Re-enacting the Holocaust in Maryan’s Ecce Homo (1975)
TRANSIT no. 15, vol. 1 by Achim Schmid Download PDF Introduction An artist’s studio in 1970s New York, a man dressed in a white oversized shirt that shows a star of David, cradling a toy gun. Behind him, bursts of chaotic, expressive artwork dominate the scene, sharing space with an iconic Marilyn Monroe portrait. This […]
“Wer ihn zu verwenden weiß”
Pädagogik und Ästhetik der Isolation in Rudolf Arnheims Rundfunk als Hörkunst TRANSIT no. 15, vol. 1 by Anton Vogt Download PDF Einleitung Das Radio als das erste elektronische Massenmedium hat gerade in seiner Anfangszeit in den 1920- und 1930er-Jahren sowohl tiefgreifende Ängste als auch emphatische Hoffnungen hervorgerufen.1 Während vor der unkontrollierten Verbreitung von politischer Propaganda […]
At home, together
KUNSTASYL at the Museum of European Cultures TRANSIT vol 15., no. 1 by Veronica Williamson Download PDF Introduction The main structure of the sculpture ZELT, created by Musaab Alawad in 2016, consists of bed frames draped in decorative bedding. The two objects are artifacts of migration, emblematic of the standardized belongings provided to countless residents […]
Who Tells the Story? Power, Consent, and Representation in Film: The Double-Edged Sword of Empathy in Cinema
by Zhena Faith Omojola Zhena Omojola is a senior at UC Berkeley majoring in Film & Media with a minor in Human Rights. She is passionate about the intersections of storytelling and law, particularly human rights and intellectual property. Currently, she interns with the Criminal Law and Justice Center at Berkeley Law and serves as […]
Sounding the Archive: Sonic Strategies in Panorama Ephemera (2004) and The Natural History of Destruction (2022)
Students taking the course Global Media (Film 145) in Spring 2025, taught by Deniz Göktürk and Kayla Rose van Kooten, learned about everyday practices of documentary film production in works from around the world. A key question arising in discussions of documentary cinema is the relationship of the audiovisual medium to real events. In the following blog post, Yansu Tan […]
A Satirical Promotion: Sergei Loznitsa Goes to the Opera
In January/February 2025, the Berkeley Art Museum Pacific Film Archive welcomed renowned Ukrainian filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa for a ten-day residency. Loznitsa’s Mosse Lecture on February 5, 2025, was the opening event of this spring’s Documentary Voices series, co-curated by Kate MacKay and Professor Deniz Göktürk. Raiden Shields, a student in Professor Göktürk’s UC Berkeley course […]
I was received by the city as I stepped into the world again
TRANSIT vol. 14, no. 2 by Hannes Bajohr translated by Kayla Rose van Kooten Download PDF Click here for translator’s critical introduction Click here for “Cohesion Without Coherence: Artificial Intelligence and Narrative Form” As a child I had a dentition that indicated an unconventional division between a Jawling and a Pondhead. The Jawling was rooted […]
Litterae ex Machina: AI Going Down the Rabbit Hole
TRANSIT vol. 14, no. 2 by Kayla Rose van Kooten Download PDF Click here for translation Since the release of ChatGPT to the public in November 2022, Artificial Intelligence and Large Language Models have swept the world by storm. They have risen to fame both for their highly articulate and detailed responses to almost any […]
Cohesion Without Coherence: Artificial Intelligence and Narrative Form
Commentary on: “I was received by the city as I stepped into the world again” TRANSIT vol. 14, no. 2 by Hannes Bajohr translated by Kayla Rose van Kooten Download PDF Click here for translator’s introduction Click here for “I was received by the city as I stepped into the world again” I. The boundaries […]
“A Second Attack”
TRANSIT vol. 14, no. 2 by Çetin Gültekin and Mutlu Koçak translated by Elizabeth Sun Download PDF Click here for translator’s preface From the outside, we were now ready to prepare my brother for his final journey. On the inside, we could never be ready, because what awaited us was not meant to be seen by […]