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Average — The Golden Gate Edition (installation view)
International Orange

Kate Pocrass

Average — The Golden Gate Edition

Kate Pocrass offered a free special edition of her magazine Average. She worked with National Park Service and Golden Gate Transportation District staff and visitors to produce a playful field guide exploring the bridge and its surroundings. Rather than focusing on the structure’s official history or architectural features, the publication brought to light the quiet details and human stories of daily life at and around the bridge.

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  • Kate Pocrass, Average—The Golden Gate Edition, 2012 (installation view); photo: Ben Blackwell
    Kate Pocrass, Average—The Golden Gate Edition, 2012 (installation view); photo: Ben Blackwell
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Kate Pocrass
Kate PocrassAmerican, born 1977

Kate Pocrass produces both independent and collaborative projects that revel in the commonality of the everyday. Her work has been shown at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, and the Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, California, and she was selected as a 2011 artist in residence at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles.

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Top: Kate Pocrass, Average — The Golden Gate Edition, 2012 (installation view); photo: Ben Blackwell

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  • International Orange Selected as a Finalist in Americans for the Arts’ Year in Review

  • Congratulations to KQED for Their Coverage of International Orange!

  • Complimentary One-Day artMRKT Passes Courtesy of FOR-SITE!

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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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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  • It's a full house (er, Chapel) tonight for FOR-SITE's first #Sanctuary Salon https://t.co/ABOANPBfeV
  • Happening now: Free #silkscreening workshops with #SanctuaryPrintShop outside #Sanctuary @FortMasoninSF Chapel https://t.co/4BGs628mct

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  • This #TBT we’re showing you a glimpse of some of behind-the-scenes before and after shots of our 2016 exhibition "Home Land Security.” Working in partnership with @goldengatenps and @presidiosf, FOR-SITE was able to make these spaces ready for visitors (preparations that entailed, among many other things, asbestos and black widow spider remediation 🕷🕸!), and some incredible artwork. __ 1. Battery Boutelle / “Weapon” by Yin Xiuzhen 2. Fort Scott Chapel / Five works from the “Projectiles” series by @shahpour_pouyan 3. Nike Administration Building / "Home Land Security" visitor center #ArtAboutPlace #PublicArt
  • This “TBT we’re giving you a close up look at the rug that inspired “Sanctuary.” The backstory: artist Yashar Azar Emdadian’s “Home Land Security” work “Disintigration” featured a video of him standing on a family rug in the Paris Tuileries and shaving his body. The rug itself was to accompany the video, accept that it was a family heirloom and Yashar couldn’t send it here. The search began to find a way to make an exact replica of the rug. @alrugcom was discovered, the rug was replicated, the seed was planted for an entire exhibition of artist-designed rugs, and the rest, as they say, is history. __ More information about Yashar’s work, @alrugcom‘s rug-making process, and more can be found by following the link in our profile. #FORSITEstories #ArtAboutPlace #Sanctuary
  • @aiww’s “Trace” is now on view at @alphawoodexhibitions in Chicago. Since it was first exhibited on #Alcatraz, some of the featured prisoners of conscience have been released, but many more are still imprisoned. Case updates can be found on our website, but to learn how to take action, head to @amnestyusa.
  • In honor of @presidiosf's #BioBlitz Nature Challenge event this Saturday, we're using this #TBT to share "Habitat for Anna's Hummingbird" by Chadwick Studio, from our 2010-11 exhibition "Presidio Habitats." The work's circular structure was composed of staggered arcs that corresponded to a Cornell University ornithological diagram of the annual cycle of the Anna's Hummingbird: breeding, migrating, and molting. The flowering plants made it a natural feeder for Presidio's resident hummingbirds. __ If you're curious about other resident Presidio plants, animals, and insects, be sure to register for this weekend's Nature Challenge by visiting the Presidio's website. Participants will team up with professional naturalists to document field observations through the iNaturalist app (developed by @calacademy), or good old fashioned nature sketching and journaling. . . . . #ArtAboutPlace

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

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