Big Ideas
January 27–April 20, 2016
In this UC Berkeley lecture course open to the public on selected Wednesdays, professors from different disciplines explore themes of BAMPFA's Architecture of Life exhibition.
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Photo: Iwan Baan. Courtesy DS+R and EHDD.
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Films - Past
Films - Past
Events
Past Events
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Wednesday, April 20, 12 PMBruce Beasley and Lisa Wymore on Dancing the Rondo Series
In Conversation with Shannon Jackson
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Wednesday, April 13, 12 PMMel Chen and Julia Bryan-Wilson on Science, Art, and Language in Architecture of Life
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Wednesday, April 6, 12 PMSou Fujimoto: Architecture and the Future
In Conversation with Nicholas de Monchaux
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Wednesday, March 30, 12 PMLucia Jacobs on the Nature of Place
In Conversation with Nicholas de Monchaux
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Wednesday, March 16, 12 PMLife and Dance: Trajal Harrell on The Ghost of Montpellier
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Wednesday, March 9, 12 PMSean San José on Chavez Ravine at Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies
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Wednesday, March 2, 12 PMAction and Performance: The Yes Men on the Activism of Life
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Wednesday, February 24, 12 PMAdam Nilsen on Objects and Narratives from the Hearst Museum of Anthropology
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Wednesday, February 17, 12 PMNicholas de Monchaux: Conceptual Art and Environmental Object
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Wednesday, February 10, 12 PMLawrence Rinder on Architecture of Life
BAMPFA Director Lawrence Rinder talks about Architecture of Life, the inaugural exhibition in the new BAMPFA.
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Wednesday, February 3, 12 PMNicholas Mathew on Messiaen: Des Canyons aux Etoiles
In this Big Ideas conversation, Nick Mathew discusses French composer Olivier Messiaen’s Des canyons aux etoiles (From the Canyons to the Stars) (1974) with Shannon Jackson.
In Conversation with Shannon Jackson
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Wednesday, January 27, 12–2 PMCharles Renfro on the New BAMPFA
Architect Charles Renfro, of Diller Scofidio + Renfro, talks about the design of the new BAMPFA at this free lecture. Part of the UC Berkeley Big Ideas course Architectures of Life Across UC Berkeley.