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
30 Jan, 2023
Art, Tech & Culture
Generative Art and Deep Learning AI
with Nettrice Gaskins
Digital artist, academic, and cultural critic
Co-sponsored by the Arts Research Center, the Jacobs Institute for Design, and Media Studies Read more
18 Nov, 2019
Commons Conversations
Insurgent Aesthetics: Flight, Freedom, and Fantasy on the Frontiers of US Empire
with Ronak K. Kapadia
Associate Professor, University of Illinois, Chicago
Co-sponsored by the Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies Program, the Center for Race and Gender, the Center for Middle East Studies, and the Gender and Women's Studies Department Read more
01 Apr, 2019
Art, Tech & Culture
with Rhonda Holberton
Artist, Oakland
Presented in partnership with the Wiesenfeld Visiting Artist Lecture Series. Read more
25 Sep, 2017
Special Events
Tool Talk — Mario Krell, "Field Studies with Multimedia Big Data"
Learn about a new tool that allows researchers to leverage large user generated data, such as Flickr, without being experts in data processing. Read more
02 May, 2017
Workshops
Scalar for Multimedia Digital Projects
Hosted by Stacy Reardon and developed by the Alliance for Networking Visual Culture, Scalar is a web platform for multimedia digital projects and academic texts. Read more
19 Apr, 2017
Special Events
Conveying Climate Change: New Media Art, Science, and Activism
02 Apr, 2017
Art, Tech & Culture
Mediating Reality: The New Role of Visual Journalism - CANCELED
with Richard Koci Hernandez, Emmy award-winning innovator in journalism and multimedia Read more
13 Nov, 2016
History & Theory
Video Analytics: From Keywords to Keyframes
with Virginia Kuhn,
Associate Professor in the Division of Media Arts + Practice and Associate Director of the Institute for Multimedia Literacy in the School of Cinematic Arts at USC Read more
07 May, 2016
Special Events
"Souvenir" is a multimedia performance inspired by the Aimee Suzara's work Read more
19 Apr, 2016
Special Events
telep0es1s: Experiments in Creative Literature
With Rui Torres
World-famous digital artist and professor Read more
29 Oct, 2015
Special Events
Manufacturing Transparency Exhibition Opening
Discover the amazing works Bay area artists have produced on the theme of transparency 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
19 Nov, 2014
Special Events
Human Impacts Bay Area: Innovations for the Climate Breakthrough
Join us for a night of art and conversation around innovative ways to tackle climate change Read more
13 Nov, 2014
History & Theory
Cold War Multimedia: The Democratic Surround
An HTNM lecture by Fred Turner, Associate Professor of Communication at Stanford University Read more
24 Jan, 2013
Special Events
Streams, Gardens, and Clouds: Visualizing Dynamic Data for Engagement, Education and the Environment
A CITRIS Data and Democracy event to celebrate Data Innovation Day 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
30 Oct, 2024
Conference Grant Reports: Eda Er at Frequency Series
We are pleased to support our students sharing their work at the premiere conferences in their field. Eda Er presented Would Coulda Shoulda at the Frequency Series in Chicago. Read more
13 Oct, 2024
Announcing BCNM's Fall 2024 Conference Grant Recipients
The Berkeley Center for New Media is thrilled to provide small grants to our graduate students to help them share their innovative research at the premiere conferences in their field. Read more
21 Feb, 2024
Alex Saum-Pascual in Conversation with Mercedes Bunz and Joan Fontcuberta
Mercedes Bunz, researcher in the fields of digital culture, and the photographer Joan Fontcuberta spoke with BCNM faculty member Alex Saum-Pascual about artificial intelligence and artistic creation. Read more
05 Dec, 2023
Seed Grant Report: Clancy Wilmott and Before You Were Here
Clancy Wilmott received a faculty seed grant to create a map using experimental techniques combining GIS, geocomputation and hand drafting. Read more
26 May, 2023
Trevor Paglen on Art, Design, and Technology
