages applications from a wide range of practices and approaches to game research, practice, and scholarship. Successful candidates will have a strong record of recognition and achievement in a game-related field as well as excellence in teaching, preferably at both the undergraduate and graduate level.

We seek applications from scholars, artists, and researchers who engage with critical and experimental approaches to games. Applicants should demonstrate expertise, community engagement, and international recognition for one or many critical game-related practices.

Applications are due: October 5th, 2024 at 11:59pm (PST)
Find more information and submit applications at: https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF09663
Please reach out with any questions at: [email protected]

UCLA Design Media Arts invites applications for a Tenure-track Assistant or Tenured Associate/Full Professor in Games.

This is a broad call that encourages applications from a wide range of practices and approaches to game research, practice, and scholarship. Successful candidates will have a strong record of recognition and achievement in a game-related field as well as excellence in teaching, preferably at both the undergraduate and graduate level.

We seek applications from scholars, artists, and researchers who engage with critical and experimental approaches to games. Applicants should demonstrate expertise, community engagement, and international recognition for one or many critical game-related practices.

Applications are due: October 5th, 2024 at 11:59pm (PST)
Find more information and submit applications at: https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF09663
Please reach out with any questions at: [email protected]

Opening Reception & Performances TOMORROW: Thursday May 16, 5–8 pm

Please join us for a night of performances and immersive media work at the opening of the UCLA Design|Media Arts MFA Thesis Exhibition LOVE MACHINES.

Exhibition Dates: May 16-30th, 10am-5pm

Location: New Wight Gallery, UCLA Broad Art Center, 240 Charles E Young Dr N., Los Angeles, CA

Public parking available in UCLA ParkingStructure 3

Featuring work by: Antigoni Tsagkaropoulou, Aurora Mititelu, Brenton Zola, Chong Xu, Doyeon Kim, Hua Chai, Jules Johnston, Wantong Yao and Vinny Roca

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Pulsing cores, twitching digits, memory movements.

Love Machines is the hopeful condition - that through and with ever-changing media we may join together in generosity. Love Machines is the foreclosed command - to operationalize the self and accept technology as the answer.

In the presence of this double, Love Machines looks to make sense of these conflicting desires that permeate contemporary techno-culture. From performances to simulation, the works in this show by the 2024 UCLA DMA MFA cohort both embrace the new relations fostered by media arts, and call into question the black-boxed reality that is formed from these same technologies.

As the love of machines swells to consume, this show looks toward the love machine, that which turns in mutual care, as a new mode to understand our present.

The UCLA Game Lab stands in solidarity with our students' right to peacefully protest, as enshrined in the fundamental principles of free speech and expression. We believe that fostering an environment where diverse perspectives are heard and respected is paramount to our educational mission. At the UCLA Game Lab, we value the power of dialogue, critical thinking, and activism in shaping a more just and equitable society. We encourage open discussions and constructive engagement with our community to address systemic issues and strive for positive change.

The arrests and the violence towards UCLA students and faculty participating in the protest in support of Palestine that took place this week are deeply upsetting to us. We assert that peaceful protest is a fundamental right, and any actions that suppress or infringe upon this right must be scrutinized and addressed.

We are appalled with UCLA’s failure to protect our students against the violence of the counter protestors and the police. We stand with our students and faculty in their pursuit of social justice and will continue to support their right to peaceful protest.

In light of the events of the past week at UCLA, we are postponing the Everest Pipkin lecture for a later date. When we decide to reschedule we will announce the new lecture date through our social media and email lists. Thank you for your interest, please reach out if you have any questions or concerns.

Calling all Bruins! 🎮 Enroll in DESMA 7: Critical Game Culture, an online GE course offered this summer! 🌞 Cultivate media literacy through lectures, readings & discussions about games culture & hands-on gameplay. Join us for a deep dive into gaming's impact on media, society, & the future. Enroll now for Summer Session A6! 🚀 The class meets virtually from 6/24-8/2 on Wednesdays 9am-12pm with a discussion on Mondays (with two time slots offered: 9am-10:20am and 10:30am-11:50am).

Make sure to get your application in for the UCLA Design Media Arts Technology Assistant position in by February 27th!

UCLA Design Media Arts is hiring a Technology Assistant! Under the direction of the Technology Labs Supervisor, the Technology Assistant is responsible for supporting the overall learning and research environment of the Department by assisting with the technology set up in the classrooms and providing IT support to the faculty and students.

