Sad Francisco

YBCA's Neoliberal Nothingspeak on Palestine f/ Ralowe Ampu

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Episode notes

On February 15, eight artists altered their works at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) in solidarity with Palestine. Ralowe Ampu is on to talk about the YBCA's neoliberal nothingspeak response to the artists' - and now many staffmembers' - demands of a museum that claims to be centered on diversity and community. **The museum remains closed as of March 7.

• Love Letter to Gaza, Open Letter from the Artists 
• Boycott YBCA Artists' Statement 
• Open Letter from YBCA Employees in Support of Palestine and BAN9 Artists 
• Artists Alter Their Own Work at YBCA in Pro-Palestinian Protest (Nastia Voynovskaya, KQED) 
• Welcome to Airspace: How Silicon Valley helps spread the same sterile aesthetic across the world (Kyle Chayka, The Verge) 
• Screen Grabs: What did we learn from the fight for the Castro Theatre? 
• Brooklyn Museum and PEN America Accused of “Silence” on Gaza Ceasefire (Maya Pontone, Hyperallergic) 

Sad Francisco is produced by Toshio Meronek and edited by Tofu Estolas. Please support the show and find links to our past episodes on Patreon.