Illuminations American Dream
Illuminations Artists and UC Berkeley Professors Discuss American Dreams and Culture Wars
This exploration of “Individual & Community” takes up power, implicit bias, polarization racial profiling, and empathy.
Read More

Illuminations

Illuminations American Dream
Illuminations Artists and UC Berkeley Professors Discuss American Dreams and Culture Wars
Cultural Exchange: The Rite of Spring
Bark of Millions: Fantasy and Mystery, Rooted in Queerness
Illuminations Artists and UC Berkeley Professors Discuss Individual Liberties and Community Needs
Julius Eastman’s Femenine
Illuminations Artists and UC Berkeley Professors Discuss Intersectionalities
Announcing Illuminations’ New Partnerships and Community Event Series Exploring “Individual & Community”
2223 AI Song Contest
Human & Machine Song Contest Winners
2023–24 Season Illuminations: “Individual & Community”
William Kentridge
William Kentridge’s SIBYL: The Reassurance of Uncertainty
Kinetech Arts Technology and Creative Expression
“Human and Machine”: Technology and Creative Expression
Colm Ó Riain, Jaron Lanier, and Ken Goldberg
“Human and Machine”: Beyond Our Hopes and Fears
Jason Treuting and Adam Sliwinski
“Human and Machine”: The Instrumentalist & the Instrument Maker
Gentrification Storytelling panel discussion in Zellerbach Hall
Gentrification Storytelling: A Panel Discussion
Two Wings Q&A
Two Wings: The Music of Black America in Migration Post-Performance Q&A
Climate Displacement
Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Climate Displacement
Place and Displacement Choreography
Pandemic-Displaced Choreography: Q&A with Joffrey Ballet’s Nicolas Blanc and Christine Rocas
Jeremy Geffen, Ashley Wheat, Yoshihisa Arai
Artist Conversation with Ashley Wheater and Yoshihisa Arai of Joffrey Ballet: 2021/22 Season
Place Q&A
Place Post-Performance Q&A
Performance of Labor Panel
The Performance of Labor/The Labor of Performance: A Convening Panel
Jeremy Geffen, Mahsa Vahdat, David Harrington
Artist Conversation with Kronos Quartet: 2021/22 Season
Jeremy Geffen, Van Anh Vo
Artist Conversation with Vân-Ánh Võ
Angelique Kidjo Bias in Our Algorithms
Place and Displacement: Bias in Our Algorithms and Society
Angelique Kidjo Music Diaspora
Music, Diaspora, and the World A Conversation with Angélique Kidjo
John Sopko, Lowell Bergman, Jane Ferguson
9/11: A Turning Point
Julia Wolfe
Artist Conversation with Julia Wolfe: 2020/21 Season
Renee Fleming CP at Home
Artist Conversation with Renée Fleming
Marta Minow Erwin Chemerinsky Lowell Bergman
A Clear and Present Danger: The Wild West of the Web, the First Amendment, and Saving the News
Peter Sellars, Orville Schell, Jianying Zha
My Old Home, A Novel of Exile: Orville Schell and Peter Sellars in Conversation, with Musical Interludes
Janet Napolitano, Henry Brady, Erwin Chemerinsky, Geeta Anand
Fact or Fiction: Disinformation and Freedom of Speech
Geeta Anand, Tristan Harris
Fighting the Disinformation Machine: Social Media and the Future of Journalism
Anthony Cascardi, Catherine Gallagher, Timothy Hampton
Changing the Narrative: What Stories Can We Tell Now?
Ric Burns, Kate Edgar, Bill Hayes, Indre Viskontas
Oliver Sacks: His Own Life – Forum Discussion
Charles Lamb and Matthew Whitaker near MRI machine
The Art of the Spark: Musical Creativity Explored with Dr. Charles Limb
Artist Conversation for Real Enemies
Artist Conversation for Real Enemies
CP at Home
Artist Conversation for Frankenstein: 2020/21 Season
Public Forum: The US of Conspiracy
Public Forum: The United States of Conspiracy: An Arts + Design Mondays presentation
Public Forum: Fact or Fiction
Public Forum: Fact or Fiction: Conspiracy Theories and the Current Political Moment