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
29 Sep, 2022
Special Events
Person Specificity and Physiovalence: Performance Practice Toward Decolonizing Classical Music
with Ken Ueno
Composer, vocalist, improviser, sound artist, and Professor of Music, UC Berkeley
Presented by Berkeley Arts + Design and co-sponsored by The Department of Ethnic Studies 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.
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01 Oct, 2021
Workshops
Bread Symphony Workshop with Katya Rozanova, Emily Saltz, Ashley Lewis, and Max Horwich Read more
30 Sep, 2021
Special Events
Event with Edgar Fabián Frías and short film screenings Read more
29 Sep, 2021
Special Events
Curator tour, exhibition opening, performance, and screening 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
13 Sep, 2021
Art, Tech & Culture
How Can a Maori Girl Recolonise the Screen Using Mighty Pixels
with Lisa Reihana
Artist, Aotearoa/New Zealand
Presented with Berkeley Arts + Design and co-sponsored by the Arts Research Center and The American Indian Graduate Program. 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
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
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
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
01 Apr, 2019
Art, Tech & Culture
with Rhonda Holberton
Artist, Oakland
Presented in partnership with the Wiesenfeld Visiting Artist Lecture Series. 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
09 Nov, 2018
Commons Conversations
Designs of Destruction: The Making of Monuments in the 20th Century
with Lucia Allais
Associate Professor of Architecture, Princeton University 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
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
14 Feb, 2018
Commons Conversations
Commons Conversations: Adolf Loos After the Death of Adolf Loos
This talk revisits the life and work of Adolf Loos during the architect’s lifetime, but also beyond his death in 1933. 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 Apr, 2017
Commons Conversations
BCNM, in partnership with the School of Information and Graduate School of Journalism, turn to the particular role, and power, of digital tools to express and organize political dissent, and create greater institutional and political transparency! Read more
19 Apr, 2017
Special Events
Conveying Climate Change: New Media Art, Science, and Activism
03 Apr, 2017
Art, Tech & Culture
Remapping History: The Unwanted Population - CANCELED
with Tiffany Chung, internationally noted cartographer Read more
11 Feb, 2017
Special Events
Greg Niemeyer on Hippie Modernisms at BAMPFA
Prof. Niemeyer on the latest exhibition 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
17 Nov, 2016
Art, Tech & Culture
The Peaks and Valleys of Kinetic Sculpture
with Reuben Margolin, American-born artist and sculptor 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
22 Feb, 2016
Art, Tech & Culture
with Hito Steyerl, renowned German artist Read more
03 Dec, 2015
Special Events
Everything After: Opossum Impressions
An installation by Lark Buckinham, UC Berkeley MFA student 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
06 Apr, 2015
Art, Tech & Culture
with Jose Carlos Martinat, artist, and Enrique Mayorga, researcher Read more
05 Apr, 2015
Workshops
Espacio Publico, Contexto Personal
A Masterclass with Jose Carlos Martinat. Open to artists, inventors, and engineers Read more
23 Feb, 2015
Art, Tech & Culture
by Rirkrit Tiravanija, renowned Thai artist Read more
19 Feb, 2015
History & Theory
An HTNM lecture by Elizabeth Freeman, UCD Professor Read more
03 Feb, 2015
Special Events
