12 Feb, 2024
Art, Tech & Culture
After Man: Alterhuman Ethics and Poetics at the Climate Change Tipping Point
with micha cárdenas
Associate Professor, Critical Race & Ethnic Studies and Performance, Play & Design, University of California, Santa Cruz
A Latinx & Latin American Media Ecologies event co-sponsored by the Center for Science, Technology, Medicine, and Society (CSTMS) Read more
13 Nov, 2023
Art, Tech & Culture
with Raven Chacon
Composer
An Indigenous Technologies event co-sponsored by the Arts Research Center (ARC), the Department of Music, the Department of Ethnic Studies, and the Department of Art Practice
Read more
13 Mar, 2023
Art, Tech & Culture
with Osman Khan
Professor, Stamps School of Art & Design, University of Michigan
Co-sponsored by the Arts Research Center and the South Asia Art Initiative Read more
13 Apr, 2022
Art, Tech & Culture
Culture capture, additive defacement, and other tactics towards realizing Indigenous futures
with Adam and Zack Khalil
Filmmakers
This event is the first in a two-part series, presented with the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) as part of the Art, Technology and Culture Colloquium and the Indigenous Technologies Initiative. Read more
14 Mar, 2022
Art, Tech & Culture
with Margarita Kuleva
National Research University Higher School of Economics, St. Petersburg
Rescheduled from Spring 2020
Co-sponsored by the Department of Slavic Languages and Literature, the Department of the History of Art, the Arts Research Center, and the Doreen B. Townsend Center for the Humanities. Read more
28 Oct, 2021
History & Theory
with Professor Laura U. Marks
Simon Fraser University, Vancouver
Presented by The Department of Media Studies and co-sponsored by BCNM. Read more
07 Nov, 2020
Art, Tech & Culture
The Sinofuturist Trilogy: Sinofuturism (1839-2046 AD), Geomancer, and AIDOL
with Lawrence Lek
Artist, Filmmaker and Musician
Co-sponsored by the Arts Research Center and the Department of Art Practice. Read more
21 Sep, 2020
Art, Tech & Culture
Notes on the Role of the Artist when the world has always been on fire??
with Pope.L
Artist, Chicago
Presented by the Department of Art Practice Read more
16 Apr, 2020
History & Theory
*Due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) precautions, this event has been moved to the online platform Zoom*
with Christiane Paul
Chief Curator / Director of the Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, Professor at The New School and Adjunct Curator of Digital Art at the Whitney Museum of American Art
Response from Claudia Schmuckli
Curator-in-Charge of Contemporary Art and Programming at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
Co-sponsored by AutoLab, Arts + Design, the Arts Research Center, Art Practice, BAMPFA, and held in conjunction with the DH Faire. Read more
06 Apr, 2020
Art, Tech & Culture
POSTPONED: Notes on Recent Work of the Past Five Years
with William Pope.L
Artist, Chicago
Presented by the Department of Art Practice Read more
16 Mar, 2020
Commons Conversations
ONLINE: Expanded Internet Art
with Ceci Moss, curator, writer, education, LA
*Due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) precautions, this event has been moved to the online platform Zoom* Read more
18 Nov, 2019
Commons Conversations
Insurgent Aesthetics: Flight, Freedom, and Fantasy on the Frontiers of US Empire
with Ronak K. Kapadia
Associate Professor, University of Illinois, Chicago
Co-sponsored by the Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies Program, the Center for Race and Gender, the Center for Middle East Studies, and the Gender and Women's Studies Department Read more
11 Apr, 2019
Special Events
Sarah Winchester and the Origins of Silicon Valley
with Homay King
Bryn Mawr College
Presented by the Berkeley Film & Media Seminar. Co-sponsored by the Berkeley Center for New Media. Read more
01 Apr, 2019
Art, Tech & Culture
with Rhonda Holberton
Artist, Oakland
Presented in partnership with the Wiesenfeld Visiting Artist Lecture Series. Read more
19 Oct, 2018
Special Events
Hacking Politics: Symposium
Join us to explore how our political system has been — and might be — “hacked” in ways its framers could never have imagined. Read more
