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DS+R's Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive announces first exhibit, preps for 2016 opening

Rendering of the new UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pac ific Film Archive (BAM/PFA), designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro. View from the intersection of Center and Oxford Streets. Courtesy of the Regents of University of California

Rendering of the new UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA), designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro. View of the Film Library and Study Center. Courtesy of the Regents of University of California.

Rendering of the new UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA), designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro. View from café facing north. Courtesy of the Regents of University of California

Rendering of the new UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA), designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro. View towards café from the mezzanine. Courtesy of the Regents of University of California.

Rendering of the new UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA), designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro. View of the multi-purpose gallery space and forum. Courtesy of the Regents of University of California.

Rendering of the new UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA), designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro. View of the Film Library and Study Center. Courtesy of the Regents of University of California

Rendering of the new UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA), designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro. View of the 233-seat film theater. Courtesy of the Regents of University of California.

Rendering of the new UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pac ific Film Archive (BAM/PFA), designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro. View of the Center Street façade, including main entrance. Courtesy of the Regents of University of California.

Yuri Ancarani: still from Il Capo, 2010; 35mm; color, 5.1 Dolby Digital; 15 min.; courtesy of the artist and ZERO..., Milan. © Yuri Ancarani.

Diller Scofidio + Renfro: Hand holding the film theater model for BAM/PFA , 2012; digital photograph; courtesy and © Diller Scofidio + Renfro.

Johannes Itten: The Encounter, 1916; oil on canvas; 41 ⅓ x 31 ½ in.; collection of Kunsthaus Zürich. © 2015 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ProLitteris, Zürich.

Rendering of the new UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pac ific Film Archive (BAM/PFA), designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro. View of the Center Street façade, including main entrance. Courtesy of the Regents of University of California.

Rendering of the new UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pac ific Film Archive (BAM/PFA), designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro. View of the Center Street façade, including main entrance. Courtesy of the Regents of University of California.