upcoming show at SFAI

not strictly photography, but...
there is an interesting show coming up at SF Art Institute this Thursday, September 11:

We Remember the Sun: 9/11/1973

On September 11th, at 7pm, L.M. Bogad and Praba Pilar will perform an original piece commemorating the anniversary of an act of terrorist aggression: the CIA-assisted military overthrow of Chile's democratically elected President, Salvador Allende. This rooftop ritual will remember the sun of hope and rebellion that shone around the world a generation ago, with its triumphs and failures, its precious solidarity and numerous betrayals.

Your dreams censored before your eyes! Highly practical coup-survival training games for subversives on the run! Ritual sacrifices of hopes and desires, officiated by Pablo Neruda and Henry Kissinger! Join us and let us ask together: Are reaction and repression inevitable? Can we prevent this sun from setting?

L. M. Bogad is associate professor of theater and dance at UC Davis and works at the intersection between art and activism, and on the role of humor and imagination in organizing social movements. His book Electoral Guerrilla Theatre: Radical Ridicule and Social Movements is an international study of performance artists who run for public office as a prank. Bogad has performed in film, theatre, and street theatre across North America, the UK, and Montreal. He was a cofounder of the Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army and a writer/performer for Billionaires for Bush and the Oil Enforcement Agency. His grants and awards include support from the Carnegie Mellon’s Center for the Arts in Society, the Woodrow Wilson Foundation, and the British Arts and Humanities Research Council. www.lmbogad.com

Praba Pilar traverses the roads of performance and politics with satire and analysis. Best known for work merging French theorist Paul Virilio and Mexican comedian Cantinflas, she has exhibited collaborative and solo work at Sweden’s Museum of World Culture, the Museum of the African Diaspora in San Francisco, SFMOMA, the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, Studio XX and the Darling Foundry in Montréal, and the Arte Nuevo Interactiva ’05 Biennial in Mexico. Her performances have been presented at universities and galleries, and in public streets throughout the United States. Pilar is the recipient of multiple awards, including the Creative Capital award and the Creative Work Fund award. www.prabapilar.com