04 Oct, 2018
History & Theory
Learning To Interact: Cybernetics and Play
with Timothy Stott
Lecturer in Art History and Visual Culture
Dublin School of Creative Arts, Dublin Institute of Technology Read more
24 Apr, 2018
Special Events
with Trevor Paglen
Artist, CA
in conversation with Julia Bryan-Wilson, Professor of Art, UC Berkeley
hosted by the Arts Research Center
co-sponsored by BCNM, BAMPFA and the Department of Geography Read more
01 Mar, 2018
History & Theory
with Warren Sack
Chair and Professor of Film + Digital Media at the University of California, Santa Cruz Read more
29 Jan, 2018
Art, Tech & Culture
with Kris Paulsen
Associate Professor of History of Art and the Film Studies Program at The Ohio State University
An Art, Technology and Culture Colloquium lecture. Presented in partnership with the History and Theory of New Media Lecture Series as part of Monday nights as BAMPFA. Read more
17 Oct, 2017
History & Theory
Between the Digital and the Political: New Ecologies of Mind
with Erich Hörl and Yuk Hui
Panel Discussion with Luciana Parisi, David Bates & Warren Sack
with support from the Townsend Center and the Dean of Arts and Humanities Read more
17 Apr, 2017
Commons Conversations
with Ashley Hunt
co-director of the California Institute of the Arts' Photography and Media Program Read more
17 Jan, 2017
Art, Tech & Culture
Collecting the Uncollectible
with art collectors Pamela and Richard Kramlich in conversation with Larry Rinder, BAMPFA Director Read more
12 Jan, 2017
Art, Tech & Culture
Black Sun: Reflections on Otto Piene and Aldo Tambellini
with Tanya Zimbardo, a contemporary art curator based in San Francisco Read more
08 Dec, 2016
Art, Tech & Culture
Designing Spatiality for New Media Art
with Andrew and Deborah Rappaport,
founders of the Minnesota Street Project Read more
10 Nov, 2016
Special Events
Sex, Lies, and Data Mining
with Luke DuBois, co-author of Jitter, a software suite for the real-time manipulation of matrix data Read more
01 Feb, 2016
Art, Tech & Culture
Four Thoughts about the Impact of Globalization on Artists
with Sarah Thornton, writer, ethnographer and sociologist of culture Read more
28 Sep, 2015
Art, Tech & Culture
Everything I Know Will Be Yours: Surveillance In Plein Air
with Vito Acconci, American designer, architect, performance and installation artist Read more
20 Mar, 2015
Special Events
A concert by electroacoustic composer Tarek Atoui. Co-presented with the Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) and the MATRIX Program Read more
09 Mar, 2015
Art, Tech & Culture
DeafSpace and Making Musical Instruments
by Tarek Atoui, electroacoustic composer Read more
23 Feb, 2015
Art, Tech & Culture
by Rirkrit Tiravanija, renowned Thai artist Read more
31 May, 2014
Art, Tech & Culture
Lossy: On the Politics of Networked Flows and Degraded Systems
A part of our Arts and Technology Colloquium, Stephanie Syjuco - visual artist and educator - bestows a lecture Read more
28 Oct, 2013
History & Theory
A History and Theory of New Media lecture by Eyal Weizman, architect, University of London Professor Read more
04 Mar, 2013
Art, Tech & Culture
Meredith Tromble (SFAI) and Dawn Sumner (UCD) on "Imaging and Imagination in Collaborative Research" Read more
03 Dec, 2012
Art, Tech & Culture
Luminous Currents: Tracing Modernism from Bauhaus to Beehive
An Arts + Technology Colloquium lecture by JoAnne Northrup, former chief curator at the San Jose Museum of Art Read more
15 Nov, 2012
Special Events
Visual Identities, Recorded Subjects and ‘Pant-Pages’ in Late Narratives in Spanish, from a Transatlantic Perspective
A lecture by Vicente Luis Mora, Contemporary Spanish Literature and New Technologies at Brown University Read more
16 Apr, 2012
Art, Tech & Culture
Media Bichos and other Displays for Engaging People to Watch Videos in the Museum
with Sabine Breitwieser, Chief Curator of Media and Performance Art at The Museum of Modern Art in New York Read more
22 Mar, 2012
Special Events
Vancouver Conceptual Photography: Documentary Screening and Panel Discussion
Screening of the documentary Picture Start, directed by Harry Killas Read more
