in 5 days
Art, Tech & Culture
An in-person journey through the physical Internet infrastructure, a tourist route of non-touristic places
by Alex Saum-Pascual, Poet and Assoc Professor of Contemporary Spanish Literature and New Media, and Mario Santamaría, Visual Artist and Lecturer, BAU, College of Arts and Design of Barcelona. With the participation of Asma Kazmi, Research-Based Artist and Associate Professor of Art Practice, the Fall 2024 Class of Questioning New Media, and the Indigenous Poetics Lab at the Arts Research Center. Read more
05 Sep, 2024
Special Events
BCNM Fall 2024 Open House
Join the Berkeley Center for New Media for our annual open house and learn more about the new media ecosystem at Cal! Read more
26 Feb, 2024
History & Theory
Unsettling Sound Technologies: Indigenous Sonic Sovereignty and Border Politics
with Christina Leza, Professor of Anthropology and Indigenous Studies, Colorado College, and Trevor Reed, Professor of Law, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University
Moderated by Sierra Edd, Indigenous Technologies Coordinator
An Indigenous Technologies event co-sponsored by the Department of Ethnic Studies and the Department of Art Practice 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
16 Oct, 2023
History & Theory
Rerouting Media in the Living Forest
with Martina Broner
Assistant Professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Dartmouth College, and Co-Founder of the Amazonia Section of the Latin American Studies Association
A Latinx & Latin American Media Ecologies and Indigenous Technologies event co-sponsored by the Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies (CLAS), the Media Studies program, and the Department of Art Practice Read more
12 Oct, 2023
Art, Tech & Culture
Internet Tour: Invisible Infrastructures and AI Hallucinations
An in-person journey through the physical Internet infrastructure, a tourist route of non-touristic places
with Alex Saum-Pascual, Digital Artist, Poet, and Associate Professor of Contemporary Spanish Literature and New Media, University of California, Berkeley; Mario Santamaría, Visual Artist and Lecturer, Elisava University, Barcelona; Jill Miller, Visual Artist and Assistant Professor, Department of Art Practice, University of California, Berkeley; Asma Kazmi, Research-Based Artist and Associate Professor, Department of Art Practice, University of California, Berkeley; Beth Piatote, Writer, Playwright, Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature, and Director of Arts Research Center, University of California, Berkeley Read more
18 Sep, 2023
Art, Tech & Culture
A Historical Dance of New Media
with Eduardo Costa
Artist
A Latinx & Latin American Media Ecologies event co-sponsored by the Department of Art Practice Read more
11 Sep, 2023
Art, Tech & Culture
Tectonic Echoes in the Information Age (ten years later)
with Jesse Colin Jackson
Associate Professor, Department of Art, Claire Trevor School of the Arts, University of California, Irvine
Co-sponsored by the Department of Art Practice and the Department of Geography Read more
28 Aug, 2023
Art, Tech & Culture
The ghost in the machine is me.
with Jen Liu, Artist
Moderated by Xiaowei R. Wang
Accompanied by Mia J. Chong, Dancer
Co-sponsored by the English Department and the Department of Art Practice Read more
20 Mar, 2023
Special Events
The Parables Experience at MozFest Virtual
with curators ill Weaver (a Detroit-based artist and organizer. They co-founded Emergence Media and Complex Movements)
and Valencia James (a performer, maker, and researcher from Barbados, interested in the intersection between dance, theater, technology, and activism, currently pursuing an MFA in Art Practice at the University of California Berkeley)
This event is hosted by MozFest, which is part art, tech and society convening, part maker festival, and the premiere gathering for activists in diverse global movements fighting for a more humane digital world. Read more
10 Mar, 2023
Conference
Hydrocolonialism Symposium
Featuring: Katie Anania (University of Nebraska-Lincoln), Craig Cohen (UCSF), Mina Girgis (UC Berkeley), Mahmoud Hassan (Fayoum University), Isabel Hofmeyr (New York University), Rita Lucarelli (UC Berkeley), Mercy Mueni (TMWDP), Ibrahim Mwakare (TMWDP), Greg Niemeyer (UC Berkeley), Xitlaly Olivera (UC Berkeley), Patrick Owuor (York University), Sera Young (Northwestern University) and many more TBA.
Co-presented with the Department of Art Practice, with support from the Haas Scholars Program. Read more
06 Mar, 2023
Art, Tech & Culture
with
Teddy Cruz, Professor, Department of Visual Arts, University of California, San Diego
Fonna Forman, Professor, Department of Political Science and Director, Center on Global Justice, University of California San Diego
Co-sponsored by the Department of Architecture, the Department of Art Practice, the Arts Research Center, and the Center for Latin American Studies Read more
14 Apr, 2022
Art, Tech & Culture
George's Blues: An Investigation of George Washington Carver’s Legacy as an Artist and Cook
with Seitu Jones
Artist, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Presented in partnership the Department of Art Practice and co-sponsored by American Cultures. Read more
18 Mar, 2022
Special Events
Data & Life in the Metaverse
Join media innovators to explore the potentials of the metaverse, both exciting and terrifying. With Emma Fraser, Don Hanson, Wade Wallerstein, and Richmond Wong.
Presented by Human Technology Futures Group and the Division of Computing, Data Science, and Society at UC Berkeley. Read more
15 Mar, 2022
Special Events
Artist Talk with Dario Robleto
with Dario Robleto
Artist, Houston; ARC's Spring 2022 Artist-in-Residence
Presented by the Arts Research Center with co-sponsorship from the Departments of Art Practice and Ethnic Studies, the Latinx Research Center, and BCNM. Read more
04 Oct, 2021
Art, Tech & Culture
Colonial Practices and Cultural Repression by the Municipality against the Community Museum of the Valle de Xico but “It is our 25th anniversary and we are still here.”
with Maria Thereza Alves
Artist
Moderated by Edgar Fabián Frias
Presented in partnership with the Center for Latin American Studies. Co-sponsored by Spanish & Portuguese, the Center for Race and Gender, the Arts Research Center, and and The American Indian Graduate Program.
