The Lab SF
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Mission Statement
The Lab gives significant funding, time, and space to traditionally underrepresented artists. We seek to transform alongside artistic practices in order to engage meaningfully with visionary communities whose economic and cultural realities have been ignored for too long, to the impoverishment of us all. In this, The Lab is a catalyst for artistic experimentation.
About This Cause
The Lab seeks to diversify and expand our experience of art. Our programming spans literature and performance, dance, experimental music, and cutting-edge visual art. The Lab is a constantly revised document, a living, breathing entity, and our audience is an essential component of that experience. The Lab has been described as a "haven for the city's experimental performance scene" (New York Times) and “a radical venue dedicated to experimental work” (Wall Street Journal). True to our name, we want to give artists complete license to take risks and push the boundaries of their practice, allowing them to transform and change The Lab with each new project. To this end, we seek out artists who challenge conventional value systems and whose work is often underfunded as a result. This is part of an ongoing effort to empower artists to realize ambitious ideas and to invite the public in on that process. The Lab commissions three projects per year. Artists receive between $5,000 - $100,000 each, keys to our space for up to ten weeks, the login for our website, and the option to revise every aspect of The Lab’s operations. We want to know how far they can take that inquiry and how much we can bend to make the project of art possible on every level. What happens when their work conflicts with the way that we operate The Lab? How do we make visible the limits of our freedom?