SFMOMA (Venue Partner)
151 Third St.
415-357-4000
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Phyllis Wattis Theater
With art by Mona Caron and an essay by Aaron Shurin, this broadside map juxtaposes the habitats of local butterflies with the shifting locations of queer public space. By paralleling two dozen butterflies — two of which, the Brown Satyr and Xerxes Blue, are now extinct — with both vibrant and lost LGBTQ landmarks, a particularly shimmering flight pattern of San Francisco denizens comes to light.
Infinite City Launch and Celebration
Rebecca Solnit, writer
David Rumsey, collector
Aaron Shurin, poet
The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, saints
In this opening celebration and introduction to the Infinite City project, Solnit is joined by Rumsey, president of Cartography Associates, to discuss the relevance of cartography in the modern world, the collecting of maps, and the rich histories they can embody. Shurin reads from the map, and the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence bless the occasion and give away the broadsides.
