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Ticket confirmation screenshot 

On April 19th, 2022 I was able to experience something I had never thought I would. I went to an event scheduled and put on by the UCLA art department, approaching the event with a naive view. I had absolutely no idea what was in store. The piece was a response to the challenges and hardships that we faced, not only as a country but as a world. COVID-19 was the curveball that no one expected, the invisible enemy. Through the grit of community we have just started to see the other side of a pandemic that has shifted everything. 



Image from the installation 

Artist and UCLA Alum, Refik Anadol installed his “Moment of Reflection” on the grass of his alma mater. Anadol uses a combination of technology and art to create his medium, displaying what he calls “the mind of a machine.” The display used one massive screen to project the work of art as a moving image of a distorted nature. Seen above is a photograph taken during the show. The piece sparked interest in me, it was something that felt so familiar yet it was like looking through someone else's eyes into another dimension.

Me and a fellow classmate attending the reception 




During the opening ceremony of the event UCLA Chancellor Gene Block said “There are times when the language of art can speak to us most deeply,” I feel like the language of the installation really struck a nerve. The pandemic caused an exponential growth of the time one spent behind a screen, and I thought that Anadols' take on using technology, something we have grown so close to, to produce this altered reality really spoke to its roots. 


 Brochure and bag given upon entering the event


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