Sarah Burke
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Trevor Paglen Peers Into the World of Computer Vision
A Study of Invisible Images, which is showing at New York’s Metro Pictures, illuminates the ways that machines interpret and see images. → Read More
Martial Arts for Feminist Journos
Four days after the Ghost Ship fire, I was sitting awake at 4 a.m. in front of an empty Word document, crying. I was crying not only from immense fear... → Read More
Research Notes: Decentering Masculinity in Journalism
Cultivating a personal approach to reporting is an ongoing process that, for me, involves both close introspection and researching across discourses and... → Read More
Making Queer and Trans Asian American Identities Visible
A new book from the Visibility Project's Mia Nakano presents photos of Asian American queer women, trans individuals, and gender non-conforming folks. → Read More
Abolish the Tiki Bar
At the tiny high school I attended in Honolulu, Hawai’i, it was customary for the graduating class to take a celebratory trip off the island. After much f → Read More
In ‘Tiny Bubbles,’ a Parody Social Network and Experimental Podcast
At the San Francisco Arts Commission galleries, an inspired collection of nontraditional works brings the small self-made worlds of different artists and producers into rare conversation. → Read More
Porpentine’s Linguistic Slimescapes
Cover art for Psycho Nymph Exile by Sloane. Courtesy Porpentine. Porpentine Charity Heartscape is waiting at the entrance to the apartment complex she lives in... → Read More
An Expanded Approach to Asian-Americanness at Vessel Gallery
A new exhibit in Oakland avoids recycled Asian tropes, and instead includes works with a challenging, contemporary approach. → Read More
A House Full of Black Women Gets a Week of Rest
Amara Tabor-Smith and Ellen Sebastian Chang's two-year performance series 'House/Full of BlackWomen' address the displacement, well-being, and sex trafficking of black women and girls in Oakland. → Read More
Rebecca Solnit on Sense of Place and Writing for Social Change
Ocean Beach is Rebecca Solnit's favorite place on Earth, which is significant because the acclaimed San Francisco essayist and author of seventeen books — including... → Read More
Crying on Camera: “fourth-wave feminism” and the threat of commodification
Petra Collins, Untitled (24 Hour Psycho), 2016; Digital C-print, 65 x 43 inches, edition of 2. Courtesy of the artist and Ever Gold Carly Rae Jepsen’s recent... → Read More
This Weekend's Top Six Events
Surely our San Francisco International Film Fest guide as you all booked for next weekend, but what are you going to do in the meantime?... → Read More
Alex Oslance's Industrial Decay
During his Saturday morning artist talk at Aggregate Space Gallery (801 West Grand Ave., Oakland), Alex Oslance sat, slightly hunched over, and mostly mumbled about... → Read More
This Weekend's Top Five Events
That feeling when you look up from your desk and realize it's already the weekend. Haven't made plans? Have no fear. We're here to help: ... → Read More
Pop-Up Magazine Presents Stories for All Five Senses
Pop-Up Magazine presents its organizers with an unusual publicity problem. When I interviewed Derek Fagerstrom, the co-creative director of the San Francisco-based, live long-form journalism... → Read More
The Fight to Save Betti Ono Continues
As the Express reported last month in our feature "Will Oakland Lose Its Artistic Soul?," Betti Ono Gallery (1427 Broadway, Oakland) is facing threat of displacement due... → Read More
This Weekend's Top Five Events
It's the weekend already! What a treat. And here's how to enjoy it: Oakland Lost Landscapes Historian and media activist Rick Prelinger’s popular Lost Landscapes... → Read More
But What About Black Girls?
Bay Area author and social justice scholar Monique W. Morris' new non-fiction book, Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools, begins with a description... → Read More
Where Chefs Shop
For anyone interested in cooking authentic ethnic cuisine, the single "ethnic" aisle at any chain grocery store can be saddening. Luckily, the East Bay, one... → Read More
Gabby Miller as Cross-Cultural Cargo
A flight from Hanoi to Oakland takes approximately twenty hours. But when Oakland artist Gabby Miller flew back from her four-month stay in Hanoi last... → Read More