FOG is closed through November 5 for voting

This week through November 5th,
FOG is transforming into an election voting place
as equipment is rolled into the gallery.
We reopen Friday, November 8

Doggie to Doggie:  Kevin Webster, Artist Extraordinaire - and Maya.

 

C O A S T : The Reception

We had a full house on a steaming hot day.

Natalie speaks, and Cathy Perillo shows her sketch book, the source for her oil paintings.

Starr talks about his work.

Natalie Craig

Cathy Perillo

Starr Sutherland

Olivia Ting: Touching Sound

Five repurposed vintage radios with a diorama embody sound through touch. 

The audio sources are reflective of the Far Out Gallery location and include the ocean, birds, foghorns, and Muni tracks. These sounds are translated to vibrations by means of transducers installed in the radios. Olivia Ting grew up in this neighborhood. It’s where she became an artist and discovered sound as her medium despite being deaf. 

 
 

Anne Marguerite, Olivia, and friend    
photo by John Sanborn

Olivia and Lloyd May in background     
photo by Anne Marguerite Herbst

a guest feeling sound    photo by John Sanbornn

 

I was inspired by the story of Helen Keller experiencing the broadcast of a Beethoven symphony performed by the New York Philharmonic with her hands on the radio; it was as if she held the music as a morphing sculpture that spoke to her through touch. As a deaf artist, I am intrigued by sound as energy— the physical repercussions of molecular vibrations and their harmonious metamorphoses. The First Law of Thermodynamics states that energy cannot be created or destroyed, but it can be transformed from one form to another. For me, what came through the radio for Keller was the creative energy of Beethoven, who himself lost his hearing as an adult, making a powerful haptic connection across time and space.

The five haptic radios I built for this series are meant to be touched. The audio sources I chose are reflective of the Far Out Gallery location – the ocean, birds, foghorns, and Muni tracks — and are translated to vibration by means of transducers installed in the radios. The neighborhood is also quite personal to me: growing up here, this is where I became an artist and discovered sound as my medium despite being deaf.

These haptic experiences are interwoven with excerpts of Beethoven’s 6th Symphony, which was, in ways, his lyrical aural portraiture of the countryside where he escaped from the cacophony of city life as his hearing was deteriorating. 

 This project seeks to paint a cheeky, vibratory, phonic and visual tapestry of the ways how sound infiltrates our senses, memories, and bodies.  
-Olivia                          
                                                           

 
 

Thank You

Thank you to the 111 Artists who contributed to FOG’s 3rd Open Invitation:

Karen Anderson  Mark Aronoff  Anahid Arslanian  Bob Baker  Steve Baldwin  Marsha Balian  Deb Bates  Nikki Behnam  Julie Blankenship  Jessica Boddorff  Michelle Bond  Tim Boxell  Henry Bridges  Adriana Camacho  Kit Cameron  Sofia Carmi  Chai Cecilia Chan  Deborah Corsini  Natalie Craig  Carolyn Crampton  Barbara Cromarty  Sarah Cruz  June Daskalakis  Genie Davis  Lena Desterro  Drissana Devananda  Ghilly DeYoung  Louise Diskerud  Marc Duffett  Jessica Dunne  Daniele Erville  Mary Esther  Kenneth Finberg  Homer Flynn  Stephen Fox  Ayelet Gal-On  Chris Gatt  Richard Goldberg  Susana Gómez  Mary Gow  Nic Griffin  Thomasin Grim  Carlo Grünfeld  Marc Ellen Hamel  Connie Harris  Diana Hartman  Chris Hennessy  Anne Marguerite Herbst  Roc Hopkins  Brigid Horgan  Louise Jarmilowicz  Samuli Kekki  Paul Kensinger  Russel Kiehn  Evelyne King  Krystal Lauk  Jessica Levant  Beth Levitan  Reddy Lieb  John Lindsey  Kim Long  Liz Mamorsky  Mary Margaret  Evelyn Martinez  Jimmy McCullough  Michael Meehan  Miguette Mochidome  Breeze Momar  Michelle Mongan  Connie Nakamura  Norita  Jeanette Oliver  Victoria Lynn Peterson  Margaret Reardon  Carol Reed  Roxie Reed  Henry Ricci  Denise Richards  Nathalie Roland  Ronn Rosen  Brenda Salvador  Darryl Sapien  Joel Schechter  Andreas Schmitz  Diana Scott  Elena Sheehan  Diana Shkolntk  Manfred Stadel  David Stroud  Starr Sutherland  Simona Szabados  Peter Tavasieff  Beverly Tharp  Olivia Ting  Leslie Trook  George Ushanoff  Kevin Valor  Boz Verbrugghe  Gregory Vernitsky  Chris Wayan  Kevin Webster  Deidre Weinberg  Karen Wenger  Chandler White  Don Williams  Eddie Wolowski  Allison Zalko  Edward Zalko  Scott Zimmerman  Elena Zolothitsky

photo by Michelle Mongan

 

