{"id":256032,"date":"2026-05-26T13:22:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T17:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/26\/ucsbs-media-arts-and-technology-graduate-program-to-host-2026-end-of-year-show\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T13:30:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T17:30:11","slug":"ucsbs-media-arts-and-technology-graduate-program-to-host-2026-end-of-year-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/26\/ucsbs-media-arts-and-technology-graduate-program-to-host-2026-end-of-year-show\/","title":{"rendered":"UCSB\u2019s Media Arts and Technology Graduate Program to Host 2026 End of Year Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.com\/2026\/05\/26\/ucsbs-media-arts-and-technology-graduate-program-to-host-2026-end-of-year-show\/\">UCSB\u2019s Media Arts and Technology Graduate Program to Host 2026 End of Year Show<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.com\/2026\/05\/26\/ucsbs-media-arts-and-technology-graduate-program-to-host-2026-end-of-year-show\/\">https:\/\/www.independent.com\/2026\/05\/26\/ucsbs-media-arts-and-technology-graduate-program-to-host-2026-end-of-year-show\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-26 13:22:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.independent.com\">www.independent.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\">Credit: Courtesy<\/li>\n<li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1080\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-740196\" data-id=\"740196\" data-aspect-ratio=\"1024 \/ 691\" src=\"https:\/\/www.independent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SimulacraNatura_PCsusanZhong.png?w=1024&#038;resize=1600%2C1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.independent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SimulacraNatura_PCsusanZhong.png?w=1600 1600w, https:\/\/www.independent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SimulacraNatura_PCsusanZhong.png?w=300 300w, https:\/\/www.independent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SimulacraNatura_PCsusanZhong.png?w=768 768w, https:\/\/www.independent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SimulacraNatura_PCsusanZhong.png?w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/www.independent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SimulacraNatura_PCsusanZhong.png?w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/www.independent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SimulacraNatura_PCsusanZhong.png?w=600 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/>Credit: Courtesy<\/li>\n<li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1080\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-740197\" data-id=\"740197\" data-aspect-ratio=\"1024 \/ 691\" src=\"https:\/\/www.independent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WORM_SamBourgault_EmilieYu_AlejandroAponte_MegumiOndo_3_PCSamBourgault.png?w=1024&#038;resize=1600%2C1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.independent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WORM_SamBourgault_EmilieYu_AlejandroAponte_MegumiOndo_3_PCSamBourgault.png?w=1600 1600w, https:\/\/www.independent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WORM_SamBourgault_EmilieYu_AlejandroAponte_MegumiOndo_3_PCSamBourgault.png?w=300 300w, https:\/\/www.independent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WORM_SamBourgault_EmilieYu_AlejandroAponte_MegumiOndo_3_PCSamBourgault.png?w=768 768w, https:\/\/www.independent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WORM_SamBourgault_EmilieYu_AlejandroAponte_MegumiOndo_3_PCSamBourgault.png?w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/www.independent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WORM_SamBourgault_EmilieYu_AlejandroAponte_MegumiOndo_3_PCSamBourgault.png?w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/www.independent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WORM_SamBourgault_EmilieYu_AlejandroAponte_MegumiOndo_3_PCSamBourgault.png?w=600 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/>Credit: Courtesy<\/li>\n<li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1080\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-740198\" data-id=\"740198\" data-aspect-ratio=\"1024 \/ 691\" src=\"https:\/\/www.independent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Photosoma_AmandaGregory_1_PCBourgault-1.png?w=1024&#038;resize=1600%2C1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.independent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Photosoma_AmandaGregory_1_PCBourgault-1.png?w=1600 1600w, https:\/\/www.independent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Photosoma_AmandaGregory_1_PCBourgault-1.png?w=300 300w, https:\/\/www.independent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Photosoma_AmandaGregory_1_PCBourgault-1.png?w=768 768w, https:\/\/www.independent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Photosoma_AmandaGregory_1_PCBourgault-1.png?w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/www.independent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Photosoma_AmandaGregory_1_PCBourgault-1.png?w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/www.independent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Photosoma_AmandaGregory_1_PCBourgault-1.png?w=600 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/>Credit: Courtesy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">UCSB\u2019s Media Arts and Technology (MAT) Graduate Program is hosting itsEnd of Year Show (EoYS), <strong>re:agency<\/strong>, to celebrate another year of groundbreaking research. The EoYS is an annual event where guests are invited to step into the fusion of media arts and technology to experience innovative projects and performances produced by the program\u2019s graduate students.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Community members are invited to attend two celebratory events:<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>EoYS @ Elings Hall (UCSB Campus) | Tuesday, June 2 | 5 to 8 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Research, exhibitions, demos<strong\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>California NanoSystems Institute Elings Hall (Floor 2)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(Parking: Paid parking is available in Lot 10)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Elings Hall showing will highlight MAT\u2019s research work, spread across the Expressive Computation, AlloSphere, transLAB, and Experimental Visualization research groups.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>EoYS @ SBCAST (Downtown SB) | Thursday, June 5 | 6-10 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Installations, performances, urbanXR<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Santa Barbara Center for Art, Science and Technology (531 Garden Street)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(Parking: Paid parking is available in city lots 10 and 11)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The SBCAST showing is taking place as part of Downtown Santa Barbara\u2019s First Thursday Art Walk. Live music will feature the MAT Create Ensemble, and large-scale projection-mapping will be presented after dark. Media arts installations will be featured throughout.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These events are free and open to the public.<strong\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>re:agency<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What does human agency mean in the presence of systems that appear increasingly \u201cagentic\u201d\u2014systems designed to absorb, predict, and appropriate human action? Where does agency reside when power is concentrated in the hands of a few, who unilaterally define what is possible and what will not be tolerated? And what might agency become if we choose, collectively, to reclaim and reassert our capacity to act, shape, and intervene?<\/p>\n<p...<\/strong>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.com\/2026\/05\/26\/ucsbs-media-arts-and-technology-graduate-program-to-host-2026-end-of-year-show\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UCSB\u2019s Media Arts and Technology Graduate Program to Host 2026 End of Year Show https:\/\/www.independent.com\/2026\/05\/26\/ucsbs-media-arts-and-technology-graduate-program-to-host-2026-end-of-year-show\/&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":256034,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.independent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MAT_EoYS_2026_aa81b5.png?w=1000","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-256032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256032"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256032"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256032\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":256036,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256032\/revisions\/256036"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}