“We Remember the Sun” exhibition opened yesterday at the Walter & McBean gallery. I am happy to see the realization of my installation “Don’t Talk About Politic”. Especially Kent and other people had done a perfect job for the installing. At least it’s nearly perfect except the 1 inch leaking light in the bottom of the screen because of the size of the screen was calculated wrong.

It’s my first time to set up two screen so close to each other and have the viewers in between. Also the height of the screen is just a bit above average human height. I found that this had created an different relationship and sensation that you will normally receive from a video projection, which is often either distantly remote or overwhelming to your senses. In the case of my installation here, the projected image had lost more or less the mystifying quality with a more proximity to the viewers and other works in the space.

A review of the show had came out in the Chronicle today: ‘We Remember the Sun’: Recalling revolution

Installation picture

Me with Hanru, Kevin Chan and Michael Zheng. Michael also has work in the show and he did a performance during the opening.

Mary Ellyn Johnson, curator of the show.

Hou Hanru, Berin Golonu, Berin’s friend and me.

Kent Long, master of installing shows.

Andre and Alex from Say Bok Gwai.

Originally from Opening

I’m bummed out! Due to my Creative Commons responsibilities next Wednesday, I can’t physically get to my wife’s art opening next Wednesday. So, I will try to drive as many people as possible to the show. Please do go if you are in the San Francisco Bay Area! Its free and will be great! I will get to the after-party as soon as I can physically drive back from Creative Commons “Future of CC” night event which several of you are going to attend.

Check out Lu’s big installation:

My latest project “Don’t Talk About Politic” is being installed in “We Remember the Sun” exhibition, a group show in the Walter & McBean Galleries. Opening is this coming Wednesday, exhibition on view through September.

“Don’t Talk about Politic” is a two channel video installation. Proposed plan is as image followed, as well as exhibition statement written by Mary Ellyn Johnson. I have been working on this in the past several weeks. And I found out that if you use NTSC video camera to shoot video in a lighted studio in a PAL country, then your video will be possibly have flickering all through it. What a lesson! Luckily I am able to eliminate this unexpected effect because it was shot in a blue screen studio. I am very excited to see when all is installed. And it should be an interesting show!

Some Video stills:

We Remember the Sun
Exhibition of Work by Fifteen Bay Area Artists
—Live Musical Performance at Opening Reception

Walter and McBean Galleries
San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI)

800 Chestnut Street, San Francisco, CA 94133

Opening reception:  Wednesday, 18 June 2008, 7:00–9:00 p.m.
Cost: Free and open to the public
Exhibition Dates:  19 June–13 September 2008
Images: High-resolution digital images available
Press Contact: Bob Gamboa, (415) 749-4507, bgamboa@sfai.edu
We Remember the Sun, an Exhibition by Fifteen California Artists,
Opens at  SFAI on 18 June 2008

Here are the directions to SFAI.

Originally from Go Check Out Lu Fang Art Show Next Wednesday at SFAI