Queerness, Activism, & The Mission—Past to Present
Hosted by Gray Area
Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021 | 3–6PM
Primary Resources:
The GLBT Historical Society, El Tecolote, 48 Hills,
Mission Local
Artists Flavia Elisa Mora & Hernán Martinez
I led a walking tour & augmented reality workshop on Queerness, Activism, & the Mission—Past to Present for Gray Area’s 2021 Fall Festival. The workshop featured oral history interviews with two queer Latinx artists: Precita Eyes Muralist, activist, and poet Flavia Elisa Mora, and Mission-based artist and seamstress Hernán Martinez.
The workshop addressed the festival theme of ‘Worlding Protocol’ through a lens of queerness, Mission-based activism, and the intersections between the two. The walking tour highlighted lost queer spaces, murals, sites of current and former activism, and other features of the Calle 24 Cultural District.
Audio Excerpts
I used Adobe Aero to activate history by overlaying historic images on top of the current streetscape of the Mission. I connected past to present by showing the layers of history that have been absorbed by the ever-changing face of San Francisco. From (L) to (R): 1009 Valencia Street of the 1980s overlain on today’s facade; the vandalized ‘Por Vida’ mural at 24th & Bryant overlain on a Calle24 billboard of today; the mural, ‘Las Lechugueras,’ by Juana Alicia (1983) overlain on ‘La Llorona’s Sacred Waters,’ also by Alicia (2004).
AR Scenes—View with Adobe Aero (iPhone, Android)
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Old Wives Tales, 1009 Valencia
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La Llorona’s Sacred Waters/ Las Lechugueras, 24th & York
- Por Vida, 24th & Bryant
Images
Tour Map & Stops:
[Gray Area] The Foxy Lady, 2664 Mission Street; Rest in Power Mural
[CCSF Parklet] Lesbian Valencia Street: Artemis Café, Good Vibrations
[21st & Valencia] The Catacombs I, 3343 21st Street
[1009 Valencia] Old Wives Tales (AR Overlay #1)
[21st & San Carlos] The Lexington Club; Paint the Void; Lyon Martin Health Services
[21st & Capp] Bethany Senior Housing, Ruth’s Table
[825 Shotwell] César Chavez Elementary School
[23rd & Folsom] Red Poppy Art House
[23rd & Harrison] El Arroyo Laundry/ Lavando Agusto Mural
[24th & York] La Llorona’s Sacred Waters Mural (AR Overlay #3)
[24th & York mini-park] Calle24 Latino Cultural District
[24th & Bryant] Por Vida Mural (AR Overlay #2)
[24th & Florida] 500 Years of Resistance Mural
[24th & Lucky] La Cultura Cura Mural
[2981 24th Street] Precita Eyes Muralists
[3001 24th Street] Casa de la Misión
[Balmy Alley] Balmy Alley & Mujeres Muralistas
[3130 24th Street] Adobe Books & Arts Cooperative
[24th & Capp] Alto al Fuego en la Misión Mural
Additional Resources
3) Leticia Hernández Interview with Juana Alicia
4) The Mission District—A History of Resistence | for the Mission Anti-Displacement Coalition, 2006
4) The Mission District—A History of Resistence | for the Mission Anti-Displacement Coalition, 2006
funded by the San Francisco Arts Commission and the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency.
www.sfartscommission.org.