Perspectives on the Architecture of Life
Perspectives on the Architecture of Life
Selected Fridays, February 5–April 29, 2016
UC Berkeley professors from across campus offer immersive reads of works on view in Architecture of Life.
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Films - Past
Films - Past
Events
Past Events
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Friday, April 29, 12:15 PMThomas Laqueur on Gustave Caillebotte’s Le Pont de l’Europe
Thomas Laqueur teaches European cultural history at UC Berkeley. He is working on a book about what dogs represent in Western art and has many intriguing things to say about the eye-catching dog in the foreground of Gustave Caillebotte’s Le Pont de l’Europe.
Lunchtime Talk
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Friday, April 22, 12:15 PMSugata Ray on Ganesh Haloi's Gouaches
UC Berkeley professor of South Asian art and architecture Sugata Ray explores the work of twentieth-century Indian artist Ganesh Haloi.
Lunchtime Talk
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Friday, April 15, 12:15 PMChelsea Specht on Karl Blossfeldt’s Botanical Photographs
UC Berkeley professor Chelsea Specht, an expert on the evolution of form and function in plants, adds a scientific perspective to Karl Blossfeldt's early twentieth-century photographs of plant forms.
Lunchtime Talk
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Friday, April 1, 12:15 PMCANCELLED Julia Bryan-Wilson on Ruth Asawa and Louise Bourgeois
Julia Bryan-Wilson, associate professor of modern and contemporary art at UC Berkeley, talks about Ruth Asawa’s wire sculptures and Louise Bourgeois’s hanging bronzes.
Lunchtime Talk
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Friday, March 4, 12:15 PMLauren Kroiz on Ad Reinhardt’s Abstract Painting
UC Berkeley art history professor Kroiz brings her current research on Ad Reinhardt to his classic 1960–65 abstract painting from the BAMPFA collection.
Lunchtime Talk
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Friday, February 26, 12:15 PMPatrick Kirch on Marshall Islands Navigational Charts
UC Berkeley professor emeritus of anthropology and curator at the Hearst Museum of Anthropology Patrick V. Kirch discusses the intricate Marshall Islands navigational charts on view in Architecture of Life.
Lunchtime Talk
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Friday, February 19, 12:15 PMDan Feldman on Santiago Ramón y Cajal’s Drawings of Brain Structures
Dan Feldman, of UC Berkeley's Department of Molecular and Cell Biology and the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, UC Berkeley neuroscientist, explores Spanish neuroscientist Ramón y Cajal’s pioneering drawings of neural networks.
Lunchtime Talk
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Friday, February 12, 12:15 PMEdmund Campion on Iannis Xenakis’s Architectural Sketches and Musical Scores
Edmund Campion, professor of music composition and director of the Center for New Music and Audio Technologies at UC Berkeley, discusses postwar avant-garde composer Iannis Xenakis.
Lunchtime Talk
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Friday, February 5, 12:15 PMEvan Variano on Viktor Schauberger’s Drawings of Water Turbines and Impellers
At this lunchtime talk, UC Berkeley associate professor of civil and environmental engineering Evan Variano responds to the drawings and models of late nineteenth-century Austrian naturalistand inventor Victor Schauberger.
Lunchtime Talk