Aurum – Kinetech Arts Dance Residency

Kinetech Arts, founded in San Francisco by Daiane Lopes da Silva and Weidong Yang, will spend a three-month residency at 836M developing their current project, Aurum. 

Aurum is inspired by San Francisco’s history of boom and bust from the Gold Rush of the 19th century to the present-day high-tech frenzy. 

Residency Dates: Feb 1 – April 28 (Click here to RSVP)

Weekly Wednesday Labs: January 25 – March 29 (Click here to RSVP)

Closing Performances: 21 & 28 (Click here RSVP)

Nam June Paik: Moon is the Oldest TV (2023) – Film Screening and Discussion

First-time feature director Amanda Kim tells the remarkable story of renowned video artist Nam June Paik as a global influence and a trailblazing artist. Nam June Paik: Moon is the Oldest TV is a celebration of perhaps the most modern artist of all time.

Screening: Thursday, May 11  (Click here to RSVP)

Cartoonists – Exhibition

First-time feature director Amanda Kim tells the remarkable story of renowned video artist Nam June Paik as a global influence and a trailblazing artist. Nam June Paik: Moon is the Oldest TV is a celebration of perhaps the most modern artist of all time.

Exhibition Dates: May 25 – September 29

Opening Event: Thursday, May 25 
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Closing Event: Thursday, September 29 (Click here to RSVP)

Art & Krimes by Krimes – Film Screening and Discussion

While in federal prison for six years, artist Jesse Krimes secretly creates monumental works of art—including an astonishing forty-foot mural made with contraband materials, prison bed sheets, and hair gel. With the help of fellow artists, he smuggles out each panel piece-by-piece, only seeing the mural in totality upon his release and return home. 

Screening: Thursday, June 29th (Click here to RSVP)

Loving Still – RAWdance Dance Residency

Founded in 2004 by Ryan T. Smith and Wendy Rein, RAWdance will engage in a three-month residency at 836M to end the 2023 programming. 

Drawing inspiration from Loving: A Photographic History of Men in Love, 1850s -1950s, by Hugh Nini and Neal Treadwell, RAWdance is assembling an ensemble of 10 male-identifying dancers to perform a series of duets. By agreement with the publisher, photos from the book will be reproduced in large format and mounted in the gallery.

Exhibition Dates: Oct 9 – Dec 10

Closing performances: Friday through Sunday, Dec 8 to 10