Week of February 21, 2016

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Sunday, February 28

Sunday, February 28, 2016
11 AM-7 PM

Drop-in Art Making

Visit the Art Lab to participate in an evolving series of hands-on projects with a focus on drawing, collage, prints, and books. For all ages.

Included with admission

Sunday, February 28, 2016
2-5 PM
The workshop is at capacity and registration is closed.
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Monday, February 29

Tuesday, March 1

Wednesday, March 2

Wednesday, March 2, 2016
12 PM
(90 mins)
Admission free. Please note that a ticket is required to visit the galleries.
Series Big Ideas
Wednesday, March 2, 2016
3:10 PM
(170 mins)

Lecture/screening class (3 hours). Special admission applies. 

Lecture by Rick Prelinger Prelinger presents an East Bay–themed version of his wildly popular Lost Landscapes series, featuring rediscovered and rarely seen film clips by amateurs, newsreel cameramen, and industrial filmmakers.
General admission: $13.50; BAMPFA members: $9.50; UC Berkeley students: $7.50; 65+, disabled persons, UC Berkeley faculty and staff, non-UC Berkeley students, and 18 & under: $10.50.
  • Rick Prelinger
    The Philosophical Concept of Unrestricted Access to Moving Images
    Associate professor at UC Santa Cruz and archivist, writer, and filmmaker
Wednesday, March 2, 2016
7 PM
Eduardo Coutinho,
Brazil,
1998,
(81 mins)
Introduced by Natalia Brizuela Against the backdrop of the Pope’s 1997 visit, Coutinho investigates faith in Brazil, discovering a unique mix of Catholicism, Umbanda beliefs, and Evangelical traditions.
  • Natalia Brizuela
    Introduction
    Guest curator Natalia Brizuela, who teaches in UC Berkeley’s Department of Spanish and Portuguese, edited a special issue of Film Quarterly dedicated to Coutinho’s films.

Thursday, March 3

Thursday, March 3, 2016
12:15 PM
Get more out of your visit with a guided tour of BAMPFA's inaugural exhibition, Architecture of Life.
Included with admission; no advance reservations necessary.
Thursday, March 3, 2016
7:30 PM
(90 mins)

Member Screening

OPEN TO BAMPFA MEMBERS ONLY
Email to Reserve Tickets. bampfamember@berkeley.edu
Thursday, March 3, 2016
All Day
Galleries free all day.
Admission free

Friday, March 4

Friday, March 4, 2016
12:15 PM

Lunchtime Talk

UC Berkeley art history professor Kroiz brings her current research on Ad Reinhardt to his classic 1960–65 abstract painting from the BAMPFA collection.
Included with admission
Friday, March 4, 2016
6 PM
Get more out of your visit with a guided tour of BAMPFA's inaugural exhibition, Architecture of Life.
Included with admission; no advance reservations necessary.
Friday, March 4, 2016
7 PM
Jean Epstein,
France,
1929,
(80 mins)

BAMPFA Student Pick!

Live Music: Judith Rosenberg on piano Epstein collaborated with local Breton fishermen to create this tale of their fear of the very thing that brings them life: the sea. “A masterpiece of silent cinema” (ARTE).
  • Judith Rosenberg
    Live Music
    on piano
Series Jean Epstein
Friday, March 4, 2016
8:40 PM
James Schneider,
France,
2011,
(68 mins)
This poetic meditation on Epstein and his work focuses on the time he spent in Brittany.
Series Jean Epstein

Saturday, March 5

Saturday, March 5, 2016
11 AM
Columbia University neuroscientist Claude Ghez analyzes Caillebotte's use of linear perspective in the painting Le Pont de l'Europe, on view in Architecture of Life.
Included with admission
Saturday, March 5, 2016
1:30 PM

Cosponsored by UC Extension

Included with admission. Advance registration now closed, but seats are available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Saturday, March 5, 2016
2 PM
Take a guided tour to learn more about the design of the new BAMPFA.
No advance reservations necessary
Included with admission
Saturday, March 5, 2016
2 PM
Get more out of your visit with a guided tour of BAMPFA's inaugural exhibition, Architecture of Life.
Included with admission; no advance reservations necessary.
Saturday, March 5, 2016
6:30 PM

Imported 35mm Prints!

Six lyrical shorts dedicated to Turkey’s history and people, shot there by Pialat and cinematographer Willy Kurant (Masculin féminin) in 1964.
Saturday, March 5, 2016
8:15 PM
Maurice Pialat,
France,
1974,
(87 mins)

Digital Restoration!

In this "incandescent masterpiece"(Sight & Sound), a man (Philippe Léotard) watches his mother die of cancer.