As SFAI’s Film Department Chair, and in association with ZAZ Corner, I’m pleased to present Tunnels of the Mind , a selection of 18 recent works by SFAI-affiliated artists, appearing on a Jumbotron in Times Square, New York City, starting at 7am on June 10th, 2020 and running through June 15, 2020 at midnight.
On Friday, June 12th, and Saturday, June 13th 2020 at 9pm PDT, SFAI will project the entire program in San Francisco on the school’s landmark tower at 800 Chestnut Street, a venue that is visible to audiences throughout the city’s North Beach neighborhood.
Synchronously, ZAZ Corner will feature a special midnight screening in New York, making this evening a live bi-coastal act of East Coast-West Coast solidarity.
We will begin the projection in San Francisco with Artistic Messaging from Grad Voice, a collective of People of Color and International Students, which I helped establish at SFAI in March 2020. Members include: Kavena Hambira, Oscar Lopez Guerrero, Shara Mays, Christopher Williams, and Mengjiao Zhang. These messages will directly speak to Black Lives Matter and racial injustice and inequality. The program begins 9PM PDT / Midnight EST, and it will continue, about an hour later, with Tunnels of the Mind. Please join us HERE.
A huge special thanks to Shara Mays, Christopher Paddock, and Tanya Zimbardo for helping make this community event a success, and to the SFAI community for coming together during a tough time in the world.
SF Chronicle: https://datebook.sfchronicle.
Hoodline: https://hoodline.com/2020/06/
L’Orient Le Jour: https://www.lorientlejour.com/article/1225792/zeina-barakeh-son-art-tout-en-haut-de-laffiche.html
Shara Mays @sharamays
Christopher Williams @theblackdavinci 
Lena Wright @tseabbe
Orit Ben Shitrit
All images courtesy of Zdravko Cota/ZAZ10TS.