"> Name: MFA Student at the San Francisco Art Institute "formally reprimanded" by the administration for videotaping an on-campus protest

Date: 2006-present

Location: North America

SubjectPolitical/Economic/Social Opinion

MediumFilm/Video


Artist: Marynell Maloney

Confronting Bodies: SFAI Administration, led by Chris Bratton, Espi Sanjana, and Okwui Enwezor

Date of Action: April 3, 2009

Specific Location: The San Francisco Art Institute, 800 Chestnut St., San Francisco California

Description of Artwork: Videotape of Student Protest of lay-offs of 9 tenured professors



Description of Incident: having videotaped the collaborative student art intervention in the courtyard at SFAI on Friday April 3, 2008 at 12:00 p.m.. At 4:30pm that same afternoon two representatives of Administration approached me when I was alone on the quad and duly gave me a formal warning for my conduct.



Results of Incident: Formal Warning



Source: Letter by Marynell Maloney posted on SFAI students' website devoted to protesting the lay-offs of 9 tenured faculty and the changes at SFAI under Bratton and Enwezor

Submitted By: SFAI Faculty Member


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