Natural Frequencies: New Media Carillon Installation and Performance
A new media Carillon installation and performance in honor of the 100th Anniversary of UC Berkeley's Sather Tower (the Campanile) Read more
13 Nov, 2014
Special Events
Art Installation Opening: Leslie Dreyer's “Reclaim Disrupt”
An SF-focused project on hyper gentrification Read more
03 Nov, 2014
Art, Tech & Culture
Creative Interventions and Social Activation
A lecture by Cheryl Haines on her collaboration with Ai Weiwei, at the David Brower Center Read more
04 Oct, 2014
Art, Tech & Culture
Embodying Liberation: A Dialogue on Community and Healing
A lecture by Brett Cook, Read more
29 Sep, 2014
Art, Tech & Culture
This not-to-be-missed lecture by renowned American architect, Maya Lin Read more
26 Jun, 2014
Special Events
The release of Ritwik Banerji's (DE) project, Maxine 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
18 Nov, 2013
Art, Tech & Culture
Your Presence is Required: Performance, Control, and Magnetism
A lecture by Laetitia Sonami -- composer, performer, and sound artist Read more
17 Nov, 2013
Special Events
Composer and Fluxus artist Yoshi Wada will perform a live sound experience at BAMPFA. Be sure to not miss out! Read more
07 Nov, 2013
History & Theory
A History and Theory lecture by Lisa Parks, UCSB Professor and former Film & Media Studies Department Chair 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 Mar, 2013
Art, Tech & Culture
Meredith Tromble (SFAI) and Dawn Sumner (UCD) on "Imaging and Imagination in Collaborative Research" 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
04 Dec, 2012
Lo-Fi & Hi-Touch In The Age of Hi-Tech
A lecture by Scott Doorley, creative director of the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford 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
16 Oct, 2012
Workshops
New Media Working Group: Henry Witecki, Visual Artist, Oakland
Witecki, interdisciplinary artist and writer, will present his recent body of composite images, animations, and projections Read more
23 Apr, 2012
Art, Tech & Culture
On Vanishing: New Mythologies for Choreography in Museums
with Jonah Bokaer, international choreographer, media artist, and artist space developer Read more
21 Feb, 2012
Special Events
with Wendy Ju, California College of Arts, Read more
21 Nov, 2011
Art, Tech & Culture
Performance and Humor in the New Media Landscape
with Marc Horowitz, interdisciplinary artist. A part of Berkeley's Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium 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
10 Oct, 2011
Art, Tech & Culture
Fear and Fun: Performing the Human-Machine Interface
with Kal Spelletich, SF-based artist Read more
21 Sep, 2011
Special Events
Opening Reception and Artist Talk, Video Voyages
An evening at the BCNM Commons 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
09 Mar, 2011
Special Events
New Media Research Roundtable: A Moving Image – Media and Metaphor in Stage Performance
An informal talk and screening led by Ellen Bromberg, Guggenheim Fellow, choreographer, and media artist 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
20 Sep, 2010
Special Events
A lecture by Lisa Iwamoto, partner of IwamotoScott Read more
26 May, 2023
Faculty Seed Grants: Asma Kazmi & After Jahangir
Read more
19 May, 2023
Congratulating Our Spring 2023 Graduates
Art by Tiare Ribeaux. Read more
22 Apr, 2023
Alum Tiffany Ng Featured Artist on MUSFORUM
MUSFORUM is the online network for women organists. Read more
14 Apr, 2023
Making the Invisible Visible with Alum Trevor Paglen
The Electronic Frontier Foundation's Cindy Cohn talks to alum and artist Trevor Paglen about mass surveillance. Read more
12 Apr, 2023
Osman Khan Video & Transcript Now Online!
