Pop-up public art activation on Bluxome Street in San Francisco

We’re hosting a temporary public art installation on Bluxome Street in the SOMA neighborhood of San Francisco, and inviting the Bay Area Film Photography Meetup to come be part of it.

A small group of local photographers will be installing wheatpaste work to help beautify a heavily graffitied construction fence — a fully removable, daytime pop-up public art activation. The focus is on process, presence, and participation rather than a finished “show.”

This is a chance to:

• Learn how to wheatpaste and join in hanging the work
• Photograph the act of installation (wheatpasting, layering, tearing, repairing)
• Document ephemeral street work before it disappears
• Spend time with other photographers in a low-pressure, human-scale setting
• Contribute to a moment of neighborhood care and activation

This is not a formal exhibit or opening. It’s intentionally temporary and informal. The art may be gone with the next rainstorm — but the moment, and the images you make, will last.

What to expect

• A public, daytime gathering on the sidewalk (no entry into private property)
• Artists actively installing and interacting with the space
• Film- and digital-friendly shooting
• Casual conversation, observation, and documentation
• BYOB if you’d like — nothing will be provided

If at any point the installation needs to come down, everything is fully removable and we’ll pack up without fuss.

Tone & etiquette

• Be respectful of the neighborhood and passersby
• Ask before photographing individuals
• This is about participation and observation, not performance

Logistics

• 📍 Location: Bluxome Street between 4th and 5th
• 📅 Date: Saturday, January 31
• ⏰ Time: 10am-1pm

Come and go as you like.

Production support provided by Underdog Film Lab.