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Chrysopylae (installation view)
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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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@yourstrulydoc X @glastofest  @shangrilaglasto Day 2! 

In partnership with @amnesty International, festival goers watching the Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly documentary at Glastonbury were invited to write postcards with messages of hope to political prisoners across the world.
@yourstrulydoc X @glastofest  @shangrilaglasto Day 2! 

In partnership with @amnesty International, festival goers watching the Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly documentary at Glastonbury were invited to write postcards with messages of hope to political prisoners across the world.
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@yourstrulydoc X @glastofest @shangrilaglasto Day 2! In partnership with @amnesty International, festival goers watching the Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly documentary at Glastonbury were invited to write postcards with messages of hope to political prisoners across the world.
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Today was the first screening of Ai WeiWei @yourstrulydoc, directed by @cheryllhaines, live on the Gas Tower in the @shangrilaglasto field at @glastofest! 

As part of the screening, we’re inviting attendees to write postcards with messages of hope to political prisoners across the world.

It was amazing to see how many people wrote a postcard (some wrote more than one!).

If you’re at Glastonbury festival, be sure to drop by tomorrow at 4PM to catch the film and write your own postcard.
Today was the first screening of Ai WeiWei @yourstrulydoc, directed by @cheryllhaines, live on the Gas Tower in the @shangrilaglasto field at @glastofest! 

As part of the screening, we’re inviting attendees to write postcards with messages of hope to political prisoners across the world.

It was amazing to see how many people wrote a postcard (some wrote more than one!).

If you’re at Glastonbury festival, be sure to drop by tomorrow at 4PM to catch the film and write your own postcard.
Today was the first screening of Ai WeiWei @yourstrulydoc, directed by @cheryllhaines, live on the Gas Tower in the @shangrilaglasto field at @glastofest! 

As part of the screening, we’re inviting attendees to write postcards with messages of hope to political prisoners across the world.

It was amazing to see how many people wrote a postcard (some wrote more than one!).

If you’re at Glastonbury festival, be sure to drop by tomorrow at 4PM to catch the film and write your own postcard.
Today was the first screening of Ai WeiWei @yourstrulydoc, directed by @cheryllhaines, live on the Gas Tower in the @shangrilaglasto field at @glastofest! 

As part of the screening, we’re inviting attendees to write postcards with messages of hope to political prisoners across the world.

It was amazing to see how many people wrote a postcard (some wrote more than one!).

If you’re at Glastonbury festival, be sure to drop by tomorrow at 4PM to catch the film and write your own postcard.
Today was the first screening of Ai WeiWei @yourstrulydoc, directed by @cheryllhaines, live on the Gas Tower in the @shangrilaglasto field at @glastofest! 

As part of the screening, we’re inviting attendees to write postcards with messages of hope to political prisoners across the world.

It was amazing to see how many people wrote a postcard (some wrote more than one!).

If you’re at Glastonbury festival, be sure to drop by tomorrow at 4PM to catch the film and write your own postcard.
Today was the first screening of Ai WeiWei @yourstrulydoc, directed by @cheryllhaines, live on the Gas Tower in the @shangrilaglasto field at @glastofest! 

As part of the screening, we’re inviting attendees to write postcards with messages of hope to political prisoners across the world.

It was amazing to see how many people wrote a postcard (some wrote more than one!).

If you’re at Glastonbury festival, be sure to drop by tomorrow at 4PM to catch the film and write your own postcard.
Today was the first screening of Ai WeiWei @yourstrulydoc, directed by @cheryllhaines, live on the Gas Tower in the @shangrilaglasto field at @glastofest! 

As part of the screening, we’re inviting attendees to write postcards with messages of hope to political prisoners across the world.

It was amazing to see how many people wrote a postcard (some wrote more than one!).

If you’re at Glastonbury festival, be sure to drop by tomorrow at 4PM to catch the film and write your own postcard.
Today was the first screening of Ai WeiWei @yourstrulydoc, directed by @cheryllhaines, live on the Gas Tower in the @shangrilaglasto field at @glastofest! 

As part of the screening, we’re inviting attendees to write postcards with messages of hope to political prisoners across the world.

It was amazing to see how many people wrote a postcard (some wrote more than one!).