05 Dec, 2011
Art, Tech & Culture
Heaven Can Wait: The Revolving Restaurant as Hypercinema
Bull.Miletic: Synne Bull and Dragan Miletic, recipients of the Bay Area Video Coalition's "Video Maker Award" Read more
31 Oct, 2011
Art, Tech & Culture
Present Continuous Past(s): The Centre Pompidou New Media Collection
with Christine Van Assche, Chief Curator and Curator of New Media at the Centre Georges Pompidou Read more
28 Mar, 2011
Art, Tech & Culture
Sophie Calle, Artist Presentation with Q&A
Hosted at the Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive. Arrive early to claim your seat! Read more
17 Nov, 2010
Special Events
Artist Lecture: Nao Bustamante
Bustamante's precarious work encompasses performance art, video installation, visual art, filmmaking, and writing Read more
11 Oct, 2010
Art, Tech & Culture
Art and the Utopian Imaginary
with Mark Tribe, artist and occasional curator whose interests include art, technology, and politics Read more
04 Apr, 2024
BCNM Around the Web Spring 24
Check out our faculty and alumni around the web this Spring, 2024! Read more
04 Apr, 2024
Alum Edgar Fabián Frías' Art is on the Moon
Read more
22 Feb, 2024
Hannah Zeavin has a new article on the telepath and psychoanalysis in Tank. Read more
10 Aug, 2023
BCNM Around the Web Summer 2023
Check out the great work of our faculty and alumni around the web this Summer! Read more
01 Jun, 2023
Jacob Gaboury 2023 HCI History Award Winner
Read more
23 Mar, 2023
Announcing Our Summer 2023 Research Award Recipients
We are thrilled to share our 2023 Summer Research Fellows from Architecture, Art Practice, Design, Education, Film & Media, Geography, and Theater, Dance and Performance Studies! Read more
20 Mar, 2023
Tracing the Roots of Computer Graphics: A Conversation With Jacob Gaboury
Jacob Gaboury, the author of “Image Objects: An Archaeology of Computer Graphics” and 2022 Computer History Museum Book Prize winner, delves into the forgotten past of computer-generated images and their impact on our present and future. Read more
06 Oct, 2022
New Media Experimental Art Studio
Join us for this brand new class this Spring 2023! Read more
17 May, 2022
Congratulating Our Spring 2022 Graduates
Art by Edgar Fabián Frías Read more
21 Apr, 2022
Jill Miller presents “Dog Pack” with collaborator Melody Chang at ICASF
https://www.jillmiller.net/media#/dog-pack/ Read more
18 Apr, 2022
Seed Grant Report: Jill Miller and My Mother's Titanium Hip
Photo credit: Jill Miller. Read more
27 Dec, 2021
BCNM Around the Web December 2021
Check out the great work of our students, faculty, and alumni around the web this past December 2021! Read more
25 Oct, 2021
"Trevor Paglen: Vision After Seeing" Opening Reception at the Athenaeum
"Trevor Paglen: Vision After Seeing" Opening Reception at the Athenaeum Read more
14 Oct, 2021
The Mutant Magic of Edgar Fabián Frías
BCNM graduate student Edgar Fabián Frías was featured on an episode of podcast The Spiritual Gaze. Read more
25 Sep, 2021
BCNM Around the Web September 2021
Check out the amazing work of our faculty, students, and alumni around the web this September! Read more
21 Aug, 2021
BCNM Around the Web August 2021
Check out the amazing work of our faculty and alumni around the web this August! Read more
19 Aug, 2021
BCNM Students Win 2021 Cadogan Awards
Art from Edgar Fabián Frías Read more
10 Jul, 2021
KC Forcier Reviews Beyond the Uncanny Valley
Film & Media student Kaitlin Forcier reviews de Young museum's Uncanny Valley: Being Human in the Age of AI. Read more
26 May, 2021
Transcript Now Online: Christiane Paul
Check out the updated transcript for Christiane Paul's HTNM lecture, "Online: Art & AI"! Read more
14 Apr, 2021
Clement Goldberg Semi-Finalist in Stowe Story Labs Diverse Voices
Clement Goldberg was recently announced as a Semi-Finalist for the Stowe Story Labs Diverse Voices 2021 Fellowship! Read more
30 Nov, 2020
BCNM Around the Web December
Check out the amazing work of our faculty, students, and alumni around the web this December! Read more
12 Nov, 2020
Announcing our 2020 Undergraduate Cohort
Please join us in welcoming our 2020 cohort of Undergraduate Certificate in New Media students!
