BAMPFA News
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Sneak Preview: Return of the Long String Instrument
Catch a behind-the-scenes look as Ellen Fullman gets ready for her return to L@TE this Friday. The artist will again be performing on her Long String Instrument, which stretches ninety feet across Gallery B.
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Collecting Memories: Community Photographs of the 1991 Oakland-Berkeley Hills Fire and its Aftermath
In conjunction with the exhibition 1991: The Oakland-Berkeley Fire Aftermath, Photographs by Richard Misrach, currently on view at BAM/PFA and also the
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Reverberations: Laetitia Sonami on Entrapped Sounds and Complex Austerity
Laetitia Sonami’s sound performances, live-film collaborations, and sound installations focus on issues of presence and participation.
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Reverberations: Grouper on Subtle Blooms in the Periphery
Portland-based artist and UC Berkeley alum Grouper (Liz Harris) explores quietude and interiority in her music and art, and enjoyed a breakthrough success with her album Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill in 2008.
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Reverberations: j.frede on Colliding Lines and a Beautiful Interruption
The work of Los Angeles-based artist j.frede has run the gamut from sound art and performance to installation, sculpture, and photography. His work has been presented at the MCA Denver, Machine Project in Los Angeles, and Ausland in Berlin.
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Q & A : Going Underground with George Chen
Anyone who has an even modest interest in music at the outer fringes in the Bay Area has—whether knowingly or unknowingly—encountered George Chen.
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Katherine Sherwood and Lawrence Rinder Debate Create
The following is correspondence between Katherine Sherwood, Professor of Art Practice and Disability Studies, UC Berkeley, and BAM/PFA Director Lawrence Rinder, concerning the exhibition Create, a group show presentin
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Reverberations: Larry Ochs (Rova Saxophone Quartet) on Improvisation in the Cloud
Rova Saxophone Quartet explores the synthesis of composition and collective improvisation, creating exciting, genre-bending music that challenges and inspires.
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