A drawing depicting a little girl attached to a string held by a hand as she stands on a bright red road in the midst of a black and white forest.
Apr 15, 2025 | 25-26 Season Feature
Illuminations Performances Explore “Exile & Sanctuary”
Angélique Kidjo, Yo-Yo Ma, Jordi Savall, Manual Cinema, and more!
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A drawing depicting a little girl attached to a string held by a hand as she stands on a bright red road in the midst of a black and white forest.
Apr 15, 2025 | Illuminations
Illuminations Performances Explore “Exile & Sanctuary”
Defining Courage's documentary playing in the background in front of David Ono onstage and a choir performing onstage.
Mar 18, 2025 | Illuminations
Defining Courage Through Music and Theater: The Story of America’s Nisei Soldiers
Two actors of "The Great Yes, The Great No" wearing dresses onstage, covering their faces with large black-and-white masks with images of women.
Jan 30, 2025 | Illuminations
The Spasms of History: Inside William Kentridge’s The Great Yes, The Great No
Oct 11, 2024 | Illuminations
“Fractured History”: What is the Role of Appropriation in Art?
Oct 11, 2024 | Illuminations
“Fractured History”: Art as Historical Reference
Oct 10, 2024 | Illuminations
Artists and UC Berkeley Professors Discuss Illuminations: “Fractured History”
Aug 30, 2024 | Illuminations
Transfixing Art: Julia Bullock Launches Her Cal Performances Artist Residency
Apr 16, 2024 | Illuminations
The Fascinating True Stories That Inspired Each Illuminations: “Fractured History” Performance
William Kentridge, an older man wearing a white dress shirt and glasses, sits at a table against a gray background and gestures with his hands.
Apr 16, 2024 | Illuminations
The Making of William Kentridge’s The Great Yes, The Great No
Feb 22, 2024 | Illuminations
Illuminations Artists and UC Berkeley Professors Discuss American Dreams and Culture Wars
Feb 13, 2024 | Illuminations
Cultural Exchange: The Rite of Spring
Taylor Mac and Matt Rays Bark of Millions
Feb 8, 2024 | Illuminations
Bark of Millions: Fantasy and Mystery, Rooted in Queerness
Jan 31, 2024 | Illuminations
Illuminations Artists and UC Berkeley Professors Discuss Individual Liberties and Community Needs
Jan 18, 2024 | Illuminations
Julius Eastman’s Femenine
Courtney J Cook sits with Mame Diarra Spies in discussion of the Illuminations Intersectionalities.
Nov 16, 2023 | Illuminations
Illuminations Artists and UC Berkeley Professors Discuss Intersectionalities
Nov 9, 2023 | Illuminations
Shifting Artistic Representation of the US’s First Transcontinental Railroad
Oct 12, 2023 | Illuminations
Announcing Illuminations’ New Partnerships and Community Event Series Exploring “Individual & Community”
2223 AI Song Contest
Apr 28, 2023 | Illuminations
Human & Machine Song Contest Winners
Apr 18, 2023 | Illuminations
2023–24 Season Illuminations: “Individual & Community”
Feb 17, 2023 | Illuminations
William Kentridge’s SIBYL: The Reassurance of Uncertainty
Kinetech Arts Technology and Creative Expression
Oct 25, 2022 | Illuminations
“Human and Machine”: Technology and Creative Expression
Colm Ó Riain, Jaron Lanier, and Ken Goldberg
Oct 21, 2022 | Illuminations
“Human and Machine”: Beyond Our Hopes and Fears
Jason Treuting and Adam Sliwinski
Oct 18, 2022 | Illuminations
“Human and Machine”: The Instrumentalist & the Instrument Maker
Gentrification Storytelling panel discussion in Zellerbach Hall
May 5, 2022 | Illuminations
Gentrification Storytelling: A Panel Discussion
Two Wings Q&A
Apr 14, 2022 | Illuminations
Two Wings: The Music of Black America in Migration Post-Performance Q&A
Climate Displacement
Apr 14, 2022 | Illuminations
Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Climate Displacement
Place and Displacement Choreography
Mar 14, 2022 | Illuminations
Pandemic-Displaced Choreography: Q&A with Joffrey Ballet’s Nicolas Blanc and Christine Rocas
Jeremy Geffen, Ashley Wheat, Yoshihisa Arai
Feb 28, 2022 | Illuminations
Artist Conversation with Ashley Wheater and Yoshihisa Arai of Joffrey Ballet: 2021/22 Season
Feb 28, 2022 | Illuminations
Place Post-Performance Q&A
Performance of Labor Panel
Feb 2, 2022 | Illuminations
The Performance of Labor/The Labor of Performance: A Convening Panel
Jeremy Geffen, Mahsa Vahdat, David Harrington
Nov 12, 2021 | Illuminations
Artist Conversation with Kronos Quartet: 2021/22 Season
Jeremy Geffen, Van Anh Vo
Nov 12, 2021 | Illuminations
Artist Conversation with Vân-Ánh Võ
Angelique Kidjo Bias in Our Algorithms
Oct 19, 2021 | Illuminations
Place and Displacement: Bias in Our Algorithms and Society
Angelique Kidjo Music Diaspora
Oct 19, 2021 | Illuminations
Music, Diaspora, and the World A Conversation with Angélique Kidjo
John Sopko, Lowell Bergman, Jane Ferguson
Sep 17, 2021 | Illuminations
9/11: A Turning Point
Julia Wolfe
Apr 30, 2021 | Illuminations
Artist Conversation with Julia Wolfe: 2020/21 Season
Apr 27, 2021 | Illuminations
Artist Conversation with Renée Fleming
Marta Minow Erwin Chemerinsky Lowell Bergman
Mar 29, 2021 | Illuminations
A Clear and Present Danger: The Wild West of the Web, the First Amendment, and Saving the News
Peter Sellars, Orville Schell, Jianying Zha
Mar 19, 2021 | Illuminations
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
Jan 22, 2021 | Illuminations
Fact or Fiction: Disinformation and Freedom of Speech
Geeta Anand, Tristan Harris
Jan 9, 2021 | Illuminations
Fighting the Disinformation Machine: Social Media and the Future of Journalism
Anthony Cascardi, Catherine Gallagher, Timothy Hampton
Dec 15, 2020 | Illuminations
Changing the Narrative: What Stories Can We Tell Now?
Ric Burns, Kate Edgar, Bill Hayes, Indre Viskontas
Oct 29, 2020 | Illuminations
Oliver Sacks: His Own Life – Forum Discussion
Charles Lamb and Matthew Whitaker near MRI machine
Oct 29, 2020 | Illuminations
The Art of the Spark: Musical Creativity Explored with Dr. Charles Limb
Oct 7, 2020 | Illuminations
Artist Conversation for Real Enemies
CP at Home
Oct 7, 2020 | Illuminations
Artist Conversation for Frankenstein: 2020/21 Season
Oct 5, 2020 | Illuminations
Public Forum: The United States of Conspiracy: An Arts + Design Mondays presentation
Oct 5, 2020 | Illuminations
Public Forum: Fact or Fiction: Conspiracy Theories and the Current Political Moment