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Studio Fallout Gallery Directors Hank von Hellion & Farida Mazlan at KRON4/ ABC7 Studios, February 2024
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Studio Fallout Gallery Director and Curator Farida Mazlan and Director Hank Von hellion joined host Olivia Horton to chat about the “Power of the People” art exhibit and what they hope Studio Fallout brings to the community.
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Studio Fallout in North Beach
Gallery connects countercultures with a display of radical artwork by BPP's Malik Edwards and Katherine Campbell.
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
From the outside, Studio Fallout looks like the other modest Victorian rowhouses lining Bannam Place, a sleepy North Beach alley. But step into the basement gallery and event space, and you’ll find yourself surrounded by contemporary underground art that meshes with North Beach’s deep counterculture roots. Not surprising when you consider that the site was previously the studio of Winston Smith, a prominent montage artist and punk designer who’s worked with the likes of the Dead Kennedys and Green Day.
Smith now serves as creative director for the recently expanded and reimagined Studio Fallout, working closely with gallery co-directors Farida Mazlan and Hank Von Hellion. Originally known as Fallout SF when it opened in 2022 with a focus on punk art, the artist-run organization relaunched at the end of last year with a new name, website, and design services—and a fresh vision.
“We’ll always have punk roots and focus on sub-culture elements,” said Mazlan. “But the idea of expanding the space was to go larger on our format. We now also have a pool of volunteers and collaborators who are kind of autonomous in what they do.”