Day With(out) Art 2020: TRANSMISSIONS Monday, November 30 This event took place online. Find the full recording here. The Arts Research Center was proud to partner with Visual AIDS for Day With(out) Art 2020 by presenting TRANSMISSIONS, a program of six new videos considering the impact of HIV and AIDS beyond the United States. The video […]
Ajuan Mance: 1001 Black MenTuesday, November 2411:30-12:30pm PST This reading took place online.Find the full recording here. Ajuan Mance is a Professor of English at Mills College and a lifelong artist and writer. She holds a B.A. from Brown University and an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. In both her scholarly writing and […]
Histories of Dance Julia Bryan-Wilson and Olivia Ardui in conversation with Thomas Lax Museu de Arte de São Paulo Thursday, November 12 4:00-5:30pm PST This event took place online.Find the full recording here. The event is live & true captioned. This conversation celebrated the publication of the exhibition catalog for the show “Histories of Dance,” curated […]
Erin McElroy from the Anti-Eviction Mapping ProjectTuesday, November 311:30-12:30pm PST This event took place online.Find the full recording here. Erin McElroy is a postdoctoral researcher at New York University’s AI Now Institute, researching the digital platforms and technologies used by landlords in order to surveil, track, and racialize tenants. Erin is cofounder of the Anti-Eviction Mapping […]
Michael Rakowitz Tuesday, October 204:00-5:30 PDT This event took place online.Find the full recording here. Michael Rakowitz was in conversation with Anneka Lenssen, Associate Professor of History of Art, and graduate students Alejandro Múnera, Tausif Noor, and Anna Riley. Michael Rakowitz is an artist living and working in Chicago. His work has appeared in venues worldwide including […]
Devi Peacock from Peacock RebellionTuesday, October 6 A recording of this event is unavailable. Devi Peacock is a sixteenth-generation storyteller; a comedy writer; co-organizer of the Liberated 23rd Ave. cultural land trust; and the founding Artistic and Executive Director of Peacock Rebellion, a Huichin (Ohlone land/Oakland) -based crew of queer and trans Black, Indigenous, people […]
Alfredo Jaar: When the Music Stops Tuesday, September 22, 20204:00-5:30pm PDT This event took place online.Find the full recording here. Alfredo Jaar is an artist, architect, and filmmaker who lives and works in New York. His work has been shown extensively around the world. He has participated in the Biennales of Venice (1986, 2007, 2009, 2013), […]
Favianna Rodriguez Tuesday, September 15 11:30-12:30pm PST This event took place online.Find the full recording here. Favianna Rodriguez is an interdisciplinary artist, cultural strategist, and social justice activist based in Oakland, California. Her art and praxis address migration, gender justice, climate change, racial equity, and sexual freedom. Her practice boldly reshapes the myths, stories, and cultural […]
Erin McElory on Visual Activism By: Lindsey Pannor, November 5, 2020 On this last and very tense election day, the Arts Research Center had the pleasure of virtually hosting Erin McElory of the Anti-Eviction Mapping Project, whose talk was a welcome distraction to us all. Topically, they began their talk by recounting the current president’s […]
