Events
Technology as a Formal Medium: What Artists Bring to AI Research
May 4, 2026 - 10:30am
This event is joint with E+Society and the Beall Center for Art + Technology. Derek Curry and Jennifer Gradecki are artists who approach technology as a formal medium, spending time experimenting with it: learning what it does, what it resists, and what it makes possible, before reflecting on what it signifies socially or politically. Their practice involves reverse-engineering technological artifacts in order to understand them on their own terms—a disposition drawn from their artistic backgrounds. In this presentation, they will discuss several of their research-based projects,...
May 4, 2026 - 10:30am
This event is joint with E+Society and the Beall Center for Art + Technology. Derek Curry and Jennifer Gradecki are artists who approach technology as a formal medium, spending time experimenting with it: learning what it does, what it resists, and what it makes possible, before reflecting on what it signifies socially or politically. Their practice involves reverse-engineering technological artifacts in order to understand them on their own terms—a disposition drawn from their artistic backgrounds. In this presentation, they will discuss several of their research-based projects,...
A.I. Symposium
April 4, 2026 - 10:30am
The exhibition opening will be accompanied by a symposium featuring participating artists, along with discussants from diverse fields including engineering and the philosophy of science. The symposium offers insight into the artists’ interests and working processes, while also addressing the broader impacts and consequences raised by the exhibition’s themes. Moderated by David Familian, Artistic Director and Curator Chaired by Zebulon Zang, Assistant Curator Program: Keynote Speakers: James Owen Weatherall and Cailin O’Connor, Chancellor's Professors of Logic &...
April 4, 2026 - 10:30am
The exhibition opening will be accompanied by a symposium featuring participating artists, along with discussants from diverse fields including engineering and the philosophy of science. The symposium offers insight into the artists’ interests and working processes, while also addressing the broader impacts and consequences raised by the exhibition’s themes. Moderated by David Familian, Artistic Director and Curator Chaired by Zebulon Zang, Assistant Curator Program: Keynote Speakers: James Owen Weatherall and Cailin O’Connor, Chancellor's Professors of Logic &...
An Inoperative Community: UC Irvine with Mayor Larry Agran | Winifred Smith Hall
October 11, 2025 - 4:00pm
Irvine Mayor Larry Agran joins Juli Carson, Kevin Appel, Sasha Ussef, and Jesse Jackson for a conversation exploring the intertwined histories of UC Irvine, the city of Irvine, and the region’s cultural evolution.
October 11, 2025 - 4:00pm
Irvine Mayor Larry Agran joins Juli Carson, Kevin Appel, Sasha Ussef, and Jesse Jackson for a conversation exploring the intertwined histories of UC Irvine, the city of Irvine, and the region’s cultural evolution.
Reception | Contemporary Arts Center Courtyard
October 11, 2025 - 2:00pm
Explore UCI Arts’ fall exhibitions, including The Inoperative Community: Exhibition X Practice, UC Irvine 1965–2015 at the University Art Gallery and 25 Years at the Beall Center at the Beall Center for Art + Technology
October 11, 2025 - 2:00pm
Explore UCI Arts’ fall exhibitions, including The Inoperative Community: Exhibition X Practice, UC Irvine 1965–2015 at the University Art Gallery and 25 Years at the Beall Center at the Beall Center for Art + Technology
25 Years at the Beall Center | Beall Center for Art + Technology
October 11, 2025 - 12:00pm
Alaina Claire Feldman moderates a conversation with David Familian, Christiane Paul, Lucy HG Solomon, and Paul Vanouse, reflecting on the Beall Center’s 25-year history and its unique role as a hub for experimental, technology-driven art.
October 11, 2025 - 12:00pm
Alaina Claire Feldman moderates a conversation with David Familian, Christiane Paul, Lucy HG Solomon, and Paul Vanouse, reflecting on the Beall Center’s 25-year history and its unique role as a hub for experimental, technology-driven art.