Read more
05 Apr, 2023
Profile of Alum Edgar Fabian Frias in Voyage LA
Check out this new interview with alum Edgar Fabián Frías in VoyageLA! 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
13 Mar, 2023
Announcing Our Spring 2023 DE & Certificate Cohort
Image credit: Karthika Baiju. Read more
18 Jan, 2023
Jill Miller Presents Future Perfect
Read more
27 Nov, 2022
Announcing Our Fall 2022 DE & Certificate Cohort
Valencia James: AI_am Read more
15 Nov, 2022
BCNM Around the Web November
Check out the great work of our faculty and alumni around the web this November! Read more
06 Oct, 2022
New Media Experimental Art Studio
Join us for this brand new class this Spring 2023! Read more
29 Sep, 2022
Asma Kazmi Promoted to Associate Professor
Read more
10 Sep, 2022
Summer Research Report: Irma Barbosa
Read about Irma's work titled "Ternura means Tenderness". Read more
25 Aug, 2022
Summer Research Reports: Kevin CK Lo
Musician Kevin CK Lo worked towards building a modular geo-spatial web template. Read more
22 Jul, 2022
Tiffany Ng Named Chair of Organ Department
Alum Tiffany Ng leads the Organ Department at the University of Michigan. Read more
19 Jun, 2022
Trevor Paglen and the Art of Security
Shane Harris speaks to artist Trevor Paglen on Chatter to explore themes of surveillance, security, and secrecy. Read more
17 May, 2022
Congratulating Our Spring 2022 Graduates
Art by Edgar Fabián Frías Read more
29 Apr, 2022
Edgar Fabián Frías Performs in HI, Solo #11
HI, SOLO is a bi-annual performance series conceived by Alexx Shilling and Devika Wickremesinghe. Read more
28 Apr, 2022
Conference Grant Reports: Elisa Giardina Papa at the Venice Biennale
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
31 Mar, 2022
Bo Ruberg on Queer Gaming Practices on Arebyte
Bo Ruberg talks about how LGBTQI+ game makers are reimagining the medium of video games. 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
13 Dec, 2021
Announcing Our 2021 DE & Certificate Cohort
Art by Xincun Du. Read more
11 Dec, 2021
Review of Trevor Paglen's San Jose Art Exhibition
Letha Ch’ien reviews the art installation in San Jose that sounds off on the ‘weirding of truth’ each day at noon. Read more
08 Dec, 2021
BCNM Around the Web November 2021
Check out the work of our students, faculty, and alumni around the web! Read more
06 Dec, 2021
ATC Video Now Online: Maria Thereza Alves
Read more
14 Oct, 2021
Edgar Fabián Frías in Monolith
BCNM graduate student Edgar Fabián Frías will be exhibiting their installation project as part of the group exhibition Monolith presented by Southern Exposure. Read more
13 Oct, 2021
Announcing the Fall 2021 Conference Grant Recipients
Congratulations to these amazing students working on media literacy, ethnographic research, philosophical arguments, and more! Read more
06 Sep, 2021
Summer Research: Erica Deeman, Fast Fashion, & Jamaica
Erica Deeman received a BCNM 2021 Summer Research Award. Read about her great work exploring the cultural heritage of her ancestors and expressing her findings through a video performance. Read more
23 Jul, 2021
BCNM Around the Web July 2021
Check out the amazing work of our faculty, students, and alumni around the web this July! Read more
25 Jun, 2021
Neyran Turan's Venice Biennale Exhibition Featured in the News
Read more
25 Jun, 2021
Tiffany Ng Promoted to Associate Professor
Read more
19 Jun, 2021
Check out the amazing work of our faculty, students, and alumni around the web this June! 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
31 Mar, 2021
Call for Entries: Refamiliarization
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19 Mar, 2021
Neyran Turan at the Venezia Biennale
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
18 Nov, 2020
Reviews of Trevor Paglen's Bloom and Opposing Geometries
Read more
14 Nov, 2020
ATC: Lawrence Lek Video Now Online
Check out the fantastic conversation we had with Lawrence Lek on The Sinofuturist Trilogy. 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
12 Nov, 2020
Announcing the Fall 2020 DE & Graduate Certificate Cohort
We are thrilled to welcome this Fall’s graduate cohort! Read more
12 Oct, 2020
Architecture as Measure Reviewed in Architect
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18 Sep, 2020
Neyran Turan Promoted to Associate Professor
Read more
15 Sep, 2020
Trevor Paglen's PACE show profiled in The Guardian
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19 Aug, 2020
Summer Research Dispatch: Tina Piracci on 3D Printing with Germinated Spores
Read more
18 Aug, 2020
BCNM Around the Web August 2020
