In conjunction with SF Cinematheque, Tenderloin Museum presents Once Upon a Time in the TL: Punk/Performance on Screen, a screening of video and film works selected by the late, great video artist Dale Hoyt to accompany Punk/Performance in the ‘Loin, his gallery exhibition at the museum that investigates the intersection of punk rock and performance art in the Tenderloin.

By the early 1980s, the Tenderloin & Mid-Market’s dazzling district of movie theaters had fully devolved into seedy porno joints and schlocky grind houses; but these cultural dregs reacted spectacularly with the DIY ethos and youthful energy of punk rockers and performance artists attracted to the neighborhood’s rough and ready atmosphere. Both materially and symbolically, the Tenderloin informed this artistic milieu’s experiments in appropriation, recontextualization, and cultural critique, aided by the emergence and proliferation of the video format. 

Hoyt’s program leans towards the musical in its survey of punk/performance in the Tenderloin and includes videos featuring The Units, Tuxedomoon, Snakefinger, and Flipper, along with works by Craig Baldwin, Richard Gaikowski, and Hoyt himself. 

Admission is $10, reserve your tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/once-upon-a-time-in-the-tl-punkperformance-on-screen-tickets-327538064167