Name: Recoding CripTech presents Tactile Explorations
Start: 2020-02-06T18:00:00-08:00
End: 2020-02-06T21:00:00-08:00
Location: SOMArts

Recoding CripTech presents Tactile Explorations

Insurrection, Connection & Community Through the ArtsFounded in 1979, SOMArts embraces the entire spectrum of arts practice and cultural identity, and it is beloved in San Francisco as a truly multicultural, community-built space where cutting-edge events and counterculture commingle with traditional art forms.When a SOMArts produced event is ticketed, you can buy it here on EventBrite. SOMArts frequently hosts independent productions that manage advance tickets separately, so you may be directed elsewhere from an event page.Need more ticket info? Emailinfo@somarts.org. Ticket sales to SOMArts events are final. Get emails about events at SOMArts:somarts.org/somarts-newsletter/934 Brannan St, San Francisco CA 94103415-863-1414 linfo@somarts.org

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Disability studies scholar Georgina Kleege will guide participants throughout  Recoding CripTech

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Curated by Vanessa Chang and Lindsey D. Felt, Recoding CripTech reimagines enshrined notions of what a body can be or do through creative technologies, and how it can move, look, or communicate. As the term “crip” reclaims the word for disability culture and recognizes disability as a cultural and political identity, so too do artists hack technologies to dismantle barriers to access. By creating new kinds of social and sensory interactions with technology, these artists portend a crip aesthetic for media arts that honors the diversity of human bodies.Berkeley professor of English and disability studies scholar Georgina Kleege will guide participants throughout the exhibition with tactile and sensory aesthetic experiences with Tactile Explorations on Thursday, February 6, 6–9pm. As a consultant to art institutions around the world and author of More Than Meets the Eye: What Blindness Brings to Art (2018), Kleege has shown numerous audiences how to engage with artworks through non-visual senses.This free, all ages tour is limited to 12 participants. Reserve your ticket today!RECODING CRIPTECHAccessibility InformationThis program is located at SOMArts Cultural Center, which is wheelchair accessible from the main driveway on 934 Brannan Street. ASL and CART interpreters may be provided upon request, and wheelchair seating will be reserved. Service animals are welcome. You will be prompted during ticket check out to indicate which accommodation(s) you might need.FacilitatorGeorgina KleegeCuratorsVanessa ChangLindsey D. FeltDirectionsPublic TransportationSOMArts is within two blocks of Muni lines 12, 19, 27, and 47. Civic Center/ UN Plaza BART Station is located on the corner of Market and 8th Street, and is 0.7 miles away. Detailed public transit and bicycle directions are available on Google Maps.DrivingFrom the NorthFollow 101 South across the Golden Gate Bridge. Turn right onto Scott Street. In a half mile, turn left onto Bush Street. In another half mile, turn right onto Gough Street. After one mile, turn left onto Fell Street and continue on 10th Street. Use the left lane to turn left onto Division Street. Turn left on to Brannan Street and SOMArts will be on the left.From the SouthTake 101 North to San Francisco. Continue to Bryant Street. Take Exit 433C for 9th Street toward the Civic Center. Continue on Bryant Street and use the right lane to turn slightly right onto Bryant Street. Take a sharp right onto 8th Street and then turn right onto Brannan Street. SOMArts will be on the right.From the EastTake I-80 West to San Francisco and continue across the Bay Bridge. Take Exit 1C toward Ninth Street/Civic Center and keep left at the fork. Follow signs for 8th Street and merge onto 8th Street. Turn right onto Brannan Street and SOMArts will be on the right.ParkingStreet parking is available (and usually plentiful after 6pm). Flat rate, uncovered lot parking is accessible at 935 Brannan at 8th St. A bike rack is available near the Main Entrance (down the driveway). Plan your bike route.Main EntranceThe main entrance is located down the driveway on the left side. Image credit: Sonia Soberats, Ben, image courtesy of the artist.

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