Read more
29 Sep, 2020
Pope.L Video Highlights Now Online
We're thrilled to share some highlights from Pope.L's Wiesenfeld and ATC lecture. Read more
01 Sep, 2020
Summer Research Dispatch: Chris Chan & International Art Collaborations
COVID-19 curtailed travel, but Chris Chan continued to develop relationships with artists in China and Taiwan. Read more
17 Jun, 2020
BCNM Around the Web June 2020
Check out the amazing talks and discussions around the work of our faculty and alumni in June 2020! Read more
14 May, 2020
BCNM Around the Web May 2020
Check out the amazing work of our faculty and alumni in May 2020! Read more
29 Apr, 2020
Congratulating our 2020 Graduates
Photo: Bowen Wei. Read more
20 Apr, 2020
The COVID Cookbook from Jill Miller's AP Class
Jill Miller's UC Berkeley class, Food Fight/Art 160, transitions to remote learning, developing the "COVID Cookbook." Read more
30 Mar, 2020
Announcing Our Spring 2020 Graduate Cohort
Image: Jingran Chu. Read more
10 Mar, 2020
Alum Trevor Paglen Now Showing at PACE
BCNM Alum Trevor Paglen recently joined PACE Gallery. Read more
10 Feb, 2020
Join Jill Miller & Greg Niemeyer in Mo'orea for ART 160N This Summer
Don't miss this exciting BCNM Study Abroad opportunity this summer in French Polynesia! Read more
03 Jan, 2020
Trevor Paglen at the Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto
Alum Trevor Paglen's work is featured in the exhibition Age of You.
Read more
04 Dec, 2019
Alum Kirsten Chen Co-Curates Momentum for Franchise
Read more
27 Nov, 2019
Conference Grants: KC Forcier on Reframing Moving Images in the Digital Age
KC Forcier, a Fall 2019 Conference Grant recipient, presented her research on traditions of canvas paintings in digital images at The Picturesque, an annual Film and Media Studies conference. Read more
17 Nov, 2019
Announcing our Fall 2019 Graduate Cohort
Art by Shuang Yan. Read more
22 Oct, 2019
Announcing the Fall 2019-Spring 2020 Season of the History and Theory of New Media Lecture Series
Read more
07 Oct, 2019
Announcing the Fall 2019 Conference Grant Recipients
The Berkeley Center for New Media is thrilled to provide small grants to our graduate students to help them share their innovative research at the premier conferences in their field. Read more
19 Aug, 2019
Summer Research Dispatch: KC Forcier on the Computational Loop in Network Culture
KC examined how artworks engage with the looping logic of code, with its potential for ongoing and indefinite temporality, and how this relates to the perception of temporality in networked culture as similarly indeterminate. Read more
11 Jul, 2019
Check out the highlights and videos from a stellar season, featuring luminaries such as Roxane Gay and Adam Savage! Read more
09 Jul, 2019
Check out the highlights and videos from this incredible program, featuring Molly Steenson and Safiya Noble! Read more
30 May, 2019
Revisited: Art as Critique Conference
Felix Rosen recaps ARC’s Art as Critique Conference from March 1, 2019, which BCNM was thrilled to co-sponsor. Read more
18 May, 2019
Alum Trevor Paglen in Entangled Realities at HEK
The exhibition Entangled Realities runs from May 9th to August 11th and is dedicated to the current topic of artificial intelligence (AI) and its effects on human life and society. Read more
11 Apr, 2019
Announcing our Summer 2019 Research Award Recipients
We are thrilled by the ambitious and innovative work these students are completing, and are pleased to be able to provide summer funding to support their research initiatives. Read more
10 Apr, 2019
Kirsten Chen Curates Play Me Love You
BCNM undergrad Kirsten Chen curates a virtual reality art show at Swim Gallery! Read more
19 Mar, 2019
Nicholas de Monchaux a Geddes Fellow at the University of Edinburgh
As a 2019 Geddes Fellow, Nicholas will offer a lecture on March 27th on Fashioning the idle gaze. Read more
19 Mar, 2019
Alum Trevor Paglen on the Modern Arts Notes Podcast
Episode No. 381 of The Modern Art Notes Podcast features artist Trevor Paglen. Read more
07 Mar, 2019
Roger Antonsen and Greg Niemeyer's Network Paradox in Oslo
Greg Niemeyer and Roger Antonsen discuss Network Simulation, first presented in San Francisco, with DJ Spooky at Norway's Kunstnernes Hus. Read more
