Arts

This live technological demonstration and in-person conversation explores how sound recording and reproduction technology shape aesthetic practices and vice versa across the Pacific. CHamoru audio creative Micah Garrido ’17 and turntablist Takuro MizutaLippit, known as dj sniff, will discuss proto-turntablist  Shizuto Haruna mixing and playing Emperor Hirohito’s surrender of Japan in 1945, Chamorro festival performance circuits, cognitive scientific theories of sound, and DJ Grandmaster Flash’s role in the history of turntablism.

Join our "Improv for the Actor" workshop, where you'll dive into the art of using real-life situations to find the humor in being present, deeply listening, and responding truthfully. This hands-on class focuses on finding the truth in everyday experiences and transforming them into captivating on-stage moments. Perfect for actors looking to sharpen their skills, we'll explore techniques for building storylines based on real life, honing your audition chops, and nailing commercial auditions with authenticity and humor.

Dr. Kimberly Marshall is known worldwide for her compelling programs and presentations of organ music. She is an accomplished teacher and is currently the Patricia and Leonard Goldman Endowed Professorship in Organ at Arizona State University. She previously held positions at Stanford University and the Royal Academy of Music, London. Winner of the St. Albans International Organ Playing Competition in 1985, she has been a recitalist, workshop leader, and adjudicator at nine National Conventions of the American Guild of Organists.

Herrick Chapel on Occidental Campus.

OXY ARTS, 4757 York Blvd. LA CA 90042

The lecture will be hosted by the Media Arts and Culture and Asian Studies departments as well as feature 3 Occidental students who were on exchange to Kathmandu, Nepal who were conducting research alongside during the Faculty-Led Richter Project to Nepal in Summer 2024. During this research project, Dr.

Media Arts and Culture is hosting La Pocha Nostra, Guillermo Gomez-Pena and Balitronica, at Oxy.  Guillermo Gómez-Peña is a performance artist, writer, activist, filmmaker, radical pedagogue and artistic director of the performance troupe La Pocha Nostra. Balitrónica is a cyborg-feminist poet, performance artist, hereditary witch, 2nd Degree, Cabot Priestess, and co-Artistic director of La Pocha Nostra. They will offer their performance, The Mex Files Duet: A Divination Ritual, on September 10, 6-8pm, in Thorne (followed by a reception, 8-9pm).

Media Arts and Culture is hosting La Pocha Nostra, Guillermo Gómez-Peña and Balitrónica, at Oxy.  Guillermo Gómez-Peña is a performance artist, writer, activist, filmmaker, radical pedagogue and artistic director of the performance troupe La Pocha Nostra. Balitrónica is a cyborg-feminist poet, performance artist, hereditary witch, 2nd Degree, Cabot Priestess, and co-Artistic director of La Pocha Nostra. They will offer their performance, The Mex Files Duet: A Divination Ritual, on September 10, 6-8pm, in Thorne (followed by a reception, 8-9pm).

Moore Bird Lab, Occidental College. 

There will be three tours starting at 12 pm, 2 pm, and 4 pm.

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