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Current & Upcoming Programs

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Announces New Programming for 2012–2013

Visual Arts
Shih Chieh Huang
Without Reality There Is No Utopia
Migrating Identities
Film & Video
Girls! Guns! Ghosts! The Sensational Films of Shintoho
Post Tenebras Lux by Carlos Reygadas
New Filipino Cinema 2013
Ulrich Seidl's Paradise Trilogy
YBCA - General
YBCA Young Artists at Work Program
2013 Artist in Residence
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Announces YBCA:You
Kenneth Foster, Executive Director at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts,
to Take New Position at University of Southern California
Marc Bamuthi Joseph Awarded Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Award
Grant from The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Shih Chieh Huang

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Shih Chieh Huang: Synthetic Seduction

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Shih Chieh Huang —Photo Courtesy of Artist

Shih Chieh Huang —Photo Courtesy of Artist

Without Reality There Is No Utopia

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Without Reality There Is No Utopia

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Judi Werthein— Photo courtesy of the artist.

Jane Pete Hammer. The Anarchist Banker— Photo courtesy of the artist and Supporto Lopez.

Ignasi Aballi. Listados— Photo courtesy of Guillermo Mendo.

Ed Hall. Banners— Photo courtesy of Guillermo Mendo.

Chto Delat? Perestroika Timeline— Photo courtesy of Guillermo Mendo.

Federico Guzman. La Bella Emblada (The Hurtling Beauty) — CAAC Collection, 2007.

Federico Guzman. La Bella Emblada (The Hurtling Beauty) — CAAC Collection, 2007.

Manaolo Quejido. Por aqui pasa 3 El Gran teatreo. Courtesy of Artist. 2008.

Dora Garcia. Rooms, Conversations— Courtesy of CGAC. Permanent Collection, Santiago de Compostela.

Artur Zmijewski. Democracies 2009/20 video films— Courtesy of Artist. Galerie Peter Kilchmann

Carlos Motta. Me Gusta Cuando Votas xq Estas Como Ausente — Courtesy of Artist. Galeria Filomena Soares, Lisbon and Y Gallery, New York. 2005, 2008.

Migrating Identities

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Migrating Identities

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Michelle Dizon, Perpetual Peace, 2012, video, 6’40. Courtesy of the artist.

Ala Ebtekar, Emergence, 2006, mixed-media installation, brush and ink, and acrylic on gallery walls, dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist.

Naeem Mohaiemen, The Young Man Was (Part 1: United Red Army), 2011-2012, film, 70 min. Courtesy of the artist.

Yamini Nayar, Sincere, 2006, c-print, 51 x 61cm. Courtesy of the artist.

Ishmael Randall-Weeks, Ibeam (front), 2012, cut and carved books, wood shelf, metal, 103 x 7 x 6.5 in. Courtesy of the artist.

Ishmael Randall-Weeks, Ibeam (back, detail), 2012, cut and carved books, wood shelf, metal, 103 x 7 x 6.5 in. Courtesy of the artist.

Girls! Guns! Ghosts! The Sensational Films of Shintoho

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May 2013 Film/Video Programs at YBCA

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Ghost Story of Yotsuya by Nobuo Nakagawa. Courtesy of Shintoho Co. Ltd.

Flesh Pier by Teruo Ishii. Courtesy of Shintoho Co. Ltd.

The Horizon Glitters by Michiyoshi Doi. Courtesy of Shintoho Co. Ltd.

Vampire Bride by Kyotaro Namiki. Courtesy of Shintoho Co. Ltd.

Ghost Cat of Otama Pond by Yoshiro Ishikawa. Courtesy of Shintoho Co. Ltd.

Death Row Woman by Nobuo Nakagawa. Courtesy of Shintoho Co. Ltd.

Yellow Line by Teruo Ishii. Courtesy of Shintoho Co. Ltd.

Revenge of the Pearl Queen by Toshio Shimura. Courtesy of Shintoho Co. Ltd.

Post Tenebras Lux by Carlos Reygadas

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June 2013 Film/Video Programs at YBCA

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Post Tenebras Lux by Carlos Reygadas. Courtesy of Strand Releasing.

Post Tenebras Lux by Carlos Reygadas. Courtesy of Strand Releasing.

Post Tenebras Lux by Carlos Reygadas. Courtesy of Strand Releasing.

Post Tenebras Lux by Carlos Reygadas. Courtesy of Strand Releasing.

Post Tenebras Lux by Carlos Reygadas. Courtesy of Strand Releasing.

Post Tenebras Lux by Carlos Reygadas. Courtesy of Strand Releasing.

Post Tenebras Lux by Carlos Reygadas. Courtesy of Strand Releasing.

New Filipino Cinema 2013

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New Filipino Cinema 2013

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Aparisyon by Vincent Sandoval. Courtesy of Autodidact Pictures.

Big Boy by Shireen Seno. Courtesy of Cinema One Originals.

Colossal by Whammy Alcazaren. Courtesy of Attack Cinema & Crimson Light Productions.

Diablo by Mes de Guzman. Courtesy of Sampaybakod Productions.

Harana by Benito Bautista. Photo by Lourdes Figueroa.

Himala by Ishmael Bernal.

Kalayaan by Adolfo Alix, Jr. Courtesy of Phoenix Features & Wa Entertainment.

Tiktik: The Aswang Chronicles by Erik Matti. Courtesy of GMA Films.

What Isn’t There (Ang Nawawala) by Marie Jamora. Courtesy of Indie Pop Films.

Tondo, Beloved: To What Are the Poor Born? (Tundong Magiliw: Pasaan isinisilang siyang mahirap?) by Jewel Maranan. Courtesy of Jewel Maranan.

Qiyamah by Gutierrez Mangansakan II. Courtesy of Reckless Natarajan Pictures & Film Development Council of the Philippines.

The Journey of Stars into the Dark Night (Ang Paglalakbay ng mga Bituin sa Gabing Madilim) by Arnel Mardoquio.

Ulrich Seidl's Paradise Trilogy

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June 2013 Film/Video Programs at YBCA

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Paradise: Love by Ulrich Seidl. Courtesy of Strand Releasing.

Paradise: Love by Ulrich Seidl. Courtesy of Strand Releasing.

Paradise: Faith by Ulrich Seidl. Courtesy of Strand Releasing.

Paradise: Faith by Ulrich Seidl. Courtesy of Strand Releasing.

Paradise: Hope by Ulrich Seidl. Courtesy of Strand Releasing.

Paradise: Hope by Ulrich Seidl. Courtesy of Strand Releasing.

YBCA Young Artists at Work Program

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YBCA Young Artists at Work Program

2013 Artist in Residence

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2013 Artist in Residence


YBCA:You

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Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Announces YBCA:You

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Postcard image for YBCA:You Launch Party, "Wish YOU Were Here" — credit: courtesy of YBCA


Kenneth Foster

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Kenneth Foster, Executive Director at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, to Take New Position at University of Southern California

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Kenneth Foster — credit: courtesy of YBCA


Marc Bamuthi Joseph

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YBCA’S Director of Performing Arts Marc Bamuthi Joseph Awarded Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Award

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Marc Bamuthi Joseph — credit: courtesy of YBCA

Marc Bamuthi Joseph — credit: courtesy of YBCA

Marc Bamuthi Joseph — credit: Bethanie Hines Photography

Marc Bamuthi Joseph — credit: Bethanie Hines Photography

Marc Bamuthi Joseph — credit: Bethanie Hines Photography


Awarded Grant from AMPAS

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Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Awarded Grant from The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences