LIVE
SIGNAL

Five student teams present installation art, live performance, and interactive media made in partnership with local nonprofit organizations. Each piece began as a community story and moved through research, sound, data, and design to become a public-facing media experience.

Date

Wednesday, Week 10

Spring Quarter 2026

Time

11:00 AM – 1:00 PM

Open to all · Free admission

Venue

Wireframe Studio

1410 Music Building · UC Santa Barbara

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About the Exhibition

What does it mean to build media not just for audiences, but with and for communities? From CRT screens and projected film to AI-driven environments and live music, Live Signal demonstrates what happens when students treat technology as a form of care — and storytelling as a form of accountability. Each installation is built in partnership with a real nonprofit organization and leaves behind a reusable media toolkit for the partner to carry forward.

Works on View

“Rooted”

A projected short film and interactive game exploring community roots and belonging.

Reagan Brown · Cynthia Cisneros Uriostegui · Natasha Jadidolahi · Anna Belle Moncrieff · Nathaniel Vargas

Film + Interactive

“We Walk on Chumash Land”

A curated walkthrough of Chumash history and their living presence on the Santa Barbara and Goleta land.

Giuliana Adad · Thaiza Diaz Baltazar · Hannah Eaton · Liam Halberg · Lennon Miura

Curated Walk

“Nuestra Canción”

An art exhibition and set with live musical performance.

Grace Olea-Garfias · Yaretzi Pineda · Ashley Villa Chavez

Live Performance

“Jargon”

Simplifying and uncovering information about female health that is frequently overlooked and unknown throughout society.

Chloe Castellana · Makenna Deppen · Evie Smith · Sophia Walker

Video + Object

“Artificial Ambiance”

A live performance and presentation exploring AI-generated environment and atmosphere.

Isaac Barresi · Zumi Fering-Yoshioka · Rachel Mitchell · Amanda Romero

Live Performance + AI

Course Context

Course

FAMST 109MN: Media 4 Nonprofits prepares students to design ethical, accessible, and actionable media for real nonprofit contexts.

Method

Students move through three phases: Story → Signal → System — from human-centered narrative to reusable media infrastructure.

Tools

TouchDesigner, VDMX, DaVinci Resolve, Adobe Premiere — each installation is exhibition-stable and partner-ready with handoff documentation.

Instructor

Laila Shereen Sakr (VJ Um Amel) — Professor of Media Theory & Practice, Wireframe co-founder, UC Santa Barbara.

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