Read more
28 Sep, 2021
Special Events
The New Media Working Group presents a week-long show of artworks that speculate on practices and technologies that interrupt the habituation compelled by COVID-era domestic data extraction and quotidian mediations. Read more
22 Apr, 2021
History & Theory
with Elizabeth LaPensée
Assistant Professor, Michigan State University
Co-sponsored by the Department of Art Practice.
Image credit: Elizabeth LaPensée Read more
05 Apr, 2021
Art, Tech & Culture
with Lawrence Abu Hamdan
Artist, Dubai
Co-sponsored by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, the Arts Research Center, and the Department of Art Practice Read more
01 Mar, 2021
History & Theory
A Conversation on Wildfire Ecologies
with Margo Robbins
Co-founder and President of the Cultural Fire Management Council
and Valentin Lopez
Chair of the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band
Presented in partnership with Berkeley Arts + Design as part of Arts + Design Mondays.
Read more
03 Feb, 2021
History & Theory
Indigenous Cyber-relationality: Discerning the Limits and Potential for Connective Action
with Marisa Duarte
Assistant Professor, Arizona State University
Co-sponsored by the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society, the School of Information, American Cultures, and the Center for Race and Gender. 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
05 Nov, 2020
History & Theory
World Re-Building: Aboriginal Territories in Cyberspace and the Initiative for Indigenous Futures
with Skawennati
Artist & Co-Director of Aboriginal Territories in Cyberspace
Co-sponsored by the Department of Art Practice and the Townsend Center for the Humanities.
Image credit: Skawennati, "Renewal" 2016 Read more
25 Oct, 2020
Special Events
Crisis and Creativity: Virtual Artists in Residence at UC Berkeley South Asia Art Initiative
With Mithu Sen
Performs conceptual and interactive multi-format byproducts which include drawing, poetry, moving images, sculptures, installations, sound
And Brendan Fernandes
Canadian artist working at the intersection of dance and visual arts 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
10 Sep, 2020
History & Theory
A Conversation with the Sogorea Te' Land Trust
with Corrina Gould
Lisjan Ohlone leader and co-founder of the Sogorea Te' Land Trust
moderated by Marcelo Garzo Montalvo 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
13 Apr, 2020
Art, Tech & Culture
ONLINE: Neural Abstractions
*Due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) precautions, this event has been moved to the online platform Zoom*
with Tom White
Artist and Researcher
Victoria University of Wellington School of Design
Cosponsored by Autolab and the CITRIS People and Robots (CPAR) 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
24 Feb, 2020
Art, Tech & Culture
In Search for My Robot: Emergent Media, Racialized Gender, and Creativity
with Margaret Rhee
Assistant Professor, SUNY Buffalo; Visiting Scholar, NYU
Co-sponsored by the Department of Ethnic Studies and the Department of Comparative Literature Read more
27 Jan, 2020
Art, Tech & Culture
Dancing with Robots: Expressivity in Natural and Artificial Systems
with Amy LaViers
Robotics, Automation, and Dance (RAD) Lab
Co-sponsored by the Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies and CITRIS People and Robots (CPAR) Read more
04 Nov, 2019
Art, Tech & Culture
Transience, Replication, and the Paradox of Social Robotics
with Guy Hoffman
Robotics Researcher, Cornell University
Co-sponsored by the Center for New Music and Audio Technologies and CITRIS People and Robots (CPAR) Read more
21 Oct, 2019
Art, Tech & Culture
with Leonel Moura
Artist, Lisbon
Co-sponsored by the Department of Spanish & Portuguese, CITRIS People and Robots (CPAR), and FLAD — the Luso-American Development Foundation. Read more
23 Sep, 2019
Art, Tech & Culture
The Copper in my Cooch and Other Technologies
with Marisa Morán Jahn
Artist, Cambridge, MA and New York, NY
Co-sponsored by the Wiesenfeld Visiting Artist Lecture Series and the Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation Read more
09 Sep, 2019
Art, Tech & Culture
Robots Are Creatures, Not Things
with Madeline Gannon
Artist / Roboticist, Pittsburgh, PA
Co-sponsored by the Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation and CITRIS People and Robots (CPAR) Read more
29 Apr, 2019
Art, Tech & Culture
Adam Savage
Mythbusters, CA
a conversation on the past and future of spacesuits with
Nicholas de Monchaux, Professor, UC Berkeley
In partnership with the Department of Architecture's Studio One 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
18 Mar, 2019
Art, Tech & Culture
On Digital Colonialism and 'Other' Futures
with Morehshin Allahyari
Artist, New York
In partnership with the Wiesenfeld Visiting Artist Lecture Series, the Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation, the Center for Middle Eastern Studies and Stanford University Read more
04 Mar, 2019
Art, Tech & Culture
A Conversation with Nnedi Okorafor
with Nnedi Okorafor
Artist, Olympia Fields, IL
In partnership with the Department of Architecture's Studio One,the Department of African American Studies, and the Department of English Read more
25 Feb, 2019
Art, Tech & Culture
In and out of the Body and into the Machine
with Chico MacMurtrie
Artist, New York Read more
11 Feb, 2019
Art, Tech & Culture
News of the Future and the Future of News
with Kevin Delaney
Editor, Quartz
In partnership with the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism Read more
05 Dec, 2018
Special Events
Critical Practices 2018 Showcase
See the great projects of Critical Practices at the Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation Winter Showcase! Read more
19 Nov, 2018
Art, Tech & Culture
RESCHEDULED: Daemons Tools Art Tech
