Some filmmakers are working on a profile of the folks that live and work at Project Artaud, the artist community on Florida Street. Here’s the deal:
For the uninitiated, this video is meant to be our “proof of concept.” In other words, the film above is a trailer for a longer piece we hope to shoot starting January 2013. Between now and 2013, we’ll be finishing pre-production and raising money.
Project Artaud is our maiden subject. Eventually, we hope to expand our scope to include artist communities located both nationally and internationally. If all goes well, Shared Vision will become a series of 30 minute videos on artist communities throughout world.
Sounds good! Watch:
Read on for further background.
Wow – its like a history project of what San Francisco believed in at one time. I mean before we wised up and became a bedroom community for Twitter.
An amazing local institution. Hopefully the cooperative owns those buildings, as that seems to be the only way these organizations can withstand the changes.
they do own the building.
Is Artaud a place occupied by people who create relevant work or a place where artists go to retire? I respect what they (the filmmakers) are trying to do and how they did it. But I fear they’ve depicted the latter scenario (in this short clip anyway).
a place where people who can’t make it in the real world find comfort behind the facade of, “I’m an artist,” with little but the bare assertion to back it up.
‘real world’ is relative. I’ve always been happy to know that Project Artaud exists in my world. Apparently, you feel differently about your world.
These people all look really neurotic and rich honky.
This building is infested with drug dealer!! is a mafia exploiting the arts community! they hide under the umbrella of community art to evade taxes!