Art by Jordan Smith. Milan Loiacono contributed to the reporting in this piece. Music has the ability to elicit a wide spectrum of emotions. It can create suspense in a film scene. Evoke nostalgia from a middle school dance. Help someone cry through their first heartbreak. Music as an art form is an experience, a mood, a feeling. Musical styles express … [Read more...] about Silhouetting Sound: Light and Dark in Music
Fall 2019: Challenging Perceptions of Light & Dark
Creatures of the Night: California Rallies for Wildlife Restoration
Art by Milan Loiacono and Savannah Welch. While the Malibu community falls into a deep sleep, a frog calls for his lover; a mountain lion hunts for her cubs; an owl sings for all of the Santa Monica Mountains to hear. The night is alive. Although unseen to many, nocturnal animals continue to play a vital role in the Santa Monica Mountains — keeping ecosystems balanced … [Read more...] about Creatures of the Night: California Rallies for Wildlife Restoration
Seeing the Value in Dark
Cemetery flowers in "Dark Spring" | Photo courtesy of Katherine Parsons Out of the darkness, bright tulips bloom. Others wilt and whither. In "Dark Spring," Digital Art Professor Katherine Parsons' art project, she explores how cemetery flowers reflect both life and death. This VR experience for Coaxial Arts in downtown Los Angeles focuses on the relationship between … [Read more...] about Seeing the Value in Dark
Astrophotography
At night, a camera is blind. It faces the inky darkness of a pitch-black sky or the stark contrast of city lights and struggles to focus, let alone choose an exposure. "Auto" is useless. Night photography is thus a test of a photographer; they must know how to set a shutter speed for several minutes, how to freeze the motion of stars in the sky, how to ‘paint in’ the … [Read more...] about Astrophotography
Currents Magazine Fall 2019: Behind the Scenes
A behind the scenes look at the production of the Fall 2019 edition of Currents Magazine: Challenging the Perceptions of Light & Dark. … [Read more...] about Currents Magazine Fall 2019: Behind the Scenes