Creative Writing

Poetry and the Senses Launch and Conversation

February 4, 2020

Poetry and the Senses Launch and Conversation With Indira Allegra, Chiyuma Elliott, and Lyn Hejinian Tuesday, February 4, 2020
5:30 – 7:00pm: Readings + Conversation
7:00 – 7:30pm: Reception + Celebration
Morrison Library, UC Berkeley

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Co-sponsored by Arts Research Center and Engaging the Senses Foundation

Escritura, Trama Y Deseo

October 11, 2018
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

Watch the recording here or listen here!

Please note: this event will be held in Spanish. Simultaneous English translation will be provided for those who need...

Art, Technology, & Culture Colloquium 2016-2017

Art, Technology, & Culture Colloquium 2016-2017: Global Circulations 2016 talks took place at 6:30pm in the Banatao Auditorium, Sutardja Dai Hall, UC Berkeley, CA 2017 talks took place at 6:30pm in the Osher Auditorium, BAMPFA, Berkeley CA

Berkeley’s Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium is an internationally recognized forum for presenting new ideas that challenge conventional wisdom about art, technology, and culture...

Art of Cultural Criticism Lecture Series Fall 2016

The Art of Cultural Criticism Fall 2016 Lecture Series

The Townsend Center for the Humanities, the Arts + Design Initiative, the Arts Research Center, and the Art of Writing are pleased to present The Art of Cultural Criticism. This yearlong series of conversations features some of the most innovative and incisive writers on culture in its various forms—including visual art, film, old...

Kinetic Contemplation: Raqs Media Collective in Medias Res with Shuddhabrata Sengupta

November 7, 2018
“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

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The Politics & Poetics of Imagination in the Black Mediterranean with SA Smythe

September 13, 2018
The Politics & Poetics of Imagination in the Black Mediterranean with SA Smythe Thursday September 13, 2018
5:30-7:30pm
Dwinelle Annex, Room 126

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Co-sponsored by the Arts Research Center and the University of California Humanities Research Institute

John Perry Barlow: “The Death Throes of the Desert God”

September 8, 2014
The Death Throes of the Desert God with John Perry Barlow Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium
September 8, 2014, 7:30-9:00pm
The David Brower Center, Berkeley CA

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Critical Time: Claudia La Rocco in Conversation with Shannon Jackson

November 21, 2013
Critical Time: Claudia La Rocco in Conversation with Shannon Jackson November 21, 2013

For the last three years, ARC has explored a variety of time-based art practices from different disciplinary and regional perspectives. We have considered time-based practice in relation to the formal legacies of visual, performance, and cinematic forms. We have focused on places where experimental artists and curators learn from and revise each other, as well as the blindspots that still exist amongst contemporary circles of sculptural, choreographic, theatrical, musical, photographic,...

Claire Hong Poetry Reading & Craft Talk

March 2, 2023
Claire Hong Poetry Reading & Craft Talk

Fall 2021 Flash Reading Series

Poetry & the Senses Flash Reading Series Fall 2021 Weekly Releases

In spring 2021, ARC piloted a new Flash Reading Series featuring two dozen Bay Area community poets. We are thrilled to continue this series this fall, adding a dozen more Bay Area poets to our growing archive, with more to be added in spring. In addition to larger monthly readings (here) this series extends the number of voices we want to hear from, and carry with us, in these...