SF Artists Alumni (SFAA) and San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI) proudly present "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.

Starting at 7:30pm PST, SFAA Exhibitions & Programming Lead Beth Waldman will lead a brief zoom based panel discussion with guests Juror Kathy Brew & Film Archive Artist Nao Bustamante as part of the Three Turns event available on live stream to watch as well as Zoom to chime into the conversation. An encore filming of Three Turns will follow the discussion.

Friday, January 22, 2021
7 PM - 8:30 PM PST

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

Artists In Response:
Jackie Buttice, Don Hai Phu Daedalus, Marshall Elliott, Ying Gu, Dale Hoyt, Heather Jones, Jade Mar, Lauren Szabo and FloorPlay, Lourdes Portillo, Deepali Raiththa, & Brandon Truscott

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

Where To Watch:
Three Turns can be seen live every night on January 22, 23, 24 starting at 7pm PST from on SFAI's historic tower at 800 Chestnut Street or through a live stream feed from sfartistsalumni.org or sfai.edu.