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Fort Point and the Golden Gate Bridge
International OrangeFort PointMay 25 – October 28, 2012

Celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge, this exhibition at Fort Point offered fresh perspectives on an enduring landmark. It presented new work responding to the bridge as icon, historic structure, and conceptual inspiration. More

Patience (installation view)
Presidio HabitatsPresidio of San FranciscoMay 16, 2010 – May 15, 2011

Presidio Habitats was the first site-based art exhibition conceived for a national park. An international group of artists, architects, and design specialists were invited to create habitats for specific animal residents of the Presidio. More

The Marvelous Museum: A Mark Dion Project (installation view)
The Marvelous Museum: A Mark Dion ProjectOakland Museum of CaliforniaSeptember 11, 2010 – March 06, 2011

Developed in part during a FOR-SITE residency, Mark Dion's exhibition at the Oakland Museum of California was an imaginative expedition through the museum’s collections, drawing on overlooked orphans, curiosities, and surprising treasures. More

Pae White: In Between the Outside-In (installation view)
Pae White: In Between the Outside-InNew Langton ArtsMay 05 – July 18, 2009

Developed during a FOR-SITE residency, Pae White’s installation at New Langton Arts proposed new paradigms for art and landscape. White used topographical scans of plant life as conceptual source material for a series of morphing animations. More

Dust to Dust, Ashes to Ashes (installation view)
Chris Drury: Mushrooms | CloudsNevada Museum of ArtAugust 10 – October 05, 2008

Chris Drury’s exhibition at the Nevada Museum of Art featured the large-scale wooden sculpture Cloud Pool Chamber, created in a FOR-SITE residency and made from diseased logs felled at Donner State Park near Truckee, California. More

Donner Pass (installation view)
Shi Guorui: Reproduction and Refashioningde Young MuseumMay 26 – September 23, 2007

Shi Guori's exhibition at the de Young Museum responded to the museum as a location and as a collection. Shi created two camera obscuras in the museum’s tower, as well as photograms of objects in the de Young’s holdings. More

Richard Long installing Sierra Nevada Line
Richard Long: The Path Is the Place Is the LineSan Francisco Museum of Modern ArtJanuary 21 – April 25, 2006

Richard Long’s exhibition at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, developed during a FOR-SITE residency, documented and reflected on a 250-mile walk in the Sierra Nevada mountains, mainly along the Pacific Crest Trail. More

New Work by Cornelia Parker (installation view)
New Work by Cornelia ParkerYerba Buena Center for the ArtsNovember 19, 2005 – March 05, 2006

Cornelia Parker’s exhibition at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts featured a new work, created during a FOR-SITE residency, constructed from the charred timbers of a Baptist church that had been destroyed by arson. More

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    • International Orange
    • Presidio Habitats
    • The Marvelous Museum: A Mark Dion Project
    • Pae White: In Between the Outside-In
    • Chris Drury: Mushrooms | Clouds
    • Shi Guorui: Reproduction and Refashioning
    • Richard Long: The Path Is the Place Is the Line
    • New Work by Cornelia Parker
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Field Notes

  • Chrysopylae (installation view)

    International Orange: An Outstanding Bay Area Art Experience

    For critic Christian Frock, International Orange was one of More

  • Fort Point Bunting (installation view)

    True Tales from International Orange

    How do people react when they unexpectedly stumble upon an More

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    Farewell to International Orange

    It’s that time — International Orange closed this past More

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    Inside International Orange

    Inside International Orange

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    Some of the people behind "International Orange" discuss the intertwined stories of the Golden Gate Bridge and Fort Point and the crucial role that artists can play in reinterpreting and revitalizing historic places. With Cheryl Haines, executive director of the FOR-SITE Foundation and curator of the exhibition; Greg Moore, executive director of the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy; and Nancy Bechtle, co-chair of the Golden Gate Bridge 75th Anniversary Committee.

    International Orange: Andy Freeberg, Gatekeepers

    International Orange: Andy Freeberg, Gatekeepers

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    While shooting portraits of people who work on and around the Golden Gate Bridge, photographer Andy Freeberg talks about capturing a human side of the bridge that most visitors don't see.

    International Orange: Abelardo Morell, Tent Camera Photographs

    International Orange: Abelardo Morell, Tent Camera Photographs

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    Capturing images of the Golden Gate Bridge with his tent camera — a portable form of camera obscura — photographer Abelardo Morell talks about craft, invention, and the mysteries of photography.

    Presidio Habitats: Nathan Lynch, Where Is the Hare?

    Presidio Habitats: Nathan Lynch, Where Is the Hare?

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    Artist Nathan Lynch discusses his installation in the Presidio of San Francisco dedicated to the black-tailed jackrabbit. "Where Is the Hare?" was part of the exhibition "Presidio Habitats," organized by the FOR-SITE Foundation in partnership with the Presidio Trust. Info: for-site.org

    Presidio Habitats: Mark Jensen, Patience

    Presidio Habitats: Mark Jensen, Patience

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    Architect Mark Jensen discusses "Patience," an installation in the Presidio of San Francisco dedicated to one of the Presidio's animal residents: the great blue heron. "Patience" was part of the exhibition "Presidio Habitats," organized by the FOR-SITE Foundation in partnership with the Presidio Trust. Info: for-site.org

    International Orange: Cornelia Parker, Reveille

    International Orange: Cornelia Parker, Reveille

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    Cheryl Haines, executive director of the FOR-SITE Foundation and curator of "International Orange," talks about how Cornelia Parker's sculpture "Reveille" expresses the complex relationship between the Golden Gate Bridge and Fort Point.

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