Due to air quality issues, this talk is being rescheduled for September 23rd, 2019. Please check back soon for more information! Read more
29 Oct, 2018
Art, Tech & Culture
The Good Anthropocene: Terraforming Earth
with Kim Stanley Robinson
Author, Davis, CA
In partnership with the Department of Architecture's Studio One
Read more
15 Oct, 2018
Art, Tech & Culture
with Kerry Tribe
Artist & Filmmaker, Los Angeles
In partnership with the Wiesenfeld Visiting Artist Lecture Series Read more
02 May, 2018
Special Events
Come to the free Critical Making Showcase at Jacobs Hall taking place Wednesday, May 2nd from 2-3:30pm as part of the Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation Spring Read more
16 Apr, 2018
Art, Tech & Culture
with Angela Davis
Activist and Professor, CA
interviewed by Leigh Raiford, Assoc. Professor of African American Studies and Malika Imhotep, PhD Candidate in African American Studies and Designated Emphasis in New Media
A 2018 Regents Lecture
Read more
09 Apr, 2018
Art, Tech & Culture
new art, flag art, good art, portal art
with Ian Cheng
Artist, Los Angeles, CA
Presented in partnership with the Wiesenfeld Visiting Artist Lecture Series, and as part of the Arts + Design Monday Nights at BAMPFA program. Read more
04 Apr, 2018
Special Events
The Past is Present: Exhibition
Deep Dive Or the Limits of Immersion was curated by Asma Kazmi. We preview the show as part of the Past is Present. Read more
19 Mar, 2018
Art, Tech & Culture
Yugoexport Is the Name of this Oral Corporation
With Irena Haiduk
Artist, Belgrade, Serbia
Presented in partnership with the Wiesenfeld Visiting Artist Lecture Series Read more
09 Mar, 2018
Special Events
Amateurism Across the Arts
Amateurism Across the Arts is an event hosted by the Arts Research Center at UC Berkeley, and co-sponsored in part by BCNM. Read more
05 Mar, 2018
Special Events
Brotherhood is Powerful: The Pornography and Video Art of Norman Yonemoto
with Nguyen Tan Hoang
Associate Professor, UCSD
Co-sponsored with the Department of Ethnic Studies, Performance Studies Graduate Group, the Department of Film & Media Read more
05 Feb, 2018
Art, Tech & Culture
Connectivity as a Human Right
with Nick Negroponte
Architect, MIT, Massachussetts
Presented in partnership with the Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation 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
06 Dec, 2017
Special Events
Critical Practices at the Jacobs Winter Design Showcase
Critical Practices, a hands-on studio design course, will present their work at the Jacobs Winter Design Showcase on Dec 6. Read more
06 Nov, 2017
Art, Tech & Culture
We Must Conjure Our Gods Before We Obey Them
With Michael Rock
Designer, 2x4, NY.
Presenting in partnership with the Department of Architecture & Urban Planning Read more
23 Oct, 2017
Art, Tech & Culture
Socially Engaged Internet-Art: Aesthetics of Information Ethics
with Paolo Cirio
Artist, NY
Presented in partnership with the Department of Art Practice Read more
25 Sep, 2017
Art, Tech & Culture
World Without Mind: The Existential Threat of Big Tech
with Frank Foer
National correspondent for The Atlantic and fellow at the New America Foundation.
Presented in partnership with the Graduate School of Journalism Read more
03 May, 2017
Special Events
Spring Critical Making Showcase
Come celebrate the projects of Design Innovation students! Read more
11 Feb, 2017
Special Events
Greg Niemeyer on Hippie Modernisms at BAMPFA
Prof. Niemeyer on the latest exhibition Read more
07 Dec, 2016
Special Events
Jacobs 2016 Winter Design Showcase
Jacobs Institute opens its doors to showcase students' final projects! Read more
26 Nov, 2016
Special Events
"Local Code" Book Launch: a Conversation & Reading
with Nicholas de Monchaux Read more
09 Nov, 2016
Art, Tech & Culture
Unnatural: People, Energy and Materials in Three Acts
Ronald Rael is an applied architectural researcher, author, design entrepreneur, and thought leader in the fields of additive manufacturing and earthen architecture Read more
03 Jul, 2016
Special Events
MFA Graduate Artist Talks at BAMPFA
Come check out these graduates' work! Read more
01 Jul, 2016
Special Events
46th Annual MFA Graduate Exhibition Reception at BAMPFA
Join these MFA graduates in celebration of their work on Friday and Saturday Read more
22 Apr, 2016
Special Events
Change and Stillness: Bodies and Gestures within Sensor Technology
Two sessions of open lab, talk, and live demonstration of multi-disciplinary art Read more
02 Nov, 2015
Art, Tech & Culture
Working the Stack: Exploits, Topologies, Ontologies
with Julian Oliver, a New Zealander, Critical Engineer and artist based in Berlin 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
17 Aug, 2015
Workshops
Digital Humanities Summer Institute
Digital Humanities at Berkeley will be running a summer institute of intensive workshops led by DH experts Read more
13 Nov, 2014
Special Events
Art Installation Opening: Leslie Dreyer's “Reclaim Disrupt”
An SF-focused project on hyper gentrification Read more
13 Nov, 2014
Special Events
Inter/nationalism from the Holy Land to the New World
"Encountering Palestine in American Indian Studies," a lecture by Steven Salaita Read more
19 Apr, 2014
Special Events
Valuing Labor in the Arts: A Practicum
A practicum of artist-led workshops that develop exercises, prompts, or actions that engage questions of art, labor, and economics. Don't miss out! Read more
17 Mar, 2014
Special Events
Prospective Student Open House
With a keynote address by Francesco Spagnolo, UC Berkeley Music Lecturer, "Mapping Diasporas: Jews, Material Culture, and the Digital Humanities" Read more
04 Dec, 2013
Special Events
Townsend Book Chat: Polartides
Conversation with Professor Greg Niemeyer, BCNM Director Read more
21 Nov, 2013
Special Events
Critical Time: Claudia La Rocco in Conversation with Shannon Jackson
Presented by The Arts Research Center Read more
14 Oct, 2013
Art, Tech & Culture
