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DESCRIPTION:The Walker presents the latest phase and first US exhibition o
 f Baby Marx\, an ongoing project by Mexican artist Pedro Reyes that looks 
 at the potential for mass entertainment to operate as a radical educationa
 l tool. An architect by training\, Reyes works across platforms and discip
 lines—including design\, installation\, and video—to explore sites and
  scenarios of collective interaction. Originally conceived for television\
 , Baby Marx is set in a small town library where a group of precocious chi
 ldren have brought Karl Marx and Adam Smith back to life by zapping their 
 influential books in a glitch-prone “Smart-O-Wave” microwave oven. The
  founders of communism and the free market confront each other and their l
 egacies\, haunted by the twin specters of Joseph Stalin and Bernie Madoff\
 , as well as the latest global economic crisis. \n\nFeaturing the intricat
 e set pieces and handmade puppets used for a trailer shot in Japan and a p
 ilot episode filmed in Mexico City\, the exhibition is an investigation of
  the entire Baby Marx project to date. Unlike earlier phases\, this versio
 n uses the tools and procedures of documentary filmmaking to reflect on th
 e question “What is Baby Marx?” More specifically\, what does this wor
 k have to say about the contemporary moment and our complicated relationsh
 ips with philosophies filtered through years of contradictory interpretati
 ons? The exhibition includes an in-gallery production studio and a series 
 of public events offering a lively meditation on the intersections of ente
 rtainment\, ideology\, and contemporary art.\n\nOrganized by the Walker Ar
 t Center.\n\nCurators: Bartholomew Ryan and Camille Washington
LOCATION:Perlman Gallery
SUMMARY:Baby Marx
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URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2011/baby-marx
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