If you’re at Glastonbury festival, be sure to drop by tomorrow at 4PM to catch the film and write your own postcard.
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Today was the first screening of Ai WeiWei @yourstrulydoc, directed by @cheryllhaines, live on the Gas Tower in the @shangrilaglasto field at @glastofest! As part of the screening, we’re inviting attendees to write postcards with messages of hope to political prisoners across the world. It was amazing to see how many people wrote a postcard (some wrote more than one!). If you’re at Glastonbury festival, be sure to drop by tomorrow at 4PM to catch the film and write your own postcard.
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Thank you @sublimemagazine for this incredibly thoughtful profile on @aiww’s @yourstrulydoc 

Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly, A Documentary Film by @for_site Foundation @cheryllhaines will be on view at the 2022 GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL (@glastofest) this weekend! 

Screenings: Gas Tower Stage at Shangri La
🟡Saturday / June 25 / 4pm
🔵Sunday / June 26 / 4pm
Thank you @sublimemagazine for this incredibly thoughtful profile on @aiww’s @yourstrulydoc 

Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly, A Documentary Film by @for_site Foundation @cheryllhaines will be on view at the 2022 GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL (@glastofest) this weekend! 

Screenings: Gas Tower Stage at Shangri La
🟡Saturday / June 25 / 4pm
🔵Sunday / June 26 / 4pm
Thank you @sublimemagazine for this incredibly thoughtful profile on @aiww’s @yourstrulydoc 

Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly, A Documentary Film by @for_site Foundation @cheryllhaines will be on view at the 2022 GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL (@glastofest) this weekend! 

Screenings: Gas Tower Stage at Shangri La
🟡Saturday / June 25 / 4pm
🔵Sunday / June 26 / 4pm
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Thank you @sublimemagazine for this incredibly thoughtful profile on @aiww’s @yourstrulydoc Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly, A Documentary Film by @for_site Foundation @cheryllhaines will be on view at the 2022 GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL (@glastofest) this weekend! Screenings: Gas Tower Stage at Shangri La 🟡Saturday / June 25 / 4pm 🔵Sunday / June 26 / 4pm
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THIS WEEKEND: Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly, A Documentary Film by our founder @cheryllhaines will be on view at the 2022 GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL (@glastofest),

Screenings: Gas Tower Stage at Shangri La
🟡Saturday / June 25 / 4pm
🔵Sunday / June 26 / 4pm

The story of the film @aiww: @yourstrulydoc begins with FOR-SITE’s remarkable exhibition @ Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz. Following @aiww detention at the hands of the Chinese authorities, the outspoken artist and activist transformed the former island penitentiary of Alcatraz into an artistic platform. The resulting exhibition engaged over 900,000 visitors in a conversation about the plight of prisoners of conscience around the world.
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THIS WEEKEND: Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly, A Documentary Film by our founder @cheryllhaines will be on view at the 2022 GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL (@glastofest), Screenings: Gas Tower Stage at Shangri La 🟡Saturday / June 25 / 4pm 🔵Sunday / June 26 / 4pm The story of the film @aiww: @yourstrulydoc begins with FOR-SITE’s remarkable exhibition @ Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz. Following @aiww detention at the hands of the Chinese authorities, the outspoken artist and activist transformed the former island penitentiary of Alcatraz into an artistic platform. The resulting exhibition engaged over 900,000 visitors in a conversation about the plight of prisoners of conscience around the world.
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“Ultimately, Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly is a call to action, extending the incredible reach of Ai Weiwei’s art by asking us to take the issue of global human rights to heart and act accordingly.

In partnership with @amnesty International, festival-goers watching the Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly documentary at Glastonbury (@glastofest) will be given a blank postcard and invited by AI WeiWei to write their own message of hope to prisoners of conscience around the world. At the end of the festival, postcards will be sent by Amnesty to prisoners in Bahrain, China, Iran, and Vietnam. Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly is a call to action, extending the incredible reach of Ai Weiwei’s art by asking us to take the issue of global human rights to heart and act accordingly.” - @markhayeswestall for FAD Magazine (@worldoffad )

This exclusive UK screening of Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly will take place in the Shangri-La Field @shangrilaglasto at the Gas Tower at 4pm on Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th June at Glastonbury Festival.
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“Ultimately, Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly is a call to action, extending the incredible reach of Ai Weiwei’s art by asking us to take the issue of global human rights to heart and act accordingly. In partnership with @amnesty International, festival-goers watching the Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly documentary at Glastonbury (@glastofest) will be given a blank postcard and invited by AI WeiWei to write their own message of hope to prisoners of conscience around the world. At the end of the festival, postcards will be sent by Amnesty to prisoners in Bahrain, China, Iran, and Vietnam. Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly is a call to action, extending the incredible reach of Ai Weiwei’s art by asking us to take the issue of global human rights to heart and act accordingly.” - @markhayeswestall for FAD Magazine (@worldoffad ) This exclusive UK screening of Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly will take place in the Shangri-La Field @shangrilaglasto at the Gas Tower at 4pm on Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th June at Glastonbury Festival.
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The film Ai Weiwei: @yourstrulydoc  follows these postcards around the globe—from Alcatraz Island to Beijing, Washington, D.C., and Cairo—as director @cheryllhaines meets with former prisoners of conscience and their families to discuss their impossible choices and the comfort they found in messages sent by people they would never meet.
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The film Ai Weiwei: @yourstrulydoc  follows these postcards around the globe—from Alcatraz Island to Beijing, Washington, D.C., and Cairo—as director @cheryllhaines meets with former prisoners of conscience and their families to discuss their impossible choices and the comfort they found in messages sent by people they would never meet.
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Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly, a documentary film based on the eponymous art installation that was part of @for_site’s 2014-15 exhibition @ Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz. Like the artwork, the film aims to inspire viewers to take action in the struggle for human rights at home and abroad.

