Saturday, March 4
3:00 p.m.
UAM/PFA, Theater Gallery
2621 Durant Avenue, Berkeley Gallery Talk: Landscape architect and UC Berkeley professor Walter Hood informally discusses the innovative design strategies he created for his West Oakland neighborhood. In conjunction with exhibition Walter Hood: Urban Diaries For more information, call 510/642-8344. Free with museum admission.
Wednesday, March 15
12 noon
UAM/PFA
2626 Bancroft Way, Berkeley Gallery Talk: Architect Michael Bell informally discusses his architectural interpretations of the kinds of visual space expressed in the work of Hans Hofmann. In conjunction with Endspace: Hans Hofmann and Michael Bell. For more information, call 510/642-8344. Free with museum admission.
Wednesday, March 22
12 noon
UAM/PFA
2626 Bancroft Way, Berkeley Gallery Talk: Elizabeth Smith of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, will talk about her exhibition Urban Revisions: Current Projects for the Public Realm. She explains the choice of projects and their implications for the future of urban planning. For more information., call 510/642-8344. Free w/ museum admission.
Wednesday, March 22
8:00 pm
112 Wurster Hall
UC Berkeley Campus Lecture: ÒRevising Curatorial Premises and Practices: The making of Urban RevisionsÓ Elizabeth Smith of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, will discuss the thematic structure of her urban design exhibition Urban Revisions: Current Projects for the Public Realm in this slide lecture, organized by the UC Berkeley College of Enivironmentl Design. For more information, call 510/642-8344. Free to the public.
Sunday, April 2
1:00 p.m.
UAM/PFA , George Gund Theater
2621 Durant Avenue, Berkeley Lecture: ÒAmerican Vernacular: In the CityÓ UC Berkeley architectural history professor Dell Upton discusses folk tradition in the urban landscape of early 19th-century America--an architectural complement to the artwork in the exhibition American Vernacular: Folk Art from the Collection. For more information, call 510/642-8344. Free with museum admission.
Wednesday, April 12
8:00 pm
112 Wurster Hall
UC Berkeley campus Lecture: ÒDesigning for a Sustainable FutureÓ Susan Maxman, first female president of the American Institute of Architects, writes and lectures widely on principles of sustainable design. Organized by the UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design in conjunction with Urban Revisions: Current Projects for the Public Realm. For more information, call 510/642-8344. Free to the public.
At the Pacific Film Archive, curators Edith Kramer and Steve Seid have organized a series of films and video works on the theme of urbanism, including feature films in which the city is not just background but subject, works by contemporary artists, and recent documentaries that re-think the urban landscape. Recommended for anyone with an edifice complex. For more information, consult the UAM/PFA Calendar or call 510-/642-1412, charge-by-phone 642-5249. General admission $5.50. Programs include:
Wednesday, March 1
Inside & Outside: Videos by Nine Artists Exploring Public Space and City Culture, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, March 8
Hybrid City and Inside Life Outside, with short Ghosts Along the Freeway, 7:00 p.m.
Berlin, Symphony of a Great City, with short The City, 8:55 p.m.
Wednesday, March 15
The Reconstructions of Van McElwee, Artist in person, 7:30 p.m.
Toute une nuit, 9:00 p.m.
Wednesday, April 5
Ecological Design: Inventing the Future, Brian Danitz in person, with short If You Lived Here, YouÕd Be Home By Now, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, April 7
The Crimson Kimono, 7:30 p.m.
Chinatown, 9:15 p.m.
Saturday, April 8
Things to Come, 7:00 p.m.
Brazil, 9:00 p.m.
Sunday, April 9
The Crowd, 5:30 p.m.
Playtime, 7:25 p.m.
Wednesday, April 12
The Virtual City: A Lecture by Margaret Morse, 7:00 p.m.
Metropolis, 8:45 p.m.
Thursday, April 13
Two or Three Things I Know About Her, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, April 14
Escape from New York, 7:00 p.m.
Blade Runner, 8:55 p.m.
Saturday, April 15
London, 7:00 p.m.
Sans Soleil, 8:40 p.m.
Location: The University Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive is at 2626 Bancroft Way, just below College Avenue next to the UC Berkeley campus.
Gallery Hours: Wednesday - Sunday, 11 am - 5 pm; Thursday, 11 am - 9 pm
Admission:
Free Thursday evening hours are a component of the Art and Film Collection Access Project (AFCAP) at the University Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, and are made possible through the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Museum Collections Accessibility Initiative.
Information: 24-hour recorded message--510/642-0808; TDD 510/642-8734 FAX--520/642-4889; PFA recorded message--510/642-1124