The Chronicles of San Francisco
Inspired by the murals of Diego Rivera, JR sought to create a portrait of San Francisco through his art. In January and February 2018, the artist and his team transformed a 53-foot trailer truck into a photographic studio, and parked it in 22 pre-determined locations across the length and breadth of San Francisco, welcoming anyone who wished to participate. As a result, over 1, 200 people — including well known public figures as well as doctors, swimmers, homeless men and women, shop vendors, protesters, children and many other San Franciscans — have been filmed, photographed and interviewed. The result is a monumental video mural presented at SFMOMA from May 2019.
More about JR : www.jr-art.net
A PROJECT BY JR
- Executive Producer
- Marc Azoulay
- Production manager
- Maud Malfettes
- Art director
- Camille Pajot
- Local producer
- Gemma Edward Aron
- Visual effects supervisors
- Romain Deceuninck (truck), Benjamin Ageorges (studio)
- Directors of photography
- Anaïs Andreassian (truck), Roberto de Angelis (city shots)
- Camera operators
- Hunter Nolan (truck), Bruce Mitchell (studio and city shots)
- Digital imaging technicians
- Max Claus (truck), Alex Zajicek (studio), Jasper Sharp (city shots)
- Clappers
- Rory Brennan (truck), Laura Kenmotsu (studio)
- Digitech
- Rick Rose, Michael Seeley, James Clark
- Sound recordists
- Eyal Levy (truck), Anne-Marie Litak, Evka Whaley-Mayda (studio)
- Gaffers
- Matt Stouppe, Joshua Pausanos, Mila Puccini, Nicholas Gomez (truck), Andy Haney (studio)
- B-roll production coordinator
- Michael Oberst
- Production assistants
- Marz Holden-Montini, Viviane Cohen, Luana Saltiel, Ian Freiberg, Callum Barrass, David Stollery, Casey de Fremery, J.P. Emodi
- Truck driver
- Joe Hunter
- Motorhome drivers
- Chris Roberts, Jeff Kendall, Chrisie Cardenas
- Security
- Mike Rodriguez, Kris Kavale, Tom McGee
- Truck build
- Maxwell Smith, Giffen Ott
- Locations manager
- Cathryn Blum
- Photographic post-production
- Fabien Barrau
Some participants were shot at Studio Shotwell, San Francisco
JR is represented by Galerie Perrotin and Pace Gallery.
With the active collaboration of Marc Berrebi, Julie Pugeat, Lisa Truchassout, Quentin Besnard, Mauve Chalendon, Jaime Scatena, Marion Charlot, Emile Abinal.
The Chronicles of San Francisco is made possible by Lynne and Marc Benioff.
DIGITAL EDITION
- Co-Production
- Matej Balantic
- Co-Production
- Alan Sternberg
- Co-production
- Marc Azoulay
Tap on a person to listen to their story. You can also move around and zoom.