Entanglement Series

EAHI Entanglement Series

The Environmental Arts & Humanities Initiative (EAHI) brings together faculty, curators, staff, and students in the arts, humanities, and allied fields to advance the multidisciplinary study of the environment. We bring particular attention to critical histories and ethical futures, as well to narrative, visual, media, and performance practices that promote environmental justice and the public good.

the EAHI Entanglement Series presents a dynamic lineup of events co-hosted with departments, centers, and partners across the UC Berkeley campus. This series explores how the arts and humanities activate ecological engagement, intersecting with key scientific and social issues on race, gender, Indigenous rights, authoritarianism, disability, spirituality, and community advocacy. By highlighting these entangled themes, the series emphasizes the interconnected nature of ecological inquiry amongst disciplines and across our campus.

Fall 2026

September 20, 2026

Pink Trash (Maren Hassinger)
2 PM, Crescent Lawn
Maren Hassinger restages her iconic 1982 performance Pink Trashthat explores the encounters between humans and nature set out in public space.
Presented by BAMPFA

September 23, 2026

Water and AI: A Panel Discussion
4 - 6 PM, Worth Ryder Gallery
Guest Speakers: Annalia Norris (Yurok Nation), Suzanne Pierre (CEL) and Sheena Conforti (Stanford)
Presented by Art Practice

October 16, 2026

The Archive Comes Alive: Documentary Poetry, Photography, and the Art of Witness
5 - 7:30 PM, Northgate Hall
Playwrite Tess Taylor joins Ken Light, Reva and David Logan Professor of Photojournalism at UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism
Presented by UC Berkeley Journalism

October 21, 2026

New Art Eco-Models: Reclaiming Creativity in the Age of Infinite Content
5:00 PM, UC Berkeley Botanical Garden
Giovanni Aloi
Presented by EAHI, BAMPFA, and UC Berkeley Botanical Garden

October 21 - 25, 2026

Exhibit: SilviCulture
Wood Products Building, Richmond Field Station
Along with historical documentation and access to the phenomenal wood library, artists including Sara Angelucci, Jeremiah Barber, Melinda Hurst Frye, Ann Hamilton, Jenny Kendler, MB Maher, Paul Mayencourt, Kristyna and Marek Milde, Uta Kogelsberger, Katie Paterson, Christine Walde, Paul Walde, and Hildegard Westerkamp use video, sound, wood, photography, and incense to encourage visitors to consider trees as mutual players in complex ecosystems.
Daniel Sanchez, Associate Professor of Cooperative Extension ESPM at UC Berkeley is co-hosting this event with Natural Discourse curator Shirley Watts and poet Jacqueline Simon.

October 22, 2026

Ecocide in Ukraine: The Environmental Cost of Russia's War
5:00 PM, Location TBD
Darya Tsymbalyuk
Presented by the Institute of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies

November 3, 2026

Fueling Patriarchy: Coal and Gender in the Upper Silesian Cultural Imagination
5:00 PM, 3335 Dwinelle Hall
Anna Seidel, Associate Professor, University of Vienna
Presented by the Institute of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies

Image Credits:
Andrea Bowers, painting, 2022., Eco Grief Extinction Series, Can the World Mend in This Body (Quote by Deena Metzger; Bird: Bachman Warbler, Declared Extinct October 2021; Figure: Robert AnningBell, Dirges and Laments, 1902). Image courtesy of BAMPFA.

Monument (Pyramid) , Maren Hassinger, 2022/2026, redwood sticks and metal. UC Berkeley Botanical Garden.

The End Times Trashion Show, Savio Steps, 29 October 2025. Photo credit: Rachel Ziegler.