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Field Notes: In the Press Archives - FOR-SITE Foundation

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05-13-14 @Large in the News
Tickets for @Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz go on sale June 27, and the press has taken notice! In a great piece on KQED Arts, Cy Musiker talks with the Golden Gate More
Interior of the New Industries Building at Alcatraz
12-03-13 Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz in the New York Times
“The idea of loss of freedom as a punishment raises philosophical questions.” Ai Weiwei talks with Jori Finkel about his FOR-SITE project on Alcatraz in More
06-14-13 Congratulations to KQED for Their Coverage of International Orange!
Congratulations to KQED for winning the first prize in the 36th Annual Greater Bay Area Journalism Awards category Feature Story of a Light Nature, for their coverage More
Chrysopylae (installation view)
01-04-13 International Orange: An Outstanding Bay Area Art Experience
For critic Christian Frock, International Orange was one of the top 10 “outstanding Bay Area Art experiences” of 2012. We’d have to agree! Read her list More
Fort Point Bunting (installation view)
12-13-12 True Tales from International Orange
How do people react when they unexpectedly stumble upon an art exhibition? What happens when birds nest in the artwork? What are “the Fort Point crazies?” More
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09-13-12 International Orange in Artillery
LA’s mag and blog Artillery covers IO: “Conceptually ambitious, the exhibition draws energy and inspiration from the historic walls that house it….” More
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06-07-12 International Orange in the NYT
Wonderful coverage of International Orange in the New York Times this Sunday. Download the PDF, and if you haven’t yet, be sure to come down and see the exhibition! More
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05-20-12 International Orange Opens: Read About It in the SF Chronicle
“It became as clear as the day that if [they] could pull this off it would be the most fantastic site-specific art installation this city has ever seen,” Sam More
08-26-11 Goldsworthy’s Wood Line in the Examiner
Have you walked  Andy Goldsworthy’s Wood Line yet? Ari Burack’s brief article in the SF Examiner is a reminder to get out there! More
Wood Line
08-07-11 Wood Line Is Complete — Read About It on SFGate!
All the hard work has finally paid off — Andy Goldsworthy’s Wood Line is complete! Thanks to Andy and team! Read Sam Whiting’s article on SFGate, and More

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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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