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34,000 Pillows Workshop Open House

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34,000 Pillows Workshop Open House 
Saturday, December 10 and Sunday, December 11, 2016

Commemorate international Human Rights Day (Dec. 10) by taking part in artist duo Díaz Lewis’s 34,000 Pillows Workshop, a interactive artwork included in FOR-SITE Foundation’s Home Land Security exhibition. Participants in these free, hands-on art-making sessions can join the Los Angeles-based artists in person as they take on the US Congress’s mandate that government immigration agencies maintain a “bed quota” of 34,000 detained immigrants per day. The project aims to create a pillow representative of each individual held. 

Location: Fort Winfield Scott at Langdon Court (visit here for parking and public transportation information)

Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Admission: free; drop-ins encouraged

Top: Visitors making pillows on site at Home Land Security; photo: Jan Stürmann

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  • Today's the day! Get your tickets now -- you won't want to miss this! #YoursTrulyDoc #SFFilmFestival #AiWeiwei https://t.co/PD4AV3ugcH
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  • Today’s the day! The box office is open and ready for your ticket orders to the WORLD PREMIERE of @yourstrulydoc at #SFFilmFestival on April 14. ...and did we mention that #AiWeiwei will be there? Trust us, you won’t want to miss this! Link to tickets in bio. __ #SFFilm #ArtAboutPlace #HumanRights #YoursTrulyDoc
  • So excited to finally share the news that "Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly" will make its WORLD PREMIERE at this year’s @sffilm festival! #SFFilm #SFFilmfestival. April 14, 7:30 pm one time only screening. Link to tickets in bio. __ @yourstrulydoc @aiww
  • The “Yours Truly” installation grew out of #AiWeiwei's desire to let prisoners of conscience know that they, and the causes they fought for, are not forgotten. 92,829 postcards were sent to prisoners of conscience in the U.S. and across the globe. #YoursTrulyDoc picks up where that story ends, sharing personal stories from both sides of the journey. __ #StayTuned this Wednesday, March 20th for our exciting announcement about the #YoursTrulyDoc. In the meantime, be sure to follow the film on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @yourstrulydoc. Although we’ll be sharing lots of news here, @yourstrulydoc is where you’ll get all the juicy behind-the-scenes details and extras. __ #ArtAboutPlace #HumanRights #YoursTrulyDoc #Art #Alcatraz
  • @cheryllhaines here with a big announcement (...or rather, a soon-to-be big announcement). As many of you know, FOR-SITE has been hard at work on a documentary film based on the “Yours Truly” installation that was part of #AiWeiwei’s exhibition on #Alcatraz. Well, the film is just about complete and we have some very exciting news to share with you next week. #StayTuned for the reveal March 20th! . . . . . . . . . #ArtAboutPlace #HumanRights #YoursTrulyDoc #Art

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