Occupying a suite of former military structures in the Presidio overlooking the San Francisco Bay, Home Land Security brought together works by contemporary artists and collectives from around the globe to reflect on the human dimensions and increasing complexity of national security, including the physical and psychological borders we create, protect, and cross in its name.
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Featured Works
- Shiva AhmadiLotus and Knot
- Tammam AzzamThree works from the Storeys series
- Tirtzah BasselConcourse
- DĂaz Lewis34,000 Pillows
- Yashar Azar EmdadianDisintegration
- Al FarrowRevelation I and Mosque III (after National Mosque of Nigeria, Abuja)
- Liza LouBarricade and Conditions of Capture
- Mandana MoghaddamExodus
- Trevor PaglenOperation Onymous (FBI Investigation of the Silk Road) and Code Names of the Surveillance State
- Shahpour PouyanFive works from the Projectiles series
- Michele PredEncirclement
- The Propeller GroupAK-47 vs M16
- Luz MarĂa Sánchez2487
- Do Ho SuhSome/One
- Bill ViolaFour works from the Martyrs series
- Alexia WebsterBulengo Studios, from the Refugee Street Studio Project
- Krzysztof WodiczkoVeterans' Flame
- Yin XiuzhenWeapon
Related Media
- Intro Video
- Historical ImagesTwelve-inch rifle and crew; courtesy National Park Service ArchivesFort Scott Chapel, c. 1942; courtesy National Park Service ArchivesTest firing guns at Battery Godfrey; courtesy National Park Service ArchivesFiring gun at Battery Marcus Miller; courtesy National Park Service ArchivesMilitary reserves drill at Fort Winfield Scott; courtesy National Park Service ArchivesSoldiers evaluating aerial photographs; courtesy National Park Service Archives
- In the Press
FOR-SITE Foundation project team: Cheryl Haines, executive director and exhibition curator; Jackie von Treskow, program director and assistant curator; Alison Konecki, communications and development manager; Miegan Riddle, development consultant; Jennifer Burke/Industry, visual design; Anne Ray, writer and editor; Tyler Reed, art guide manager; Jan StĂĽrmann, video production; Ari Salomon, web developer