Artists Trevor Paglen, Khyati Trehan, and Sebastian Errazuris discuss the metaverse, NFTs, A.I., and what it all means for the art world and debate What Technology Has in Store for Creative Work. Read more
19 Apr, 2023
Check out the amazing work from BCNM faculty, students, and alumni at the ACM Computer-Human Interaction Conference of 2023! Read more
20 Mar, 2023
Tracing the Roots of Computer Graphics: A Conversation With Jacob Gaboury
Jacob Gaboury, the author of “Image Objects: An Archaeology of Computer Graphics” and 2022 Computer History Museum Book Prize winner, delves into the forgotten past of computer-generated images and their impact on our present and future. Read more
20 Mar, 2023
Valencia James Co-Curates The Parables Experience
The Parables Experience takes place at MozFest! Read more
27 Nov, 2022
Announcing Our Fall 2022 DE & Certificate Cohort
Valencia James: AI_am Read more
26 Oct, 2022
Alum Edgar Fabián Frías Co-curates TheyFriend
THEYFRIEND is the world’s first performance festival uplifting, centering, and celebrating nonbinary identity! Read more
23 Mar, 2022
Announcing the Spring 2022 BCNM Faculty Seed Grants
Art by Greg Niemeyer. Read more
22 Mar, 2022
Bo Ruberg in Conversation on Queer Gaming
Alum Bo Ruberg chats about queer gaming with designers Jess Marcotte and Dietrich Squinkifer. Read more
14 Nov, 2021
Eric Paulos, Björn Hartmann, Jingyi Li and Molly Nicholas at the 34th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology. Read more
25 Sep, 2021
BCNM Around the Web September 2021
Check out the amazing work of our faculty, students, and alumni around the web this September! Read more
02 Sep, 2021
Hannah Zeavin on Couple's Therapy in the LA Review of Books
Read more
21 Aug, 2021
BCNM Around the Web August 2021
Check out the amazing work of our faculty and alumni around the web this August! Read more
19 Aug, 2021
Undergraduate Research Dispatch: Jessie Mindel on Kaleidoscope
Jessie Mindel was a recipient of this year's BCNM research fellowship, assisting Molly Nicholas and team on building a new web-based, collaborative design classroom tool. Read more
28 Nov, 2020
Bo Ruberg in Queer Gaming In Conversation
Bo Ruberg leads a conversation with fellow designers Jess Marcotte and Dietrich Squinkifer to talk about queer game design and the thought processes behind it. 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
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
10 Mar, 2020
BCNM Around the Web March 2020
Check out the amazing talks and discussion around the work of our students, faculty, and alumni in March 2020! Read more
08 Jan, 2020
Björn Hartmann and Eric Paulos at the 32nd ACM User Interface Software and Technology Symposium. Read more
17 Nov, 2019
Announcing our Fall 2019 Graduate Cohort
Art by Shuang Yan. Read more
25 Sep, 2019
Nicholas de Monchaux on the Planetary Radio
De Monchaux discusses Spacesuit: Fashioning Apollo on Planetary Radio, the Planetary Society podcast. Read more
11 Aug, 2019
Interview with Koci Hernandez in ASMP
The American Society of Media Photographers featured Koci Hernandez in "Questions with an Educator." 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
04 Jul, 2019
Trevor Paglen & Kronos Quartet's Sight Machine at the Barbican
Alum Trevor Paglen collaborated with the Kronos Quartet to present Sight Machine on July 11th, 2019 at the Barbican. Read more
03 May, 2019
"Within These Walls" & its sequel "Dreams of Flight"
Read more
16 Apr, 2019
Miyoko Conley on K-Pop at SCMS
Miyoko Conley presented "Designing a K-pop Audience: Asian American Performance in KPOP the Musical" at the Society of Cinema and Media Studies conference. 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
28 Nov, 2018
Alum Trevor Paglen Teams Up with Kronos Quartet for Sight Machine
Alum Trevor Paglen combines artwork with artifcial intelligence in an engaging musical performance with Kronos Quartet at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Read more
20 Jul, 2018
Asma Kazmi on the Outcomes of Cranes & Cube
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
18 Apr, 2018
