Video Arts

SFO Museum’s Video Arts program provides visibility to a range of contemporary artists and filmmakers who are at the leading edge of their craft. From short-form documentaries and narratives, to experimental films and all forms of animation, Video Arts brings you the thought-provoking, innovative work of today’s filmmakers.

This gallery is located pre-security on the departures level of International Terminal with daily operating hours of 5:00am to midnight.

SFO Museum reviews exhibition proposals from artists and filmmakers on a rolling basis. Video Arts is currently programming films that are 20 minutes or less in duration and schedules each film for a four-week presentation. Due to our operation in a public space, Video Arts does not program work that features overt sexual or violent content. Those who are interested in participating may submit their work via our online form, here.

Now on View

Floreana

2018 Louis Morton: Inspired by a nature exhibit that allows visitors to experience the world through the eyes of different species, filmmaker Louis Morton presents a future world in which climate change survivors turn to animals to return the planet to livable shape.

N- Uprising

2019 Thomas Blanchard: In his experimental film that evokes the cycles of nature, French filmmaker Thomas Blanchard employs brilliant color to highlight some of the beautiful insects and plants that inhabit our world.

Kathryn

2019 Bas Berkhout: Dutch filmmaker Bas Berkhout profiles twenty-five-year-old artist Kathryn Engberg, a third-generation classical realist portrait painter whose work challenges the manner in which women are typically portrayed in the media.

A Year along the Geostationary Orbit

2018 Felix Dierich: German filmmaker Felix Dierich provides a hypnotic vision of our planet through the distant eyes of Japan’s meteorological satellite, Himawari-8, which travels 35,786 km/22,236 miles above Earth at more than 11000 km/6800 miles per hour.

Video Arts History