Check out the amazing work of our faculty, students, and alumni around the web this August! Read more
12 Aug, 2020
Summer Research Dispatch: Emily Gui & Zoom Glitches
Artist Emily Gui created a new work using Zoom to document these unprecedented times. Read more
21 Apr, 2020
Announcing Our 2020 Summer Research Fellows
We are thrilled to share our 2020 Summer Research Fellows from Anthropology, Architecture, Art Practice, Music, and Rhetoric! Read more
16 Apr, 2020
BCNM Around the Web April 2020
Check out the amazing work of our faculty and alumni in April 2020! Read more
12 Apr, 2020
CHI has been cancelled due to COVID-19, but let's celebrate the incredible work of our students, faculty, and alumni who were slated to present! 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
27 Feb, 2020
Trevor Paglen & Kate Crawford’s Making Faces
“Making Faces,” an installation conceived by AI researcher Kate Crawford and artist Trevor Paglen for Prada Mode, a two-day cultural event held in Paris on Jan. 19 and 20, tells us how exactly facial recognition works and who it benefits. Read more
27 Feb, 2020
Conference Grants: BCNM at the Shenzhen Biennale
Eleni Oikonomaki, Lian Song, Rashad Timmons, and Bryan Truitt were Fall 2019 Conference Grant recipients and attended the Shenzhen Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture (UABB). Read more
26 Feb, 2020
Trevor Paglen in Art in the Age of Anxiety
Trevor Paglen's video installation, "Circles," will be showcased in the upcoming "Art in the Age of Anxiety" exhibition. Read more
12 Feb, 2020
Greg Niemeyer Receives CLTC Grant
The Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity awarded Greg Niemeyer one of its inaugural grants for his music video project, "SweetWire." 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
12 Jan, 2020
ATC Video Now Online: Marisa Morán Jahn
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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.
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08 Dec, 2019
Trevor Paglen at Nam June Paik Art Center
Trevor Paglen's first solo exhibition in Korea is held at the Nam June Paik Art Center until February 2, 2020. Read more
04 Dec, 2019
Alum Kirsten Chen Co-Curates Momentum for Franchise
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17 Nov, 2019
Announcing our Fall 2019 Graduate Cohort
Art by Shuang Yan. Read more
16 Oct, 2019
BCNM around the Web October 2019
More in the media from faculty Ken Goldberg and Koci Hernandez; and alumni Trevor Paglen, danah boyd, Jen Schradie, Tiffany Ng, Ritwik Banerji, Bo Ruberg, and Jane McGonigal. 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
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
13 Jul, 2019
Alum Tiffany Ng Reviews The Noisy Renaissance
The Noisy Renaissance: Sound, Architecture, and Florentine Urban Life by Niall Atkinson discusses the history of tower bells. 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
21 Jun, 2019
Alum Tiffany Ng Interviewed in Sounds from the Spires
Listen to this podcast on how Tiffany uses her career to lift up diverse composers. Read more
22 Apr, 2019
KC Forcier on Looped Media at SCMS
KC Forcier presented “Endless Images: Looped Media, Digital Temporality, and the Gallery" at the Society for Cinema and Media Studies annual conference. Read more
14 Apr, 2019
ATC Revisited: Rhonda Holberton
Photo by Malachi Tran. 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
22 Mar, 2019
Ken Goldberg at ICRA-X: Robots and Art Program
Ken Goldberg will be at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation this May. Read more
14 Mar, 2019
Announcing the Spring 2019 Conference Grant Recipients
We're to our extraordinary 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
12 Feb, 2019
Alum Tiffany Ng Receives Shirley Verrett Award
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09 Feb, 2019
BCNM in Vision & Light: Processing Perception
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08 Feb, 2019
Revisited: Questioning New Media Performance Night
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19 Dec, 2018
William Morgan at UNSW Law
WIlliam Morgan's article "Big Data’s Accursed Share: Locating
Waste in the Infosphere"and art installation brought together new media and environment. Read more
26 Nov, 2018
Announcing our Fall 2018 Graduate Cohort
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07 Nov, 2018
Conference Grants: Joyce Lee at EPIC
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26 Sep, 2018
Nicholas de Monchaux and Neyran Turan in 7x7
