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Rudy Brat Archive Exhibition<\/h1>\n

September 26, 2026 – October 17, 2026<\/h2>\n

Kallick Family Gallery (West Hall Building), Pitzer College<\/a><\/h5>\n

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Brownfist Productions<\/a> and Intercollegiate Media Studies of Claremont presents Rudy Brat Archive<\/strong><\/em>, a retrospective multimedia exhibition featuring the personal collection of Rudy Medina, founding member of the legendary East Los Angeles band The Brat.<\/div>\n
Curated by Kirk Pedersen and Rudy Medina<\/strong><\/h5>\n
The exhibit opens Saturday, September 26 with an opening reception from 5-9PM, and runs through Saturday October 17.\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n
Admission is free.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n
The Kallick Gallery is located at Pitzer College: 1150 Pitzer Service Rd., Claremont CA 91711.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
The gallery hours: Monday-Friday 5-9PM and Saturdays 12-4PM.<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n

Visitors coming to the gallery on weekday evenings and on weekends do not need a parking permit and can park in available Pitzer parking lots.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Please park and walk up the Pitzer Service Road to West Hall\/Kallick Gallery.<\/p>\n

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Past Events<\/h2>\n

AI Meditations: The State of the Field<\/h3>\n

Friday, April 17th, 2026 – Saturday, April 18th, 2026<\/h3>\n

Broad Performance Space, Pitzer College<\/a><\/h4>\n

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a two day conference on AI across media, art, politics, and ethics featuring renowned scholars, curators, and artists<\/h5>\n

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Memo Akten (University of California, San Diego)
\nKatie Hofstadter (multidisciplinary artist)
\nDavid Bates (University of California, Berkeley)
\nMashinka Firunts Hakopian (ArtCenter College of Design)
\nN. Katherine Hayles (University of California, Los Angeles)
\nTung-Hui Hu (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
\nCharlotte Kent (Montclair State University)
\nJeff Nagy (York University)
\nZsofi Valyi-Nagy (Scripps College)<\/p>\n

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View the Digital Program Here<\/a><\/h4>\n

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Friday, April 17th Politics, Ethics, and the Media Sphere<\/span><\/h3>\n

9:15 – 10:00am – Coffee and Continental Breakfast (Broad Center Courtyard)<\/p>\n

10:00 – 10:15am – Introductions<\/p>\n

10:15 – 11:00am – David Bates, \u201cOn the Crisis of Decision in the Age of Artificial Intelligence\u201d<\/p>\n

11:15am – 12:00pm – Tung-Hui Hu, \u201cNormal and Abnormal Language, from Criminal Argot to Large Text Models\u201d<\/p>\n

12:00 – 1:00pm – Lunch (Broad Center Courtyard)<\/p>\n

1:00 – 1:45pm – Charlotte Kent, \u201cTalking about Art with \u2018AI\u2019 in the Picture\u201d<\/p>\n

2:00 – 2:45pm – Jeff Nagy, \u201cBig Blue: Depression AI and Disability Technopolitics\u201d<\/p>\n

3:00 – 4:30pm – Roundtable conversation with audience Q&A<\/p>\n

4:30-6:00pm – Public Reception (Broad Center Courtyard)<\/p>\n

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Saturday, April 18th Media Arts and Creative Practice<\/span><\/h3>\n

9:15 – 10:00am – Coffee and Continental Breakfast (Broad Center Courtyard)<\/p>\n

10:00 – 10:15am – Introductions<\/p>\n

10:15 – 11:00am – N. Katherine Hayles, \u201cLiterary Theory of Mind and LLM Fictions: Implications for Awareness\u201d<\/p>\n

11:15am – 12:00pm – Zsofi Valyi-Nagy, \u201cCripping AI Art: Disability, Radical Slowness, and the Leonardo CripTech AI Lab\u201d<\/p>\n

12:00 – 1:00pm – Lunch (Broad Center Courtyard)<\/p>\n

1:00 – 1:45pm – Mashinka Firunts Hakopian,\u201cAncestral Intelligences: Data Feminist Interventions in Algorithmic Coloniality\u201d<\/p>\n

2:00 – 2:45pm – Memo Akten & Katie Hofstadter, \u201cCosmosapience: Embodying our Planetary Mind\u201d<\/p>\n

3:00 – 4:30pm – Roundtable conversation with audience Q&A<\/p>\n

4:30 – 5:00pm – Closing remarks<\/p>\n

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Hosted by the Intercollegiate Media Studies Program at the Claremont Colleges, with additional support from the Anna Abel Pinkel Lectureship in Media Studies at Pomona College, the Claremont McKenna College Film Studies Program, the Endowed Fund for Media Studies Pitzer College, the O’Brien Distinguished\u00a0<\/em>Professorship at Scripps College, and the Office of Academic Affairs at Harvey Mudd College.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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