Culver Center Events

Into the Abyss

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:00:00 PST

On view from: February 17, 2012 - February 18, 2012. Film Screening, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM. Werner Herzog's examination of the "moral chaos" of state executions takes convicted killer Michael Perry as its subject, and includes interviews with his victim's relatives, the prison's chaplain, as well as a former prison executioner. The result is a film that looks at why people kill and why the state does as well.

Metropolis

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:00:00 PST

On view from: February 24, 2012 - February 25, 2012. Film Screening, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM. Fritz Lang's classic silent-film Metropolis presents a futuristic mega-city in which the elite live above the clouds in endless luxury and the working class toil and labor underground. The early sci-fi feature, notable for its innovations in camera technique and special effects, ultimately tells a love story in the wake of class struggle and technological oppression.

Octubre

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 16:00:00 PST

On view from: March 2, 2012 - March 3, 2012. Film Screening, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM. October is the purple month in Lima, when the grey city’s somber tones give way to processions celebrating the Lord of Miracles. The film’s restrained painterly cinematography tracks the throngs of devotees who light candles and follow the processions, each in search of their own miracle. And the camera picks out Clemente, a small time loan shark with a penchant for hookers, solitude, money lending and nothing else. Returning home one day, Clemente finds a newborn baby left in his bed. Clemente hires his neighbor, Sofia, an October worshipper, to help care for the child. With Sofia and the baby sharing his home, Clemente discovers emotional attachments he never thought he had.

Once Upon a Time in Anatolia

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 16:00:00 PST

On view from: March 9, 2012 - March 10, 2012. Film Screening, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM. A police commissioner, a prosecutor, a doctor, and the murder suspect go searching for the victim in the Anatolian countryside in the dead of night. As details of the crime begin to come out, the mystery seems only to grow deeper.

Certified Copy

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 17:00:00 PDT

On view from: March 16, 2012 - March 17, 2012. Film Screening, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM. Abbas Kiarostami's first film outside of Iran is the story of an art gallery owner, who after attended a lecture on authenticity and fakery in art, invites the speaker on a tour of her native Tuscan countryside. Initially mistaken for husband and wife, the pair decided to keep their act going throughout the day, playing the part of a long married couple.

You Are All Captains

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 17:00:00 PDT

On view from: March 23, 2012 - March 24, 2012. Film Screening, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM. Oliver Laxe's docu-drama stars the director himself, playing the part of a 'neocolonialist' filmmaker. Laxe travels to Tangiers to hold film making workshops for underprivileged children, but soon begins to focus children's efforts on his own film. The kids begin to resist Laxe's project and challenge the entire dynamic of filmmaker/subject, and turn the project in on itself.

Melancholia

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 17:00:00 PDT

On view from: March 30, 2012 - March 31, 2012. Film Screening, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM. The title of von Trier's Melancholia refers to both, the name of a rogue planet that appears to be on a collision course with Earth, and the crippling depression of the film's protagonists Justine. Broken up into two parts, the film moves from Justine's severe depression and disastrous wedding reception into her sister all-consuming anxiety about the potential apocalypse.

Post Pacific Standard Time

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:00:00 PST

On view from: February 4, 2012 - March 24, 2012. Opening Reception, February 4, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM. Post Pacific Standard Time: Three Artists in Los Angeles from the 1980s is an exhibition in dialog with the Getty Foundation’s city-wide initiative, Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945-1980 presented in multiple venues from fall 2011 to winter 2012.

Lewis deSoto and Erin Neff

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:00:00 PST

On view from: January 28, 2012 - March 24, 2012. Opening Reception, February 4, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM. “Tahquitz” is the name of a primordial creature, a nukatem, part of the creation story of the Cahuilla people who live in the Southern California areas of Palm Springs, San Gorgonio Pass, Hemet and Anza Borrego. This primordial being, according to the Cahuilla, wanders in the San Jacinto mountain range where a peak is named for him.

Samba & Capoeira Workshop

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:00:00 PST

Workshop, February 18, 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM. Samba and Capoeira Workshop: Lia Sfoggia, Choreographer and Dancer from Brazil, will offer another workshop that introduces Afro-Brazilian rhythms like "Capoeira" and various dance forms of "Samba." Come out and Samba your way across the dance floor and enjoy partnering skills for executing Capoiera! Along the way, experience the richness of the Afro-Brazilian culture and history of Samba and Capoeira.