Nicholas de Monchaux's Modem and Neyran Turan's Nemestudio were featured in 7x7's roundup of the amazing Bay Area Now exhibition! Read more
12 Sep, 2018
Andrew Atwood at University of Wisconsin
BCNM faculty Andrew Atwood will be speaking at the University of Wisconsin on Oct 5. Read more
04 Sep, 2018
Asma Kazmi Exhibits at the University of Hawai'i
HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT: JOSE FERREIRA + ASMA KAZMI runs from September 10 – 28, 2018. Read more
26 Jun, 2018
Alum Trevor Paglen Contributing to For Freedoms Billboard Project
Driving through Denver, CO? Look out for alum Trevor Paglen's billboard art for For Freedoms! Read more
21 Jun, 2018
Nicholas de Monchaux & Kathryn Moll at the Mills College Art Museum
modem, the architecture firm of Nicholas de Monchaux and Kathryn Moll, is featured in Archaeology in Reverse at the MCAM. Read more
27 May, 2018
Revisited: Trevor Paglen on Mapping as Research
Read more
23 May, 2018
BCNM Students Named Jacobs Innovation Catalysts
Several BCNM designers were named Jacobs Innovation Catalysts, garnering grants from a new program seeking to support and provided resources for Berkeley's design commuity. Read more
18 May, 2018
Alum Trevor Paglen Monograph Published by Phaidon
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08 May, 2018
Alum Trevor Paglen in ScotiaBank Contact Photography Exhibition
The annual May festival celebrates the work of both local and international artists and photographers in the CONTACT gallery. 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
30 Apr, 2018
Through funding from the 2018 BCNM Conference Grant, Harry Burson attended and shared his research at SCMS 2018. Read more
11 Apr, 2018
ATC Revisited: Irena Haiduk
Graduate ATC Liaison, KC Forcier, revisits Irena Haiduk's ATC Lecture that took place last month. 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
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
05 Dec, 2017
Alum Leslie Dreyer ACES Artist in Residence
"A ‘Sanctuary City’ but who gets to live here?"
with Leslie Dreyer ACES Artist in Residence and BCNM Alum Read more
28 Nov, 2017
Trevor Paglen's Orbital Reflector in the News
The news reports on Trevor Paglen, BCNM alum and 2017 MacArthur Fellow, and his plans to launch an artistic satellite into space by 2018. 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
02 Aug, 2017
Nicholas de Monchaux at Exploratorium After Dark, Discussing Space Suits
Don't miss out on this opportunity to hear Prof. de Monchaux discuss human space travel with Adam Savage, famed industrial designer. Read more
29 Jun, 2017
Andrea Gagliano, Sasha Volkov and Transparency Times
Read more
16 May, 2017
Andrew Atwood Receives Seed Grant for New Apps for New Audiences
Andrew Atwood received a $5000 junior faculty seed grant to create interactive app designs as a way to engage and attract new audiences to architecture Read more
15 May, 2017
Asma Kazmi Receives Seed Grant for Cranes and Cube
Read more
13 May, 2017
Neyran Turan Receives Seed Grant for Cadavre Exquis
Read more
02 May, 2017
//supraliminal - Greg Niemeyer at ZKM
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27 Apr, 2017
Nicholas de Monchaux Named Bakar Faculty Fellow & Recipient of Spark Fund Award
Congratulations to Nicholas de Monchaux on being named a Bakar Faculty Fellow and recipient of the Spark Fund Award for 2017-2018! Read more
07 Apr, 2017
BCNM Seed Grants 2017: Ed Campion and the Sound Habitat
Ed Campion (Music) received $5,000 to build a sound habitat with Ron Rael (Architecture) as part of our Faculty Seed Grant program. Read more
05 Apr, 2017
Revisited: "Unnatural: People, Energy and Materials in Three Acts"
04 Apr, 2017
Revisited: “Designing Spaces for New Media Art”
Andy and Deborah Rappaport, founders of the Minnesota Street Project, which houses affordable spaces for artists and non-profits, shared the pleasures and challenges of collecting art objects in this digital age. Read more
25 Jan, 2017
Greg Niemeyer on Hippie Modernisms at BAMPFA
23 Jan, 2017
Walter Hood interviewed by Shannon Jackson in Boom California
Read excerpts of this wonderful conversation between Profs. Shannon Jackson and Walter Hood, for Boom California Read more
23 Jan, 2017
Cinemagillah at the National Museum of Jewish History
A participatory art project by BCNM prof. Ken Goldberg and his wife, filmmaker Tiffany Shlain Read more
23 Jan, 2017
Ron Rael in the Museum of Modern Art
In a New York exhibition, "Insecurities: Tracing Displacement and Shelter" Read more
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
19 Oct, 2016
Revisited: "Sculpture. Simulacrum. Ritual."
