After Dark: #SELFIE

Your Multi-Colored Personality With Heike Winterheld
7:30 p.m.  |  Osher Gallery 1, Kanbar Forum

Are you curious about your personality or those of your friends, romantic partners, or family members? Are you wondering why different people react differently to the same situation? Have you ever experienced a personality conflict, with others or within yourself? There is nothing black-and-white about your personality, it consists of many different psychological facets that add up to what makes you uniquely you. Come join Exploratorium social psychologist Heike Winterheld to learn how social scientists measure personality, see what a test says about your relationships and how you behave in everyday life, and gain a whole new appreciation for your personality.

#SELFIE Cinema With Cinema Arts
8:00 and 9:00 p.m.  |  Osher Gallery 1

While the impulse to self-document and share carefully constructed versions of our stories has deep roots, the pervasiveness of media technology has brought this impulse to the forefront of our lives. This fascinating collection of shorts takes a step back to observe the ways in which we craft and broadcast our true-and not so true-selves to audiences known and unknown. From disturbing reality television tropes to a behind-the-scenes look at a live-streaming celebrity, these films move swiftly between uproariously funny and unexpectedly moving.

Trust the Process: What’s So Funny About Writing Comics? With Juliana “Jewels” Smith
8:30 p.m.  |  Bechtel Gallery 3, Wattis Webcast Studio

Do comics strips have the power to prompt change? As an educator, Juliana “Jewels” Smith found that the visual language of comics proved an unorthodox, but successful, method of reaching her students. She has since created comics to challenge readers’ presumptions around race, class, gender, and sexuality through insightful dialogue, humor, and satire. Join Jewels, creator of (H)afrocentric, to learn more about what brought her to comics, how she works, and how every creative decision can impact a finished piece.

Ongoing

The Art of (H)afrocentric With Juliana “Jewels” Smith
6:00-10:00 p.m.  |  Bechtel Gallery 3, Wattis Webcast Studio

(H)afrocentric is a comic book series and strip based on the exploits of Naima and Miles Pepper, two Black siblings, and their friends of color at the fictional Ronald Reagan University. Created by Juliana “Jewels” Smith, the comics tackle racism, gentrification, activist culture, and more with levity and humor.  Drop in to take a closer look at select panels exhibited at a large scale.

Zine Library With the San Francisco Zine Fest
6:30-9:30 p.m.  |  Gallery 2

Zines have a long history as a medium of choice for marginalized voices, outcasts, and countercultures. The format-unencumbered by rules relating to form, function, or purpose-allows makers to find the approach that best expresses their unique selves. Peruse a sample of hand-crafted, small- batch zines selected by San Francisco Zine Fest., garner inspiration for your own zine as you thumb through the library, and learn more about the rich (sub)culture of the zine community.

Selfless Analog Selfie Station With Kit Young 
6:30-9:30 p.m.  |  Gallery 2

Tired of wondering what you could look like as the star of an infinitely adaptable, generative video signal? Wonder no more: take a seat at Kit Young’s Selfless Analog Selfie Station to see your image merged and submerged in video feedback and video synthesis. Adapted by artists since the 1960s, video synthesizers use a signal generated directly by the synthesizer or an input image-or both-to produce infinitely variable patterns and abstract images.

Single, Sewn, Saddled, and Folded: Zine Construction 101 With the San Francisco Zine Fest
6:30-9:30 p.m.  |  Gallery 2

Try your hand at a few common methods of zine construction in this drop-in activity. ithin the pages of zines, creators’ self-expression  is unbound-butin the physical construction of the zine, binding can make an impact. Working with zine artists from the SF Zine Fest Community, try your hand at four prevalent binding methods: single-page, sewn, accordion-folded, and saddle-stitched.

Shadow Portraits With the Tinkering Studio
7:00-9:00 p.m.  |  Gallery 2, Tinkering Studio

Illuminate your inner and outer essence with a personal silhouette. Can you use the contours of letters and everyday objects to cast a shadow that captures the real you?