Hidden Currencies: Public Opening Reception

Celebrate the launch of Hidden Currencies: Water Justice in the Age of AI, an interdisciplinary exhibition exploring water, climate and future possibilities through art, performance, and immersive technology. Multimedia artist Angy He will perform live-coded music and video projections to create an immersive environment where art, technology, and ecological awareness intersect. About the Artist Angy He is a multimedia artist and designer based in San Francisco. She works across installation, light, performance, sound, music technology, sculpture, and cinematography. Her practice explores how emerging technologies and digital media reshape interpersonal relationships, subtly reorganizing social power and redefining intimacy. She treats technology not only as a tool, but as a narrative medium. She develops products and arts that explore how tools, systems, and computation can shape modern interaction and perception, and translate emerging technologies into expressive, human-centered experiences. About the Hidden Currencies Series Presented by the Consulate General of Switzerland in San Francisco, Hidden Currencies explores water as a living medium whose circulation sustains both life and technological innovation. The series highlights connections between Switzerland’s longstanding commitments to water stewardship, diplomacy, and innovation, and the Bay Area’s role as a global hub for research and technology. The central exhibition features works by six artists whose practices span photography, sculpture, installation, performance, video, and data art: Mark Baugh-Sasaki, Kristiana Chan 莊礼恩, Céline Ducret, Ana Teresa Fernández, Greg Niemeyer, and Annelia Norris (pue leek la'). An adjoining experiential hub features interventions by City Studio (Amy Berk + Chris Treggiari), Ani Moskovyan, Greg Niemeyer, Samuel Wildmann, Tania Claudia Castillo, Candice Mays, and Juana Perfecta. Together, these works invite visitors to reckon with water's hidden presence in everyday life — drawing audiences into direct encounters with the systems, costs, and migrations that water quietly connects. Curated by Amy Kisch, Founder of AKArt Advisory and Art+Action, the exhibition unfolds as an immersive experience that extends beyond the gallery through a series of interdisciplinary activations bringing together Swiss and U.S. artists, filmmakers, Indigenous knowledge holders, policymakers, scientists, and climate activists to explore water, climate justice, and imagined futures. This event is presented by the Consulate General of Switzerland in San Francisco in collaboration with AKArt Advisory, EAWAG, Stanford Doerr School Sustainability Accelerator, and Geneva Water Hub, and supported by Presence Switzerland and EAWAG. For more information or to explore other Swiss events, visit SwissImpact. By registering for this event, you agree to share your registration information with the organizers of SF Climate Week.