Performance as Process

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:00:00 PST

Performance, February 18, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM. Following the Dance Workshop, there will be two live, installation performances in the Culver Center Café, observable from both inside and outside the Culver Center. Performance as Process: An Interdisciplinary Collaboration, a collaborative exchange between international and interdepartmental artists currently working at University of California, Riverside.

Aspects of Music and Movement in Capoeira

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:00:00 PST

Lecture, February 23, 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM. Lecture on “Aspects of Music and Movement in Capoeira” by Guilherme Bertissolo, with Q &A in the Culver Center Screening Room, followed by Capoeira Performance with Lia Sfoggia & Guilherme Bertissolo in the Culver Center Atrium.

Performance as Process

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:00:00 PST

Performance, February 25, 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM. Part I of Performance as Process culmination in Culver Atrium.

Performance as Process

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 16:00:00 PST

Performance, March 1, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM. Part II of Performance as Process and Video culmination in Culver Atrium during First Thursday Artswalk.

Decline and Fall

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 16:00:00 PST

Film Screening, March 3, 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM. Erika Suderburg’s Decline and Fall is an experimental feature-length documentary about aerial bombing, reconstruction, mass protest, and monumentality. Spanning historical and present day images from Rome, Yucatán, Berlin and Los Angeles this work examines empire; its artifacts, structures and collapse.

Inland Empire Filmmakers

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 16:00:00 PST

Film Screening, March 8, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM. “yHomeless? is a documentary that allows me to tell the stories of people who are normally ignored. It looked as if I may lose my home. Instead of just waiting to see what would happen, I decided to put my energies into finding out what it was to be homeless in this country.” Glen Dunzweiler.

2012 MFA Thesis Exhibition

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 17:00:00 PDT

On view from: April 14, 2012 - May 5, 2012. Opening Reception, April 14, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM. UCR’s Department of Art Master of Fine Arts program graduates exhibit work in this annual exhibition. They will join a select company of graduates from art departments and private art schools in Southern California, a region that has become known for transforming its artists into major players on the international art scene. Among the Art Department’s distinguished faculty are John Divola, Jill Giegerich, Jim Isermann, Brandon Lattu, Charles Long, Erika Suderburg, and Amir Zaki. Organized by UCR Sweeney Art Gallery and Art Department.

Zoë Keating

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:00:00 PDT

Performance, April 27, 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM. Armed with just her cello and a small box of electronics, Zoë Keating is a one-woman orchestra. In live time, she records layer upon layer of cello using a computer and an array of pedals to transform her solo performances into lush and beautiful multipart works.

2012 Senior Thesis Exhibition

Fri, 18 May 2012 17:00:00 PDT

On view from: May 19, 2012 - June 2, 2012. Opening Reception, May 19, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM. Every year, undergraduate art majors graduating from UCR have their final work presented in a two-part, senior thesis exhibition at the Sweeney Art Gallery that features paintings, photographs, drawings, videos, performance and sculpture. Among the Art Department’s distinguished faculty are John Divola, Jill Giegerich, Jim Isermann, Brandon Lattu, Charles Long, Erika Suderburg, and Amir Zaki. Organized by UCR Sweeney Art Gallery and Art Department.

Mexico at the Hour of Combat

Fri, 19 Oct 2012 17:00:00 PDT

On view from: October 20, 2012 - December 31, 2012. Opening Reception, October 20, 6:00 PM - 9:00 AM. Mexico at the Hour of Combat: Sabino Osuna's Photographs of the Mexican Revolution is an exhibition and book based on the Osuna Collection of 427 glass negatives of the Mexican Revolution, which are held in the Special Collections section of University of California, Riverside, which mainly cover the period 1910 to 1914. The principal photographer was Sabino Osuna, about whom little is known. Internal evidence suggests that he was a commercial photographer in Mexico City, whose work shifted from portraiture and architectural studies to photo history when the Revolution began. He had excellent access to the protagonists on all sides, and captured many moods of this dramatic revolutionary period.

Free Enterprise

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 16:00:00 PST

On view from: January 19, 2013 - March 23, 2013. Opening Reception, January 19, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM. Free Enterprise: The Art of Citizen Space Exploration will be the first contemporary art exhibition in the U.S. to explore implications of civilian space travel which represents a major political and cultural shift away from sponsorship by the federal government and toward a free-market, private enterprise model. The exhibition is split into several components over several years ranging from separate exhibitions to a major publication.