CALLING ALL HALLOWEEN SELFIES!

Ozine wants your best Halloween selfies! Send us your sexiest vampire, goriest zombie and cutest Hello Kitty. Send us your Miley twerking and your Minecraft Batman! Send it one and all to Ozineotis@gmail.com by November 4th. Don't forget to include your name, major and year. If you are a staff or faculty member, include your name and department. 

We’ll pick the five best and feature them in our November issue. You’ll get a prize and bragging rights!

the folks at OZine

Halloween Fun!

Knott's Scary Farm

Knott's Berry Farm

   
Are you ready to be scared? Berry, berry scared? The normally happy Knott’s is transformed from a family favorite to a fearful frightfest with a terrifying number of attractions. There are ten specialty mazes with creepy names such as “Pinocchio Unstrung” and “Uncle Willy’s Slaughter House.” There are shows like “Elvira’s Sinema Séance,"  “Atmosfear," a steam punk and vampire-themed “Necropolis” and the Knott’s Boardwalk “CarnEVIL,” clown freak show. A reservations-only specialty maze, “Trapped: The New Experience,” offers extra in-your-face scares and mind-bending puzzles. Special Fright Lane with Skeleton Key passes allow thrill-seekers to skip the lines and unlock additional rooms and special scares in select mazes as many times as they want, all night long!

Address:

8039 Beach Boulevard
Buena Park, CA 90620
(714) 220-5200


Dates:

Sept. 26 to Nov. 2


Times:

Thursdays and Sundays: 7 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Fridays and Saturdays: 7 p.m. to 2 a.m.


Url:

www.knotts.com

Halloween Horror Nights

Universal Studios Hollywood

From the movie company that invented the horror film genre comes an immersive event like no other. The urban movie sets on the back lot are debuting as the backdrop for a particularly realistic night of terror. Isolated cityscapes with scenes from AMC’s hit series “The Walking Dead” and a “nightmarish landscape of doom” inspired by Black Sabbath’s recent number one album “13” will have you running for safety and begging for it to stop. You can ride on the Terror Tram, stumble around through darkened mazes in themed scare zones such as “Bride of Chucky” and “Scarecrowz,” as wandering zombies and ax murderers will have you on edge all night and screaming with terror! If it gets to be too scary you can lighten things up a bit with “Bill and Ted’s Excellent Halloween Adventure” live (or living dead) show. A limited number of “Front of the Line” passes are sold each night if you want to be first to be terrified, and “VIP Experience: The Insidious Experiment” tickets are also sold offering dinner, drinks, valet parking, participation in a paranormal investigation and front of the line privileges. Arriving early is recommended and masks and costumes are prohibited. Not recommended for children 13 and under.

Address:

1000 Universal Center Dr.
Universal City, CA 91608
1-800-UNIVERSAL


Dates:

Weekends only Sept. 20 through Nov. 2

Times:

7:00pm - 2:00am 
Every Night

Url:

www.halloweenhorrornights.com

Local Art Gallery Openings

La Luz de Jesus Gallery

4633 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles CA 90027 (~30minutes away from Otis)

Heavenly Bodies

Opening this Friday, November 1st, is Dr. Paul Koudounais "Heavenly Bodies" at the renown La Luz de Jesus Gallery in Hollywood. Running until the first of December,  this body of work explores the holy relics that for three centuries adorned the number of Catholic churches in Europe. These relics consisting of the bones of what was once believed to be martyrs are heavily ornate with richly decorated costumes and encrusted in gold and precious jewels. This later became a source of embarrassment for the Church as the relics' authenticity was questioned. Dr. Koudounaris brings to the public eye the elegant and elaborate skeletons that were once used to remind the faithful of the possible rewards in death in a series of photographs. The exhibition includes mages of over 70 jeweled skeletons, some which for the very first time are being shown in public. Accompanying the Opening Reception is a book signing by the artist that will also take place between 8-11pm.

Come Home

Also opening the same day on Friday, November 1st is Christine Wu's "Come Home" which will run until the 1st of December as well. Describing herself as a "habitual trouble maker and professional rule breaker," her work delves into the surreal with multiple layers and sexual undertones. Wu describes her work as "capturing the vulnerability of self discovery and the lingering ghosts of memories best left to past," which result in haunting, multi-figured paintings that hold a dream-like quality, entrapping the viewer. 

Spooktacular Fun at Dead Week!

