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Select Press Coverage: Home Land Security

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Jori Finkel, “A ‘Home Land Security’ Art Show, at the Foot of the Golden Gate Bridge,” New York Times, June 23, 2016. Read online or download PDF

Sam Whiting, “For-Site Show Coming to Presidio in September,” San Francisco Chronicle, June 24, 2016. Read online or download PDF

Chloe Veltman, “Ex-Military Bunkers to Host Major Group Exhibition in San Francisco,” June 23, 2016. KQED, Read online or download PDF

Annie Tittiger, “Make Art Not War,” San Francisco Magazine, September 2016. Read online.

Jean Schiffman, “New Presidio Exhibit Illuminates Complex Social Issues,” SF/ARTS, September 2016. Read online.

Leilani Labong, “Safe Haven” C Magazine, September 2016. Download PDF

Sam Whiting, “Foundation Puts Ballistics Test Inside Mothballed Presidio Bunker,” San Francisco Chronicle, September 7, 2016. Read online

Adam Brinklow, “Exclusive Look at Art inside Presidio’s Abandoned Bunkers,” Curbed SF, September 9, 2016. Read online

Jori Finkel, “Political Art That Packs A Punch,” The Art Newspaper, September 9, 2016. Read online

Michael Krasny, “Homeland Security Installation Comes to San Francisco’s Presidio Barracks,” KQED Forum, September 13, 2016. Read online

Sura Wood, “Coastal Art Installations,” The Bay Area Reporter, September 15, 2016. Read online

Jonathan Curiel, “For-site is 20/20,” SF Weekly, September 22, 2016. Read online

“Can Art Save the World?” BBC World Service Radio, The Cultural Frontline, September 24, 2016. Read online

Matthew Harrison Tedford, “Artwork and Setting Depict Post-9/11 World,” KQED, September 26, 2016. Read online

Allen Schauffler, “Artists Exhibit Work in Historic Bunkers,”  Al Jazeera English, September 29, 2016. Watch online

Thea Quira Tagle, “Stories of War and Survival Unfold in San Francisco Presidio,” Hyperallergic, November 16, 2016. Read online

Joe Rostao, “Presidio Exhibit Gives Artful Twist to Homeland Security,” NBC Bay Area, November 23, 2016. Watch online

Maria Porges, “Home Land Security @ Presidio,” Squarecylinder, November 27, 2016. Read online

Charles Desmarais, “Exhibits Inside Soaring Cathedral, Stark Bunkers,” San Francisco Chronicle, December 14, 2016. Read online

Gabrielle Gopinath, “Home Land Security at the Presidio,” SFAQ, December 15, 2016. Read online

Tanja M. Laden, “That Time Art Took Over a Military Complex,” The Creators Project, January 3, 2017. Read online

Melanie D.G. Kaplan, “Harsh is Truth,” National Parks Magazine, Summer 2018. Read online or download PDF

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Ai Weiwei's inspiration for his @Large postcard campaign

Ai Weiwei's inspiration for his @Large postcard campaign

Excerpt from the documentary film AI WEIWEI: YOURS TRULY, which screens on Saturday, June 2 at the Mendocino Film Festival in California More information: ...

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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 ...

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 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 ...

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  • Thank you @JohnKiriakou for your ongoing work in support of global human rights. https://t.co/2shsx13pj8
  • Solidarity with Hong Kong and all those fighting for human rights. https://t.co/As0n7f9LYT

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  • @aiww shares the impact of his father’s imprisonment and the inspiration behind his postcard campaign for prisoners of conscience. ・・・ #Repost @yourstrulydoc with @get_repost
  • 🎉Mendocino Film Fest here we come! Tickets for the June 2nd screening of @yourstrulydoc at the stunning seaside town on the northern California coast are on sale now! 🌊📽 . . . . . . . . . #mendofilm #documentary #film #filmfestival #mendocino #art #humanrights #aiweiwei
  • This #TBT we’re taking it all the way back to the assembly of “Trace,” which was the first work of Weiwei’s to utilize his now signature material, LEGO bricks. While the 38 Chinese portraits were assembled by Weiwei’s studio, the rest of the 176 portraits were assembled right here in San Francisco by 82 volunteers. It was a clandestine operation (we of course wanted to keep the work a secret until the exhibition opening), and an intense one — just look at the portrait being assembled here! (Note: this is “Trace” volunteer @_colinwright, who also happens to be one of the editors on the @YoursTrulyDoc film. We ❤️ our FOR-SITE family!). Oh, and let us leave you with this final boggling statistic: “Trace” was comprised of 1.2 MILLION LEGO bricks 🤯 (swipe to photo 2 for a glimpse at what that looks like.) __ #ArtAboutPlace #AiWeiwei #YoursTrulyDoc #Alcatraz
  • Messages of hope and support are currently making their way from San Francisco to prisoners of conscience around the world. Thank you to everyone who wrote a postcard at last week’s world premiere screening of @yourstrulydoc! . . . . . . . . . . #YoursTrulyDoc #AiWeiwei #ArtAboutPlace #SFFILM #SFFILMFestival

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