SARTERI

Cold ocean air, eucalyptus, asphalt still wet from fog. San Francisco at the turn of the year feels alert, almost sentient. A city thinking out loud. New Year’s Eve gathers at the Civic Center. Not a spectacle, but a collision. Fog, fireworks, improvised conversations. Founders,…

Winter 2009–2010. Shanghai to Hong Kong. Institutions observed, retail moved first, artists tested the city. We passed through newly opened temples of street culture and left temporary marks on walls and alleys. Nothing announced itself yet. It was a threshold.

In 2008, entrusted with naming a curatorial concept for an art event set against the picturesque backdrop of Piazza del Campo in Siena, Italy, our objective was to seamlessly marry the city’s rich historical heritage with the edgy enthusiasm of disruptive public art. The challenge…