Join us for a special screening of the documentary New Wave followed by a live Q&A with director Elizabeth Ai on Tuesday, October 21 from 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM at the USU Theatre.
Stick around after the screening for a conversation with filmmaker Elizabeth Ai, who will discuss the creative process, the film’s themes, and the real-life stories that inspired it.
Location: Cal State LA USU Theatre
Date: Tuesday, October 21
Time: 1:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Space is limited. RSVP is required: https://sotunewwave.eventbrite.com
Elizabeth Ai is a Chinese-Vietnamese-American Los Angeles based Emmy award-winning producer. She writes, directs, and produces independent narratives as well as branded content for companies such as National Geographic, ESPN, and VICE. She produced documentary features; DIRTY HANDS: THE ART & CRIMES OF DAVID CHOE (2008), on the titled artist after his prison release and before his meteoric rise and A WOMAN’S WORK: THE NFL’S CHEERLEADER PROBLEM (2019), which examines wage theft and exploitation of the only visible NFL women. She’s a fellow of Berlin Talent Campus, Film Independent, Sundance, and Tribeca. Her film projects are supported by California Humanities, Firelight Media, Knight Foundation, and ITVS. She received her B.A. from the University of Southern California.
Our Q&A panel will also include special guests professor/writer/DJ Oliver S. Wang and artist & educator Phung Huynh.
Space is limited. RSVP is required: https://sotunewwave.eventbrite.com
Music Research Symposium with Emerging Scholars
Sounds of the Underground brings together researchers, artists, archivists, and community historians to share work on grassroots sound-making. Sessions are brief to spark discussion; join us for any block or stay the whole day. Presentation themes include diasporic kinships and sonic resistance; community archiving and memory-making; queer and trans nightlife, safety, and belonging; transcultural identity formation across diasporas; student-led education, mental health, and safe-space building; and the geographies of LA’s underground scenes.
Location: Cal State LA University Library (Library North Community Room & Library South Special Collections Reading Room)
Date: Wednesday, October 22
Time: 9:25 AM – 3 PM
Full Presentation Schedule:
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Community Room (Library North, B-131) |
SCA Reading Room (Library South, 2079) |
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9:25am-10am |
Thuy Vo Dang |
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10:05am-10:40am |
Preserving Punk through Community Collaboration: The UCLA Library Punk Archive (Briana Gonzalez, UCLA) |
Escuchar al Istmo: Los Angeles Central American Diasporic Music Memory Making (Gabriel Vidal, UCLA) |
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10:50am-11:30am |
Sound of the Diaspora: A California Tour of Independent Kinship & Resistance (Seven Bailey, Cal State Northridge) |
Uncovering Hidden Rhythms: Reimagining the Soundscape of Southern California’s Music History (Roberto Viramontes, Cal State LA) |
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11:35am-12:05pm |
37 Bands; Punk Practice and Post Diaspora (Dr. Ndia Buyse, University of Sussex) |
Alternative Subcultures: Freedom of Safe Self-Expression and Social Connection in an Otherwise Judgmental Society (Angie Louie, Cal State LA) |
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12:45pm-1:30pm |
Deep Routes: Sonic Storytelling of LA’s Underground Music Scenes (T-Kay Sangwand, UCLA) |
Do the Dance: Indie Sleaze, Bloghouse Clubs, and Emo in SoCal (Kristen Martinez, UCLA) |
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1:40pm-2:15pm |
Darron Cunanan/Student Posters |
Transcultural Identity Construction in Caribbean Popular Music: A Comparative Analysis of Shenseea and Stefflon Don (Holland Rhodd-Lee, UCLA) |
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2:20pm-2:55pm |
Nothing Means Nothing Anymore: A Queer Chicana (Re)membering of the Alley Cats’ Dianne Chai (Marlén Ríos-Hernández, Cal State Fullerton) |
Dark Glamour & Gendered Risk: Women, Trans Men, and Gender Expansive Latines Navigating Safety, Belonging & Resistance in Los Ángeles’ Goth Queer Nightlife (Cris Avitia Camacho, UCLA) |
Join us for a celebration of sound, memory, and community! Featuring live performances from Shit Chaotic and Lynda Trang Đài, alongside an Emily’s Sassy Lime DJ set, the festival brings together underground energy and intergenerational artistry. Bring flyers, zines, photos, cassettes, posters, and other music memorabilia: scanners will be available for on-the-spot archiving and donations to preserve LA’s music history at the University Library. Enjoy snacks from the Mad Dumpling food truck and meet music archive community partners.
Location: Cal State LA USU Plaza
Time: 3 PM – 5:30 PM
