"At SF State, local artist Liz Hernández launched The Office for the Studio of the Ordinary, a residency-turned-research institution. The artist and over 150 students joined in what she called an "artistic conspiracy," celebrating everyday moments and hidden narratives across campus. The culminating exhibition included (among many other creative exercises) black-and-white photographs of the team in action, a tower of ceramic trophies, an illustrated myth of campus resistance and animal liberation, and an archive of dreams."
"Currently above the Third Street lobby at SFMOMA, Al Wong's hypnotic, potentially nausea-inducing film Twin Peaks traverses a figure-eight around San Francisco's bald hills. Transferred from 16mm and screened digitally here for the first time, the 1977 film at first appears straightforward: a 50-minute loop around Twin Peaks, filmed through the windshield of a Volkswagen van over the course of a year."
A residency at SF State called The Office for the Studio of the Ordinary engaged more than 150 students in collective authorship labeled an "artistic conspiracy," centering everyday moments and hidden campus narratives. The culminating Objects of Inquiry exhibition presented black-and-white photographs, a tower of ceramic trophies, an illustrated myth of campus resistance and animal liberation, and an archive of dreams, emphasizing play amid reduced higher-education arts programs. At SFMOMA, Al Wong's 1977 Twin Peaks loops a year of windshield footage into a disorienting temporal diptych that evokes San Francisco's subtle seasonal shifts. A local gallery expansion increased space for multiple simultaneous exhibitions and diverse solo shows.
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