Sun, April 1, 2012
  • Encounter
    Feb 17, 2012 – May 6, 2012
    FREE
    Room for Big Ideas

    The Raw Feed presents work from three artists who explore the issues of globalization and dislocation, focusing on the ways in which we are given sustenance. The project includes an interactive rice factory that examines the politics of grain production and world hunger; a multidisciplinary video installation that takes a critical look at the messages fed to us by the United Nations; and a pop-up café built on a bicycle chassis that connects food with personal narratives of dislocation through a collection of war-time recipes. The act of feeding ourselves has served as the basis of ritual, connection and artistry for as long as we've lived in societies, and The Raw Feed brings together these disparate strands of shared experience in an exploration of what sustenance means.

    Public Programs
  • Reflect
    Jan 26, 2012 – Jun 24, 2012
    CrossFade Video Lounge

    Super 8 is a collection of video art in multi-channel formats, selected by a peer-to-peer curatorial process. Eight artists from eight cities across the globe were invited to present their videos, and invited four other artists from their respective cities to join them.

    Visual Arts
  • Encounter
    Feb 18, 2012 – May 27, 2012
    Gallery 1

    Mark Bradford transforms found material – much of it paper from sources such as billboards and newspapers – into large-scale collages and installations. Included in YBCA’s presentation is the large-scale work Detail, an ark-like sculpture reconstructed from components of Mithra, a piece created in response to the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina. Also on view at YBCA will be Bradford’s socially charged 2011 work, Rat Catcher of Hamelin, which is composed of components of 50 billboards collected from all around South-Central Los Angeles. This comprehensive survey of Bradford’s career to date is co-presented by YBCA and SFMOMA and will be on view at both venues. Please note that there are separate admission policies for each institution.

    Visual Arts
  • Encounter
    Jan 26, 2012 – Jun 24, 2012
    Viewing Corridor

    At the point where long-held beliefs fall into decline and once-esteemed notions crumble, questions arise about those belief systems. It is at this point that John-Mark Ikeda begins his exploration of the current economic climate. Ikeda deconstructs the iconic business suit — which he equates with the failed economy — stripping it down to its component parts and pinning it to the wall like a specimen, with accompanying business accessories, in an attempt to reconstitute it as a symbol of power.

    Visual Arts
  • Soar
    Jan 21, 2012 – Apr 8, 2012
    Gallery 3

    Gina Osterloh’s new film project, Anonymous Front, is a visual essay on physical blindness and identity, created in collaboration with a vocational massage therapy school for the blind in the Philippines.

    Visual Arts
  • Dare
    Feb 18, 2012 – May 27, 2012
    Gallery 2

    The rock band on the stage, the athlete on the soccer field, the politician at the podium — all command the attention of huge crowds, not to mention cameras. Audience as Subject, Part 2: Extra Large turns the lens back on the audience, exposing the dramatic and narrative potential of the crowd itself.

    Visual Arts
  • Reflect
    Apr 1, 2012 2:00pm
    Screening Room
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    This four-part epic weaves together dialogues from the Midnight Sun Film Festival, which has hosted an international who’s who of directors.Today we present the first two segments. (2011, 149 min total running time, digital, ten minute intermission between parts)

    The Century of the Cinema: The twentieth century as told by great filmmakers. The origin stories of films reveal histories lived, stories from childhood, and the early years “before I became a filmmaker.” Featuring, among others: Michael Powell, Abbas Kiarostami, Joseph H. Lewis, Youssef Chahine and Francis Ford Coppola.

    The Yearning for the First Cinema Experience: The question that always opens the discussion: What is the first film you saw? So often that “chance” foreshadows the future artist’s identity as a filmmaker. Featuring, among others: Samuel Fuller, Jean Rouch, Agnes Varda, Jerzy Skolimowski and Jafar Panahi.

    Film & Video
  • Community Program
    SFJAZZ: Raul Midón
    Apr 1, 2012 7:00pm
    YBCA Forum
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    Raul Midón has been busy blowing minds ever since the release of his 2005 debut album State of Mind, a soul-infused session showcasing his gorgeous tenor vocals and percussive guitar style. After giving up his lucrative career as a background singer for Latin pop stars like Shakira, Alejandro Sanz and Jose Feliciano, he dedicated himself to honing a highly personal repertoire that draws on jazz, soul, flamenco, Latin and West African influences. His latest album is 2010’s Synthesis, an all-acoustic session featuring original songs that seduce with brisk syncopation and insinuating melodies. Midón has been soaking up invaluable experience, performing with bass giant Marcus Miller, recording with Herbie Hancock and honing Douala Malambo, a collaboration with another great singer, Richard Bona. One of the most phenomenal musicians on the planet, Midón is an experience, not to be missed.

    Photo courtesy of the artist

    Performing Arts
  • Community Program
    Robert Moses' Kin
    Mar 30, 2012 8:00pm
    Mar 31, 2012 8:00pm
    Apr 1, 2012 8:00pm
    Lam Research Theater at YBCA
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    “A visually delicious beast that never comes short of dazzling the senses” (The Huffington Post), Robert Moses’ Kin presents its 17th Annual Home Season, March 30 – April 1. The program will feature: the world premiere of Helen, a trio inspired by the words and music of Carl Hancock Rux, the poetry by E. Ethelbert Miller and Homer’s Iliad; excerpts from the forthcoming Scrubbing the Dog, investigating the residual effects of "scrubbed" or desensitized iconography and beliefs; Biography, inspired by the life and work of author James Baldwin; and the award-winning The Soft Sweet Smell of Firm Warm Things — not seen in its entirety since 2003 — and Speaking Ill of the Dead, Moses' 2007 meditation on war. Don’t miss Robert Moses' Kin whose last season the San Francisco Chronicle hailed as "masterful" and "an enchanted spell."

    www.RobertMosesKin.org

    Photo: RJ Muna

    Performing Arts

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