Urbanition

Co-curated with Justine Topfer

Carriageworks, Sydney, Australia. February - March 2011

San Francisco Arts Commission Galleries: City Hall. April - July 2011

San Francisco Artists: Amy Balkin + Alicia Pozniak, Sergio De La Torre, Rebar

Sydney Artists: Chris Fox, Makeshift, Josephine Starrs and Leon Cmielewski

The SFAC Galleries, in partnership with the Sydney-based, multi-disciplinary art center CarriageWorks, presents a traveling exhibition of commissioned works from artists based in San Francisco and Sydney. The artists were asked to create proposals to the Mayors of each city advising them on visionary solutions to encourage a more humane, green, and livable existence. The artists' proposals take a variety of forms, including video, sculpture, drawing, and performance, and range in subject matter from improving immigrant rights to commuting by jetpack, from revamping the Sutro Baths to making BART a more human-centric system. Educational programs, free and open to the public, play a substantial role in both cities.

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This project was supported by the following: San Francisco Arts Commission; CarriageWorks; the San Francisco Mayor's Office of Protocol; the City of Sydney; Arts New South Wales; Zip Car; Greg Norman Wine Estates and the Handlery Union Square Hotel. Many thanks to: the Australian Chamber of Commerce (SF office); the Sydney Sister City Host Committee in San Francisco; the San Francisco Office of the Australian Consul General; the San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery Advisory Board; and Philip Black, the Deputy Lord Mayor of Sydney.