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SFO Museum @sfomuseum.bsky.social · 3d

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Binti 2018
first published 2015
Nnedi Okorafor
Tordotcom
anonymous lender
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SFO Museum @sfomuseum.bsky.social · 3d

A very special thank you to curatorial consultant Ingrid LaFleur for her assistance with this exhibition.

See "Women of Afrofuturism" on display, post-security, in Harvey Milk Terminal 1 and online at: bit.ly/Women-Afrofu...

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SFO Museum @sfomuseum.bsky.social · 3d

“Binti” is Nigerian American author Nnedi Okorafor’s first story set in space. Okorafor explores Africanfuturism, a subcategory of science fiction rooted in African culture, history, and mythology.

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SFO Museum @sfomuseum.bsky.social · 8d

“The AIDS Memorial Quilt" is on display, pre-security, in the Mayor Edwin M. Lee International Terminal Departures Hall and online at: bit.ly/AIDSQuiltSFO

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SFO Museum @sfomuseum.bsky.social · 8d

Within a year, the FDA agreed to speed development of AIDS medications and had modified clinical trial methods, making potentially lifesaving, experimental drugs available to people living with HIV/AIDS.
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SFO Museum @sfomuseum.bsky.social · 8d

On October 11, 1988, fifteen-hundred ACT UP members descended on the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) headquarters in Rockville, Maryland, to “Seize Control of the FDA,” their first national demonstration.
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SFO Museum @sfomuseum.bsky.social · 8d

The AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) is one of the most influential activist groups represented in the Quilt. Often the group is seen demonstrating beneath banners and signs emblazoned with the pink triangle and “Silence=Death” call to action.
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SFO Museum @sfomuseum.bsky.social · 9d

See “Minus Plus Multiply” by Chu-Chieh Lee in the Video Arts Gallery, located pre-security in the Mayor Edwin M. Lee International Terminal Departures Hall, open daily from 8:00am to 10:00pm. Learn more about this month’s films at: bit.ly/Video-Arts
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SFO Museum @sfomuseum.bsky.social · 9d

Animator Chu-Chieh Lee experiments with 2D animation, stop-motion, and sound to construct a poetic narrative of self-exploration and healing, examining the connection between emotion and the environment.

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SFO Museum @sfomuseum.bsky.social · 10d

See “Homage to Zane Gray” by Roy De Forest on display Post-Security in Terminal 2 and online at: bit.ly/4poifz7

#PublicArt #RoyDeForest

Homage to Zane Gray | SFO Museum

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SFO Museum @sfomuseum.bsky.social · 10d

Roy De Forest was one of a group of artists whose work developed around a personal iconography that became identified in the 1960s and 70s as Bay Area Funk. The title of this varnished polymer on canvas refers to Zane Grey (1872–1939) the author of many popular novels about the Old West.

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SFO Museum @sfomuseum.bsky.social · 11d

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menu: Air France; 1957
Gift of Thomas G. Dragges
2001.080.217

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#52Menus #AvGeek

Menu: Air France. Paper, ink. Gift of Thomas G. Dragges, SFO Museum Collection. 2001.080.217.

Menu: Air France is an object and its permanent ID is 1511922135.

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SFO Museum @sfomuseum.bsky.social · 11d

Air France was founded #onthisday in 1933. Did you know the symbol of Air France is the winged seahorse? Originally the logo of Air Orient, which merged into Air France in 1933, the seahorse with wings represented the union of sea and sky, a visual metaphor for the company's flying boats. #52menus

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John B. Roberts @pencoyd.bsky.social · 15d

Another excellent exhibition at SFO. #GiveMeARing @sfomuseum.bsky.social

Post on display in Give Me a Ring exhibition at SFO, Terminal 2. "Your voice gets you there."

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SFO Museum @sfomuseum.bsky.social · 15d

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"How Long ‘til Black Future Month?” 2018
N. K. Jemisin
Orbit Books
anonymous lender
L2025.0208.012

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Women of Afrofuturism | SFO Museum

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SFO Museum @sfomuseum.bsky.social · 15d

A very special thank you to curatorial consultant Ingrid LaFleur for her assistance with this exhibition.

See "Women of Afrofuturism" on display, post-security, in Harvey Milk Terminal 1 and online at: bit.ly/Women-Afrofu... #WomenofAfrofuturism

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SFO Museum @sfomuseum.bsky.social · 15d

Internationally acclaimed author and MacArthur Fellow N. K. Jemisin has sold over two million copies of her “Broken Earth” trilogy. “How Long ’til Black Future Month?” is her only published collection of short stories. Have you read works by N. K. Jemisin?

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SFO Museum @sfomuseum.bsky.social · 16d

See “Gavião Kyikatêjê” by Luiz Whately in the Video Arts Gallery, located pre-security in the Mayor Edwin M. Lee International Terminal Departures Hall, and open daily from 8:00am to 10:00pm. Learn more about this month’s films at: bit.ly/Video-Arts

#VideoArts #VideoArtsSFO

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SFO Museum @sfomuseum.bsky.social · 16d

Director Luiz Whately combines various visual techniques and animation to share the story of Brazil’s first Indigenous soccer team, “Gavião Kyikatejê FC,” and how they fight prejudice and amplify Indigenous resilience through the sport of fútbol.

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