<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 15px; font-size: 20px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia" size="2" style="font-size: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: normal; font-size: 12px; ">Southern Exposure and Intersection for the Arts curated this day of Public Art and Urban Intervention</span></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 15px; font-size: 20px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia" size="2" style="font-size: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: normal; font-size: 12px; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></span></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 15px; font-size: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Georgia; line-height: normal; font-size: 12px; ">Saturday, December 1, 11am – 5pm</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 15px; font-size: 20px; "><font face="Georgia" size="2" color="#444444" style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Georgia; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 12px; ">Situate yourself in the public realm for this day of urban interventions and public art projects. The Grounded? Public Art/Urban Interventions Day presents work by artists using the city as a platform for creativity and expression. <a href="http://soex.org/upload/Attachment/54-publicInterventionsMap.pdf"><u>PICK UP A MAP</u></a> locating the selected projects at Southern Exposure or Intersection for the Arts or on our websites and start exploring!</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 15px; font-size: 20px; "><font face="Georgia" size="2" color="#444444" style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Georgia; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 12px; "><b>Admission:</b> FREE<br> <b>Location:</b> See project descriptions below </font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 15px; font-size: 20px; "><font face="Georgia" size="2" color="#444444" style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Georgia; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 12px; "><b><br> Stacy Asher - The Pink Dot Experiment</b><br> 16th St. BART to SoEx- 11am to 5pm</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 15px; font-size: 20px; "><font face="Georgia" size="2" color="#444444" style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Georgia; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 12px; ">This project, by recording the ground around us and how it changes with patterns of human behavior, will utilize the discarded chewing gum littering the sidewalks and paint them bright pink, using non-toxic, water soluable tempera paint that will eventually disappear with the rain.<br> <br> <b>The Counter Narrative Society - Hunting the Now/ Cazando El Momento</b><br> Begin at the corner of 14th and Valencia Streets – 11am to 5pm</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 15px; font-size: 20px; "><font face="Georgia" size="2" color="#444444" style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Georgia; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 12px; ">Hunting the Now is a bilingual and peculiar treasure hunt that intends to divulge unique but ordinary features of the present social-urban development of Mission and Valencia Streets between 14th and 24th Streets. Brochures containing map, instructions and clues to the unique destinations we have gathered will be available at Southern Exposure / Este es un juego bilingüe artístico de encontrar tesoros que divulga cualidades únicas pero cotidianas del presente desarrollo social-urbano de las calles Mission y Valencia entre la calle 14 y 24. Afiches con mapa, instrucciones y pistas de estas destinaciones inusuales estarán disponibles en el local de Southern Exposure.<br> <br> <b>James Goode - Fastigium</b><br> Dolores Park (Southwest corner) – 12 to 4pm</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 15px; font-size: 20px; "><font face="Georgia" size="2" color="#444444" style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Georgia; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 12px; ">Explore the relationship between the auditory and the visual in an outdoor, social setting: what will be the impact upon the listener when one aspect of their environment seems to be in flux, while another remains fixed? A limited number of CD players will be available on the day of the event so feel free to brinf your own cd player and headphones. You can also download the piece <a href="http://soex.org/podcast/4.html"><u>here</u></a>.<br> <br> <b>Genine Lentine - Listening Booth</b><br> Page and Laguna Streets – 11am to 5pm</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 15px; font-size: 20px; "><font face="Georgia" size="2" color="#444444" style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Georgia; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 12px; ">This project offers a place to sit down and talk to an attentive listener for 5 minutes. Participants choose their desired level of listenership: 1) Silence 2) Non-verbal backchannel responses: hmm, nodding, etc. 3) Neutral verbal responses: "I hear you," "I understand," requests for clarifications, etc 4) Comments, questions, analogous examples, poems, stories, etc 5) Advice 6) Freestyle.<br> <br> <b>Sabina Nieto/Melinda Stone - Sit and Dig</b><br> Valencia St. @ Rosa Parks Ln. (btw. 14/15 Sts.) – 11am to 5pm</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 15px; font-size: 20px; "><font face="Georgia" size="2" color="#444444" style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Georgia; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 12px; ">This is an ongoing series of site oriented bench gardens. Wherever installed, whether the city center or the back forty, each Sit and Dig bench garden responds to the particulars of the given site and provides respite and nourishment to the curious passerby. <br> <br> <b>Kari Orvik - The View From Here</b><br> 716 Valencia St. (btw 18/19 Sts.) – 12 to 4pm</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 15px; font-size: 20px; "><font face="Georgia" size="2" color="#444444" style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Georgia; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 12px; ">Be photographed against the panoramic view from the roof of 716 Valencia, which will change soon as construction begins next door on one of 6 new luxury condominiums. Maps of the proposed sites will be handed out, as well as information on ways for the public to get involved in the community planning process. <br> <br> <b>Nancy Popp - Untitlted (Climbing Performance)</b><br> 4-block radius around SoEx and Intersection – 12 to 3pm</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 15px; font-size: 20px; "><font face="Georgia" size="2" color="#444444" style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Georgia; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 12px; ">The artist performs 4 pole climbs. The locations will be pre-determined but not announced. Explore the surrounding area to happen upon and discover the climbs in progress. <br> <br> <b>Sidney Russell - City Sandcastles</b><br> Valencia St. (btw 15/16 Sts.) – Start at 11am</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 15px; font-size: 20px; "><font face="Georgia" size="2" color="#444444" style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Georgia; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 12px; ">The artist creates a cityscape of sandcastles along Valencia Street between 15th and 16th Streets.<br> <br> <b>Markuz Wernil Saito - Have a Tea/Leave a Trace</b><br> Directly in front of SoEx – 11am to 5pm</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 15px; font-size: 20px; "><font face="Georgia" size="2" color="#444444" style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Georgia; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 12px; ">You are invited to a simplified and mobile version of the traditional Japanese tea ceremony. <br> <br> <b>Joshua Short - Red Carpet for the Commons</b><br> 16th St. BART plaza (Southwest corner) – 1 to 3pm</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 15px; font-size: 20px; "><font face="Georgia" size="2" color="#444444" style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Georgia; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 12px; ">This project will involve greeting pedestrians exiting the 16th Street BART with a red carpet, flashing photo bulbs, the sounds of cheering fans, and bouquets of flowers.<br> <b><br> <br> </b></font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 15px; font-size: 20px; "><font face="Georgia" size="2" color="#444444" style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Georgia; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 12px; "> </font><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 15px; font-size: 20px; "><font face="Georgia" size="2" color="#444444" style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Georgia; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 12px; "><br> PUBLIC WORKS AND URBAN INTERVENTIONS JUROR<br> ERIK KNUTZEN<b> </b>is currently the program developer for the Center for Land Use Interpretation (CLUI). He has collaborated on the research and production of a number of CLUI's exhibitions and programs including "On Locations: Places as Sets in the Landscape of Los Angeles," "Ground Up: Photographs of the Ground in the Margins of Los Angeles," "Emergency State: First Responder and Law Enforcement Training Architecture," "Terminal Island," "Pavement Paradise: American Parking Space," and "Dissipation and Disintegration: Antennas and Debris Basins in the San Gabriel Mountains." </font></p></div>
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