Invisible 5: Auto touring the invisible landscape along the I-5 between SF & LA

Invisible-5 is a two-CD self-guided audio tour along the I-5, between Los Angeles and San Francisco. It uses the format of a museum audio tour to guide the listener along the highway landscape, mixing elements of critical tourism, sonic experiment, audio documentary, and investigative journalism. The CD set, along with a companion map booklet, will be released in April 2006. Downloads will be available as well.

Featuring: lead artist Amy Balkin in collaboration with Kim Stringfellow, Tim Halbur, GreenAction, and Pond
With support from: the Creative Work Fund, the many individuals and communities involved in the I-5'sembattled history, and the following sponsors: the Center for Public Practice at the San Francisco Art Institute and the Journal for Aesthetics and Protest.

go to the Invisible 5 website

Thursday, April 6, 7 - 9 pm- Presentation & Panel Discussion
free & open to the public
Location: Southern Exposure

Presentation by Amy Balkin & Panel Discussion with Kim Stringfellow, documentary photographer; Bradley Angel, Founder of Greenaction; Marie Lou Harris, Bayview activist; and moderator Jeannene Przyblyski, art historian and cultural geographer

March 10 - April 5, 2006- Exhibition
Opening Reception: Friday March 10, 7-9 pm
Location: Southern Exposure

In the OVERLOOK Project Space, Southern Exposure hosts Invisible-5, a two-CD self-guided audio tour along the I-5, between Los Angeles and San Francisco that uses the format of a museum audio tour to guide the listener along the highway landscape, mixing elements of critical tourism, sonic experiment, audio documentary, and investigative journalism. Drawing from oral histories, archival sound, found sound, recorded music, and field recordings to I-5 investigates the invisible toxic landscape of the I-5 corridor through the stories of people and communities fighting for environmental justice along California's major North - South corridor. On view are photographs by Kim Stringfellow, audio clips of the tour, and informational materials from collaborating organizations.

Tues-Sat, 11-5
401 Alabama St @ 17th St.
San Francisco, CA 94110
415.863.2141
soex@soex.org
www.soex.org

   

map of route (click to enlarge)   The Clean Harbors Toxic Waste Facilty,
eight miles northwest of Buttonwillow.
Diesel trucks idle at a rest stop. Mary Lou Mares - 2004