03 Dec, 2018
Alum Trevor Paglen in Artes Mundi
Paglen is one of five runner-ups for the Artes Mundi 8, the UK's largest contemporary art prize. Read more
24 Oct, 2018
Alum Trevor Paglen's Art Acquired by Stanford's Denning House
Alum Trevor Paglen's two dye sublimation prints were recently acquired by Stanford University. Read more
19 Oct, 2018
Ken Goldberg Exhibited in Mystic Detectives
Ken Goldberg features in a surrealism exhibit at the Samek Art Museum. Read more
03 Oct, 2018
Alum Trevor Paglen in MCA's 'I was Raised by the Internet'
Alum Trevor Paglen's art exhibited in Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago's 'I was Raised by the Internet' Read more
20 Jul, 2018
Asma Kazmi on the Outcomes of Cranes & Cube
Read more
25 Jun, 2018
Alum Trevor Paglen at the Riga Biennial
Running from June 6 to October 28, 2018, the Riga Biennial reflects on change. Read more
13 Jun, 2018
Alum Clement Hil Goldberg at Outfest LA
Clement Hil Goldberg's Our Future Ends plays at Outfest Los Angeles this July 13, 2018! Read more
11 Jun, 2018
Asma Kazmi & Alum Lark VCR at San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art
Read more
30 May, 2018
We're Hiring! - Office Manager & Events Coordinator Wanted!
The Berkeley Center for New Media and Arts Research Center are hiring an Office Manager and Events Coordinator to maintain and develop their programs. Read more
27 May, 2018
After the Private Self with Damon Young
Read more
30 Apr, 2018
Trevor Paglen at Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art
Trevor Paglen's solo exhibition will be at the Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art from May 4 to June 16. Read more
25 Apr, 2018
Trevor Paglen Art Acquired by Baltimore Museum of Art
The Baltimore Museum of Art, after selling seven of its pieces, purchased work created by BCNM alum Trevor Paglen. Read more
06 Mar, 2018
Alum Trevor Paglen at the Cleveland Museum
Alum Trevor Paglen to speak at Cleveland Museum of Art Read more
06 Feb, 2018
Alum Trevor Paglen at ARCOMadrid 2018
Paglen is one of the featured artists at ARCOmadrid 2018, a contemporary art gallery series. Read more
06 Feb, 2018
Alum Trevor Paglen Exhibited at the ICA Boston
Trevor Paglen's work is being exhibited in Art in the Age of the Internet, 1989 to Today at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston Read more
02 Feb, 2018
Alum Trevor Paglen at mono.klub
Alum Trevor Paglen spoke KW Institute for Contemporary Art, in conversation with Krist Gruijthuijsen, for mono.klub, the analog to mono.kultur magazine. Read more
30 Jan, 2018
Ken Goldberg at the Culture of the Future in Moscow
Ken Goldberg participated in arts 'laboratory' at NCCA, Moscow Read more
17 Jan, 2018
Kris Paulsen Receives Anne Friedberg Award for Innovative Scholarship
Alum Kris Paulsen has received the prestigious Anne Friedberg Award for Innovative Scholarship from the Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS) Read more
25 Dec, 2017
Alum Erin Johnson at the Power Plant Gallery
Alum Erin Johnson is exhibiting The Way Things Can Happen at the Power Pant Gallery in Durham, NC. Read more
17 Nov, 2017
Architectural Digest Profiles Alum Trevor Paglen
After winning the 2018 MacArthur Genius Grant, BCNM alum Trevor Paglen sits down to speak with the Architectural Digest. Read more
07 Nov, 2017
Alum Trevor Paglen in Conversation with Hito Steyerl in Porto
Trevor Paglen and Hito Steyerl participated in a Forum of the Future discussion. Read more
17 Oct, 2017
New York Times on BCNM Alum Trevor Paglen's Space Art
The New York Times features alum Trevor Paglen and his futuristic art. Read more
08 Aug, 2017
Ryan Ikeda at the Digital Humanities Summer Institute
Ryan Ikeda reflects on his experience at the Digital Humanities Summer Institute (DHSI) this June in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Read more
01 Aug, 2017
Announcing the 2017-2018 Season of the History and Theory of New Media Lecture Series
From software arts to self-tracking technologies, cybernetics to techno-ecologies, we are thrilled to introduce the speakers in this year's History and Theory of New Media program. Read more
22 Mar, 2017
Interview with Asma Kazmi!
