October 23 – San Francisco Dance Film Festival (ticketed)

7pm – 8:30pm | Dance Heals, a mixed program of screen-dance and short documentary films presents a range of personal stories of resilience, persistence, and triumph. Live performance following the screening. Curated by the SF Dance Film Festival and co-hosted by BOXBLUR at Catharine Clark Gallery.

October 18 – Berkeley Art + Design (free)

6:30pm – 8pm | Berkeley Arts + Design hosts Zoom talk with Shimon Attie. Pre-registration required.

A conversation with Director Christopher Beaver and Catharine Clark of BOXBLUR and the Catharine Clark Gallery, discussing the moving and inspirational works of Shimon Attie, followed by Beaver’s 2006 film Between Dreams and History.

Shimon Attie rose to prominence in Europe with installations of site-specific public art. In Christopher Beaver’s portrait of Attie at work, we go inside the creative process as Attie produces his first work of public art in America. His goal: to project human memory onto the buildings of New York City’s Lower East Side, the historic home for many immigrants, on first arriving in the United States.

Attie was most recently in the news for Night Watch, a floating media installation displaying pictures of refugees granted asylum in the US. This collaboration between BOXBLUR and Immersive Arts Alliance was called by columnist Tony Brava “one of the most talked about public art events in the Bay Area” as preparations were made for its San Francisco premiere in spring and summer of 2021. The SF Chronicle called the 2021 exhibition of Night Watch “intimate” and “powerful”.

Come join us at The Roxie, where Director Christopher Beaver and Gallerist Catharine Clark celebrate the moving works of Shimon Attie, followed by Beaver’s wonderful film, “Between Dreams and History.” October 5th at 6:00pm.

Tickets for this one-night event are available HERE.

Night Watch will be visible Saturday evening the 18th as it passes Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture (6:15pm), Pier 39, Pier 15 (7:15pm), and rests adjacent the Exploratorium for 20 minutes. After passing Rincon Park it will reach Warm Water Cove at approximately 8:15pm with musical activation by Mission Delirium.

Please join us at Tennessee and 24th Street at 7:30pm to participate in the parade to Warm Water Cove led by Mission Delirium (the 15-piece brass marching band)! Warm Water Cove is a prime viewing location for Night Watch. It is FREE.

Here are all the Minnesota Street Project activities: what’s happening in the area this night:

5 – 6pm | Night Watch cocktail hour with artist Shimon Attie at1275 Minnesota Street at 24th includes cocktails, panel discussion and procession. Eventbrite Tickets HERE.

6 – 7:15pm | Panel discussion at MSP features artists Shimon Attie, Zeina Barakeh, Ana Teresa Fernández. Also non-profit representatives Jilma L. Meneses (CEO, Catholic Charities) and Blaine Bookey (Legal Director at the San Francisco-based Center for Gender and Refugee Studies). Moderated by Elena Gross, Director of Exhibitions and Curatorial Affairs, MoAD, and Board Member of Immersive Arts Alliance. Includes panel discussion and procession.

6 – 7:15pm | Live simulcast, free for students, of the panel discussion. This takes place at 1150 Minnesota Street. Followed by a musical procession to Warm Water Cove for Night Watch. Pre-Registration and Student ID required.

8 ­– 9pm | Musical procession led by Mission Delirium, a 15-piece brass marching band. The procession will march three blocks from Tennessee and 24th Streets to Warm Water Cove to view Night Watch from the shore. Free.

photo of Mission Delirium: Carolina Galeazzi

After its opening night visit to Fort Mason, Night Watch continues along the San Francisco shoreline, traveling east, passing by Fisherman’s Wharf. It will be viewable from Pier 15, adjacent to the Exploratorium, then travels to Waterbar and EPIC Steak restaurants, at the base of the Bay Bridge, for music programmed by Classical Revolution.

Musical performances are 7:30-8:15 and from 8:40-9:00pm

Barge arrival: 8:15pm

Note that due to tides and wind, viewing times may not be exact.