Richard Koci Hernandez Named Bloomberg Chair
Richard Koci Hernandez, an award-winning innovator in journalism and multimedia, has been named the Bloomberg Chair at the Graduate School of Journalism. Read more
06 Mar, 2018
Photographs from Koci Hernandez Featured in Two New Books
Multimedia and Journalism Prof. Koci-Hernandez' photographs are featured in 100 Great Street Photographs and Mobile Street Photography. Read more
02 Mar, 2018
Rue and Koci Hernandez on AR in the California Magazine
Professors Jeremy Rue and Richard Koci Hernandez were featured in an article in California Magazine on augmented reality. Read more
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
15 Aug, 2017
Summer Research Dispatches: Miyoko Conley on Holograms in K-Pop
Miyoko Conley (TDPS) documents her BCNM-funded research on digital fandom in Seoul, South Korea Read more
18 Jul, 2017
Koci Hernandez Promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure
Richard Koci Hernandez adds yet another distinguished title to his name: Associate Professor of the Graduate School of Journalism, with tenure! Read more
15 Jun, 2017
Video Now Online: "Conveying Climate Change"
31 May, 2017
Yairamaren Roman Maldonado at the Latin American Studies Association's 50th Conference
Read more
06 Apr, 2017
Announcing Our 2017 Summer Research Award Recipients
Read more
22 Mar, 2017
Interview with Asma Kazmi!
Asma Kazmi, Assistant Professor in Art Practice, joined the BCNM in Fall 2017. In this interview, she discusses her recent exhibition “Cranes and Cube” in Pakistan. Read more
24 Oct, 2016
The BCNM was thrilled to provide Cesar Torres (EECS) with a conference travel grant Read more
26 Sep, 2016
Alumna Margaret Rhee featured in S&F Online!
S&F Online is a triannual, multimedia, peer-reviewed, online-only journal of feminist theories and women’s movements Read more
22 Sep, 2016
Alex Saum-Pascual Interviewed by NewHive
Read more
24 Jun, 2016
Alex Saum-Pascual Selfie Poetry to be Exhibited
Prof. Saum-Pascual was selected as a finalist in the Relaxation Machine competition 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
17 Mar, 2016
Alex Saum-Pascual's E-Poetry Featured in Best of New Hive
Read more
17 Mar, 2016
Announcing the Spring 2016 DE & Graduate Certificate Cohort
Read more
17 Nov, 2015
Raised in an Anglo-Spanish household in Madrid, Alex has always been fascinated by language Read more
24 Sep, 2015
Call for Art: Manufacturing Transparency
Read more
25 Nov, 2014
HTNM Video Now Online: Fred Turner
Missed out on this standing-room only lecture “Cold War Multimedia: The Democratic Surround”? Catch it here. 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
18 Nov, 2014
Welcoming New DE and Certificate Students
06 Oct, 2014
HTNM Revisited: Jennifer Holt
UCSB's Film and Media Studies Associate Professor sat down with us earlier this month. Read highlights here. Read more
11 Sep, 2014
Announcing IMAGE as LOCATION
A Bay Area Festival that explores the relationship between people, pictures, and places Read more
03 Sep, 2014
Announcing the 2014-2015 Season of the History and Theory of New Media Lecture Series
The History and Theory of New Media Lecture Series brings to campus leading humanities scholars working on issues of media transition and technological emergence Read more
03 Mar, 2014
This month, hear how Designated Emphasis Ph.D. candidate Tiffany Ng explores urban spaces through the architecture of music. Read more
09 Jan, 2014
New Media Exhibit Developer: Interactive Data Visualizations
The Exploratorium has an exciting new position open for a new media exhibit developer focusing on interactive data visualizations. Details here! Read more
01 Oct, 2012
"A Note on Triumph" Meshes Acoustics with Digital Sounds to Create Hybrid Instruments
Sivan Eldar, Ph.D. student at UC Berkeley in the Music Department with a Designated Emphasis in New Media Read more
Next deadline – November 1, 2024
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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 are due October 1, 2024
Applications are due October 1, 2024