SOCIAL: art events for a cold day

[Adrian Cotter]

SOEX is having an art event today Passive/Aggressive, throughout the mission
centered from there gallery over by Atlas Cafe. You might remember a similar
event in the mission with things like sand castles being built out on
Valencia street.

There's also the Mission Bazaar being held at the armory if you want to do
some local christmas shopping.

Adrian

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From: Southern Exposure <listmaster at soex.org>
Date: Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 9:11 PM
Subject: Passive/Agressive this weekend! Jonn Herschend tomorrow night,
12/3/09
To: acotter at nonsensical.com

PASSIVE/AGGRESSIVE JURIED EVENTS THIS WEEKEND Juried Public Art/Urban
Interventions Day
Juror: Jeannene Przyblyski SATURDAY, December 5, 2009
(In the event of rain, the public intervention day will be rescheduled.)
11 am - 5 pm
FREE
Location: Area around Southern Exposure
 To download a map locating the projects go to
http://soex.org/event/215.html and click on the attachment.

*Selected Artists:* Steven Barich, B.A.R.G.E, Arianna Davalos, Christian L.
Frock presents Invisible Venue, Packard Jennings, SoEx's Youth Advisory
Board (YAB), Chris Treggiari and Jessica Watson, Linda Trunzo, Heather Van
Winckle, Victoria Wagner, and Jackson Wang.

Situate yourself in the public realm for this day of urban interventions and
public art projects. The *Passive/Aggressive* Public Art/Urban Interventions
Day presents work by artists using the city as a platform for creativity and
expression. Download a map locating the selected projects or pick one up at
Southern Exposure and start exploring!

*Steven Barich* *Wanted*
*23rd & Treat Sts. (and many posts and billboards throughout the Mission) -
11AM to 5PM*
This project investigates what one person could be truly wanted for and
solicits public participation to conspire to catch an artist. WANTED posters
will appear around the Mission District describing a young artist named S.R.
Kucharski who is wanted for all types of trespasses: visual terrorism, image
propaganda, and bribing curators and art dealers to further his career. The
posters request that any sightings of this artist be reported to
1-877-372-6939.

*B.A.R.G.E.* *Groundbreaking*
*822 Alabama St. (at 20th St.) - 11AM to 5PM*
BARGE will enter a vacant privately owned fenced-off lot and begin reframing
it as a public park. The initial groundbreaking ceremony will be the daylong
excavation of a 'gash' in the land, symbolically 'liberating' the buried
potential of privatized space that could be re-purposed for public use.
Instead of making earthworks we will be *doing* earth-work, foregrounding
the collaborative labor required to reclaim the commons in the midst of
gentrification pressures and the affordable housing crisis. Handouts will be
available throughout the day, with hopes of producing a temporary and
autonomous public artwork by the end of the day.

*Arianna Davalos* *The Complaint Department*
*24th & Folsom Sts. - 11AM to 5PM*
*The Complaint Department* is a public service that provides a safe place
for ranting, whining, and venting. People will be invited to file complaints
directly and confidentially with the Complaint Department Manager who will
record their grievances and notify the universe of its problems via a
Twitter feed (http://twitter.com/sfcomplaintdept ). Complainers will receive
baked compensation for participating. Results may vary.

*Christian L. Frock presents Invisible Venue* *Legs*
*Embarcadero St. Bart Station - 11AM to 5PM*
The artist will administer and record an unsanctioned public opinion poll
about Barbara Showcroft's *Legs*, a neglected public sculpture located
within the Embarcadero BART/MUNI station since its installation in 1978. The
poll will be an informal survey of how people engage with the individual
work and public art in general, and what their thoughts are on its
condition. Information about the sculpture will be distributed as well as
information on an ongoing Invisible Venue project titled "Sunday Series,"
documented lunchtime discussions that implement this sculpture as a
launching point to discuss public art in general. Findings from the surveys
filled out during this intervention will be published on
www.invisiblevenue.com and www.visiblealternative.com in January 2010.

*Packard Jennings* *The Pocket Survival Guide*
*Meet at SoEx (3030 20th St.) - 3PM*
Participants are invited to meet at SoEx for a 20-minute workshop to fold
instructional pamphlets on how to devise an emergency raft out of recycled
product packaging in case of a catastrophic flood- a consequence of consumer
waste and mass production that contributes to pollution, and global warming.
Once the *Pocket Survival Guides* are folded, participants will enter
various stores and install them on consumer products to replicate "instant
savings coupons." Future customers will be happy to find their household
purchases subverted by public art!

*Southern Exposure Youth Advisory Board* *Return to the Garden*
*Esperanza Gardens, 685 Florida St. at 19th St. - 3 to 5PM*
SoEx's Youth Advisory Board (YAB) engages the public in a project that aims
to retrace and re-contextualize their observations, experiences and
interpretations of the immediate space surrounding SoEx. YAB members
collaborate and intervene with Esperanza Gardens, in a piece that is both
sculptural and interactive. Reflecting upon the existence of urban gardens
as points of artistic, ecological and social resistance, YAB creates a link
between SoEx and Esperanza Gardens which invites participants to share and
exchange knowledge and ideas.

