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D-L Alvarez and Kevin Killian: The Visitor Owl
D-L Alvarez, artist
Kevin Killian, writerFourth-floor performance gallery
Thursday, August 23, 2012, 7:30 p.m. SOLD OUT
Saturday and Sunday, August 25 and 26, 2012, 3:00 p.m.View excerpts from the performance in our video archive.
This collaboration between writer Killian, visual artist Alvarez, and the San Francisco Poets Theater features hyperbolic reenactments of two seminal Sidney Poitier films about high school: Blackboard Jungle (1955) and To Sir with Love (1967). Incorporating film and live performance, this production examines a dialogue between Cold War culture, student riots, and Hollywood depictions of pedagogy, racism, and adolescence.
Part of Stage Presence Performance Series.
Thursday evening is SOLD OUT.
Saturday and Sunday: Space is limited; advance tickets required. $18 general; $13 seniors; $11 students; free for SFMOMA members. Ticket includes same-day museum admission.
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Image: Kevin Killian, D-L Alvarez, and San Francisco Poets Theater, The Visitor Owl, 2012; image courtesy D-L Alvarez