@yourstrulydoc is part of the incredible line up at the 2022 GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL (@glastofest), June 22-26!
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Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly, a documentary film based on the eponymous art installation that was part of @for_site’s 2014-15 exhibition @ Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz. Like the artwork, the film aims to inspire viewers to take action in the struggle for human rights at home and abroad. @yourstrulydoc is part of the incredible line up at the 2022 GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL (@glastofest), June 22-26!
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We are thrilled to announce that Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly, A Documentary Film by our founder @cheryllhaines will be on view at the 2022 GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL (@glastofest), June 22-26!

The story of the film Ai Weiwei: @yourstrulydoc begins with FOR-SITE’s remarkable exhibition @ Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz. Following @aiww detention at the hands of the Chinese authorities, the outspoken artist and activist transformed the former island penitentiary of Alcatraz into an artistic platform. The resulting exhibition engaged over 900,000 visitors in a conversation about the plight of prisoners of conscience around the world.

Stay up to date about the festival and showtimes by subscribing to our newsletter at the link in bio.
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We are thrilled to announce that Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly, A Documentary Film by our founder @cheryllhaines will be on view at the 2022 GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL (@glastofest), June 22-26! The story of the film Ai Weiwei: @yourstrulydoc begins with FOR-SITE’s remarkable exhibition @ Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz. Following @aiww detention at the hands of the Chinese authorities, the outspoken artist and activist transformed the former island penitentiary of Alcatraz into an artistic platform. The resulting exhibition engaged over 900,000 visitors in a conversation about the plight of prisoners of conscience around the world. Stay up to date about the festival and showtimes by subscribing to our newsletter at the link in bio.
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Opening this Weekend: For-Site founder @cheryllhaines- @hainesgallery 
proudly presents Ai Weiwei: Everyday Monuments, a solo exhibition by the Chinese artist-activist opening June 2022.

Designed specifically for Haines’ new @fortmasoncenter gallery, Everyday Monuments comprises 18 works in materials such as LEGO, marble, and wood, each a synthesis of complex historical, cultural, and political references.

The exhibition marks the San Francisco debut of @aiww Zodiac (2018), a series of twelve panels depicting the mythical animals of the traditional Chinese Zodiac, created from thousands of brightly hued LEGO bricks. With their rich, contrasting colors and square shape, these works evoke Warhol’s celebrity portraits, while simultaneously referring to Ai’s first use of LEGO bricks for Trace, the enormous installation depicting political prisoners that was integral to the FOR-SITE Foundation’s 2014 exhibition @Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz. Previously recreated by Ai in bronze, the Zodiac heads remain a potent trigger for conversations about nationalist sentiment, provenance, authenticity, and cultural exchange.
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Opening this Weekend: For-Site founder @cheryllhaines- @hainesgallery proudly presents Ai Weiwei: Everyday Monuments, a solo exhibition by the Chinese artist-activist opening June 2022. Designed specifically for Haines’ new @fortmasoncenter gallery, Everyday Monuments comprises 18 works in materials such as LEGO, marble, and wood, each a synthesis of complex historical, cultural, and political references. The exhibition marks the San Francisco debut of @aiww Zodiac (2018), a series of twelve panels depicting the mythical animals of the traditional Chinese Zodiac, created from thousands of brightly hued LEGO bricks. With their rich, contrasting colors and square shape, these works evoke Warhol’s celebrity portraits, while simultaneously referring to Ai’s first use of LEGO bricks for Trace, the enormous installation depicting political prisoners that was integral to the FOR-SITE Foundation’s 2014 exhibition @Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz. Previously recreated by Ai in bronze, the Zodiac heads remain a potent trigger for conversations about nationalist sentiment, provenance, authenticity, and cultural exchange.
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