Asma Kazmi, Assistant Professor in Art Practice, joined the BCNM in Fall 2017. In this interview, she discusses her recent exhibition “Cranes and Cube” in Pakistan. Read more
10 Nov, 2016
#TateExchange Highlights with Shannon Jackson
Read more
08 Nov, 2016
Nicholas de Monchaux at Drawing Futures
Drawing Futures 2016 is a conference on "Speculations on Contemporary Drawing for Art and Architecture" taking place at the Bartlett School of Architecture Read more
24 Oct, 2016
Shannon Jackson at the Tate Exchange
The assistant professor in Rhetoric and Performance Studies will participate in a series of events at the renowned London museum Read more
30 Jun, 2016
Laura Devendorf and Abigail De Kosnik's paper wins Best Paper Award!
Devendorf gave a talk at the ACM Conference of Designing Interactive Systems in Brisbane, Australia Read more
30 Jun, 2016
BCNM at Minnesota Street Project's How Not to Be Heard
"How Not to be Heard: Hito Steyerl's Subversive Strategies." Visit for yourself! Read more
26 May, 2016
Berkeley and the new SFMOMA — partners in art and public engagement
Kate Mattingly, Designated Emphasis student, wrote about UCB's relationship with the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Read more
02 Feb, 2016
Revisited: “Four Thoughts about the Impact of Globalization on Artists”
A recap of Sarah Thornton's lecture! Read more
30 Nov, 2015
Alex Saum Pascual's @deshumani
@deshumani, which seeks to take Spanish philosopher José Ortega y Gasset's "The Dehumanization of Art" into the 21st century Read more
24 Nov, 2015
Ken Goldberg at De Young Museum
On Ken Goldberg's exhibition at the De Young Museum in San Francisco Read more
24 Feb, 2015
ATC Revisited: The Way Things Go
by renowned Thai artist, Rirkrit Tiravanija Read more
29 Oct, 2013
Revisited: Creating Minds
Creating Minds, an academic conference on reading and writing in the digital age had over 300 attendees throughout the day's talks and panels! Read more
14 Aug, 2013
Announcing the 2013-2014 History and Theory in New Media Lecture Series
The History and Theory of New Media Lecture Series is produced by the Berkeley Center for New Media with support from CITRIS (The Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society) Read more
17 Jul, 2013
BCNM Masters Student Jason Glassford Awarded Fellowship
The Murphy and Cadogan awards are designed to “help fuel the continued forward-thinking, visual arts movement that makes the Bay area unique” Read more
07 May, 2012
Nature's Toolbox: Biodiversity, Art, and Innovation at Chicago's Field Museum
Professor and BCNM Executive Committee member Paz Gutierrez will be exhibiting one of her digitally fabricated walls made of agricultural infill at the Field Museum Read more
This list is updated regularly. Check back often for the latest updates. Email lara@berkeley.edu with suggestions.
This list is updated regularly. Check back often for the latest updates. Email lara@berkeley.edu with suggestions.
Applications for Summer 2024 are due March 5, 2024.
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Applications for Summer 2024 are due March 5, 2024.
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