The future now, 2021
by Related Tactics (Michele Carlson, Weston Teruya, and Nathan Watson).
Commissioned by University of San Francisco, Thacher Gallery and curated by Astria Supurak. November 19, 2020-February 14, 2021
The future now is a sprawling, site-responsive public art project by Related Tactics (Michele Carlson, Weston Teruya, Nathan Watson) on view from November 19, 2020-February 14, 2021. Illuminating facets of Black life in the city and exploring the state of national politics, this new commission will be viewable from the street and located in multiple sites within walking distance along the 3rd Street corridor of San Francisco’s Bayview neighborhood.
The public project is presented in conjunction with “Become the Monuments That Cannot Fall,” an online survey exhibition of work by Related Tactics launching December 1st and organized by Astria Suparak with USF’s MA in Museum Studies Curatorial Practicum class and commissioned by Thacher Gallery, University of San Francisco.
Special thanks to Bayview businesses and storefronts participating in The future now: Auntie April’s Chicken Waffles & Soul Food, Bayview Opera House gallery space, Economic Development on Third (EDOT), G. Mazzei & Sons’ Hardware, Gratta Wines, The Jazz Room, JN Outreach, Kennedy Market, La Laguna Taqueria, Radio Africa Kitchen, Star Market, Sunday Gather, and the representatives of 4726 and 4900 3rd St.
Chinese translations by Liuyu Ivy Chen for TransWords.net. Spanish translations by Rakhel Villamil-Acera, Associate Professor of Spanish Studies at USF.