Shimon Attie's Night Watch

1275 Minnesota Street,San Francisco CA 94107

18 September, 2021

Description

An evening panel discussion, a brass-band marching procession, and live floating video installation by artist Shimon Attie. Join Minnesota Street Project on Saturday, September 18, 2021 for Shimon Attie’s Night Watch. The evening features a cocktail hour, panel discussion, and concludes with a brass-band marching procession to behold the Night Watch installation in the San Francisco Bay. Night Watch is a floating installation featuring close-up video portraits of 12 refugees granted political asylum in the United States. The work is presented on a 20ft-wide hi-resolution LED-screen aboard a large, slow-moving barge to allow for on-shore public viewing. Don’t miss this exciting evening. Ticketing at all price ranges. All proceeds benefit affording arts housing in the Bay Area. Ticketing: Night Watch Evening Pass | Includes cocktail hour, panel discussion, and procession. $100. Night Watch Panel Discussion & Procession | Includes panel discussion and procession. Sliding scale ($10, $15, $25). Night Watch for Students | Includes live simulcast of the panel discussion at 1150 Minnesota St and procession. Pre-Registration and Student ID required. Free. Schedule of Events: September 18: Night Watch at Minnesota Street Project (Ticketed + Free for Students) 5 – 6pm | Night Watch cocktail hour with artist Shimon Attie. Includes cocktail hour, panel discussion, and procession. $100. 6 – 7:15pm | Panel discussion on the role of amplifying social justice issues. Featuring artists Shimon Attie, Zeina Barakeh, Ana Teresa Fernández, and non-profit representatives Jilma L. Meneses (CEO, Catholic Charities) and International Rescue Committee. Moderated by Elena Gross (Director of Exhibitions and Curatorial Affairs, MoAD). Includes panel discussion and procession. Sliding scale ($10, $15, $25). 6 – 7:15pm| Live simulcast at 1150 Minnesota Street of the panel discussion for students. Followed by a musical precession to Warm Water Cove for Night Watch. Free. Pre-Registration and Student ID required. 8 – 9pm| Musical procession led by Mission Delirium, a 15-piece band, brass, marching band. The procession will march less than a half mile along 24th street to Warm Water Cove to view Night Watch from shore. Free. *Proceeds support the Minnesota Street Project mission for affordable spaces for artists, art galleries, and non-profits in San Francisco. **Night Watch will be visible from Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture (6:15) for 20 minutes; Piers 39, Pier 15 (7:15) adjacent the Exploratorium for 20 minutes; Rincon Park and will reach Warm Water Cove at 8:15pm. Musical activations by Mission Delirium. Located in San Francisco’s historic Dogpatch district, Minnesota Street Project offers affordable and economically sustainable spaces for art galleries, artists and related nonprofits. Inhabiting over 100,000 square feet, the Project seeks to retain and strengthen San Francisco's contemporary art community in the short term, while developing an internationally recognized arts destination in the long term.  Founded by entrepreneurs and collectors Deborah and Andy Rappaport, Minnesota Street Project was inspired by the couple's belief that philanthropic support for the arts today requires an alternate model—one suited to the innovative nature of Silicon Valley and the region as a whole. Their vision of a dynamic, self-sustaining enterprise that shares its economic success with arts businesses and professionals aims to encourage heightened support for the arts from newcomer and established patrons alike.