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San Francisco Art Institute (Lecture Hall)
March 28 - March 28, 2015Info
San Francisco Art Institute800 Chestnut Street San Francisco, CA 94133 Google Map »
Doug Hall. "The Terrible Uncertainty of the Thing Described," 1987; three-channel video installation with sound, electronics, steel, and Tesla coil; Collection SFMOMA; © Doug Hall.
Take part in a conversational encounter that considers Doug Hall's installation The Terrible Uncertainty of the Thing Described (1987) from multiple vantages. The installation will be approached from discursive positions, with commonalities sought across psychology, science, performance, media critique, technology, utopia, the sublime, contemporary art, and the legacy of Nikola Tesla.
PARTICIPANTS: Amy Balkin, artist Bill Berkson, poet Amy M. Ho, artist Susan Miller, independent curator Julia Scher, artist
Spirits will be served. Free and open to the public. Please RSVP online. Following the opening reception: 6-8 p.m. Presented in conjunction with "Doug Hall: The Terrible Uncertainty of the Thing Described," on view at the San Francisco Art Institute's Walter and McBean Galleries from March 28 through June 6, 2015. For more information: sfai.edu/hall