SFAI and SF Artists Alumni (SFAA) proudly present Turn 1 of Three Turns, a juried exhibition of video works by SFAI alumni artists. Featuring 26 artists, Three Turns stems from the concept that engaging artworks provide a viewer with three different entry points, prompting a deeper exploration into the work itself.

Projected on the historic SFAI Tower at 800 Chestnut Street, which houses the Institution’s 150 year old archive, Three Turns will echo the notion of traveling three turns in time and space by showing the selected alumni video works on the Tower in dialogue with video works selected from the SFAI archive.

Each night, each rotation of works will be looped, and the evening will include brief programming highlighting artists and jurors participating in the exhibition.

THREE TURNS - Turn 1

Friday, January 22, 2021

7:00 PM - 8:30 PM PST

• 7:00 PM: First screening of Turn 1 of Three Turns

• 7:30 PM (approximately): Panel Discussion

• 8:00 PM (approximately): Encore screening of Turn 1 ofThree Turns

SFAI Archive Film

Nao Bustamante: Untitled #1 (from the series Earth People 2507), 4:28 MIN

Excerpt: “Earth People 2507” is a video project that is part Public Service Announcement and part time capsule. It is a message in a bottle to be screened in 500 years. Nao Bustamante is a cosmovideographer shot into space and time.

Featured Artists In Response

Jackie Buttice

Don Hai Phu Daedalus

Marshall Elliott

Ying Gu

Dale Hoyt

Heather Jones

Jade Mar

Lauren Szabo

Lourdes Portillo

Deepali Raiththa

Brandon Truscott

Panel Discussion

Starting at approximately 7:30pm PST, SFAA Exhibitions & Programming Lead Beth Waldman will lead a brief Zoom based panel discussion with guests Juror Kathy Brew and Film Archive Artist Nao Bustamante. Join the panel via Zoom to chime into the conversation, or watch it via livestream. An encore screening of Three Turns will follow the discussion.

Jurors

Christopher Coppola: SFAI faculty and alum, BFA 1985, Director of Cinema Projects and Studies.

Kathy Brew: Former SFAI staff, faculty at School of Visual Arts, guest curator at MOMA.

Minoosh Zomorodinia: SFAI alum, MFA 2015, Recology Artist in Residence 2020.

Where To Watch

Watch Live In Person and Live Stream

Three Turns can be seen live every night on January 22, 23, 24 starting at 7pm PST from at SFAI's historic tower at 800 Chestnut Street or through a live stream feed at https://sfai.edu/three-turns. ‍