*Chris Treggiari and Jessica Watson* *All Aboard*
*Former train stops throughout the Mission District (refer to map for exact
locations) - 11AM to 5PM*
The train was once the main method of long distance travel that forced
riders to sit, wait and take in their surroundings. This project follows
part of the route of the historic South Pacific Railroad line along Harrison
Street with markers acting as "stations" inviting participants to "hop on
board" while providing interesting facts about the railroad and its long
history. The route will end at a train depot (NE corner of 24th and Capp
Streets) where participants will be greeted by a train attendant and given a
uniquely rendered ticket, each featuring a different destination that the
Southern Pacific Railroad served.

*Linda Trunzo* *Olives on the Fly*
*SE corner of 19th St. & York St. - 12 to 3PM*
In response to San Francisco's rising cost of living, and the challenges
faced by those seeking to make ends meet in a difficult economy, Linda
Trunzo barters home-olives collected from neighborhood trees. In exchange
for olives and the artist's recipe for urban-farmed antipasti, participants
are asked to trade useful found and remade objects as well as personal
stories that have helped their owners cope with financial hardship.

*Heather Van Winckle* *An Effective Use of Time*
*Mission and 24th Sts. and Bryant and 22nd Sts. Muni bus shelters - 11AM to
5PM*
Inspired by her *day-job* in a downtown firm and corporate policy on "Time
Theft," the artist will be consolidating the California Penal Code's
sections concerning theft (section 484-502.9) into an easy-to-read
presentation locked to bus stops throughout the Mission District. The hope
is that people will further examine notions of private property and time as
a personal commodity while waiting for the bus - popularly acknowledged as
the ultimate time-waste receptacle.

*Victoria Wagner* *Please Listen To Me...*
*NW corner of South Van Ness & 23rd - 12 to 5PM*
In an effort to provide respite from one's repetitive thoughts, *Please
Listen To Me* is an anonymous diaristic platform that allows participants to
email their private thoughts to pleaselistentomediary at gmail.com during the
month of December. Each entry will be left unread and anonymous and entrants
will receive a daily affirmation in exchange for their confessions. The
project will be launched during the Juried Public Art/Urban Intervention Day
through an informational pathway of business cards that will guide
volunteers to the artist who will answer any questions regarding the
project. The project will be documented, photographed, archived and posted
on pleaselistentomediary.blogspot.com.

*Jackson Wang* *Peace of Mind*
*Dolores Park, 16th St. Bart, Franklin Square, Mission Park and Playground
(refer to map for exact locations) - 11AM to 5PM*
PEACE of MIND TM, a pseudo-consumer product company, has created a line of
products designed to alleviate the American public's anxieties over our
social, economical and political climate. Relief products will be made
available in boxes placed in congested public areas that may present
possible risks to the public well-being. Through *Peace of Mind* the artist
confronts issues such as the price of security, the marketing of fear for
consumer purposes, and current policy regarding relief administration.



Steven Barich, *Wanted*, 2009
   Juried Film/Video Screening
Juror: Andrea Grover SUNDAY, December 6, 5pm
One screening only
Location: Artists Television Access (ATA), 992 Valencia Street, SF
Admission: $5-10 sliding scale, FREE for SoEx members
Reservations: Seating is limited. Call SoEx at 415-863-2141 to reserve your
seat.

*Selected Artists:*
*Brian Andrews*, *Self Portrait in Tears*
*Marlene Angeja*, *Untitled*
*Miguel Arzabe*, *John Muir Text Messages*
*Clark Buckner*, * 745 Seventh Ave., New York (Where Vision Gets Built)*
*Reece Camp Carter*, *Whale Hunting*, *Bougeois B*, *Hashing*
*Krista Dragomer and Rashin Fahandej*, *Sorkh-ab*
*Jamil Hellu and Darrin Martin*, *Subjects Unknown*
*Dana Hemenway*, *Artificial Rocks: A Multimedia Slideshow*
*Liz Miller*, *Spitting Image*
*Doug Williams*, *Back and Forth*
*Gordon Winiemko*, *My Secret Love Affair With Matt Gonzalez*
*Gaby Wolodarski*, *Vista*

Information about the selected films can be found at
http://soex.org/Event/216.html



Brian Andrew, still from *Tears*, 2009

  ONGOING EXHIBITION *Bellwether*
Ongoing through December 12, 2009
Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 12 - 6 pm Featuring newly commissioned
work by Ant Farm, Renee Gertler, Liz Glynn, Jonn Herschend, Whitney Lynn,
Jay Nelson, Nonchalance, Lordy Rodriguez, Christine Wong Yap, and SoEx's
Youth Advisory Board.

Southern Exposure proudly presents *Bellwether*, the inaugural exhibition in
our new home on 20th Street in San Francisco's Mission District. The artists
in *Bellwether* engage in multi-layered speculative projections on our ever
shifting and uncertain future. Whether by indulging in their hopeful
fantasies or examining their trepidation, the artists provide unique and
perhaps unconventional tools and methodologies for envisioning and
navigating the unknown. Through anticipation and fear, excitement and
anxiety, prediction and instruction, the projects in this exhibition begin
to give form to the haziness that lies ahead.

*Bellwether* includes a gallery exhibition, public art projects, an
extensive public program series and catalog designed by MacFadden and Thorpe
and published by Southern Exposure.



*The Golden Gate 1*, by Jay Nelson, 2009


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