Some thoughts on Tom Sachs's engaging lecture, "Sculpture. Simulacrum. Ritual." earlier this fall. Read more
25 Aug, 2016
Summer Research Report: Yairamaren Roman Maldonado on Digital Stories and Popular Voices in Puerto Rico
Here's what she discovered with a BCNM-funded grant 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
18 Jul, 2016
Ed Campion and the Sound Habitat
This year the Berkeley Center for New Media offered four faculty research grants to seed ambitious academic projects in the field 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
19 May, 2016
Announcing our 2016 Graduates
Congrats to all! We lookforward to following their success in their new endeavors! Read more
16 May, 2016
Ashley Ferro Murray named Curator of Theater and Dance at EMPAC
EMPAC is described as where the arts, sciences, and technology use the same facilities and technologies Read more
12 May, 2016
BCNM is pleased to announce the awards of its first ever Faculty Seed Grant Read more
09 May, 2016
Interactive Urban Lighting Recommended for NEA
UC Berkeley’s Center for New Media - one of 64 National Endowment for the Arts Our Town projects selected nationwide Read more
14 Apr, 2016
Recasting the Tsar Bell with John Granzow
Tthe Berkeley Center for New Media presents a interview with John Graznow, one of the many collaborators on the construction of the bell's sound Read more
05 Apr, 2016
ATC Video Now Online: Ron Rael
"Unnatural: People, Energy and Materials" Read more
21 Mar, 2016
Revisited: "Critical Play"
A recap of Mary Flanagan's lecture, recapped by Kate Mattingly. Read more
17 Mar, 2016
Announcing the Spring 2016 DE & Graduate Certificate Cohort
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25 Feb, 2016
Margaret Rhee's "Kimchi Poetry Machine"
With kimchi as a metaphor for the poetic process, Rhee creates an interactive model for presenting poetry Read more
16 Feb, 2016
BCNM Ken Goldberg at Cal Leonardo Art/Science Evening Rendezvous (LASERs)
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16 Feb, 2016
Gail De Kosnik Interviews Tabaimo at Artist's First US Exhibition
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07 Jan, 2016
Farewell to a Berkeley Visionary Sonya Rapoport
Rapoport was a former Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium speaker at the Berkeley Center for New Media. She passed away in June, 2015 Read more
01 Dec, 2015
New Undergraduates Announcement!
Congratulations to our latest new media undergraduate certificate candidates! Read more
24 Nov, 2015
Kate Mattingly on the Forty Part Motet
BCNM's Kate Mattingly (TDPS DE) had the opportunity to join SFMOMA talks of the Forty Part Motet Read more
17 Nov, 2015
Raised in an Anglo-Spanish household in Madrid, Alex has always been fascinated by language Read more
20 Oct, 2015
Kate Mattingly on Dancer's Group
24 Sep, 2015
Earthquakes on your mind? Check out Ken Goldberg’s artwork, Bloom.
