A last blast of summer weather, after which we'll be right back into the mild and grey. This week has plenty of good things to see, ranging from screenings to lectures to exhibitions.

Kadist and the Goethe Intitut are hosting two nights of projects by Christoph Schlingensief, beginning Wednesday at Kadist with a screening of Paul Poet's film "Ausländer raus! (Foreigners out), Schlingensief's Container" on Wednesday.

Lecture wise, there's a double dose of Uta Barth, at CCA on Thursday and SFAI on Friday, but as exciting is a talk by Simon O'Sullivan also at SFAI earlier on Friday discussing his heady book "On the Production of Subjectivity: Five Diagrams of the Finite-Infinite Relation."

As for exhibitions, I'm excited to see Miriam Böhm's Before in Front opening at Ratio 3 on Friday, and to catch the gallery hours of Kate Bonner and Sean Talley's shows at Important Projects. 

Curiously Direct Picks

Pro Arts//Cybele Lyle: 2 x 2 Solos= A solo show of Lyle's work which takes the physical manifestation of her practice in a new direction. Two works (a nimble job of editing by artist and curator), one was a book produced for the show containing new collages which fold interior and exterior spaces together; it was well laid out, and the way the works interacted with the backs of and the meeting point between pages was nice. The other piece was a large sculptural installation which took her interactions with photographed spaces (normally in collage form as in the book or via projected video) much further, extending the cut and folded spaces into large, three dimensional forms which floated out from the walls at various angles. Hard to describe, this is a must see. Lyle's practice continues to move in its particular direction, twisting site, space, and surpassing expectations.

Wednesday:

+ Screening: Christoph Schlingensief "Ausländer Raus - Schlingensief's Container" at Kadist Art Foundation

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+ Lecture: "Wattis Small Talk with Claire Fontaine" at CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts (Kent and Vicki Logan Galleries)

+ Lecture: "Lecture by Uta Barth" at California College of the Arts (CCA)

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Friday:
+ Adam Joseph Brochstein, Caleb Jagger, Greg Stimac "While You Were Gone..." curated by Amanda Roscoe Mayo at Alter Space

+ Lecture: "Lecture by Simon O'Sullivan" at San Francisco Art Institute

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+ Lecture: "Uta Barth with Rebecca Horne" at San Francisco Art Institute

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+ Miriam Bohm "Before In Front" at Ratio 3

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+ Performance: Jeff Surak, Jefre Cantu-Ledesma, Paul Clipson , Sylvia Schedelbauer "Bright Mirror: An evening of sound and image" at A.T.A.

Tuesday, November 6

Nicolas Torres "New World Old Child" at Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts
Mission District: 2868 Mission Street, 6-9pm

Wednesday, November 7

Richard Diebenkorn "Richard Diebenkorn: Prints and Proofs" at Crown Point Press
SOMA: 20 Hawthorne Street, 5:30-7:30pm

Bigface, Farnaz Shadravan, Sanaz Mazinani, Scott Kildall & Nathaniel Stern, Scott Tsuchitani, Stephanie Syjuco "Determining Domain" curated by Kim Munson, Marc Greenberg at Intersection for the Arts (Intersection 5M)
SOMA: 901 Mission Street, at 5th Street, floor 1, free, 7-9pm

+ Screening: Christoph Schlingensief "Ausländer Raus - Schlingensief's Container" at Kadist Art Foundation Mission District: 3295 20th Street, at Folsom Street, Free, 6-10pm

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+ Lecture: "Wattis Small Talk with Claire Fontaine" at CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts (Kent and Vicki Logan Galleries)
Potrero Hill: 1111 Eighth Street, Free, 7-8pm

+ Lecture: "Lecture by Uta Barth" at California College of the Arts (CCA) Oakland: 5212 Broadway Avenue, at College Avenue, Ralls Painting Studio, Free, 11am-12pm

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Thursday, November 8

Lecture: "Lecture by Liz Ogbu" at California College of the Arts (CCA)
Potrero Hill: 1111 Eighth Street , Timken Lecture Hall, Free, 7-9pm

Artist Talk: Kathy Aoki "Beauty in Landscape" at Swarm Gallery
Oakland: 560 2nd Street, free, 7-9pm

Art Fair: "KALASSAL - Kala’s 2nd Annual Half-Off Art Sale and Fundraiser" at Kala Art Institute
Berkeley: 2990 San Pablo Avenue, free, 6-9pm

Friday, November 9

+ Adam Joseph Brochstein, Caleb Jagger, Greg Stimac "While You Were Gone..." curated by Amanda Roscoe Mayo at Alter Space
SOMA: 1158 Howard Street, floor 1, free, 7-9pm

