SAN FRANCISCO, CA.-The Presidio is proud to announce that it will host the exhibition Transforming Art: The Art of Chris Hardman at the Presidio Officers’ Club Exhibition Hall through May 4, 2008. The free exhibition will be open Wednesdays through Sundays, 11 am to 5 pm. The Officers’ Club is located at 50 Moraga Avenue, San Francisco.

“We are pleased to be hosting this thought-provoking artwork at the Presidio,” said Craig Middleton, Presidio Trust Executive Director. “We invite everyone to come see this art installation, which transforms the Officers’ Club Exhibition space.”

This is Chris Hardman’s first major multi-gallery installation of sculptural and theatrical ideas developed while creating his performance pieces with Antenna Theater of Sausalito, California. He investigates how our minds alter the visual information we receive. The sculptural elements fuse light, reflection and shift from two to three dimensions in colorful, immersive environments. An optional recorded audio walk through the galleries, narrated by Chris Hardman, is available for $5 per person.

“Transforming Art presents art forms that introduce visual clues which reveal how “Transforming Art presents art forms that introduce visual clues which reveal how our mind transforms information to create our view of the world,” explained Hardman. “We are all active participants in seeing the world around us; we are not just passive observers. I want us to notice how we actually experience the world. With this information, we may begin to rethink our relationship to our surroundings and events.”

Hardman, founder of Antenna Theater, is known for creating art installations that engage the viewer’s participation through touch, sight and sound. Past works have combined cutting-edge audio technology with interview-driven sound designs, puppetry, masked movement, 3-D projections, sensor-tripped animation, sculptural objects, site specific performances, and pre-fabricated environments.