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Eve Sussman’s Cinematic World Without End
Kathie Smith
Jun 2012
Equal parts sci-fi, noir, and formalist structure, Eve Sussman’s new multifaceted film embraces two creative touchstones: the first is the protean symbol of the Russian Cosmodrome, and the second is its namesake, Malevich’s painting White on White. Mining a surreal post-Soviet ambience, the result is a calculated, never-ending fever dream caught in a forgotten corner of the Earth.
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Journeys of the 25th Hour
Minouk Lim
Jun 2012
Minouk Lim engages with the arteries of city life—the streets—to create poignant artworks that speak to individual alienation amid Seoul’s rapid development. Merging performance, video, and documentary, Lim says works in her Walker exhibition are “pilgrimages to places left out of our memory, journeys of the 25th hour.”
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Among Ash-Heaps and Millionaires
Ruben Nusz
May 2012
Ruben Nusz’s contributions to the exhibition Lifelike are easy to overlook: 20 sculpted ashtrays—created using acrylic, oil, tea, and walnut ink on wax and resin, with incense and ashes—discreetly placed throughout the Walker’s public spaces and its administrative offices. Here he shares his notes on the project, which he considers “fictitious realism.”
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The Art of Placemaking
Julie Caniglia
Apr 2012
A new kind of planning process is focusing on cultural organizations, creative placemaking, and the insights of artists in order to reinvent downtown Minneapolis’ Hennepin Avenue. In the process, it’s bringing artists to the fore, and developing a sustainable alternative to traditional, big-money revitalization efforts.
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Cinema Renovation Pushes the Future, Preserves the Past
Kathie Smith
Apr 2012
The cinematic experience is in turmoil, caught between the push to the future—an industry-wide switch to all-digital projection—and the pull of the past. The Walker Cinema’s renovation allows us to play it both ways: advancing the art of film, while also showcasing its rich history.
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Recollecting Bremen Towne: Keith Edmier Creates his 1971 Kitchen
Paul Schmelzer
Apr 2012
An Amana 25 refrigerator, an oven/range with Perma-View glass window, a rotary phone in harvest gold: These items are part of Bremen Towne, Keith Edmier’s reconstruction of the kitchen in the suburban home of his youth. Exactingly reproduced for Lifelike, the piece is paradoxical: it’s the product of the artist’s memories, yet the act of re-creating it supplanted some of those same memories.
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Holding Steady: Craig Finn on Music, Minneapolis, and Headlining Rock the Garden
Doug Benidt
Apr 2012
Hailed as “a born storyteller who’s chosen rock as his medium” (Pitchfork), Craig Finn is many things: Springsteen acolyte, avowed Twins fan, Breck High grad, stand-up guy, and frontman for the Hold Steady. As Finn returns to his roots and readies the band to headline Rock the Garden 2012, I took a moment to catch up with him on music, the Twin Cities, and the shape of things to come.