MIS Historic Learning Center » Artists’ Eyes Film Series on March 10, 2018

Join us for an afternoon of films created by Reiko Fujii and Tina Takemoto, artists in the Artist Eyes, Art of Incarceration Exhibition. A film about artist Ruth Asawa will also be shown. The filmmakers, and Aiko Cuneo (Ruth’s daughter) will talk about the work following the viewing

Date and Time: March 10, 2-4pm
Location: MIS Historic Learning Center. 640 Old Mason St, Crissy Field, Presidio of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94129

”Detained Alien Enemies” by Reiko Fujii

The film highlights memories of Reiko Fujii’s family, friends and acquaintances as they recall their experiences during their incarceration in American concentration camps during WWII. 22 minutes.

“Work-in-progress from the Isa Trilogy” by Tina Takemoto

Inspired by prewar cannery workers in San Diego, the Isa Trilogy offers a queer meditation on the Japanese American women who cleaned the tuna, worked the assembly line, and found same-sex intimacy amid sake and fish guts while the men were off to sea. 6:39 minutes

“Semiotics of Sab” by Tina Takemoto

An oblique portrait of gay Japanese American actor Sab Shimono, whose work on stage and screen spans more than five decades. Recalling early structuralist works by Hollis Frampton and Martha Rosler, Semiotics of Sab displays the grammatology of queer Asian American masculinity through conflicting lexicons of race, representation, and selfhood. 5:34 minutes

“Ruth Asawa: Of Form and Growth” by Robert Snyder, son of Buckminster Fuller, one of Ruth’s teachers at Black Mountain College

A portrait of artist Ruth Asawa, and an exploration of her personal philosophies that have influenced her work. 25 minutes.