Skin Play: Visual Ethics and ”Race” in Digital Art
with Jennifer Gonzalez, UCSC History of Art and Visual Culture instructor Read more
16 Sep, 2013
Art, Tech & Culture
Avatar Syndrome: Past Imperative, Future Conditional
with Allan deSouza, UC Berkeley faculty and photographer Read more
04 Feb, 2013
Art, Tech & Culture
Social Prosthetics: Technology and the Human Form
A lecture by Kate Hartman, leader of wearable technology Read more
22 Jan, 2013
Special Events
"Aunt Charlies Lounge: Smoking Only," Video Art Exhibition
View new work by Jason Fritz at the BCNM Commons! Read more
27 Nov, 2012
Workshops
Provoking Reflection and Exploration with Aesthetic Interaction
Laura Devendorf will discuss AnyType, an Android application that generates unique typefaces from photographs of shapes that people find in their environment Read more
15 Nov, 2012
Special Events
"Marry Me to the End of Love," an Interactive Performance
In this interactive performance, Baradaran will marry anyone he can convince to enter a temporary marriage Read more
14 Nov, 2012
Special Events
FutARism: The Possiblities of Augmented Reality in Art Making
with Amir Baradaran, Media and Performance Artist, New York Read more
27 Sep, 2012
History & Theory
with Hanna Rose Shell, Associate Professor in the Program in Science, Technology, and Society at MIT Read more
17 Sep, 2012
Art, Tech & Culture
A Tale of Two Eyes, One Brain, One Hand, and One Pen
with Ryan and Trevor Oakes, visual artists whose work has been featured in Chicago's Millennium Park and Palazzo Strozzi Museum in Florence Italy -- to name a few Read more
26 Apr, 2012
History & Theory
with Rita Raley, Associate Prof. of English, among other distinguished appointments Read more
02 Feb, 2012
Special Events
Transforming Community Through Pervasive Play
with Jeff Watson (USC) 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
26 Aug, 2024
BCNM Turns 20! Announcing our 2024-25 Public Events
BCNM is turning 20 this year! Mark your calendars for an incredible lineup of speakers and events to celebrate! Read more
26 Aug, 2024
Announcing the 2024-25 Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium Season
We are excited to announce the 2024-25 season of our ATC lecture series, featuring Trevor Paglen, Alex Saum-Pascual, Damien McDuffie, and more! Read more
20 May, 2024
We're so proud to share some our greatest successes from 2023-2024! Read more
05 May, 2024
Congratulating Our Spring 2024 Undergraduate Certificate Recipients
We wish them well in their future pursuits! Join us in applauding their accomplishments! Read more
25 Apr, 2024
Canvas Rebel Spotlights Edgar Fabián Frías
Get to know alum Edgar Fabián Frías in a new article published by CANVASREBEL! Read more
07 Apr, 2024
Announcing our Summer 2024 Research Award Recipients
Congratulations to our 2024 Summer Research recipients from Geography, Music, Education, Architecture, East Asian Studies, Public Health, Theater, Dance and Performance Studies, and Film & Media. Read more
07 Apr, 2024
Announcing the Summer 2024 BCNM Undergraduate Research Fellows
Each year, the Berkeley Center for New Media pairs undergraduates with a graduate student mentor, offering them the chance to complete real, graduate level research while at Cal. We are thrilled to announce this semester's Fellows. Read more
31 Mar, 2024
Announcing Our Spring 2024 DE & Certificate Cohort
Art by Yangyang Yang. Read more
24 Feb, 2024
Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 36 pre-proceedings (NeurIPS 2023) Read more
23 Feb, 2024
Innovation in the Internet Age
Alum Edgar Fabián Frías talks to Sarah M. Chappell in The Think Piece podcast. Read more
15 Jan, 2024
Why we don't have robot butlers yet
Read more
13 Dec, 2023
Interview with Edgar Fabián Frías in Bold Journey
Edgar talks art and their journey to reach their current practice. Read more
30 Nov, 2023
Announcing Our Fall 2023 DE & Certificate Cohort
Haya Constellation Altar, 2019, Arianna Khmelniuk Read more
20 Sep, 2023
Jaclyn Zhou and Caleb Murray-Bozeman to Lead New Media Working Group
We're thrilled to announce that Jaclyn Zhou and Caleb Murray-Bozeman are the new coordinators of the New Media Working Group! Read more
27 Jul, 2023
Mark your calendars for an incredible lineup of speakers this fall! Featuring multi-disciplinary visual artist Jen Liu, UC Irvine Professor of Electronic Art & Design Jesse Colin Jackson, Indigenous Technologies lectures by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Raven Chacon and Dartmouth Professor Martina Broner, an “AI & The Humanities” roundtable discussion with Black in AI co-founder Timnit Gebru, plus so much more! Read more
26 Jul, 2023
Announcing the 2023-2024 Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium Season
We are excited to announce the 2023-2024 season of our ATC lecture series, featuring Jen Liu, Jesse Colin Jackson, Valeria Luiselli, and more! Read more
26 Jul, 2023
Announcing the 2023-2024 History and Theory of New Media Season
We are excited to announce the 2023-2024 season of our HTNM lecture series, featuring Paloma Duong, Erik Davis, Lauren Klein, and more! Read more
26 Jul, 2023
Announcing the 2023-2024 Indigenous Technologies Season
We are excited to announce the 2023-2024 season of our Indigenous Technologies lecture series, featuring Raven Chacon, Christina Leza, Trevor Reed, and more! Read more
26 Jul, 2023
Announcing the 2023-2024 Latinx & Latin American Media Ecologies Season
We are excited to announce the 2023-2024 season of our Latinx & Latin American Media Ecologies lecture series, featuring Eduardo Costa, Martina Broner, micha cárdenas, and more! Read more
27 Jun, 2023
We're so proud to share some our greatest successes from 2022-2023! Read more
19 May, 2023
Congratulating Our Spring 2023 Graduates
Art by Tiare Ribeaux. Read more
11 May, 2023
Teddy Cruz & Fonna Forman Video & Transcript Now Online!