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16 Sep, 2015
GNOSISONG: An Audiovisual Installation by Chris Chafe and Greg Niemeyer
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14 Sep, 2015
Poetics of Space - how a performance becomes a personal encounter
Goode is known for blurring lines between text and movement; now he's interested in the proximities of the performers and the audience Read more
17 Jun, 2015
Fall 2015 Events Sneak Preview
Mark your calendars — BCNM is hard at work bringing together a brilliant Fall 2015 program! Check out some of these great events! 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
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
11 Feb, 2015
"Watching, creating, and archiving" paper published in Convergence
On the quantity and temporality of fannish productivity in online fan fiction archives" Read more
10 Feb, 2015
"Natural Frequencies" on NPR
Author Laura Sydell discusses Bay Area fault lines, data visualization, the process of generating the score for the carillons Read more
03 Feb, 2015
Revisited: New Media Carillon Installation and Performance
A new media Carillon installation and performance in honor of the 100th Anniversar of UC Berkeley's Sather Tower (the Campanile) Read more
21 Jan, 2015
Hack the Bells Dispatch from Sarah Stierch
Sarah Stierch spearheaded Hack the Bells, the world's first carillon remix competition Read more
14 Jan, 2015
ATC Video Now Online: Maya Lin
The recording of this highly anticipated lecture by the great architect Maya Lin Read more
07 Jan, 2015
NWMEDIA 202 in the Contra Costa Times
NWMEDIA 202: Sensing Cityscapes Read more
15 Dec, 2014
Revisited: "Count Me In - Walking & the City"
On Thursday, December 11th, the Berkeley Center for New Media, in partnership with.. Read more
19 Nov, 2014
Revisited: "Reclaim Disrupt" Installation
We revisit UC Berkeley MFA candidate Leslie Dreyer's new exhibition on gentrification Read more
18 Nov, 2014
HTNM Revisited: Fred Turner
Megan Hoetger (TDPS) revisits Fred Turner’s recent History and Theory of New Media Lecture Read more
04 Nov, 2014
ATC Revisited: Cheryl Haines
At “Creative Interventions and Social Activation” on November 3rd, Cheryl Haines discussed her collaboration with the artist and activist Ai Weiwei Read more
30 Sep, 2014
We highlight this fascinating lecture by the esteemed Maya Lin on her architecture and process Read more
11 Sep, 2014
Announcing IMAGE as LOCATION
A Bay Area Festival that explores the relationship between people, pictures, and places Read more
01 Aug, 2014
This month, hear how BCNM Susan B. Miller Fellow Sarah Stierch supports open source information through diversifying Wikipedia and digitizing small museums’ archives
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01 Jul, 2014
Meet Kimiko Ryokai and Laura Devendorf
We’re sharing ten stories of BCNM’s life so far Read more
29 May, 2014
Margaret Rhee — A Feminist History of Kimchi
This Friday, she will facilitating a kimchi poetry activity along with performance artist Erin O'Brien 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
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
19 Nov, 2013
ATC Revisited: Laetitia Sonami
On her talk, "Your Presence is Required: Performance, Control, and Magnetism” Read more
24 Sep, 2013
HTNM Revisited: Peter Lunenfeld
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
10 Dec, 2012
BCNM New Media Graduate Students Present Their Research
Their presentations spanned a wide range of study including street dance, machine learning and cyber-communication 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 Nov, 2012
Digital Media Artist Jim Campbell Celebrated as “Bay Area Treasure”
Brooke spoke at the Berkeley Art Museum about Jim Campbell’s Home Movies installation in 2008 and is preparing an article on his work.
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31 Aug, 2012
Alenda Chang, Ph.D. Rhetoric, DE in New Media, UC Berkeley Read more
13 Jun, 2012
Video Art in the BCNM Commons - New Work by Henry Witecki, "The Bridge" (2012)
01 Feb, 2012
Aesthetic Applications of Wave Field Synthesis
Rama Gottfried will be working with the Acoustic and Cognitive Spaces Team at IRCAM and the Centre Pompidou based in Paris Read more
25 Jul, 2011
Are We There Yet?, A Responsive Sound Installation, Ken Goldberg & Gil Gershoni, Contemporary Jewish Museum, SF Read more
15 Jun, 2011
CITRIS Launches Data and Democracy Initiative
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Next deadline – March 1, 2023
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.
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.
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 2023 are due March 8, 2023.
New Media Research Fellowship
Next deadline – March 1, 2023
Applications for Summer 2023 are due March 8, 2023.
New Media Research Fellowship
Next deadline – March 1, 2023