Event 3 Blog - Angela Zhang
Last Thursday, I had the opportunity to immerse myself in the UG Senior Capstone Exhibition of the Design | Media Arts department at UCLA, titled “Business As Usual.” This event, held at the Broad EDA and Untitled Gallery, was not just a showcase of talent and creativity but a profound reflection on the integration of art, science, and technology—themes that resonate deeply with my academic and personal interests. The opening reception of the exhibition "Business as Usual" in the EDA at Broad Art Center One of the projects that particularly struck me was Joanna Chen’s DMA Yearbook. This innovative project utilized NFC technology to create an interactive yearbook where visitors could leave digital messages for the seniors. This blending of digital and physical realms echoes the ideas in Victoria Vesna’s "Third Culture: Being in Between," which explores the fusion of human interaction and technology. Vesna’s work discusses how such integrations can transform our trad...