Read more
10 May, 2023
Conference Grants: Eric Rawn at CHI 23
We are pleased to support our students sharing their work at the premiere conferences in their field. Eric Rawn presented my paper “Understanding Version Control as Material Interaction with Quickpose” at the ACM (Association of Computing Machinery) CHI (Conference on Computer-Human Interaction) in Hamburg, Germany 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
Valencia James Co-Curates The Parables Experience
The Parables Experience takes place at MozFest! Read more
31 Jan, 2023
Billboard Features Jill Miller's Ariel Stinks
"Ariel Pink Used Jill Miller's Face on His Album Cover Without Permission, So She Responded With ‘Ariel Stinks’ NFTs" writes Billboard. Read more
18 Jan, 2023
Jill Miller Presents Future Perfect
Read more
09 Dec, 2022
Darieck Scott on Black Queer Fantasy and Superhero Comics
We were thrilled to co-sponsor "Keeping It Unreal: Black Queer Fantasy and Superhero Comics," by Darieck Scott. Read more
06 Dec, 2022
We're Hiring an Events Coordinator & Office Manager in 2023
Join us at BCNM curating and offering an exciting array of programs, including our popular Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium and Indigenous Technologies program! Read more
01 Dec, 2022
BCNM Around the Web December
Check out the great work of our faculty and alumni around the web this December! Read more
27 Nov, 2022
Announcing Our Fall 2022 DE & Certificate Cohort
Valencia James: AI_am Read more
02 Nov, 2022
BCNM at American Studies Association 2022
Ethnic Studies Associate professor Keith Feldman, History professor Hannah Zeavin, and writer and scholar Ra Malika Imhotep featured at American Studies Association 2022. Read more
29 Sep, 2022
Asma Kazmi Promoted to Associate Professor
Read more
09 Aug, 2022
Conference Report: Molly Nicholas at Creativity and Cognition
Molly Nicholas and team received a Best Paper Award for "Creative and Motivational Strategies Used by Expert Creative Practitioners." Read more
20 Jul, 2022
Announcing the 2022-2023 Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium Season
We are excited to announce the 2022-2023 season for our ATC Lecture Series! Featuring Teddy Cruz and Fonna Foreman, and artsits Nettrice Gaskins and Osman Khan. Read more
14 Jul, 2022
Exhibition at Antenna by Ra Malika Imhotep
Check out Ra's work July 9th – August 28th in New Orleans. Read more
10 Jun, 2022
We're so proud to share some our greatest successes from 2022! Read more
17 May, 2022
Congratulating Our Spring 2022 Graduates
Art by Edgar Fabián Frías Read more
29 Mar, 2022
Announcing Our Summer 2022 Research Award Recipients
23 Mar, 2022
Announcing Our Spring 2022 DE & Certificate Cohort
Secondary Gaze, by Jiaxuan Ren. Read more
20 Jan, 2022
Announcing Our Fall 2021 Undergraduate Research Fellows
Congratulations to Lina Matine, Akemi Nagashiki, and Abigail Lomibao! Read more
06 Jan, 2022
Mark your calendars for this incredible line up of speakers! Read more
13 Dec, 2021
Announcing Our 2021 DE & Certificate Cohort
Art by Xincun Du. Read more
12 Dec, 2021
Announcing Our 2021 Undergraduate Cohort
Please join us in welcoming our 2021 Undergraduate Certificate cohort! Read more
07 Dec, 2021
Edgar Fabián Frías in Shoutout LA
Meet Edgar Fabián Frías | Contemporary Artist, Psychotherapist, Brujx & Educator Read more
05 Dec, 2021
Edgar Fabián Frías in Transcendence
Art by Edgar Fabián Frías. Read more
21 Nov, 2021
Asma Kazmi in Suspended Matter
Art by Asma Kazmi 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
30 Jul, 2021
Announcing the 2021-2022 Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium Season
We are excited to announce the 2021-2022 season for the Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium! Read more
19 Jun, 2021
Ken Goldberg on Soft Robotics Podcast
BCNM affiliate Ken Goldberg was recently featured on the Soft Robotics Podcast. Read more
02 Jun, 2021
Work by Maija Hynninen & Olivia Ting at SF Contemporary Music Until June 23
BCNM DE Maija Hynninen (Music) and alum Olivia Ting (Art Practice) are working together on an event at San Francisco Contemporary Music Players through June 23! Read more
21 May, 2021
Congratulating our 2021 Graduates
These students have been pivotal to the new media landscape at Cal, and we are excited to see the incredible future work they undertake in their respective fields.
Artwork by Tina Piracci Read more
11 Apr, 2021
Announcing Our 2021 Summer Research Fellows
Image by Edgar Fabián Frias. Read more
29 Mar, 2021
Announcing the Spring 2021 DE & Graduate Certificate Cohort
Photo credit: Yuyao Jin Read more
21 Dec, 2020
BCNM Fall 2020: Events In Review
We’re so thankful to everyone who tuned in for our events this past semester. Keep reading for a round-up of our events and speakers! Read more
25 Nov, 2020
Mark your calendars for this incredible line up of speakers! Read more
18 Nov, 2020
Trevor Paglen Teaching at the Alternative Art School
BCNM alum Trevor Paglen has joined the Alternative Art School with Mel Chin, and Janine Antoni. Read more
13 Nov, 2020
Jill Miller's Holding it Together
Jill Miller features in Palo Alto Art Center's exhibition "Holding it Together" 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!
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12 Nov, 2020
Announcing the Fall 2020 DE & Graduate Certificate Cohort
We are thrilled to welcome this Fall’s graduate cohort! Read more
29 Sep, 2020
Revisited: "Pope L's Notes on the roll of the artist when the world has always been on fire?"
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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
03 Sep, 2020
Alum Trevor Paglen Featured in Wall Street Journal Magazine
Trevor Paglen was recently featured in the Wall Street Journal Magazine on his work in art and artificial intelligence. 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
30 Aug, 2020
Announcing BCNM's Fall 2020 Class Fund Recipients
We're thrilled to support our faculty with funds for guest speakers and materials to enhance the student experience. Read more
11 Aug, 2020
Mark your calendars for this incredible line up of speakers!
