Film & Media

Les Blank Lecture: Susana de Sousa Dias

April 24, 2019
Les Blank Lecture: Susana de Sousa Dias Wednesday, April 24, 2019
7:00pm Luz obscura (film screening)
Berkeley Art Museum Pacific Film Archive

Co-sponsored by BAMPFA, the Arts Research Center, and UCHRI.

Rirkrit Tiravanija: “The Way Things Go”

February 23, 2015
The Way Things Go with Rirkrit Tiravanija Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium February 23, 2015, 7:30-9:00pm
The David Brower Center, Berkeley CA

Lectures are free and open to the public.

Watch the recording here!

Reimagining Progress: Production, Consumption and Alternative Economies

May 5, 2014
Reimagining Progress: Production, Consumption and Alternative Economies May 5, 2014 David Brower Center We are living as if we have an extra planet at our disposal.

–Jim Leape, Director General, World Wildlife Fund International

We face an urgent problem: our current consumption patterns outstrip our planet’s available resources, and yet our society continues to produce massive amounts of cheap, disposable goods. With its complex history as a center of international commerce, radical politics, technological innovation, and cultural experimentation, the Bay...

The Aerial View in Motion

December 4, 2017
The Aerial View in Motion with Bull.Miletic Monday, December 4, at 6:30pm at BAMPFA Artist Talk with Art + Science Artists-in-Residence Bull.Miletic
as part of Arts + Design Mondays @ BAMPFA

Watch the recording here!

Visual Activism: Day With(out) Art

November 30, 2020
Day With(out) Art 2020: TRANSMISSIONS Monday, November 30

Watch the videos 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 program brings together artists working across the world: Jorge Bordello (Mexico), Gevi Dimitrakopoulou (Greece), Las Indetectables (Chile...

Visual Activism: Alfredo Jaar

September 22, 2020
Alfredo Jaar: When the Music Stops Tuesday, September 22, 2020
4:00-5:30pm PDT

Watch the recording here!

Launch of “Amateurism”

November 12, 2019
Launch of “Amateurism” | Third Text Special Issue With remarks by Abigail De Kosnik and Anneka Lenssen Tuesday, November 12, 2019
5:00-7:00pm
Beta Lounge (rsvp to lauren.pearson@berkeley.edu)

Curating Dirty Looks

April 25, 2019
“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

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The Arts of the Present

October 26, 2017
The Arts of the Present October 26–28, 2017

ASAP: The Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present is an international, nonprofit association dedicated to discovering and articulating the aesthetic, cultural, ethical, and political identities of the contemporary arts.

The Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present holds a biennial conference in North America that brings together scholars and artists from institutions all over the globe to share research, debate trends, and generate new projects concerning the “arts of the contemporary.” The upcoming...

Arts + Design Mondays @ BAMPFA

Arts + Design Mondays @ BAMPFA

Join us every Monday evening to explore cutting-edge thinking and making on topics of current interest to UC Berkeley’s creative faculty. Whether we are exploring new immersive art technologies, the future of cultural criticism, or the role of the arts in social justice, expect an exciting array of ideas and people. All lectures will commence at 6:30pm in the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) Theater. Co-curated by...