Get Your Hands Dirty with the Arts! Saturday, October 12, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. University Park Campus USC’s world-class arts schools, including the School of Architecture, the School of Cinematic Arts, the School of Dramatic Arts, the Roski School of Fine Arts and the Thornton School of Music, will come together to present an annual day-long festival featuring unique opportunities to get your hands dirty with the arts! An extraordinary array of hands-on workshops will be presented in art, architecture, cinematic arts, interactive media, music and theatre. So nurture your talents and skills, get creative and experience the thrill of making art with USC’s distinguished faculty. Organized by the USC Arts Schools.
Imagining New Communities in the Digital Age A Multimedia Performance Featuring Low End Theory Saturday, October 12, 7 p.m. Bovard Auditorium Bovard Auditorium will be transformed into an interactive artistic and community space in a multimedia event that will reverberate around the world. Live music in genres ranging from hip hop to electronica will merge with visual design and computer-generated graphics created by Low End Theory, a legendary Los Angeles club night. Held weekly in Los Angeles, monthly in San Francisco and quarterly in Japan, Low End Theory supports visionary artists, breakthrough sounds and vibrant artistic community. Performers will include legendary producer Daddy Kev, DJ Gaslamp Killer, turntablist D-Styles, producer/performer Nobody, freestyle rapper Nocando and visual designer Strangeloop. The event will include a discussion with the artists, New York University professor Nicholas Mirzoeff, USC professor Josh Kun and USC lecturer Seth Michelson. Organized by the Hemispheric Institute’s Convergence Working Group. Co-sponsored by Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture, the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism and the Department of American Studies and Ethnicity.
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