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A screengrab from a video game depicts a snow-covered, hazy blue mountain forest scene with a round, floating robot with blue LED eyes in the foreground

Feb. 10
Unreal: Up Next in Gaming
7 p.m. | Te Ata Theater and livestreamed
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Join us for a conversation and demo with James Simpson, CEO of GoldFire Studios, Jeff Price, chair of game design and animation at Oklahoma City University, and Linh Terford, independent game illustrator and concept artist. The speakers will share their experiences contributing to a growing video game industry in Oklahoma and give insight into what’s on the horizon in game design, development and VR.

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A person suspended on aerial silks is backlit by warm, orange light as other performers look on

Feb. 13
Oklahoma Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra in Concert: Love is a Game
5-6:30 p.m. | Te Ata Theater
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For their fifth season, Oklahoma Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra partners with Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center to deliver energetic, collaborative performances that recontextualize the classical music experience. In February's installment, OVCO presents Love is a Game, featuring the Virtuosi Orchestra and aerial dance by guest artists Perpetual Motion.

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Feb. 17
Artist Talk | Off the Wall: Sarah Ahmad, romy owens and Marium Rana
6-8 p.m. | Te Ata Theater
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Moderated by Associate Curator Pablo Barrera

Join us for a reception and artist talk to celebrate the opening of Off the Wall! Drop in for the opening reception, 6-7 p.m., followed by a conversation from 7-8 p.m. with Sarah Ahmad, romy owens and Marium Rana. The Oklahoma-based artists will discuss their process and the various themes prevalent in Off the Wall, ranging from the artists’ relationship to time, chaos and tradition to modernity and cultural interpretation.

Working in three distinct styles, Ahmad, owens and Rana are creating immersive and interactive installations to transform the Mary Leflore Clements Oklahoma Gallery. Rather than being confined to the walls, their artwork will extend into the air and explore the physical, vertical volume of the gallery using paper, textile and mixed media.

Four people occupy a black room; one sits at a piano, one stands at a DJ station, and two move through the space as blue and green neon lights shine behind them

Feb. 24
This is the Remix
7-8:30 p.m. | Te Ata Theater
Free tickets available here

This Is the Remix pairs movement, music and spoken-word artists who will debut original and improvisational performances, inspired by exhibition-on-view Abstract Remix and one another. Audiences will see The Original work followed by The Remix and participate in selecting The Collaboration, where viewers create a new pairing by chance!

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March 31 - April 2
James & Jerome: Piano Tales
Te Ata Theater
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An old woman on her death bed asks two musician-storytellers to tell her a few tales in her final hour. The audience chooses which three tales will be told that performance and in what order, by selecting items from a trunk. Piano Tales is James & Jerome's ongoing celebration of storytelling, music and the freedom that comes from not having a plan.

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