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A stereoscopic installation restoring Diego Rivera's famous Art Institute mural. The projection features notable faculty at the San Francisco Art Institute aswell as students. Projected opposite the mural in the Diego Rivera gallery, the project was prompted by my desire to create a virtual space that caused the viewer to reevaluate their association and relationship with the mural.
This project sought to express he relevance of the murals message, the importance of a collaborative effort to build or create a working product, in this case the student. The Art Institute was under threat of closure after a period of financial difficulty and the mural was intended to express the importance of maintaining a focus to educate and work together.
The installation was displayed in the Diego Rivera Gallery October 31st to November 5th 2002 and again on October 31st to November 2nd 2012.
During the darkest hours of the pandemic in June 2020, I was honoured to participate in a group show of SFAI alumni at ZAZ Corner in Times Square curated by SFAI faculty Orit Ben Shitrit. For the series I reprised by 2002 debut re-animation of Rivera's masterful, "A Fresco Showing the Making of a City".
During 2020, while the San Francisco Art Institute was closed, I reprised my 2002 video re-animation of Diego Rivera's masterful, "A Fresco Showing the Making of a City", as part of a series of projections onto the tower organized by Faculty Orit Ben Shitrit to celebrate the school during its 150th year.
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