Art
Artists Help Break the Silence Around the Abuse of Women in War
Women's lifelong struggles find a home in an incredibly moving and poignant anti-war memorial and group exhibition titled Songs for Women Living with War at Pro Arts Gallery.
Dorothy R. Santos
Dorothy Santos is a writer, blogger, and curator. Her research interests include computational aesthetics, programming, coding, and open source culture and their effects on contemporary art.
Art
An App Turns the Failures of Image Recognition into Whimsical Text
When I was a little girl, I always wondered what my Teddy Ruxpin mechanical bear would say if there wasn't a cassette tape commanding his interactions with me.
Interview
Reading Menstrual Rags Like Rorschach Tests
From popular culture to religious beliefs, menstruation has always been viewed as quite the taboo subject.
Art
Artists Expose the Ecological Impact of Tech Production
SAN FRANCISCO — In Agbogbloshie — also known as one of the world’s top polluted places and an e-waste dumping ground, located in Ghana along the African coast of the Gulf of Guinea — a young man by the name of Mohammed Camara scavenges for metal to earn money.
Art
Welcome to World Wide West: A Summit on the "Side Effects" of Technology
POINT ARENA, Calif. — A few months ago, a group of artists, writers, curators, and creative technologists received an email with a link to a video requesting participation in a summit held in the small coastal town of Point Arena, California. I was one of 30 individuals who received the message.
News
Oldest San Francisco Arts Nonprofit Suspends Curatorial Programs
SAN FRANCISCO — Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco’s oldest alternative arts space, has suspended curatorial programs and halved its staff, KQED reported last week.
Opinion
Art, Tech, and Gentrification in San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO — As fleets of shuttle buses take employees to their respective Silicon Valley campuses, resentment and tension grows in the Bay Area. Last week, protesters blocked one such Google bus in an effort to draw attention to the widening gap between the technology industry and the communitie
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The Urgency of Desire Meets the Immutability of Time
SAN FRANCISCO — Text appearing in all capital letters suggests one of two things, either yelling or someone unable to unlock the Caps Lock key. While I remain unforgiving of this digital faux pas, the show WANT.HERE.YOU.NOW, currently on exhibit at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts certainly warra