The D.I.Y. Library  How-to articles and manifestos from Expo 2000-2005
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The Door is Always Open
The Department of Public Art strikes again, with a telling example of car/bicycle dynamics. By Citizen Q
A Bit of Extra Action
"Generously proportioned, smartly attired, including a hypnotic drum corps, a wicked-ass brass section and a provocatively uplifting flag squadron." By the Extra Action Marching Band
Yes, It's a Heart. In a Jar
The preserved heart of Father Junipero Sera provokes astonishment and discourse. By John Graham
Hearts in San Francisco (Remix)
What happens when "officially sanctioned" public art fails to meet the standards of a movivated band of masked art critics? By Anonymous
RESPONSE TO: Hearts in SF (Remix)
How does a conscientious public-art producer react to unsolicited critique from the street? Interview with Amy Kweskin
Memoirs of a Guerrilla Geisha
Could it be that a major Asian cultural institution was promoting orientalism? By the Guerrilla Geisha
I Stole Another Art Project
How more fitting could it be, than to appropriate a show based on appropriation? By Gordon Winiemko
New Mission Cafeteria
An organic, streetside collage project reclaims public space from swarming ad culture. By Clark Buckner
$800/1BR, Parking, Well Ventilated!
It truly was a dream apartment, "too good to be true," at the height of the dot-com housing crunch. By Matthew Purdon, Odyssey Arts
Streets on Fire
A safe space for inflammable performance manifests in SoMa. By Isa Isaacs, Temple of Poi
Urban Alterations
No one stopped to ask what he was doing with his welding kit. By Scott Kildall