Julie Mehretu In conversation with Julia Bryan-Wilson Tuesday, October 22, 2019 5:00-7:00pm Maude Fife Room, 315 Wheeler Hall, UC Berkeley Please note, seating is first come, first served. Co-sponsored by The Arts Research Center, the Department of Art Practice, The Center for the Study of Sexual Culture, and the Center for Race & […]
Dark Humanisms | Surplus Visuality Rizvana Bradley History of Art and African American Studies, Yale University Thursday, September 12, 2019 5:00-7:00pm Visual Resource Center, Room 308A, Doe Library, UC Berkeley This talk explores the way visual art archives generate surplus material that work to both construct and interrogate an image of the human. The […]
Critique/De-coloniality/Diaspora Nadia Yala Kisukidi | How to Philosophize in a Dominated Country Rocío Zambrana | Pasarse políticamente: Hopeful Acts of Protest in Puerto Rico Please enjoy the video of this event here. Monday, May 6, 2019 5:00-7:00pm 470 Stephens Hall, UC Berkeley Note: On Tuesday, May 7, from 10-4pm, Professors Kisukidi and Zambrana will be holding a seminar […]
“Curating Dirty Looks and Presenting the Queer Cinematic Avant-Garde” – curator talk and screening by Bradford Nordeen Thursday, April 25, 2019 5:00-7:00pm Dwinelle Hall, Room 142/Nestrick Room, UC Berkeley Please enjoy the podcast of this event on our SoundCloud channel here. Ranging from digital drag revisionism to post-bohemian celluloid, this screening and talk showcase works from eight years […]
Les Blank Lecture: Susana de Sousa Dias Wednesday, April 24, 2019 7:00pm Luz obscura (film screening) Berkeley Art Museum Pacific Film Archive Tickets: LINK Susana de Sousa Dias continues her exploration of Portugal’s tragic past in Luz obscura, a moving experimental essay film on political imprisonment, government oppression, and the families left behind in their wake. […]
Art as Critique conference Friday, March 1, 2019 9:00am-6:30pm Geballe Room, Townsend Center for the Humanities Please enjoy an event summary here as well as videos of Panel 1, Panel 2, Panel 3, and Panel 4. ARC’s March’s conference Arts as Critique seeks to prompt the question of the relationship between art and criticism from […]
Artist & Curator: Silvia Gruner in conversation with Tarek Elhaik Wednesday, February 20, 2019 5:30-7:30pm Dwinelle Annex, Room 126 Co-sponsors: Arts Research Center and UCHRI. Please enjoy the video of this event here, or a podcast on our SoundCloud channel here. Join ARC for an artist talk with Silvia Gruner, followed by a conversation with Tarek Elhaik Silvia […]
“We are not worried in the least” Jasmina Metwaly, filmmaker, artist, and founder of the Mosireen Collective In conversation with Anneka Lenssen Thursday, January 31, 2019 5:00-7:00pm Dwinelle Hall, Room 142/Nestrick Room Co-sponsors: Arts Research Center, UCHRI, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, BAMPFA, Berkeley Film & Media Seminar. Please enjoy a video of this […]
Kinetic Contemplation: Raqs Media Collective in Medias Res with Shuddhabrata Sengupta “Kinetic Contemplation: Raqs Media Collective in Medias Res” Shuddhabrata Sengupta in conversation with Professors Natalia Brizuela & Poulomi Saha Wednesday, November 7, 2018 5:00-7:00pm Maude Fife Room, Wheeler Hall, Room 315 Please enjoy the event summary here, watch the video here, or listen to the podcast at […]
Escritura, Trama Y Deseo with Diamela Eltit Escritura, Trama Y Deseo (Writing, Plot And Desire) Diamela Eltit in conversation with Natalia Brizuela and Francine Masiello Thursday, October 11, 2018 5:30-7:30pm Geballe Room, Townsend Center for the Humanities Please enjoy the video here, and the podcast on our SoundCloud channel here. Please note: this event […]
