Art21 proudly presents an artist segment, featuring Stephanie Syjuco, from the "San Francisco Bay Area" episode in the ninth season of the "Art in the Twenty-First Century" series. "San Francisco Bay Area" premiered in September 2018 on PBS. Watch now on PBS and the PBS Video app: https://www.pbs.org/video/san-francis... Stephanie Syjuco makes research-driven photographs, sculptures, and installations that explore the tension between the authentic and the counterfeit and challenge deep-seated assumptions about history, race, and labor. As a flashpoint of social and political protest, the Bay Area spurs Syjuco’s investigations of colonialism, capitalism, and citizenship, in works that range from her participatory projects to her studio-portrait photographs. Stephanie Syjuco was born in Manila, Philippines, in 1974. Syjuco works in photography, sculpture, and installation, moving from handmade and craft-inspired mediums to digital editing. Her work explores the tension between the authentic and the counterfeit, challenging deep-seated assumptions about history, race, and labor. Learn more about the artist at: https://art21.org/artist/stephanie-sy...