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At dusk, a radiating neon green herbal leaf welcomes visitors to the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. It serves as one of the first installations a visitor sees when entering the Bay Area Now 6 (aka BAN6) visual arts exhibition. The signage was created by, Bay Area artist and San Francisco Art Institute faculty member, Tony Labat. As a play on the words Yerba Buena and the rich history San Francisco brings to the ongoing political and social debate…
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He thought, too, about his need for a real animal; within him an actual hatred once more manifested itself toward his electric sheep, which he had to tend, had to care about, as if it lived. The tyranny of an object, he thought. It doesn’t know I exist. Like the androids, it had no ability to appreciate the existence of another. He had never thought of this before, the similarity between an electric animal and an andy. The electric animal,…
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Click on the image above or here to explore the website! Some of my favorite new media artists (i.e., Scott Kildall, Victoria Scott, Tim Roseborough, and Camille Utterback) showcase via ZER01. Please show your support and learn about this incredible organization.
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writer | artist | scholar
Dorothy R. Santos, Ph.D. 