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Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

December 3 - December 6, 2009

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701 Mission Street San Francisco, CA 94103
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Tropical Vulture: Live Video Taping
Tropical Vulture is a cross-generational project which highlights the artistic influences between Bay Area artist George Kuchar, a Bay Area legend of independent filmmaking, and Mexican artist Miguel Calderón. The exhibition features an experimental narrative video titled Conversations with a Tropical Vulture. The exhibition features a preview of the feature length film Conversations with a Tropical Vulture which will premiere at YBCA in the Fall of 2010. The film, scripted by both artists with Calderón as the director and Kuchar in the role of lead actor, blends Hollywood glamour and drama with an all too real-life approach, which creates and inspires a counterpoint of unattainable desire against unbearable actuality. Shot on location in Acapulco, the film utilizes a "low-fi" aesthetic and playful use of non-professional actors. Photographs and sculptures related to this commissioned project and earlier videos made by each artist will also be on view including the US premiere of Calderón’s latest video Best Seller and the world premiere of Kuchar’s Burrito Bay, a video diary about the making of Tropical Vulture. Live Video Taping Thur, December 3: 6pm to 8pm and Sat, December 5: 2 pm to 4 pm As part of Miguel Caldéron and George Kuchar's Tropical Vulture, join live video tapings that offer gallery visitors the opportunity to perform from scripts in progress and participate in a new video project by George Kuchar and film students from The San Francisco Art Institute. All public programs: Free with Gallery Admission Gallery Admission: $7 regular; $5 students, seniors & teachers; Free for YBCA Members