Three-day experiential program merging Art and Electronic Music to close San Francisco Art Week

Bay Area nonprofit Endzeit announces California: a shifting identity, a landmark three-day program exploring shifting sociocultural landscapes through contemporary art and live electronic music. Taking place January 23–25, 2026, at the historic Pier 29, the event will mark the first public-facing activation of this rare San Francisco waterfront landmark and serve as the official closing weekend of San Francisco Art Week.

California: a shifting identity transforms 70,000 square feet of Pier 29‘s expansive, hangar-like interiors into an immersive cultural experience that flows seamlessly between visual art exhibitions by day and electronic music performances by night. The program examines California’s evolving identity through both social and musical lenses, featuring a curated roster of emerging and established local and international artists.

The Venue
Pier 29 offers both the vastness required for museum-grade installations and the cultural charge of a working-port landmark. The event will unfold inside a structure poised to shift identity itself: an immense waterfront structure being re-authored in real time, uniquely suited to the event’s hybrid format.

Featured Artists
The visual art program includes works by internationally recognized artists:

• Mike Parker — Legendary electronic music producer and professor of fine art at Daemen College, presenting serigraphs exploring the human body in movement alongside two live electronic performances
• Thomas Heinser — German-born, San Francisco-based photographer presenting aerial photographs of California landscapes contrasted with high-impact portraits
• Rrose — Interdisciplinary artist Seth Horvitz presenting photographic works alongside two live performances spanning ambient electronica and contemporary techno
• Edoardo Cozzani — Italian multimedia artist exhibiting full-scale photographs on aluminum foil and sculptural installations
• Yumeng He and Yue Wu — Filmmakers premiering Otherwise World(s), a documentary portrait of the Endzeit community
• Kirby Stenger — Bay Area photographer presenting portraits from their ongoing Personal Project series centering Queer, Trans, and feminine stories

The music program features over a dozen live performances and DJ sets from internationally acclaimed artists including Mike Parker, Rrose, Claudio PRC & Subset, DJ MARIA., Agonis, Tauceti, Raica, RMNA, and Endzeit residents Kudeki and Torsion.

Mo Kudeki, Co-Founder of Endzeit: “With California: a shifting identity, we’re collapsing the boundary between white-cube gallery and the rave. Pier 29 allows us to treat sound, image, and movement as a single medium; activating spaces where artists can operate fully across disciplines. This is the kind of environment Endzeit exists to build: immersive, demanding, and deeply human.”

Andrea Aicardi, Co-Founder of Endzeit: “Endzeit was founded on the belief that experimental culture should be accessible, inclusive, and uncompromised. As a nonprofit, we’re able to prioritize long-form experiences and cross-disciplinary collaborations. Activating Pier 29 for San Francisco Art Week feels like a natural extension of that mission: creating space for art and music to coexist, evolve, and be encountered on their own terms.”

Event Details

California: a shifting identity
January 23–25, 2026
Pier 29, San Francisco

Friday, January 23: Gallery opens 2pm | Artist talk with Thomas Heinser 5pm | Ambient performances 6–10pm | Night performances 10pm–4am

Saturday, January 24: Gallery opens 2pm | Artist talk with Mike Parker 5pm | Ambient performances 6–10pm | Night performances 10pm–4am

Sunday, January 25: Gallery opens 2pm | Artist talks with Edoardo Cozzani and Kirby Stenger 5pm | Ambient performances 6–10pm
More information and tickets available on SF Art Week’s website.

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