The Seventh Schism: Lucid Ooey Gooey | Virtual Performance Art Festival
On the occasion of the exhibition Shana Moulton: The Invisible Seventh is the Mystic Column MCASB is pleased to present The Seventh Schism: Lucid Ooey Gooey, a one-night virtual performance art festival. This festival features performance works by students in the College of Creative Studies and the Department of Art at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). Since the Pandemic began, UCSB students have been remote, which has pushed their creative practice to interface with digital, virtual, and electromagnetic spaces like never before. Contemplating the glitch (audio/visual mishaps), the error (getting kicked off the server), and the fluctuation of fatigue and comfort, you are invited to see how these young artists have reimagined performance art while being locked in the grid of capture on their computer screens. In this latent virtual space fraught with the dichotomy of legibility/illegibility there continues to be electrical & emotional exchange in relation to our bodies and our retinas at large. The Seventh Schism: Lucid Ooey Gooey will feature telepresence works, performed videos, and collaborative live experiments. As the Spring Quarter at UCSB comes to an end this festival serves as the culminating event for two courses: 'Performance Art 134' taught by Shana Moulton, and 'Performance, Practice, & Proclamations' taught by Serene Blumenthal. Join us for this FREE virtual event on Friday, June 4 2021 at 5:00 pm. The Seventh Schism: Lucid Ooey Gooey will be streamed live on our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/c/MCAsantabarbara.
