July - August at BAM/PFA

Events in Late July and Early August

Gamelan Sekar Jaya
July 30, 7:30 p.m. (Doors/Ambient Sounds 6 p.m.)
Led by a master artist from Bali, I Dewa Putu Berata, Gamelan Sekar Jaya’s two percussion ensembles will perform in traditional Balinese formation, surrounding their dancers and encouraging an intimate circulation among the audience. The evening will open with a rare listening experience of a reel-to-reel recording of an a cappella mix of the Beach Boys seminal album Pet Sounds.
Berkeley residents of zip codes 94701, 94702, 94703, and 94704 get in free with proof of address! See our website for more information: http://bampfa.berkeley.edu/visit/zipcode

August 5, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Free First Thursday
Gallery Admission Free All Day!

August 6, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Oakland residents of zip codes 94601, 94603, 94605, and 94606 get in free with proof of address. See our website for more information: http://bampfa.berkeley.edu/visit/zipcode

Jamie Stewart (Xiu Xiu) and Film Program by Max Goldberg
August 13, 7:30 p.m. (Doors/Ambient Sounds 6 p.m.)
Xiu Xiu front man Jamie Stewart takes the opportunity to step back from his song craft and debut a new composition in field recording inspired by the night, animal calls, and quietness. Local film critic Max Goldberg responds with a selection of short 16mm films from Canyon Cinema archive that “materialize the call of the wild and give ecstatic form to the way of nature.”
Oakland residents of zip codes 94607, 94609, 94610, and 94612 get in free with proof of address! See our website for more information: http://bampfa.berkeley.edu/visit/zipcode

Exhibitions

Regular Admission Prices to the BAM Galleries is as follows:

Free for BAM/PFA members; UC Berkeley students, faculty, and staff; children (12 & under)
$8 ($10 beginning Sept. 1) for adults (18-64)
$5 ($7 beginning Sept. 1) for non-UC Berkeley students; senior citizens (65 & over); disabled persons; young adults (13-17)

Realm of Enlightenment: Masters and Teachers from the Land of Snows
Exhibition Closes August 1
This installation of extraordinary objects from Tibet explores the role of the teacher and master in the transmission of the Buddhist canon.

New Exhibition
Hauntology 
July 14-December 5
Hauntology, essentially the logic of the ghost, is a concept as ephemeral and abstract as the term implies. Since it was first used by the French philosopher Jacques Derrida in a 1993 lecture delivered at UC Riverside concerning the state of Marxist thought in the post-Communist era, the term hauntology has been widely discussed in philosophical and political circles, as well as becoming a major influence in the development of various sub-genres of electronic music.

This exhibition focuses primarily on the museum’s recent contemporary acquisitions, mixing these with a number of other works representing a wide range of periods and styles. Works in Hauntology frequently incorporate archaic imagery, styles, or techniques and evoke uncertainty, mystery, inexpressible fears, and unsatisfied longing.

Nature into Action: Hans Hofmann
Through August 29
Drawn from BAM/PFA’s extensive Hans Hofmann collection, this installation reveals the relationship between nature as source and action as method in the great abstract painter’s work.

Brent Green: Perpetual and furious refrain
MATRIX 232
Through September 12
Brent Green is a maker of moving things—animated films, kinetic objects, and other eccentric inventions. His MATRIX exhibition coincides with the release of his first feature film, Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then, a fable of love, loss, and compulsive construction.

Thom Faulders: BAMscape
Through fall 2011
How often do you get a chance to sit, lounge, or study on a work of art? BAMscape invites you to interact with art—and with the museum—in unexpected ways.

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