san francisco. Art. Institute : PUBLIC PROGRAMS, OCTOBER

san francisco. Art. Institute : PUBLIC PROGRAMS, OCTOBER

San Francisco Art Institute

October 11, 2006
san francisco. Art. Institute : PUBLIC PROGRAMS, OCTOBER
sfai

since 1871

800 Chestnut Street

San Francisco, CA

http://www.sfai.edu

800.345.7324

Palestinian and pro-Palestinian Resistants

photographs by Hashem el Madani, Saida. 1970

A. Zaatari / AIF

PUBLIC PROGRAMS, OCTOBER – DECEMBER

Education at SFAI is a process of dialogue and reflection; it is attuned to the challenges and responsibilities of the individual in a changing global world. SFAI’s free public programs offer many opportunities for students and the community-at-large to engage with artists and thinkers from around the world.

Current programs include “Spheres of Interest: Experiments in Thinking and Action” organized by Renée Green, Dean of Graduate Programs at SFAI; the “Visiting Artists and Scholars Lecture Series” organized by Glen Helfand; and “The New New Masses,” a series of informal salons for politically engaged debate about art today, organized by SFAI’s 2006 Diebenkorn Fellow, Shaun O’Dell, with Josh On.

Sarkis: Alive and After, the first major US exhibition to examine the new work of this prominent figure of the global art scene, is curated by Hou Hanru, SFAI’s new Director of Exhibitions and Public Programs, and continues through December 9 in the Walter and McBean Galleries. In conjunction with the exhibition, a complementary series of rare avant-garde films, selected by the artist as influential to his work, will be screened at SFAI in October and November.

International artist Alfredo Jaar is the Fall 2006 Fellow of SFAI’s Center for Public Practice; and Hilton Als, writer and critic for The New Yorker, will be the Spring 2007 Fellow of SFAI’s Center for Word, Text, and Image.

All lectures and events are free and open to the public

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October 10, 7:30pm

THE COLOR OF POMEGRANATES

Directed by Sergei Paradjanov, this film screening accompanies the exhibition Sarkis: Alive and After.

October 13, 5:00pm

CLAIRE DAIGLE

Writer, art historian, and critic, Claire Daigle presents a lecture as part of SFAI’s Spheres of Interest series.

October 13, 7:00pm

ART AS COMMODITY, ART AS CULTURE

Curator and writer Will Bradley and artist Jordan Kantor discuss the strategies that artists employ to navigate the terrain between commodity and culture as part of The New New Masses salon series.

October 17, 7:30pm

ICE

Directed by Robert Kramer, this film screening accompanies the exhibition Sarkis: Alive and After.

October 18, 7:30pm

BILL OWENS AND BRIAN ULRICH

Two photographers from different generations discuss the aesthetics of suburbia in this Visiting Artists and Scholars lecture.

October 20, 5:00pm

BETH COLEMAN

An artist whose areas of interest include new media, contemporary aesthetics, electronic music, critical theory, literature, and race theory, Beth Coleman presents a lecture as part of SFAI’s Spheres of Interest series.

October 24, 7:30pm

STALKER

Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky, this film screening accompanies the exhibition Sarkis: Alive and After.

October 25, 7:30pm

HARRELL FLETCHER

An artist whose works have wrangled entire communities including people in old age homes, mechanics, and internet masses, Harrell Fletcher presents a lecture as part of SFAI’s Visiting Artists and Scholars series.

October 27, 7:00pm

ART IN A DISSOCIATED WORLD

Artists Harrell Fletcher and RIGO23 with environmental theorist Ken Worthy confront destruction and alienation in this New New Masses salon.

October 31, 7:30pm

ONE PLUS ONE (SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL)

Directed by Jean-Luc Godard, this film screening accompanies the exhibition Sarkis: Alive and After>.

November 1, 7:30pm

RODNEY MCMILLIAN

Los Angeles-based painter, sculptor, and video artist, Rodney McMillian presents a lecture as part of SFAI’s Visiting Artists and Scholars series.

November 3, 7:00pm

CAN ART CHANGE THE WORLD?

Performance, installation, and media artist Aaron Gach, and scholar and critic Elizabeth Mangini question if artists are obligated to make politically engaged work in this New New Masses salon.

November 4 & 5 (11am – 2:00pm, 2:30 – 5:30pm, 7–10pm)

TIE XI QU: WEST OF THE TRACKS

Directed by Wang Bing, this 9-hour film is screened in three parts at SFAI as part of the “Sarkis Film Selections,” which accompany the exhibition Sarkis: Alive and After.

November 8, 7:30pm

CHRIS KRAUS

Writer and filmmaker, Chris Kraus reads from her latest novel Torpor, and from Love Dick, her recently re-issued 1997 debut that rigorously tangles the lines between fact and fiction, gossip and theory in this Visiting Artists and Scholars lecture.

November 10, 5:00pm

SIMIN FARKHONDEH

New York-based independent filmmaker, educator, and artist, Simin Farkhondeh presents a lecture as part of SFAI’s Spheres of Interest series.

November 15, 7:30pm

TAM VAN TRAN

A painter who incorporates unconventional materials into his work, Tam Van Tran presents a lecture as part of SFAI’s Visiting Artists and Scholars series.

November 17, 5:00pm

AVERY GORDON

Author of Keeping Good Time: Reflections on Knowledge, Power and People, Avery Gordon presents a lecture as part of SFAI’s Spheres of Interest series.

November 20, 7:30pm

SERGIO DE LA TORRE AND VICKY FUNARI

Artists and filmmakers Sergio de la Torre and Vicky Funari screen and discuss Maquilapolis, their recent documentary about workers in Tijuana’s assembly factories as part of the Visiting Artists and Scholars series.

November 29, 7:30pm

AKRAM ZAATARI

Beirut-based video artist and curator, Akram Zaatari presents a lecture as part of SFAI’s Visiting Artists and Scholars series.

December 1, 5:00pm

FRED MOTEN

Author and scholar, Fred Moten presents a lecture as part of SFAI’s Spheres of Interest series.

December 6, 7:30pm

PAUL CHAN

An artist who addresses pop aesthetics and political realities through a wide range of media, Paul Chan presents a lecture as part of SFAI’s Visiting Artists and Scholars series.

December 8, 5:00pm

MARKO PELJHAN

An artist who works in the fields of performance, visual arts, situation, and communications, Marko Peljhan presents a lecture as part of SFAI’s Spheres of Interest series.

December 8, 6:00pm

SARKIS: ALIVE AND AFTER

Last day of exhibition of the work of noted Paris-based artist Sarkis in SFAI’s Walter and McBean Galleries.

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San Francisco Art Institute

Founded in 1871, San Francisco Art Institute is one of the US’s oldest and most prestigious schools of higher education in contemporary art. SFAI’s academic and public programs further the relationship between the practices and theories of contemporary art. SFAI’s School of Studio Practice is centered on the development of the artist’s vision through studio-based experiments and the understanding that the artist is an essential part of society. The School of Interdisciplinary Studies is based on the premise that critical thinking and writing—informed by an in-depth understanding of theory and practice—are essential for engaging global society. At SFAI, art is a way of thinking. For more information, visit http://www.sfai.edu or call 800.345.7324.

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