Reception for Our 3rd Open Invitation: Surrealism Centennial

FOG was buzzing from 12-6:30. Thank you Artists, Family & Friends for celebrating with us!

A small portion of the 100+ pieces of art submitted.

Big Thanks to Nic Griffin, Chris Wayan and Michael Marrelli of The Krelkins for performing at the reception. Their quirky songs are perfectly surreal.

 

Classical Piano and Singing Saturday, June 22 at 4pm

The concert begins with pianist Scott Pratt, and singer Wei Wei will follow. They have been collaborating in the Sunset and performing together for several years. The program will be approximately 1 hour long.

Scott Pratt is a piano/music teacher at the SF Music Conservatory and Laney College in Oakland.

Wei Wei graduated from the Sichuan Music Conservatory in 1991 and continued her training with Nadine Patton, a founder of the Palo Alto West Bay Opera. She also studied music interpretation under Freita Bernstein, a former voice coach at the Moscow Music Conservatory. 

Ems, Wei Wei & Norita photo by Deb Lepsch

Bring Us Your Surreal Art!

Anne Marguerite Herbst  Watching Within  oil on canvas, 16 x 20 in. 2005

In 1924, French poet, Andre Breton, published Manifesto of Surrealism: a treatise denouncing realism and rationality. He believed the "omnipotence of dreams" and exploring the unconscious would liberate humanity. This idea became a revolutionary art movement producing weird, wild and fantastical images. It has been embraced worldwide, in many mediums, ever since. Bring us your surreal art and help us celebrate 100 years of Surrealism.

Delivery begins Friday, June 14th 12 - 6 pm and continues throughout the exhibition. Deliver only on days open: Thursday-Sunday 12-6pm.

1 submission per artist.  
All mediums no larger than 4' x 4'
Delivery by anyone other than Artist will not be accepted.
Art must be ready to hang.
Art will be hung "salon style” as it arrives. 

Art must be picked up by Sunday, July 28, 6pm. 
Artists can retrieve their work anytime during the exhibition. Arrangements to pick up art must be made if Artist will not be available by closing date.

Reception: Saturday, July 13, 1-6 pm. Artists Talk at 2pm.

Artist may choose to sell or not. 
FOG receives 30% of sale.

Print Contract and bring with your art, or fill out a contract when you deliver your art.

Questions? Contact anne@faroutgallery.com

Fun Installing Elementos by Norita

Elementos by Norita

Elements by Anne Marguerite Herbst

March 8-April 28, 2024

Reception Saturday, March 16 1-4 pm

Artists’ Talks 2 pm

Hanging John Sanborn's Show

A New Kind of Show

Far Out Gallery presents Out of Chaos | Decoding the Obvious, created by media artist John Sanborn. This interactive work is an Artificial Intelligence/Augmented Reality platform developed by Sanborn in order to exhibit video works without hanging screens. The only screen you’ll need is the one on your phone or mobile device.

 

Reception Saturday, January 20, 4-7pm

Artist’s Talk 6pm

If you’d like, scan QR code ahead of time in order to download the Eye Jack app (free) and pre-load the collection of images you’ll be playing with when you arrive at the gallery.


David Borac and Wei Wei Rapoport

We were entranced this evening at the Classical Music Concert by pianist David Borac and singer Wei Wei Rapoport!

 

Karen Hutchinson & Zachariah Spellman

We thank Karen Hutchinson-piano & Zachariah Spellman-tuba for an amazing duo performance at FOG. They treated us to folk songs and a splendid Alec Wilder tune, Moon and Sand.

 

Yvonne's Knitting Machine Demo

Yvonne made this before our very eyes!

Yvonne treated us to a marvelous afternoon of knitting on her analog machine that uses punch cards. We were given blank cards to create our own design and a special hole puncher that the machine uses to knit the design.

The art on the walls was not created with this machine. She used another machine and computer program to knit her photographs.