“On the first Sunday of 1969 Robert Barry went to Central Park with four capsules of radioactive material in his pocket. He had ordered them from a scientific supply catalog, choosing an isotope of his namesake, barium-133, the only one of twenty-two known isotopes of the element that does not dangerously decay within seconds or minutes. He walked to the Great Lawn behind the Metropolitan Museum of…

This morning design director and curator Andrew Blauvelt spoke about Walker design at the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, D.C., as part of a public program series featuring 2009 National Design Awards recipients. The Walker was this year’s winner in Corporate and Institutional Achievement. Andrew spoke about technology and design alongside Jeff Han of Perceptive Pixel, later taking questions from…

This is a longer version of the interviews with visual arts fellows Dan Byers and Andria Hickey, anddesign fellows Mylinh Trieu Nguyen and Noa Segal, from a story in the July/August issue ofWalkermagazine. For nearly three decades, the Walker has been recruiting recent graduates and junior professionals to work as fellows in its design and visual arts departments. As full-time, full-fledged staff…

As far as I can tell, Scott Thomas was here at the Walker as recently as last November when we screened the film Typeface, featuring his group The Post Family (verified, I think, by this interview with local letterpress firm Studio on Fire, who also presented their work at the same screening). Though come to think of it, that screening took place only a couple of days after Barack Obama’s election win…

It was announced this week that the Walker is the recipient of the Cooper Hewitt National Design Award for Corporate Achievement for 2009. The award is given to institutions that “use design as a strategic tool of its mission and exhibits ingenuity and insight in helping to advance the relationship between design and quality of life in the United States.” Some previous winners were Apple, Google…

“This unconventional show does not present the students’ graphic works as design objects but instead shows them as a single illuminated collage which constantly rearranges itself. Print, motion, interactive, and site-specific design will be shown through video projection. When the gallery’s lights are off, the videos provide a shared, immersive experience of designed pieces. When the lights come on, the…

(left to right, top to bottom) iMac G4; The James Diamond Collection of Home Movies WAC 9.5 16mm BW; Eric Luken 13 JonBenéts; Nov 10 1991 1/8”=1”– 0”; Cho—Fro; Canon AP200; Hanging Out; Elizabeth Peyton Michelle and Sasha Obama Listening to Barack Obama at the Democratic National Convention August 2008 2008; Galleries 4, 5, 6; Pantone Cool Gray 10C; John Baldessari I Will Not Make Any More Boring Art…

1. What music were you into before you became ELLEN LUPTON? 2. Who were your heroes before you became ELLEN LUPTON? 3. What were your obsessions before becoming ELLEN LUPTON? 4. What were your dreams before you became ELLEN LUPTON? 5. What were you reading before you became ELLEN LUPTON? 6. What did you use to collect before you became ELLEN LUPTON? Ellen Lupton’s prolific career spans the realms of…

1. What music were you into before you became EXPERIMENTAL JETSET? The Cramps(1), Suicidal Tendencies(2),  The Zombies (3) , The Beatles (4),  The Specials(5),  Screamin’ Jay Hawkins (6), Prince (7),  Japan(8) , The Pixies (9). 2. Who were your heroes before you became EXPERIMENTAL JETSET? 3. What were your obsessions before becoming EXPERIMENTAL JETSET? Drawing, reading, skateboarding, punk music; Horror; Drawing, reading, making…