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BCNM at San Francisco's Night of Ideas

30 Jan, 2019

BCNM at San Francisco's Night of Ideas

BCNM was excited to be represented among the amazing performers and speakers at the San Francisco's Night of Ideas, Facing Our Time: The City of the Future, an exchange of ideas and creative dialogues. BCNM was represented by faculty, Ken Goldberg, Nicholas de Monchaux and Shannon Jackson, along with DE Student Malika Imhotep.

San Francisco Public Library, SFMOMA, and the French Consulate in San Francisco unite to present a seven-hour marathon of debate, performance, readings and music featuring top thinkers from San Francisco and beyond as we envision the city of the future. The event, running from 7pm to 2am, the night of February 2nd, was the culmination of a tour of five US cities.

At 9pm

BIONIC CITY with Gehl Studio

Ken Goldberg, UC Berkeley; Alexandre Bayen, UC Berkeley; Allison Arieff, SPUR; with John Bela, Gehl Studio
Floor 2 (The Mix)

MODEL CITY with Public Knowledge, SFMOMA

Nicholas de Monchaux, Berkeley Center for New Media; Alison Isenberg, Princeton University; Gary Kamiya, writer; with Deena Chalabi, SFMOMA. Model tour follows
Floor 2 (Children's Center A)

At 10pm

ARTS CITY with UC Berkeley Arts + Design

Maria Jenson, SOMArts; Dena Beard, The Lab; Susan Mernit, The Crucible; with Shannon Jackson, UC Berkeley
Floor 2 (Children's Center A)

At 11pm

AFROCITY with Omi Arts Project Space at Ashara Ekundayo Gallery

Reverend Marvin K White, public theologian; Ra Malika Imhotep, writer; Tanea Lunsford Lynx, writer; with Ashara Ekundayo, Ashara Ekundayo Gallery
Floor 2 (Children's Center A)

Read more about the event and the schedule here.