Welcome to the Berkeley Center for New Media

We are thrilled to welcome Talia Dixon (PhD Candidate, TDPS) as our next Indigenous Technologies Coordinator! Read more

We encourage all to attend this talk featuring Dr Robin James (Senior Editor, Palgrave McMillan), organized by the Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies! Read more

UC Berkeley News: Alex Saum-Pascual proposes that new artistic representations could help bridge the gap between knowing a technology is harmful and actually changing our behavior. Read more

Doctoral students in the fields of information studies, the internet, new media, and other digital technologies are highly encouraged to apply to this two-week experience in Oxford from July 13-24, 2026. One BCNM student will receive a full scholarship. Deadline Feb 2. Read more

Join BCNM Faculty Greg Niemeyer and Asma Kazmi at their opening and associated public talks for Water Futures, an interactive art exhibition in association with the Hydrocolonialism Institute. Read more

Global Digital Infrastructure (GDI) Program Manager, Federica Tortorella, delivered a session at the recent EHGI 2025 Read more

The Berkeley Center for New Media is proud to support Below the Cloud, a symposium and workshop organized by Danika Cooper and Victoria Mohr (Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning) that will invite viewers to shift their gaze from the sky to the ground by tracing the environmental and social costs embedded within AI infrastructures, with a particular focus on water. Read more

In Ancient Wisdom, Ken Goldberg and Tiffany Shlain explore the creative potential of AI by using it to create an aerial video portrait of LA and to enable visitors to create a series of customized textual and visual “tree tributes.” Visit BCNM member Ken Goldberg's latest art exhibit from January 22 to April 21, 2026 at the di Rosa Contemporary Art Museum in San Francisco, and read more about the themes and process of making the exhibit here. Read more