Launch of LS’s Mobile Projection Unit
For over 10months Paz, Jorge and I have been meeting about this crazy silly project where we’d project on buildings guerilla style – an idea I’ve had since 2003. For the longest time I had the desire to do “Ephemeral Graffiti” – where i’d bomb/tag buildings around the city with projections. Yes I know very krzysztof wodiczko and not new – but the difference would be that these ‘tags’ would occur randomly throughout the city, with no fanfare or announcements.
Bring it to present day…after being inspired by the Luggage Store’s mezzanine level window to do projections and Darryl and Laurie inviting CIO to use that space for projections – I’m in the midst of actuating everything that I’ve always wanted to do in the public arena. In conjunction with our planning stages, the mid-market section was getting a major make-over with the SF Arts Commission and many other orgs supporting this. Most importantly the Luggage Store is part of this make-over which led to Luggage Store’s Projection Series. They had asked me to help get this off the ground – going in willy nilly and super giddy I gladly took the reigns. Have to thank Darryl and Laurie for trusting me on this. I’m looking forward to making this burgeoning project a fruitful one! And although there will be some announcements for a few projects…there may not be for others so…watch out for a projection near you!
Here’s the information on this particular program.
Luggage Store’s Projection Series:
Mobile Projection Unit: Program ONE
When: Thursday May 5th 8-10pm (First Thursday)
Where: Eddy Street (between Hyde and Leavenworth)
On Thursday, May 5, 2011 The Luggage Store will launch its Mobile Projection Unit with an evening of large-scale videos presented directly within the cityscape, illuminating the Eddy St. corridor (between Hyde and Leavenworth). Program ONE will feature the works of Jorge Bachmann, Paz de la Calzada, Eliza Barrios, Jessica Resmond, Kadet Khune, MEI collectiv and Camilo Tarabay with a range of stop motion, animation, and computer generated graphics.
The Mobile Projection Unit (part of the Luggage Store’s Projection Series) offers public audiences from all walks of life the experience of thoughtful, engaging, and/or inspiring contemporary art for free, providing an unexpected and refreshing alternative to the corporate messaging that saturates our public space. The program is funded in part by the San Francisco Arts Commission. Here’s more documentation thanks to Jorge Bachmann (MEI collectiv).
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