Get ready for some spirited fun this October – because Dead Week at Otis is sure to liven up campus!

The Day of the Dead (El Día de los Muertos in Spanish) is a Mexican holiday that focuses on gatherings of family and friends to pray for and fondly remember those who have passed away. Traditions include caring for graves of family members, building elaborate altars with favorite foods and photos of loved ones who have passed, as well as celebrating the time spent alongside them with lively dances and music. Colorful masks, bright costumes, paper maché puppets, and sugary skulls are also commonly associated with the festivities.

              Colorful skulls and drinks decorate this Seuss-themed altar made by Otis students... which even includes green eggs and ham!

This year at Otis, we are going to have our own week-long Day of the Dead celebration, starting Monday, October 28th. Check out the fun activities we have planned this week for a screamin’ good time!

Day of the Dead altar put together by Honors Cultural Studies students.

Monday, Oct 28

An altar will be made to our beloved pets in front of the Otis garage. Anyone can bring copies of animal photos and offerings such as your pet’s favorite snacks or toys to decorate the altar that will be staying up throughout the week.

Tuesday, Oct 29

Outside at Otis around 11:15 AM, we will hold our own zombie dance practice! Anyone who wants to learn Michael Jackson’s famous Thriller dance is welcome. Additionally, there will be a ghost story walk through campus, where students are free to tell localized spooky legends about spaces at Otis. Join, if you dare!

Wednesday, Oct 30

Put on your best tattered and bloodied shirt – today will be dress like a zombie day at Otis! There will be a zombie walk over to the Farmers Market at 11:15 AM. Surely you’ll be able to grab something bloody to munch on as ghostly music fills the campus grounds! Then at 7 PM, a bus to the Getty Auditorium will take you to a panel discussion called “Why do we need Saints?”, where you can view Otis student-created Day of the Dead altars and receptions. The bus will return at the end of the session at 9 PM.

Thursday, Oct 31

From 11 AM to 1 PM, it will be a Halloween fiesta! There will be costume and pumpkin decorating contests, divination, voodoo doll making, ghoulish snacks to eat and more! Also at 11:45 AM in the tent, master storyteller Michael McCarty will be sharing ghost stories!

Friday, Nov 1

Today’s theme will be the opening to the beyond – and everyone will get to participate in chalk drawings on the sidewalk! Graffiti and skeletons will decorate the parking garage wall, and lively Aztec dancing music will echo throughout the campus. Additionally, we will be having skeleton face-paintings!

Yet another Otis student-created Day of the Dead altar. 

This week will also be a great time to go and check out the new exhibit in the Ben Maltz Gallery: Tapping the 3rd Realm.  It is an exhibition spanning two galleries and college campuses (Otis & LMU) which will explore the spiritual, metaphysical and alchemical in contemporary art.

  

                                    Friends and family members gather to traverse the Otis student-created Cat In the Hat altar.

The Day of the Dead is a festive and meaningful time that provides an opportunity for Otis students to have a great time, learn a thing or two and simply be a community.  The Liberal Arts and Sciences Department and Student Activities are supporting the very first Day of the Dead Week at Otis. So students, come and have some spooky fun!

Sierra

The Supernatural at the Ben Maltz

Tapping the Third Realm explores the limitless regions of the supernatural through a wide array of mind-bending artworks.

As one of the exhibits presented by the Otis College of Art and Design and Loyola Marymount University’s Spaces Between series, Tapping the Third Realmat the Ben Maltz gallery highlights the works of artists who deal with their ideas of spirituality through conjuring, collaboration, communication and chance.

What is the third realm?

The “third realm” can be viewed as a space between life and death, as well as art and life. It is a world of the invisible, subconscious, intuitive, non-rational and uncanny. In this space, seemingly irrational and unknown types of knowledge may be discovered, expressed, and received.

The artists included in this exhibit all utilize their various techniques and abilities in order to explore this third realm – imbuing their work with their own spiritual, metaphysical, and alchemical practices and beliefs. From Cliff Garten’s crystallite commentaries on human consciousness to Gilah Yelin Hirsch’s Mandala-like oil paintings influenced by spiritual conditions, the exhibit spans a wide range of various cultures, religious practices, and views on spirituality that explore the true depth of the third realm.

What kind of new worlds will you see, and where will this spiritual journey take you? Discover your path by stimulating and challenging your mind this October with Tapping the Third Realm.

(Artwork differs at each location)

-Sierra