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The Language of Grief: A Workshop with the Bureau of Linguistical Reality

Sunday, July 9, 2023 | 11am–3:30pm

ADMISSION: Free with Museum admission; advance registration strongly recommended

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2023-07-09 11:00:00 UTC2023-07-09 23:00:00 UTC America/Los_AngelesThe CJM - 736 Mission St, San Francisco, CAThe Language of Grief: A Workshop with the Bureau of Linguistical RealityThe Bureau of Linguistical Reality is an ongoing artwork created in collaboration with the public that names unnamed feelings we experience while living through the social and environmental challenges of our times. In conjunction with the exhibition Cara Levine: To Survive I Need You to Survive, artists Alicia Escott and Heidi Quante will work with visitors from 11am–2pm to discuss and name their experiences of grief—both individual and collective—and present their findings in the gallery at 3pm. 

The Bureau of Linguistical Reality is an ongoing artwork created in collaboration with the public that names unnamed feelings we experience while living through the social and environmental challenges of our times. In conjunction with the exhibition Cara Levine: To Survive I Need You to Survive, artists Alicia Escott and Heidi Quante will work with visitors from 11am–2pm to discuss and name their experiences of grief—both individual and collective—and present their findings in the gallery at 3pm.

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About Carve: Seven Days for Collective Care

This event is part of a weeklong series of programs called Carve: Seven Days for Collective Care, which marks the final phase of community and artist activation for Cara Levine: To Survive I Need You To Survive. The programs, centered on the artwork Carve; The Mystic is Nourished From This Sphere, engage themes of grief, healing, community, and interconnectedness.

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About the Bureau of Linguistical Reality
Photo of artists Alicia Escott and Heidi Quante of the Bureau for Linguistical Reality
The Bureau of Linguistical Reality

The Bureau of Linguistical Reality, created by San Francisco artists Alicia Escott and Heidi Quante in 2014, is an ongoing artwork created in collaboration with the public to create new words to express individual and collective emotional, mental, and physical experiences in this time of great social and environmental change, with a focus on the climate crisis. They are excited to offer a unique opportunity to visitors to reflect on existing language and to create new forms to express community, ritual, grief, and healing.

About the Exhibition

Cara Levine: To Survive I Need You to Survive

Cara Levine: To Survive I Need You to Survive explores loss, empathy, and equity through sculpture, video, and socially engaged practices. Grappling with some of the most pressing issues of our time, including police brutality, climate change, and the COVID-19 pandemic, the California-based artist uses her artistic practice as a means to explore and process grief around personal and collective traumas. The resulting works highlight how creative endeavors can facilitate healing and help mourners find meaning in community with one another. Drawing on Jewish traditions, community practice, and interconnectedness, the exhibition invites visitors to explore installations and sculptural works that plumb the depths of the intimate and universal experiences of grief and regeneration.

An aerial photo of a large dirt hole, surrounded by a circle of people digging.


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supporters

Support for Cara Levine: To Survive I Need You To Survive is generously provided by Grants for the Arts.

Image Credits

Header image: Dallis Willard

Exhibition image: Cara Levine, DIG: A Hole To Put Your Grief In, 2021. Shalom Institute, Malibu, CA. Photo: Nir Yaniv. Courtesy the artist.