{"id":4898,"date":"2013-09-10T07:47:41","date_gmt":"2013-09-10T14:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alivinglibrary.org\/archive-site\/?p=4898"},"modified":"2013-12-11T12:09:40","modified_gmt":"2013-12-11T20:09:40","slug":"living-library-bonnie-ora-sherks-early-work-featured-interview-sfaq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alivinglibrary.org\/archive-site\/art-landscape-architecture-systemic-design\/living-library-bonnie-ora-sherks-early-work-featured-interview-sfaq","title":{"rendered":"SFAQ Interview:  A Living Library &#038; Bonnie Ora Sherk&#8217;s Early Work Featured"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>SFAQ<\/strong><\/em>, an International Arts and Culture online and print Journal, features an <em><strong>Interview<\/strong><\/em> with <em><strong>Bonnie Ora Sherk<\/strong><\/em> by <em><strong>Terri Cohn\u00a0<\/strong><\/em> in the latest edition, published September 3.\u00a0 Among many works discussed and shown, are <em><strong>A Living Library<\/strong><\/em> and <em><strong>Sitting Still l, <\/strong><\/em>both seen below<strong><\/strong><em><strong>.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em><strong><\/strong><em><strong><br \/><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>View the <em><strong>SFAQ<\/strong> I<strong>nterview<\/strong><\/em> by Terri Cohn in its entirety <a href=\"https:\/\/alivinglibrary.org\/archive-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Bonnie-Ora-Sherk-SFAQ.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Another <em><strong>Interview<\/strong><\/em> with <em><strong>Bonnie Ora Sherk<\/strong><\/em> by <em><strong>Stephanie Smith<\/strong> <\/em>is also featured in <a href=\"https:\/\/alivinglibrary.org\/archive-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/cover-table-of-contents-interview.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Feast<\/a>,\u00a0 published in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>This <a href=\"https:\/\/alivinglibrary.org\/archive-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/large-UN-ALL-promotes-sustainability.pdf\">featured page<\/a>\u00a0below on<strong><\/strong><em><strong> A Living Library<\/strong><\/em>, is also being published in<strong><\/strong><em><strong> Centerpoint Now, <\/strong><\/em>in conjunction with the<strong><\/strong><em><strong> United Nations Department of Information, <\/strong><\/em>in honor of the Opening of the<strong><\/strong><em><strong> General Assembly of the United Nations<\/strong><\/em> in New York, September, 2013.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/alivinglibrary.org\/archive-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/ALL-SFAQ-Page.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4900\" alt=\"ALL SFAQ Page\" src=\"https:\/\/alivinglibrary.org\/archive-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/ALL-SFAQ-Page-826x1024.jpg\" width=\"826\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alivinglibrary.org\/archive-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/ALL-SFAQ-Page-826x1024.jpg 826w, https:\/\/alivinglibrary.org\/archive-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/ALL-SFAQ-Page-201x250.jpg 201w, https:\/\/alivinglibrary.org\/archive-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/ALL-SFAQ-Page.jpg 1575w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 826px) 100vw, 826px\" \/><\/a><em><strong>Sitting Still l<\/strong><\/em>, 1970.\u00a0 In this early performance piece, the artist is seated in a found environment of garbage and water across from the construction site of the 101 Interchange at Army and Bayshore, facing the &#8220;audience&#8221;, comprised of people in slow-moving cars, due to the construction.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alivinglibrary.org\/archive-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/SittingStill-1-EVENsmallerClassic-View.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"SittingStill-1\" src=\"https:\/\/alivinglibrary.org\/archive-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/SittingStill-1-EVENsmallerClassic-View-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"479\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Considered now, by<em> Bonnie Ora Sherk<\/em>, to be her <em>&#8220;Watershed Piece&#8221;<\/em>, unbeknownst to her at the time, she was literally facing her future:\u00a0 The actual site of what would become the pioneering, uban agriculture and art, <em><strong>Crossroads Community (the farm)<\/strong><\/em>, which she founded and directed beginning in 1974, and the northern frame of the <em>Islais Creek Watershed,<\/em> which she is continually involved in\u00a0 today.\u00a0 She is also sitting in water from the <em>Islais Creek<\/em>, which she wants to daylight in diverse places in the <em>Watershed, <\/em>the largest in San Francisco.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SFAQ, an International Arts and Culture online and print Journal, features an Interview with Bonnie Ora Sherk by Terri Cohn\u00a0 in the latest edition, published September 3.\u00a0 Among many works discussed and shown, are A Living Library and Sitting Still l, both seen below.\u00a0 View the SFAQ Interview by Terri Cohn in its entirety here. 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