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Bill Fontana
Private: Artists

Bill Fontana

American, born 1947

For the last 40 years, Bill Fontana has created site-specific aural installations around the globe using sound as a sculptural medium. His work has been exhibited internationally at leading museums and art fairs, including the Whitney Museum of American Art; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Museum Ludwig, Cologne; Tate Modern, London; and the 48th Venice Biennale.

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FOR-SITE Projects

  • Fort Point and the Golden Gate Bridge
    International OrangeMay 25 – October 28, 2012

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  • Alexia Webster

  • Liza Lou

  • Yin Xiuzhen

  • Krzysztof Wodiczko

  • Bill Viola

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  • The Propeller Group

  • Michele Pred

  • Shahpour Pouyan

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  • Mandana Moghaddam

  • Díaz Lewis

  • Al Farrow

  • Yashar Azar Emdadian

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  • Tammam Azzam

  • Shiva Ahmadi

  • Brian Conley

  • Mia Feuer

  • Angela Hennessy

  • Deborah Valoma

  • David Burns

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  • Kota Ezawa

  • Richard T. Walker

  • Lisa Findley

  • Oblio Jenkins

  • Walter Hood

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  • Amy Franceschini

  • Donald Fortescue

  • Ted Purves

  • Pae White

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  • Barbara Takenaga

  • Taalman Koch Architecture

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  • Surface Design Inc.

  • Allison Smith

  • Shi Guorui

  • Dana Sherwood

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  • Jeannene Przyblyski

  • Kate Pocrass

  • Cornelia Parker

  • Ogrydziak/Prillinger Architects

  • Abelardo Morell

  • Nathan Lynch

  • Richard Long

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  • Amy Lambert

  • Courtney Lain

  • Jensen Architects

  • Nitin Jayaswal

  • Terence Haggerty

  • Fritz Haeg

  • Doug Hall

  • Andy Freeberg

  • Bill Fontana

  • Lori Ellison

  • Chris Drury

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Cheryl Haines videochats with John Kiriakou

Cheryl Haines videochats with John Kiriakou

FOR-SITE Foundation Executive Director Cheryl Haines videochats with prisoner of conscience John Kiriakou during the @Large installation on Alcatraz by Ai ...

@Large: postcard for Reeyot Alemu

@Large: postcard for Reeyot Alemu

Ethopian journalist Reeyot Alemu became a prisoner of conscience when her government sentenced her to five years in prison. As part of Ai Weiwei's @Large ...

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: ...

FOR-SITE Foundation

FOR-SITE Foundation

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 ...

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  • FOR-SITE hosted a private screening of Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly for a handful of film patrons and their offspring last night. It’s thrilling to see the impact that this film is having on young people! @kanstatt @cheryllhaines @yourstrulydoc
  • From the @nytimes : Public protestors gather on the streets in Hong Kong to protest the proposed extradition law, which, due to their efforts, is now in suspension. ・・・ ⠀ #Repost @yourstrulydoc with @get_repost ⠀ Photo Credit Vincent Yu/Associated Press
  • @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

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