SOCIAL: art events for a cold day

[Willo O'Brien]

Oh yes! Also please come see me today at the Indie Mart Holiday Show @  
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~Willo

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On Dec 5, 2009, at 11:44 AM, Adrian Cotter <acotter at nonsensical.com>  
wrote:

> 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
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> 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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