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10 Aug, 2020
Announcing the 2020-2021 History and Theory of New Media Season
This year, we are thrilled to share that our theme for the 2020-2021 series is Indigenous Technologies. Read more
10 Aug, 2020
Announcing the 2020-2021 Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium Season
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21 Jul, 2020
BCNM Faculty Receive Berkeley Changemaker Grants
[Image credit: Original image from: King st. Development in Toronto by Frank Gehry, edited by Elnaz Tafrihi Bailey.] Read more
29 Apr, 2020
Congratulating Our 2020 Undergraduate Certificate Graduates
Congratulations to our 2020 cohort, who are graduating with the New Media Undergraduate Certificate!
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29 Apr, 2020
Congratulating our 2020 Graduates
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30 Mar, 2020
Announcing Our Spring 2020 Graduate Cohort
Image: Jingran Chu. Read more
26 Feb, 2020
Jill Miller & Adam Hutz Receive Creative Discovery Grants
Jill Miller and Adam Hutz were recipients of Berkeley Arts + Design's Spring 2020 Creative Discovery Grant. 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 Feb, 2020
Alum Clement Hil Goldberg on Queer and Trans Culture and the Parlour Club
Goldberg writes about their experience searching for a queer bar in Los Angeles and how the San Francisco scene lacks what LA was able to cultivate. Read more
29 Jan, 2020
Conference Grants: Harry Burson on the Sound of Globalization
Harry Burson, a Fall 2019 Conference Grant recipient, presented his research on "The Sound of Globalization: An Archaeology of Immersive Media at the World’s Fair" at the Media Matter: Media-Archaeological Research and Artistic Practice conference. Read more
28 Jan, 2020
Announcing Our 2020 Undergraduate Research Fellows
Each year, the Berkeley Center for New Media pairs undergraduates with a graduate student mentor, offering them the chance to complete real, graduate level research while at Cal. We are thrilled to announce this year's Fellows. Read more
17 Nov, 2019
Announcing our Fall 2019 Graduate Cohort
Art by Shuang Yan. Read more
05 Nov, 2019
We're Hiring an Events Coordinator!
Join the Berkeley Center for New Media (BCNM), an interdisciplinary research center that studies and shapes media transition and emergence from diverse perspectives. Through critical thinking and making, we cultivate technological equity and fairness in our classrooms, in our communities, and on the internet. Read more
17 Oct, 2019
ATC Video Now Online: Rhonda Holberton
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15 Oct, 2019
Art by BCNM faculty is being featured in the HyperObjects exhibit at the Worth Ryder Art Gallery in Wurster Hall. Read more
06 Sep, 2019
Summer Research Dispatch: Brian Bartz in Trevor Paglen's Studio
Artist Brian Bartz worked on custom computer-vision algorithms in alum Trevor Paglen's art studio in Berlin. 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
11 Jul, 2019
Announcing the Fall 2019-Spring 2020 Season of the Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium
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11 Jun, 2019
Jacob Gaboury on Regimes of Identification
Jacob Gaboury recaps an incredible year as a 2018 BCNM Faculty Seed Grant recipient. Read more
30 May, 2019
Asma Kazmi Exhibiting at the University of Sevilla
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03 May, 2019
"Within These Walls" & its sequel "Dreams of Flight"
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20 Apr, 2019
César Torres Appointed Assistant Professor at UT Arlington
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21 Mar, 2019
Announcing our Spring 2019 Graduate Cohort
Art by Yuanpei Zhuang. Read more
19 Mar, 2019
Berkeley Welcomes BCNM's Jill Miller
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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
09 Feb, 2019
BCNM in Vision & Light: Processing Perception
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26 Nov, 2018
Announcing our Fall 2018 Graduate Cohort
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21 Nov, 2018
Announcing our 2018 Undergraduate Cohort
We are thrilled to welcome to the BCNM these talented students from across campus. 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
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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
07 May, 2018
Ken Goldberg at the Executive Leadership Conference on Robots in Consumer Packaged Goods
Ken Goldberg attended the annual Executive Leadership Conference to discuss Can Robots Really Handle Consumer Packaged Goods?. Read more
03 May, 2018
Ken Goldberg at Michigan School of Information
Ken Goldberg was recently invited by the University of Michigan to give a talk on the campus about his previous work and research. Read more
19 Apr, 2018
Revisited: The Past is Present Exhibition
Asma Kazmi curated a fantastic virtual reality exhibition we were thrilled to preview as part of the Past is Present. Read more
18 Apr, 2018
Announcing 2018 Summer Research Awards
Congratulations to this year's Summer Research Award recipients! We are excited to support the amazing work these students will be completing over the summer. Read more
10 Apr, 2018
Jill Miller Gives Art Practice Lecture
BCNM faculty Jill Miller was invited to present an artist talk as part of the Art Practice 2018 Noon Lecture Series. Read more
09 Apr, 2018
The BCNM Guide to CHI 2018
Overwhelmed by the amazing panels at CHI 2018? Make your CHI experience a BCNM one with our guide to where our students, faculty, and alumni will be presenting! Read more
20 Nov, 2017
Welcome to Our Fall 2017 Graduate Cohort
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14 Nov, 2017
Niemeyer Receives Hewlett 50 Arts Commission Grant
Greg Niemeyer and collaborators DJ Spooky and the Internet Archive receive prestigious Hewlett 50 Arts Commission grant for data sonified hip-hop opera! Read more
18 Sep, 2017
Upcoming ATC speaker and Cal alumnus Ian Chang talks to CALIFORNIA Magazine about his MoMA-exhibited art, his experience at UC Berkeley, and his professional and personal journey after graduation. Read more
29 Aug, 2017
Greg Niemeyer & Ron Rael at Focus on the Visual Conference
This year's UC Berkeley Librarian Association conference turns its eyes to the digital humanities field Read more
23 Aug, 2017
Announcing the 2017-2018 Season of the Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium
From new journalism to virtual reality, telepresence to designing brands, this year's Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium packs a punch! 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
20 Jun, 2017
Bay Area Artists Report Published
How are Bay Area visual artists really getting paid? Read more
31 May, 2017
Call for Students: Cranes and Cube: Architecture, Built and Unbuilt
An opportunity to accompany Professor Asma Kazmi on a paid two-week research and production trip to Jeddah, Medina, and Mada'in Saleh, Saudi Arabia in August 2017. Read more
17 May, 2017
Announcing Our 2017 Undergraduate Certificate Grads
These students have made extensive contributions to New Media at Cal Read more
16 May, 2017
Announcing Our 2017 Graduates
We look forward to sharing their future endeavors!
