The Berkeley Center for New Media (BCNM),
The Arts Research Center (ARC) present:
The Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium
Welcome
Fall 2019-Spring 2020 Series Theme: Robo-Exoticism
In 1920, Karl Capek coined the term "robot" in a play about mechanical workers organizing a rebellion to defeat their human overlords. A century later, increasing popularism, inequality, and xenophobia require us to reconsider our assumptions about labor, trade, political stability, and community. At the same time, advances in artificial intelligence and robotics, fueled by corporations and venture capital, challenge our assumptions about the distinctions between humans and machines. To explore potential linkages between these trends, "Robo-Exoticism" characterizes a range of human responses to AI and robots that exaggerate both their negative and positive attributes and reinforce fears, fantasies, and stereotypes.
Location:
Monday Evenings, 6:30-8:00pmOsher Auditorium
BAMPFA, Berkeley, CA
More information
Lectures are free and open to the public.
Contact Information:
bcnm@berkeley.edu
510-495-3505
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The Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium Book (for Adobe View Full Screen Mode) |
Highlight Video (2 mins).
ATC Audio-Video Archive on Brewster Kahle's Internet Archive.
A Century of Art and Technology in the Bay Area" (essay)
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UC Berkeley's Art, Technology, and Culture (ATC) Lecture Series
Founded in 1997, the ATC series is an internationally respected forum for creative ideas. The ATC series, free of charge and open to the public, is coordinated by the Berkeley Center for New Media and has presented over 170 leading artists, writers, and critical thinkers who question assumptions and push boundaries at the forefront of art, technology, and culture including: Vito Acconci, Laurie Anderson, Sophie Calle, Bruno Latour, Maya Lin, Doug Aitken, Pierre Huyghe, Miranda July, Billy Kluver, David Byrne, Gary Hill, and Charles Ray.
Billy Kluver @ ATC, November 1998
Directors
ATC Director: Ken Goldberg
ARC Director: Shannon Jackson
ATC Associate Directory: Greg Niemeyer
ATC Associate Directory: Eric Paulos
ARC Associate Directory: Lauren Pearson
BCNM Liason: Lara Markstein
Posters
Sponsors
Selected events co-presented with:
Press
- "Best 110 Things to Do in the Bay Area" (July 2006, San Francisco Magazine)
- Article on the History of the ATC series (Townsend Center, 2003)
- Article on the ATC series (Berkeleyan, 2002)
- Article on David Byrne's March 2005 ATC talk
- Article on David Byrne's talk (SF Chronicle, 2005)
Information
- Directions to The David Brower Center
- ARC Home Page
- BCNM Graduate Seminar based on ATC series
- ATC Highlight Video from F10-S11 Season (2 mins)
- ATC Audio-Video Archive on Brewster Kahle's Internet Archive
- ATC on Facebook
- ATC on Twitter
- ATC Calendar on Google - click events to add to your personal calendar.
