Performance art locks, unlocks participants’ points of view at CSUF gallery

Lucas Murgida is hard to miss for those strolling by Grand Central Art Center on the nights of the Downtown Santa Ana Art Walk.
With a face shield respirator strapped to his head, Murgida takes keys from participants and drops them into a furnace in front of the center. Then he pours the molten metal into a key mold and hands the refashioned key back to the owner after it has cooled for about three minutes.
At that point the person is invited inside the gallery to use the new key to enter a larg