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Goldsworthy in the Presidio

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Hours: Spire and Wood Line: open daily; Tree Fall: open Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., with additional weekday hours by appointment (phone 415.561.2767)

Admission: Free

At: Presidio of San Francisco

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The FOR-SITE Foundation is dedicated to the idea that art can inspire fresh thinking and important dialogue about our natural and cultural environment. Through exhibitions, commissions, artist residencies, and education programs, we support the creation and presentation of innovative art about place. Learn more.

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Sanctuary Salon (February 23, 2018)

Sanctuary Salon (February 23, 2018)

Echoing Sanctuary's ethos of plurality, the "Sanctuary Salon" series weaves together the voices of artists whose practices span creative disciplines, including ...

Brendan Fernandes: Safely (2017)

Brendan Fernandes: Safely (2017)

As part of his commission for "Sanctuary," Brendan Fernandes presented a site-specific durational performance that explored themes of reverence and sacred ...

Panel Discussion: Approaching the Rug as a Critical Form

Panel Discussion: Approaching the Rug as a Critical Form

Panel Discussion "Above the Rug: Approaching the Rug as a Critical Form" February 11, 2018 Historically and traditionally, rugs are a medium for cultural ...

Sanctuary

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Sanctuary Salon (January 26, 2018)

Sanctuary Salon (January 26, 2018)

Echoing the ethos of plurality embodied within FOR-SITE's exhibition "Sanctuary," the "Sanctuary Salon" series weaves together the voices of artists whose ...

Sanctuary Salon (December 14, 2017)

Sanctuary Salon (December 14, 2017)

Echoing the ethos of plurality embodied within FOR-SITE's exhibition "Sanctuary," the "Sanctuary Salon" series weaves together the voices of artists whose ...

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  • It's a full house (er, Chapel) tonight for FOR-SITE's first #Sanctuary Salon https://t.co/ABOANPBfeV
  • Happening now: Free #silkscreening workshops with #SanctuaryPrintShop outside #Sanctuary @FortMasoninSF Chapel https://t.co/4BGs628mct

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  • This “TBT we’re giving you a close up look at the rug that inspired “Sanctuary.” The backstory: artist Yashar Azar Emdadian’s “Home Land Security” work “Disintigration” featured a video of him standing on a family rug in the Paris Tuileries and shaving his body. The rug itself was to accompany the video, accept that it was a family heirloom and Yashar couldn’t send it here. The search began to find a way to make an exact replica of the rug. @alrugcom was discovered, the rug was replicated, the seed was planted for an entire exhibition of artist-designed rugs, and the rest, as they say, is history. __ More information about Yashar’s work, @alrugcom‘s rug-making process, and more can be found by following the link in our profile. #FORSITEstories #ArtAboutPlace #Sanctuary
  • @aiww’s “Trace” is now on view at @alphawoodexhibitions in Chicago. Since it was first exhibited on #Alcatraz, some of the featured prisoners of conscience have been released, but many more are still imprisoned. Case updates can be found on our website, but to learn how to take action, head to @amnestyusa.
  • In honor of @presidiosf's #BioBlitz Nature Challenge event this Saturday, we're using this #TBT to share "Habitat for Anna's Hummingbird" by Chadwick Studio, from our 2010-11 exhibition "Presidio Habitats." The work's circular structure was composed of staggered arcs that corresponded to a Cornell University ornithological diagram of the annual cycle of the Anna's Hummingbird: breeding, migrating, and molting. The flowering plants made it a natural feeder for Presidio's resident hummingbirds. __ If you're curious about other resident Presidio plants, animals, and insects, be sure to register for this weekend's Nature Challenge by visiting the Presidio's website. Participants will team up with professional naturalists to document field observations through the iNaturalist app (developed by @calacademy), or good old fashioned nature sketching and journaling. . . . . #ArtAboutPlace
  • *Watch with sound* Those foghorns echoing from outside of Pier 2 at @sfaiofficial’s @fortmasoncenter campus are an installation by sound artist Bill Fontana titled “Landscape Sculpture With Foghorns” — a work from 1981 in which the artist set out to create a live acoustic map of San Francisco Bay by dropping microphones at eight strategic spots along the waterfront to broadcast and record multiple acoustic delays from the Golden Gate Bridge foghorns. The work today is re-installed in the same location, but utilizes recordings from the original iteration. __ Fontana refers to his work as sculptural because of the way that sound “…define[s] space and immerse[s] the viewer.” For FOR-SITE’s 2012 exhibition “International Orange,” Fontana created the sound sculpture “Acoustical Visions of the Golden Gate Bridge,” which featured sounds captured by sensors on various parts of the bridge and Fort Point, transmitted live to the exhibition space. By drawing attention to and isolating sounds that largely go unnoticed within our daily lives, Fontana creates unexpected avenues for exploring the spaces that surround us. __ "Landscape Sculpture with Foghorns” is up through Spring 2019, but the ancillary exhibits at SFAI’s Gray Box and Main galleries are only open through April 22, so get out here soon! #ArtAboutPlace #PublicArt

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Field Notes

  • Allison Stone talks Art in the Presidio

  • Art in the Parks and “Home Land Security”: A Partner’s Perspective

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