Michele Pred presented an art performance at San Francisco International Airport on October 26, 2016; the 15th anniversary of the Patriot Act.

For this performance, Pred dressed as a 1960's flight attendant and "returned" pocket knives to arriving passengers waiting for their luggage in the baggage claim area of Terminal 2. These small knives have been the most common item confiscated by the TSA over the years and represent the thousands which have been confiscated from travelers. The knives are imprinted with the text, “Official Air Travel Replacement Knife” and are an example of Pred's efforts to engage the public to inspire a questioning of the status quo. Pred had to obtain a San Francisco International Airport, Freedom of Speech and Expressive Activities  permit from the Airport Director in order to make her performance possible. Pred's mother was a stewardess for Pan Am in the 50's and 60's, she wore her mother's hat from that era for the performance.

View more information about her work at Michelepred.com and at The Huffington Post who published a story about her current numerous election projects.

Michele Pred is a Swedish-American conceptual artist. She works with found and confiscated objects and technology imbued with cultural and political meaning. Her artwork has been exhibited in galleries, art fairs and museums in London, Stockholm, Sydney, New York, Bologna, Miami, Los Angeles, Chicago and San Francisco. Her work is part of the permanent collection at The 9/11 Memorial Museum in New York, The Berkeley Art Museum, The 21st Century Museum, The Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) New York, The Contemporary Museum in Honolulu, the Di Rosa Collection in Napa, CA and is held in numerous corporate and private collections.

"Ms Pred's work is an important offering for its relevance to the times"

- Supreme Court Justice, Sonia Sotomayor