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Rachel Hertog, Kate Pocrass & Patrick J. Kavanagh, Larnie Fox, Amy Balkin, Ricardo Rivera, Matt Volla, Institute for Advance Architecture & Basekamp, Kathleen Quillian & Gilbert Guerrero, Amy Franceschini & David Lu & Michael Swaine, San Francisco Bureau of Urban Secrets

Opening Reception: Saturday November 20, 2004, 7-10 pm

In conjunction with Shine! a weekend-long Mission art-crawl

Gallery Open to the public 3-8 pm on following days:

-Sat 11/20, Sun 11/2, Sat 12/4, Sun 12/5, Sat 12/11, Sun 12/12 - And by appointment!!!

Schedule of participatory excursions and events:

-Sat Nov 20, 7-10 pm: a traveling video bike performance by Ricardo Rivera

-Fri Dec 3rd, 7-10 pm: launch for Instant City magazine, a literary exploration of San Francisco

-Sat Dec 4th, 3 pm: Dice Walk led by Larnie Fox

-Sun Dec 5th, 3 pm: Speakfirst Walking Tour led by Amy Balkin

This Way Please is a participatory curatorial installation premised on the concept of a travel agency offering tours of the everyday. Works selected for the exhibition foreground the subjective experience of the world as necessarily mediated through personalized maps, guides, tours and cartographic accoutrement. The exhibition will feature performances and their documentation, installations to be experienced in the gallery, and additional items intended to be taken away by visitors.

Ranging in discipline, examples include a field guide to the Mission by biologist Rachel Hertog, an exploration of San Francisco's hidden vernacular secrets by Kate Pocrass and Patrick J. Kavanagh, a free speech wander led by Amy Balkin through SF with readings in private urban plazas, and more. In Fingerprint Maze 2004, collaborators Amy Franceschini, David Lu, and Michael Swaine create a physical interface that will scan gallery visitors' fingerprints and translate them into a three-dimensional maze that can be navigated on screen. The transformation of biometric measurements into a maze or game metaphorically suggests the labrynthine qualities of personality, identity, and subjectivity. Matt Volla's series of work entitled BARTology transposes the commuting patterns of unwitting BART riders into a musical score. The score thus provides an auditory excursion of an everyday route. Come by and participate!