BLUE

The UCR ARTSblock Digital Studio is partnering with the Visual Arts Department at LaSierra University to present an exhibition of video and paintings under the title, BLUE: I DREAM A WORLD, January 14 - Feburary 8th. Beatriz Mejia-Krumbein, chair of visual arts and curator of the Brandstater Gallery approached UCR California Museum of Photography about a show loosely tied to the theme of peace. BLUE came to mind as a metaphor for transcendence, despair, and music; as well blue video screens pulsating within the gallery. The image above is from the improvisational dance piece DISTURBANCE, created by Anna Scott and Ritsu Katsumata, that was performed collaboratively in December 2007 at UCR/CMP and Bucknell University across iChat. An excerpt of this piece is projected through translucent scrims hanging in the Brandstater Gallery. This work as well as other videos by young people are featured as part of BLUE: I Dream A World. The three-channel video installation GULF IN THE WAR, produced by curator Reggie Woolery, will be on view both on UCR ARTSblock and at LaSierra University. "Words of War and Poetry of Peace" will take place at Brandstater Gallery on January 23rd at 5:00pm.

To get a copy of the BLUE: I Dream A World program, click here. For a list of other peace-related events at LaSierra, click here. To see a view of the gallery, click the picture above.