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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Wednesday, April 20, 12 PM
Bruce Beasley and Lisa Wymore on Dancing the Rondo Series

BAMPFA

In Conversation with Shannon Jackson
Wednesday, April 13, 12 PM
Mel Chen and Julia Bryan-Wilson on Science, Art, and Language in Architecture of Life

BAMPFA
Wednesday, April 6, 12 PM
Sou Fujimoto: Architecture and the Future

BAMPFA

In Conversation with Nicholas de Monchaux
Wednesday, March 30, 12 PM
Lucia Jacobs on the Nature of Place

BAMPFA

In Conversation with Nicholas de Monchaux
Wednesday, March 16, 12 PM
Life and Dance: Trajal Harrell on The Ghost of Montpellier

BAMPFA
Wednesday, March 9, 12 PM
Sean San José on Chavez Ravine at Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies

BAMPFA
Wednesday, March 2, 12 PM
Action and Performance: The Yes Men on the Activism of Life

BAMPFA
Wednesday, February 24, 12 PM
Adam Nilsen on Objects and Narratives from the Hearst Museum of Anthropology

BAMPFA
Wednesday, February 17, 12 PM
Nicholas de Monchaux: Conceptual Art and Environmental Object

BAMPFA
Wednesday, February 10, 12 PM
Lawrence Rinder on Architecture of Life

BAMPFA Director Lawrence Rinder talks about Architecture of Life, the inaugural exhibition in the new BAMPFA.

BAMPFA
Wednesday, February 3, 12 PM
Nicholas 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.

BAMPFA

In Conversation with Shannon Jackson
Wednesday, January 27, 12–2 PM
Charles 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.

First Congregational Church, Berkeley

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Big Ideas

Architectures of Life Across UC Berkeley

January 27–April 20, 2016

A UC BERKELEY COURSE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

You are invited to share in a special dimension of the university experience by participating in Big Ideas, a signature UC Berkeley course that brings together professors from different disciplines to explore a compelling topic, or “big idea.”

This Big Ideas course investigates the intersection of the visual arts, architecture, and performance.

This spring, a Big Ideas course inspired by the exhibition Architecture of Life takes place at BAMPFA. Cotaught by Shannon Jackson, associate vice chancellor for the arts and design and professor of rhetoric and theater, dance, and performance studies, and Nicholas de Monchaux, associate professor in the Department of Architecture, this Big Ideas course investigates the intersection of the visual arts, architecture, and performance.

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A UC BERKELEY COURSE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

This Big Ideas course investigates the intersection of the visual arts, architecture, and performance.

The course kicks off with an offsite lecture by Charles Renfro, partner at Diller Scofidio + Renfro, architects of the new BAMPFA. Subsequent Wednesday afternoon lectures will be held at BAMPFA and will feature a variety of guest artists, curators, and scholars, including Bruce Beasley, Julia Bryan-Wilson, Mel Chin, Trajal Harrell, Lucia Jacobs, Adam Nilson, Sean San Jose, Lisa Wymore, and The Yes Men. Check back for the complete schedule.

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