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Chrysopylae (installation view)
International Orange

Doug Hall

Chrysopylae

Doug Hall’s immersive two-screen video installation challenged the familiar picture-postcard vision of the Golden Gate with a pair of contrasting perspectives. Emphasizing the monumentality of not only the Golden Gate Bridge, but also the massive container ships that pass beneath it, the installation revealed the bridge as part of an environment that is at once natural and human-made.

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  • Doug Hall, Chrysopylae, 2012 (installation view); photo: Ben Blackwell
    Doug Hall, Chrysopylae, 2012 (installation view); photo: Ben Blackwell
    Doug Hall, Chrysopylae, 2012 (installation view); photo: Ben Blackwell
    Doug Hall, Chrysopylae, 2012 (installation view); photo: Ben Blackwell
    Doug Hall, Chrysopylae, 2012 (installation view); photo: Ben Blackwell
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Doug Hall
Doug HallAmerican, b. 1944

Born in San Francisco, Doug Hall has developed a diverse practice that includes performance, installation, video, and photography. A longtime teacher at the San Francisco Art Institute and a visiting artist at California College of the Arts, Hall is represented in the collections of major museums including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, The Museum of Modern Art in New York, Berlinische Galerie in Berlin, and Museum für Moderne Kunst in Vienna.

Top: Doug Hall, Chrysopylae, 2012 (installation view); photo: Ben Blackwell

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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 spoken word, music, dance,...

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 space. Titled "Safely," the performance...

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 expression; they embody the geography...

Sanctuary

Sanctuary



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 practices span creative disciplines,...

Sanctuary Salon (December 14, 2017)

Sanctuary Salon (December 14, 2017)

Echoing the ethos of plurality embodied within FOR-SITE's exhibition "Sanctuary," the "Sanctuary Salon" series weaves together the voices of artists whose practices span creative disciplines,...

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  • Happening now: Free #silkscreening workshops with #SanctuaryPrintShop outside #Sanctuary @FortMasoninSF Chapel https://t.co/4BGs628mct

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  • *Watch with sound* Those foghorns echoing from outside of Pier 2 at @sfaiofficial’s @fortmasoncenter campus are an installation by sound artist Bill Fontana titled “Landscape Sculpture With Foghorns” — a work from 1981 in which the artist set out to create a live acoustic map of San Francisco Bay by dropping microphones at eight strategic spots along the waterfront to broadcast and record multiple acoustic delays from the Golden Gate Bridge foghorns. The work today is re-installed in the same location, but utilizes recordings from the original iteration. __ Fontana refers to his work as sculptural because of the way that sound “…define[s] space and immerse[s] the viewer.” For FOR-SITE’s 2012 exhibition “International Orange,” Fontana created the sound sculpture “Acoustical Visions of the Golden Gate Bridge,” which featured sounds captured by sensors on various parts of the bridge and Fort Point, transmitted live to the exhibition space. By drawing attention to and isolating sounds that largely go unnoticed within our daily lives, Fontana creates unexpected avenues for exploring the spaces that surround us. __ "Landscape Sculpture with Foghorns” is up through Spring 2019, but the ancillary exhibits at SFAI’s Gray Box and Main galleries are only open through April 22, so get out here soon! #ArtAboutPlace #PublicArt
  • Attention parents: @alittleculture (the organization behind the "Sanctuary" curriculum, and co-presenter of our "Sanctuary" Family Day) is holding a series of workshops to equip you with the tools for creatively engaging your kids in conversations about art. Visit www.alittleculture.com to learn more and sign up.
  • Did you catch this weekend's @tmagazine article about fiber art as an unexpected political provocateur? We did! Thank you to @lesliecamhi for including "Sanctuary" in the article! #ArtAboutPlace #Sanctuary
  • A few weeks ago, FOR-SITE was treated to a tour of the @presidiosf's exhibition "Exclusion" about the Presidio's role in the WWII Japanese American incarceration. Inviting visitors to "investigate the choices -- both personal and political -- that led to this dark chapter in American history," the exhibition provides an important lens through which to view current issues of immigration, racism, and mass incarceration. Definitely get yourself to this exhibition soon.

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  • Art in the Parks and “Home Land Security”: A Partner’s Perspective

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