Observed arrival · 2026-10-22
Dispatches from the Liminal Lands
Artist and writer Tanya Vlach documents walks through San Francisco’s Sunset District as literary field dispatches, accompanied by her dog, Sir Wilbur.
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- Readers of place-based essays and San Francisco neighborhood writing
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- Dispatch 001 covers 0.42 km along Irving Street; dispatch 002 is still in progress and centers on unsuccessful fox searches.
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The project frames a walk as a dérive guided jointly by Vlach’s intentions and Sir Wilbur’s attention to the street. Its listed first dispatch, “Stay Haunted,” pairs a 0.42 km Irving Street route with encounters including a palm reader and an old soul. A second piece, “Zero Foxes,” is marked in progress and uses failed fox searches in Golden Gate Park to structure a running census of other things found.
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