Join us in person for ICA San Francisco's Meantime program Jill Miller & Melody Chang: Dog Pack.

Visual artists Jill Miller and Melody Chang collaborated on an augmented reality (AR) environment inspired by urban legends about packs of feral dogs who roamed the Dogpatch neighborhood of SF (home of the ICA SF) during the 19th century, surviving on slaughterhouse scraps from 3rd street processing plants. This project launches on April 15th and extends until the end of the Meantime program, with viewing opportunities limited to during Meantime event hours.

About the Artist (by the Artist)

Jill Miller

Jill Miller is a visual artist and Assistant Professor in Art Practice at UC Berkeley. She works across a wide range of media, from video installation to community-engaged art (and many hybrids in between). Miller is the Founding Director of Platform Artspace at UC Berkeley and is a member of the Executive Committee at Berkeley Center for New Media.

Melody Chang

Melody Chang is an artist and earned a master’s degree in City and Regional Planning at UC Berkeley in 2021. She was a researcher and instructor at the Future Histories Lab in the College of Environmental Design at UC Berkeley. Chang’s work focuses on local histories, storytelling, and community connections.

About Dog Pack

Dog Pack is an augmented reality (AR) environment that use s the ICA SF as a site for exploring Dogpatch neighborhood lore in a fantastical and fabulative way. Drawing on urban legends about the origin of the neighborhood’s moniker, the artwork explores and embellishes local tales of feral mutts roaming the neighborhood during the 19th century, feeding off of slaughterhouse scraps from 3rd Street processing plants.

Using handheld devices, museum visitors move through the gallery while being “followed” by a group of canine-like animals — an uncanny family of dogs created using neural network technology. Existing in both a virtual environment and a physical space, Dog Pack blurs the boundaries between the real and the imagined, the historical and the present.

About the Program

The ICA San Francisco presents Meantime, a series of takeovers and pop-ups occurring during renovations at 901 Minnesota Street, between January and April, in advance of our fall 2022 opening.

In a spirit of collaboration and reciprocity, we invited creative people and organizations from across the Bay Area to propose events in our space from any artistic discipline. Our Meantime program—which drew over 90 wonderful proposals—speaks to the core values of the museum that we are building, one that centers the voices of artists and welcomes our community. All events are free.

The content of Meantime programs represents the views and opinions of the authors/creators/participants and does not necessarily represent the views or opinions of the ICA SF or its staff.

About the ICA SF

Located in the Dogpatch District of San Francisco, ICA San Francisco prioritizes voices and viewpoints that have been ignored or underrepresented in the art world. ICA SF enables artists to push boundaries and to experiment and expand their practices by providing them with the time, funds, support and space to actualize their work.

Covid-19 Policy

N95 or surgical masks are required and must be worn at all times. (Surgical masks are available onsite)
All visitors are required to show proof of vaccination to enter or a negative test within 24hrs.
Please note refreshments will not be served.
Monitoring capacity in the gallery space (50 people max at a time)

We are continuing to monitor and adhere to the evolving Covid-19 guidelines in the city of San Francisco. We are committed to keeping our staff, exhibitors, and visitors safe, and ultimately preserving our ability to come together for ICA SF in future years.

Meantime | Jill MIller & Melody Chang: Dog Pack