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15 May, 2017
Asma Kazmi Receives Seed Grant for Cranes and Cube
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11 May, 2017
Arts + Design Mondays @BAMPFA Videos Now Online
Check out the videos from some of the great lectures this semester, including our Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium! Read more
13 Apr, 2017
Announcing our 2017-2018 Faculty Seed Grant Recipients
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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
20 Mar, 2017
CNMAT Website Soft-Launch
The Center of New Music and Audio Technologies‘ new website went public earlier this semester in a “soft” release. Read more
02 Mar, 2017
Greg Niemeyer’s Teaching Philosophy Featured in Le Monde
The BCNM faculty and Art Practice professor gave an interview in the renowned newspaper. Read more
25 Jan, 2017
Greg Niemeyer on Hippie Modernisms at BAMPFA
28 Nov, 2016
Critical Practices as Cultural Critique
17 Nov, 2016
Announcing the Fall 2016 DE & Graduate Certificate Cohort
We are very excited to welcome our newest cohort of Ph.D Designated Emphasis and Graduate Certificate students Read more
17 Nov, 2016
Ken Goldberg Named Chair of IEOR
The Department of Industrial Engineering & Operations Research has a new chairperson! Read more
03 Nov, 2016
Greg Niemeyer Collaboration with DJ Spooky for Internet Archive 20th Anniversary
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24 Oct, 2016
Ken Goldberg at the Samsung CEO Summit
The theme this year was "The Age of Insight and Learning" Read more
12 Sep, 2016
Announcing the 2016-2017 Season of the Art, Technology & Culture Colloquium
This year, our lectures are organized around the theme of "Digital Immersion." Read the full line-up here. Read more
27 Jul, 2016
Valencia: Now Available to Rent on Vimeo
Clement Hil Goldberg, recent Art Practice and BCNM DE graduate, produced the experimental feature length film with Michelle Tea Read more
07 Jul, 2016
Undergraduate Research Fellowship Dispatches: Jennifer Hartman, Lark Buckingham, and Everything After
Jennifer Hartman was selected to work with Lark Buckingham (Art Practice) on her artistic exploration of the culture surrounding sexual violence Read more
05 Jul, 2016
Greg Niemeyer Thanks You for Three Years at BCNM
For the last three years, Greg Niemeyer has skillfully led the BCNM as the Center's Director. This July, he is beginning a well-deserved sabbatical Read more
21 Jun, 2016
Lark Buckingham and Everything After
Lark Buckingham’s art centers around the forces that shape human identities, particularly those of the queer community Read more
26 May, 2016
Through Practice: Ashley Ferro-Murray and Mark Lam
“Through Practice” by Ashley Ferro-Murray is a somatic exploration of the contemporary relationship between biomedicine and new media, or genetics (DNA code) Read more
26 May, 2016
Meet Lark Buckingham: Critical Design
Animator, filmmaker, performance artist, designer, tinkerer, activist, and data scientist, Lark Buckingham is a versatile and multidisciplinary provocateur. Read more
24 May, 2016
Ashley Jerbic on her Undergrad Experience at Cal
Ashley Jerbic received her BA in Art Practice and Art History and a BCNM undergraduate certificate Read more
19 May, 2016
Announcing Our 2016 Undergraduate Certificate Grads
We're so pleased to be able to share their achievements and wish them the best in their future projects! Read more
19 May, 2016
Announcing our 2016 Graduates
Congrats to all! We lookforward to following their success in their new endeavors! Read more
18 May, 2016
Summer Research Opportunities: Hybrid Ecologies Lab
The Hybrid Ecologies Lab, headed by Eric Paulos, is looking for skilled and passionate undergraduate and graduate students to join us this summer Read more
12 May, 2016
BCNM is pleased to announce the awards of its first ever Faculty Seed Grant Read more
26 Apr, 2016
Revisited: "Change and Stillness: Bodies and Gestures within Sensor Technology"
We recap this fascinating talk on this past showcase of sensor-technology art Read more
19 Apr, 2016
Revisited: Builders Association Berkeley Book Launch
BCNM was thrilled to partner with the Arts + Design | Arts Research Center for the launch of Shannon Jackson's contributions to "Builders Association" Read more
19 Apr, 2016
Ashley Jerbic at the Stanford Learning Summit
Ashley has been extensively engaged in areas of research that touch upon 3D imaging, art history, art practice, and archaeology Read more
14 Apr, 2016
Recommended Fall 2016 Courses Now Out
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17 Mar, 2016
Announcing the Spring 2016 DE & Graduate Certificate Cohort
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17 Feb, 2016
BCNM was pleased to host an open house for the Berkeley Engineering Annual Research Symposium of 2016 Read more
01 Dec, 2015
New Undergraduates Announcement!
Congratulations to our latest new media undergraduate certificate candidates! Read more
04 Nov, 2015
Scott explores online learning environments to increase geographic and cultural connections and build diverse communities Read more
01 Oct, 2015
Video Now Online: Vito Acconci
Didn't snag a seat at Vito Acconci's ATC lecture? We saved one for you here. Read more
01 Oct, 2015
BCNM's Ken Goldberg Speaker at RoboBusiness Conference
29 Sep, 2015
On the American artist and architect's lecture, "Everything I Know Will Be Yours: Surveillance In Plein Air" Read more
28 Sep, 2015
Interactive seating – A course on design innovation
The CITRIS Invention Lab is practically the home of contemporary innovation at Berkeley Read more
24 Sep, 2015
Announcing the 2015-2016 ATC Series!