Adam Parker Smith "Ever Gold Gallery Presents Forever 21: New Works by Adam Parker Smith" at Ever Gold
Downtown: 441 O'Farrell Street, 6-10pm

+ Lecture: "Lecture by Simon O'Sullivan" at San Francisco Art Institute Russian Hill: 800 Chesnut Street, Lecture Hall, Free, 4:30pm

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+ Lecture: "Uta Barth with Rebecca Horne" at San Francisco Art Institute Russian Hill: 800 Chesnut Street, free, 7:30pm

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+ Miriam Bohm "Before In Front" at Ratio 3 Mission District: 2831A Mission Street, Free, 6-8pm

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+ Performance: Jeff Surak, Jefre Cantu-Ledesma, Paul Clipson , Sylvia Schedelbauer "Bright Mirror: An evening of sound and image" at A.T.A.
Mission District: 992 Valencia Street, $6-$10, sliding scale, 8pm

Russell Tyler "Fortune Teller" at Fouladi Projects
Hayes Valley: 1803 Market Street, 6-8pm

Book launch: Thomas Campbell "Slide Your Brains Out" at Mollusk Surf Shop
Sunset: 4500 Irving Street, free, 7-11pm

Saturday, November 10

Closing reception: "Closing Reception for Calling on the Spirits to Face the Future: Día de los Muertos 2012" curated by Rene Yañez at SOMArts Cultural Center
SOMA: 934 Brannan Street, $7-$10 sliding scale (cash bar), 6-9pm

David Choong Lee, Mars-1, NoMe Edonna and Oliver Vernon "Mirus Gallery Presents Crucible" at Mirus Gallery
Downtown: 540 Howard Street, 6-10pm

Jonathan Darby "CONGO" at White Walls
Tenderloin: 835 Larkin Street, floor 1, Free, 7-11pm

Adam Caldwell "Empty Room" at Shooting Gallery
Tenderloin: 839 Larkin Street, Free, 7-11pm

Alexis Arnold, Camilla Newhagen, Christine Elfman, Emily Eiffler, Julia Bradshaw, Julia Goodman, Kate Jordahl, Klea McKenna , Laura Chenault, Lauren Bartone, Matt Gualco, Michael Kerbow, Pantea Karimi, Samuel Levi Jones, Sarah Christianson, Steve Lopez, Wendy Kramer, Yulia Pinkusevich "X Libris" curated by Glenna Cole Allee, Sarah Ratchye, Victoria Mara Heilweil at Root Division
Mission District: 3175 17th Street, South Van Ness, 7-10pm

AJ Fosik "Lamplighter to the Promised Land" at Guerrero Gallery
Mission District: 2700 19th Street, Free, 7-11pm

Jeanne Lorenz "Songs in the Key of Life and Death: New work by Jeanne Lorenz" at Compound Gallery
Oakland: 1167 65th st., Oakland, CA 94608, Ground floor, Free, 6-9pm

Andrzej Michael Karwacki, Anne Subercaseaux, Carol Inez Charney, Carol Ladewig, Carol Lefkowitz, Caroline Seckinger, Christopher Nickel, Elizabeth Williams, Hagit Cohen, Hiroko To, Jane Norling, Joanne Fox, Lisa Fernald Baker, Renee Johnson "Art Sale" at Slate contemporary
Oakland: 473 25th Street, floor 1, Free, 12-6pm

PK Frizzell "PK Frizzell: Evidence of Things Unseen" at Mercury 20 Gallery
Oakland: 475 25th Street, at Telegraph Avenue, floor 1, Free, 5-7pm

Kerry Vander Meer "Kerry Vander Meer: Red in the Interlude" at Mercury 20 Gallery
Oakland: 475 25th Street, at Telegraph Avenue, floor 1, Free, 5-7pm

JoAnn Biagini, Margaret Chavigny, Maya Kabat "Cartographies" at Mercury 20 Gallery
Oakland: 475 25th Street, at Telegraph Avenue, floor 1, free, 5-7pm

Book Signing: William Harsh "Inside Out, A William Harsh Retrospective" curated by Lonnie Lee at Vessel Gallery
Oakland: 471 25th Street, 4-6PM

William Harsh "Inside Out, A William Harsh Retrospective" curated by Lonnie Lee at Vessel Gallery
Oakland: 471 25th Street, Free, 4-6pm

Jeanne Lorenz "Songs in the Key of Life and Death: New work by Jeanne Lorenz" at The Compound Gallery
Oakland: 1167 65th Street, floor 1, free, 6-9pm

Monday, November 12

Lecture: "Lecture by Paul Sietsema" at San Francisco Art Institute
Russian Hill: 800 Chesnut Street, Lecture Hall, Free, 7:30pm

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