FIRST AMENDMENT GALLERY
1000 HOWARD STREET
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94103
415.861.5089
TUES-SAT 12PM-6:30PM, SUN 12PM-5PM
CLOSED MONDAY
If you weren’t at 1:AM gallery last Friday, you missed out. It was by far the most festive and entertaining opening we have ever had. Brian Goggin knows how to throw a fundraiser. With a lot of help and support from friends, the night was filled with wonderful surprises, music, photos, cupcakes and beautiful people [...]
OPERATION RESTORE DEFENESTRATION opens tonight from 6-10pm! Learn more about the project on www.1AMSF.com or visit www.defenestration.org.
1:AM gallery and Brian J. Goggin present Brian Goggin ……………………………………………. played by Brian Goggin Guitarist ……………………………………………. The Dime Store Dandy On the turntables……………………………………………. DJ toAD Singer ……………………………………………. Mr. Lucky Performance Troupe Extradordinaire ……………………………………………. Fou Fou Ha! Wine ……………………………………………. Gundlach Bundschu Winery ~~~~~~~~~~ Keepsake from the night ……………………………………………. Photo Boof Fiscal Sponsor ……………………………………………. Black Rock Arts [...]
Yes, it will be eventually torn down. The Hugo Hotel was condemned and acquired by the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency (SFRA) via eminent domain. The Hugo Hotel site is a key element of the SFRA’s continuing efforts to improve the South of Market Redevelopment project area. Within the next 18 to 24 months, the Agency [...]
Rubble filled interior. Baroque wallpaper peeling off. Missing steps on the staircases. Rats. Brian Goggin. Diving furniture seeking a purpose. We asked Brian how he stands to be in a dilapidated building all day with no outside light peering in. He said what keeps him motivated to create and maintain these animated furniture pieces was [...]
1997 to Present Day This multi-disciplinary sculptural mural involves seemingly animated furniture; tables, chairs, lamps, grandfather clocks, a refrigerator, and couches, their bodies bent like centipedes, fastened to the walls and window-sills, their insect-like legs seeming to grasp the surfaces. Against society’s expectations, these everyday objects flood out of windows like escapees, out onto available [...]
Step #1. Take existing furniture off the Defenestration building. Step #2. Lock yourself up in the building and get down and dirty. Step #3. Find helpers to restore. Step #4. Amaze and wow everyone passing by the gallery. Step #5 (most important). Add some Brian Goggin magic to have each furniture come alive. Now, it’s [...]
Defenestration is a large work and has weathered the elements for a long time. Brian Goggin estimates that it will take approximately $75,000 to restore the work today, and we are hoping to raise the money entirely through donation. While the money is being raised, Goggin and his team of volunteers have begun to restore [...]
When navigating through the streets of San Francisco, many seek or stumble upon the building with furniture scurrying across its’ walls in the midst of the busy streets of SoMa. On the corner of 6th and Howard, across the street from 1:AM gallery, stands the Defenestration building. Locals and visitors from all over the [...]
