Breathing for Interdependence

The UCLA Art|Sci Center invites you to join us for the culminating event of the Atmosphere of Sound series, presented as part of the Getty Pacific Standard Time initiative. This final offering takes the form of a participatory soundwalk titled Breathing for Interdependence, created by Polish artist and theorist Anna Nacher.

Designed as a 20-minute journey from the North to the South side of the UCLA campus, the walk is a meditative exploration of breath, environment, and interconnectedness. Anna’s soundwalk will lead you from the north of the UCLA campus to the south, along the axis that literally links Arts to Science. From the Broad Art Center, through Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden and Royce Hall, to the premises of Mathematical Sciences and Geology. It becomes an exercise in embodied practice of interdependence, reflecting on how fields often considered separate are in fact mutually co-constitutive. At the same time, the soundwalk will also allow one to sense the simple act of breathing as a form combining regenerative healing practice with social and cultural insights on the roots of contemporary crises: ecological, social, and political. The walk ends at the Field School of Public Health and Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden, emphasizing that healing is a process in which people cannot be separated from the broader ecologies of environment, communities, and institutions. It ultimately grounds the walkable connection between Arts and Science in a broader system of life support that should be made available to all beings.

Friday, May 30, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
More Info: soundofatmosphere.com