HERE, HERE

A green-tinted aerial satellite image of the UC Santa Cruz Digital Arts Research Center and surrounding wooded landscape, overlaid with the title “HERE, HERE” in large white letters. Small text along the bottom credits Rachel Berger and the 2026 Arts and Ecology Festival.
First page of a typed transcript of Rachel Berger’s talk HERE, HERE: timestamped paragraphs of monospaced text on white, each marked with a speaker name, filling the page from top to bottom.
Title
HERE, HERE
Presenter/ Speaker
Rachel Berger
Date
April 22, 2026
Short Description
Rachel Berger's recorded research talk featuring prompts that encourage uncommon reflections on the past, present, and possible futures. Adapted from a series of creative workshops Rachel Berger and Ri Dym conducted with Berkeley middle school students. In the workshops, students produced diverse statements and drawings responding to Berkeley’s past and imagining speculative future “histories” for themselves and their city.
Description
HERE, HERE (2021-2022 ) is a communal exploration of the past, present, and possible futures for Berkeley and its young people. With support from a Berkeley Civic Arts Commission grant, Berger and Dym led a series of creative workshops in Berkeley’s middle schools. In the workshops, students produced diverse statements and drawings reflecting on Berkeley’s past and imagining speculative future “histories.” The workshops resulted in a poster, a publication, and a collection of speculative flags that flew on middle school flagpoles.
Event / Conference
UCSC Arts & Ecology Festival
Location
Santa Cruz, California USA
Recording
Video of Lecture
HERE, HERE project page
Rights
UC Santa Cruz
Medium
Video / Digital Video
Item sets
California Art & Climate Archive
UC Santa Cruz
Media
Video thumbnail: an aerial satellite view of the UC Santa Cruz Digital Arts Research Center, rooftops and paths tucked among dark green oaks and golden meadow, framed in pale yellow. Across the center, in gold letters: “HERE, HERE.” Small captions read “UCSC Digital Arts Research Center, Google Satellite” and “Rachel Berger, Arts and Ecology Festival, UC Santa Cruz, Earth Day, 2026.”HERE, HERE - Rachel Berger's recorded research talk for the Arts & Ecology Festival at UCSC
A green-tinted aerial satellite image of the UC Santa Cruz Digital Arts Research Center and surrounding wooded landscape, overlaid with the title “HERE, HERE” in large white letters. Small text along the bottom credits Rachel Berger and the 2026 Arts and Ecology Festival.Rachel Berger, HERE, HERE
First page of a typed transcript of Rachel Berger’s talk HERE, HERE: timestamped paragraphs of monospaced text on white, each marked with a speaker name, filling the page from top to bottom.Rachel Berger, HERE, HERE, Presentation Transcript