BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//PYVOBJECT//NONSGML Version 1//EN
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:10518
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120618
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120629
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=IMAGE/JPEG:http://cdn0.walkerartcenter.org/static/cache/2e/
 2e6b7482b075e0562c262cb079db97cb.jpg
DESCRIPTION:The kitchen has changed. Over the centuries\, the kitchen has 
 evolved from a fire pit and a flat stone into an elaborate place for stori
 ng\, making\, and eating food. But in recent years\, notwithstanding the r
 ise of “the foodie\,” it has devolved for many to little more than a m
 icrowave and a sink. We eat out or on the run\, and when we do use kitchen
 s\, prep work has been outsourced to back-room workers making convenience 
 foods\, as science and technology streamline food production from field to
  table. But go to any gathering or party\, and you’ll know exactly where
  guests and hosts will be hanging out. \n\nThis summer\, Open Field artist
 s-in-residence Carl and Betsy DiSalvo (researchers and designers from Geor
 gia Tech) join the Walker and specialists from the University of Minnesota
  Landscape Architecture/College of Design explore the inevitable pull of t
 he kitchen as a social space: a place for sharing knowledge\, culture\, an
 d community. \n\nThe DiSalvos are expanding\, in part\, on their “urban 
 foraging” workshop held last summer at Open Field. In unpacking a conste
 llation of kitchen issues—from organic farming to urban food deserts— 
 that daylong project included forays into downtown Minneapolis’ skyways\
 , farmer’s markets\, and storefronts to source materials for a shared me
 al. \n\nThis June\, we’ll focus on reconceiving the kitchen: its ingredi
 ents\, structure\, and functions. A core team of the DiSalvos\, the Walker
 ’s Susy Bielak and Sarah Schultz\, and the University of Minnesota’s R
 ebecca Krinke\, Anna Bierbrauer\, Erin Garnaas-Holmes\, Derek Schilling\, 
 and Emily Stover will team up with local experts and students to consider 
 that space from an array of vantage points: studio art\, landscape archite
 cture\, food systems\, urban planning\, design\, ceramics\, public health\
 , cultural studies\, theater\, engineering\, and more.\n\nAs part of the p
 roject\, we are initiating a university course in which participants will 
 design and build a new kind of kitchen—a mobile\, modular “lab” with
  tools for use on Open Field and in the city. \n\nYou're invited to take p
 art in the residency in a series of special events as we explore ways that
  a new form of kitchen can spark new kinds of social interaction and commu
 nity engagement. Stay tuned to the Kitchen Lab blog for details.
LOCATION:Open Field\n
SUMMARY:Kitchen Lab: A Mobile Hearth for Collectivist Action 
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2012/kitchen-lab
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR