Fresh Perspectives, Art Premiere at the Qualcomm Institute with the 2022-23 IDEAS Season

October 17, 2022 / By Xochitl Rojas-Rocha

Themes of nature, culture, music and the future collide in the 2022-23 season of the Qualcomm Institute’s (QI) Initiative for Digital Exploration of Arts and Sciences (IDEAS). Beginning with a free viewing of “Fusion: Landscape and Beyond” in QI’s Atkinson Hall on the UC San Diego campus, the ninth annual series of IDEAS will bring fresh, imaginative performances to the university and public communities now through June 2023. 

The full lineup is as follows:

“Fusion: Landscape and Beyond” by Mingyong Chen, Xuexi Dang, Xingwen Zhao and Zetao Yu

• Date: Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022
• Host: Shahrokh Yadegari/Memo Akten
• Time: 5 - 8 p.m.
• 5 p.m. Calit2 Theater/Vroom for presentation and discussion
• 6 p.m. Pre-Function Area (PFA)/courtyard for reception

“Morphés I” by Alexander Ishov

• Date: Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022
• Host: Shahrokh Yadegari
• Time: 5 - 8 p.m.
• 5 p.m. SPAT Lab for installation, Theater/Pre-Function Area (PFA)/Courtyard for talk
• 6 p.m. PFA/courtyard for reception

“Persistence” by Roger Reynolds

• Date: Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023
• Host: Shahrokh Yadegari
• Time: 5 - 8 p.m.
• 5 p.m. Calit2 Theater/Vroom
• 6 p.m. PFA/courtyard for reception

“Crossing Boundaries” - Class Performance

• Dates: Friday, Feb. 24 and Saturday, Feb. 25
• Host: Shahrokh Yadegari
• Time: 5 - 8 p.m.
• 5 p.m. Calit2 Theater/Vroom for class performance
• 6 p.m. PFA/courtyard for reception

“Dust” by Heige Kim

• Date: Thursday, March 2, 2023
• Host: Shahrokh Yadegari
• Time: 5 - 8 p.m.
• 5 p.m. Calit2 Theater/Vroom installation
• 6 p.m.  PFA/courtyard for reception

“Ecospherical” by Charles Deluga

• Date: Thursday, April 6, 2023
• Host: Shahrokh Yadegari
• Time: 5 - 8 p.m.
• 5 p.m. SPAT Lab installation, Calit2 Auditorium for talk
• 6 p.m. PFA/courtyard for reception

“Pigments of Imagination” by Timothy Gmeinor

• Date: Thurs., May 18, 2023
• Host: Shahrokh Yadegari
• Time: 5 - 8 p.m.
• 5 p.m. Auditorium/Theater/Vroom
• 6 p.m. PFA/courtyard for reception

“Arepas Monedas: A Sci-Fi Opera” by Jonny Stallings Cárdenas

• Date: Thursday, June 1, 2023
• Host: Shahrokh Yadegari
• Time: 5 - 8 p.m.
• 5 p.m. Calit2 Auditorium/Theater
• 6 p.m. PFA/courtyard for reception

RSVPs to IDEAS events are requested to galleryqi@ucscd.edu. 

Media Contacts

Xochitl Rojas-Rocha
xrojasrocha@eng.ucsd.edu