After 5 epic weeks of a daily Free Cafe and nightly free events, the Streetopia exhibit at San Francisco’s Luggage Store Gallery closed last Saturday, June 23.

 

The show concluded with Tim Kerr leading an impromptu crowd of performers and the entire audience of hundreds in a joyous, noisy, and sweaty free jazz spiritual wail called, “Freedom”, followed immediately by Shell Shag, surrounded on the floor by a throng of dancing punks. SO GOOD.

Thanks again for all who helped out, performed, read, showed movies, cooked food, spoke, built stuff, served food, cleaned up, hauled stuff, donated stuff, or simply came to enjoy the space. It was a wonderful time for me, a very life changing experience, and all we could have hoped for.

For those who didn’t get to check it out, Streetopia was an exhibit at two venues in downtown San Francisco and the Tenderloin, featuring free events and tons of art, curated by Chris Johanson, Kal Spelletich, and myself.  Participants included Barry McGee, SWOON, Monica Canilao, Bill Daniel, Christine Shields, Emory Douglas, Tim Kerr, Greta Snider, Ryder Cooley, Sam Green, Sarah Schulman, Chip Lord, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Brontez Purnell, LoveWarz, and a billion more. Sy Wagon ran a daily Free Cafe at The Tenderloin National Forest and there were performances in the streets and in public as well.

 

It would be too much to list h ere, but you can piece together the details at www.streetopiasf.com

 

Stay tuned for a future video and catalog.

THANKS AGAIN.

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