Significant interaction with students, faculty, and staff requires strong teaching and social skills, and the ability to identify and understand an individual's arts-related need in order to provide pertinent advice about appropriate and suitable technologies and usage. Incumbent must possess an ability and desire to remain current and knowledgeable about equipment, software, and new innovative technologies and techniques relevant to design and media arts production.

Application closes February 27th! For more information, visit:
https://hr.mycareer.ucla.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=89892
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UCLA Design Media Arts is hiring a Technology Assistant! Under the direction of the Technology Labs Supervisor, the Technology Assistant is responsible for supporting the overall learning and research environment of the Department by assisting with the technology set up in the classrooms and providing IT support to the faculty and students.

Significant interaction with students, faculty, and staff requires strong teaching and social skills, and the ability to identify and understand an individual's arts-related need in order to provide pertinent advice about appropriate and suitable technologies and usage. Incumbent must possess an ability and desire to remain current and knowledgeable about equipment, software, and new innovative technologies and techniques relevant to design and media arts production.

Application closes February 27th! For more information, visit:
https://hr.mycareer.ucla.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=89892
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“We Dream in the Dark” by Demi Saleeb at the UCLA Design Media Arts undergraduate exhibition “Save as…” 💾🦋 "We Dream in the Dark" reflects on the concepts Hikkimori, Sonder, loneliness through interactive 3D space. The game explores human relationships with technology; the lack of connection with self, others and desires of escapism.

August Hattiangadi’s game “Pretty Peggy” at the UCLA Design Media Arts undergraduate exhibition “Save as…” 💾🦋 “Pretty Peggy” reflects on identity, self-love and nostalgia while exploring narrative and character design.

“[I can hear your thoughts]” by Jatearra Ritchie at the UCLA Design Media Arts undergraduate exhibition “Save as…” 💾🦋 Created using p5.js, "[I can hear your thoughts]", explores Ritchie’s personal journey with hearing aids and reflects on identity.

“Awakening” by Yolanda Xing at the UCLA Design Media Arts undergraduate exhibition “Save as…” 💾🦋 “Awakening” is an immersive 3D game that casts players in the ongoing saga of Dylan, a cyborg character living in a never-ending digital reality. It presents the digital realm as a voyeuristic window into Dylan's life, while the gallery space becomes a passing scene, often given fleeting attention and little more than a backdrop for selfies. The continuous cycle of Dylan's death becomes both meaningless and empathetic, reflecting the transitory nature of engagement in both spaces.

Nahla Quazi’s game “Desire” at the UCLA Design Media Arts undergraduate exhibition “Save as…”💾🦋“Desire” is a dating simulation exploring as*xuality and its isolating nature.

The last meet up was so fun! We played the tabletop RPG Ech0 (designed by Kai Poh & Elisha Rusli), where players take on the role of children who find a hard drive containing the mind of a fallen mecha pilot, and discover the secrets of the ruined machines that lie scattered across this ancient battlefield.

Dive into our newly expanded book collection with "Game: Animals, Video Games, and Humanity" by Tom Tyler, which examines animals in video games, reflecting on conventional understandings of humans, animals, and the relationships between them.🐾 🎮

Join us TONIGHT for “Save as…”, a UCLA Design Media Arts undergraduate exhibition at 5pm in the UCLA New Wight Gallery! 💾🦋

Join us on January 18th, 2024 at 5pm in the UCLA New Wight Gallery for “Save as…”, a UCLA Design Media Arts undergraduate exhibition. “Save as…" showcases the present moment as a point in the line of one’s creative evolution, and the process of choosing a certain reality or branching off to preserve a new iteration of an idea.

For more information visit: https://dma.ucla.edu/events/ug-winter-24-exhibition

OPENING RECEPTION: January 18th, 2024
TIME: 5 p.m. - 8 p.m.
EXHIBITION DATES: January 18 - February 1, 2024
GALLERY HOURS: Mon-Sat, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

LOCATION
UCLA New Wight Gallery
240 Charles E Young Dr N.
Broad Art Center, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, CA 90095

Public parking is available in UCLA Parking Structure 3.

We’ve expanded our book collection!📚 Check out our latest additions, including "Games: Agency As Art" by C. Thi Nguyen, exploring the unique art form of games, where designers shape our agency, identity and motive. 🕹