The theme of this year’s program is “Global Circulations.” Lectures will be held in the Banatao Auditorium of Sutardja Dai Hall from 7:30-9:00pm on Monday evenings Read more
29 Jul, 2015
Smart Chairs in California Magazine
24 Jun, 2015
Two Additional New Media Studio Courses Now Offered Fall 2015
Both courses will offer hands-on practice and satisfy the new media Designated Emphasis technology-focused requirement Read more
29 Apr, 2015
Announcing our Spring 2015 Graduating Class
We'll miss their energy and their intellectual curiosity around BCNM, but wish them all the best in their new endeavors and look forward to the amazing intellectual, artistic, and technological contributions we know they will produce Read more
21 Apr, 2015
Shannon Jackson to be Associate Vice Chancellor of Arts and Design
faculty member in rhetoric as well as theater, dance and performance studies (TDPS), Shannon Jackson currently directs the campus’s Arts Research Center Read more
08 Apr, 2015
Revisiting the Collaboration Gala
BCNM turned ten! Read more
07 Apr, 2015
Revisited: "Espacio Publico, Contexto Personal"
The masterclass workshop led by Peruvian artist Jose Carlos Martinat and Enrique Mayorga, revisited Read more
18 Mar, 2015
BCNM Welcomes Spring 2015 DE & Certificate Students
Applications this semester were phenomenal and we’re thrilled by the unique perspectives each of our new students will bring to the Center Read more
17 Mar, 2015
This was a great opportunity to build community and emphasize the close collaboration that the Berkeley Center for New Media prizes Read more
10 Feb, 2015
Lark Buckingham is the creator of Babump, a device posing as a business card holder that monitors heart rates Read more
07 Feb, 2015
Michelle Ott is currently a MFA Student at the UC Berkeley Department of Art Practice Read more
03 Dec, 2014
Welcoming New Undergraduate Certificate Students
Hailing from a range of disciplines, the undergraduates who applied exemplified the interdisciplinary community the Center serves Read more
18 Nov, 2014
Welcoming New DE and Certificate Students
02 Sep, 2014
Announcing the 2014-2015 Arts, Technology, and Culture Colloquium
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 Read more
21 Jul, 2014
The world’s first interdisciplinary open license contest celebrating the carillon launched: Hack the Bells Read more
24 Apr, 2014
Announcing our Spring 2014 Graduating Class
We are proud to announce our latest cohort of graduating BCNM Designated Emphasis and Masters Certificate students Read more
15 Apr, 2014
Robots and New Media: A Contested Concept
A packed house greeted the first panelists for the Berkeley Center for New Media’s Robots and New Media Symposium on April 4, 2014 Read more
15 Apr, 2014
ATC Revisited: Stephanie Syjuco
The semester's final ATC talk was a success as new Art Practice faculty member Stephanie Syjuco presented “Lossy: On the Politics of Networked Flows and Degraded Systems” Read more
01 Apr, 2014
Technology Services and Training Fellowship
This year, thanks to the craigslist Chair endowment, we were able to support five graduates with awards of $1,000 to help defray technology and training costs. Read more
21 Mar, 2014
BCNM Welcomes New Students to the Graduate Certificate in New Media
We are delighted to welcome 3 new graduate students to our Masters Certificate program Read more
28 Jan, 2014
Student Research Presentations
BCNM was proud to introduce its latest Spring 2014 admits and celebrate the incredible research of its senior graduate students in January Read more
25 Nov, 2013
BCNM Welcomes New Students to the DE & Graduate Certificate in New Media
We are delighted to welcome 9 new graduate students to our Designated Emphasis and Graduate Certificate programs Read more
18 Nov, 2013
Announcing the BCNM Data Literacy Initiative Award Recipient
The Data Literacy Initiative Prize was created to address the growing divide between the generation of large quantities of data and those with the tools to access and interpret this information Read more
05 Sep, 2013
Announcing the Fall 2013 – Spring 2014 Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium Lecture Series
Visit the ATC Colloquium’s home page at atc.berkeley.edu for directions, a list of speakers, and to join the mailing list 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
10 Apr, 2013
BCNM Welcomes New Students to the DE & Graduate Certificate in New Media
We are delighted to welcome eleven new graduate students to our Designated Emphasis and Graduate Certificate programs! Read more
27 Feb, 2013
BCNM Student Presentations for the annual BEARS Research Symposium, February 14, 2013
Exciting and innovative new UC Berkeley research projects weree presented at the Berkeley EECS Annual Research Symposium (BEARS). Read some of our students' research here! Read more
04 Feb, 2013
Video Art in the BCNM Commons, New Work by Jason Fritz, "Aunt Charlies Lounge: Smoking Only"
Jason Fritz is an interdisciplinary artist whose work shuttles between performance, film, installation, and disaster Read more
04 Dec, 2012
BCNM Welcomes Newly Admitted Students to the DE and Certificate in New Media
We are very pleased to welcome new graduate students to our Designated Emphasis and Graduate Certificate program! Read more
05 Sep, 2012
Announcing the Fall 2012 - Spring 2013 Art, Technology and Culture Colloquium Lecture Series
Mondays, 7:30-9:00 pm. ATC lectures are free and open to the public! Read more
14 May, 2012
Who’s Achievement? — Evaluating Self-Constructed and Peer-Evaluated Badge Systems in Online Classrooms
07 May, 2012
Welcoming BCNM's New DE and Certificate Students
We are delighted to announce the following newly students to the BCNM Designated Emphasis and Master's Certificate Program in New Media Read more
01 Sep, 2011
Position Open: Assistant Professor, New Media, Tenure Track
Applications must be postmarked by Oct. 14, 2011. Read more
06 Jul, 2011
A collaboration of art, engineering, and social sciences at the University of California, citysandbox.com, is live! Read more
15 Jun, 2011
CITRIS Launches Data and Democracy Initiative
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15 Jun, 2011
Pwning Asthma Triggers: Health Games as Technologies of Social Engagement
Next deadline – 1 November, 2024
Designated Emphasis Program
Next deadline – November 1, 2024
Undergraduate Opportunities
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.
This list is updated regularly. Check back often for the latest updates. Email lara@berkeley.edu with suggestions.
Applications for Summer 2025 are due March 13, 2025.
New Media Research Fellowship
Applications for Summer 2025 are due March 13, 2025.
New Media Research Fellowship