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Utopia Is No Place
Stephen Duncombe & Sarah Peters
Aug 2012
“The political problem of today is not a lack of rigorous analysis, or a necessity for the revelation of the ‘truth,’” says theorist and Open Utopia creator Stephen Duncombe in a discussion on Open Field and collective utopia, “but instead the need for a radical imagination: a way to imagine a world different from the world we have today.”
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Conversations on the Commons: An Introduction
Sarah Schultz & Sarah Peters
Aug 2012
“What does it mean to be creative as conscious social activity—to create a commons, rather than individualizing creativity?” —Josh McPhee
Open Field is a three-year, summerlong project of the Walker Art Center that adopts the commons as a philosophical and programmatic framework to imagine a new kind of public gathering space. Grounded in the belief that creative agency is a requirement for…
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Oddities and Wonder: Remembering Franz West
Darsie Alexander
Jul 2012
“How people walk, interact, make love, snore in public, and do other intimately human and occasionally embarrassing things was a theme in much of his art,” writes Walker chief curator Darsie Alexander of Franz West, who passed away July 25, 2012, at age 65. She remembers the Austrian artist as a man engrossed in the “oddities and wonder of the physical realm.”
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The Place We Call Attention: ROLU on the Open Field
Matt Olson & Paul Schmelzer
Jul 2012
From the earthy to the ethereal, the work of Minneapolis experimental design studio ROLU spans from landscape design to conceptual art, fashion to esoteric online explorations. Given this range, the Walker’s grassy hillside seems a fitting site for ROLU’s residency: where better to host activities by this genre-hopping trio—a group engaged in an open field of endeavors—than Open Field?
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Kitchen Lab: Food as Catalyst of Community and Culture
James Norton
Jul 2012
Weaving together gastronomy, sensory and tactile experiences, opera, agriculture, history, and activism, Kitchen Lab—a two-week residency on the Walker’s Open Field in late June—convened an experiment in provoking interaction and discussion through the shared experience of food. Heavy Table editor James Norton samples the project’s offerings.
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ROLU’s Field Tests: Merging the Digital and the Actual in Open Field
Greg Allen
Jul 2012
In its design work and on its blog, Minneapolis’ ROLU explores ideas at the nexus of architecture, landscape design, and conceptual art. Artists-in-residence at Open Field this month, they aim to link the digital and the actual. “We are interested in reaching into [the Web’s] river of images and make something tangible from them,” says ROLU’s Matt Olson. “Creating something physical—taking an action.”
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Why Food Now?
Susy Bielak & Sara Nichol
Jun 2012
With the launch of Kitchen Lab—an exploration of the home hearth and how the role of kitchens can be reconceived—Open Field artists Betsy and Carl DiSalvo discuss food culture with the Walker’s Susy Bielak and Sara Nichol. First topic: Why the recent upsurge in art, consumerism, and activism surrounding food?