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Sculpture or garden?
Field Guide
Jul 2006
Do you think of it as the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, or the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden?
I’d venture to guess that many feel it’s the former and not the latter, but perhaps you’ll reconsider? Take a look at the varied and colorful flora in the Sculpture Garden.
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Shinier AND blacker
Field Guide
Jun 2006
“There are only two seasons in Minnesota. Winter and construction.”
I always cringe when I hear that, but there’s some truth to it, even in the sculpture garden. Granted, the garden isn’t under road construction, butwe’re in the middle of restoring and protecting a number of sculptures.
A recently finished project is the repainting of Tony Smith’s Amaryllis. A before and after:
See? It really IS shinier…
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Momentum 2007 RFP Released
The Green Room
Jun 2006
Walker and the Southern Theater are pleased to announce the release of the Request for Proposals for Momentum: New Dance Works 2007. The basic details are below:
The Momentum: New Dance Works 2007 series is a partnership between Walker Art Center and the Southern Theater, with support from the Jerome Foundation, created to promote the work of an exciting new generation of dance and dance-theater…
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Job Opening in New Media
Media Lab
May 2006
The Walker is going to be hiring for a New Media Designer position soon. The new designer will fill my role in this team of 4 people. The Walker’s New Media Department creates and excutes all the computer related designs for the art center and mnartists.org. This includes the online presence, dynamic signage projects and interactive installations.
There are all kinds of wonderful gushy things I…
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Podium Light Wall
Media Lab
May 2006
Our friends at Kinecity have posted some new information about the Podium Light Wall they have been working on for the facade of 7 World Trade Center.
The Podium Light Wall is located on the South and North facades of 7 World Trade Center. As people wander on the pavement below a strip of blue light gracefully follows them. This strip of blue light is 7 floors tall and is visible from Freedom…
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GIF show and mashup.
Media Lab
May 2006
CompuServe’s venerable Graphics Interchange Format looks like it’s back in vogue again.
The GIF show was curated by Marisa Olson (of Rhizome) and the Rx Gallery, it opens tomorrow at the Rx Gallery in San Francisco and even has it’s own mySpace page. Participating artists include Cory Arcangel, Peter Baldes, Michael Bell-Smith, Jimpunk, Olia Lialina, Abe Linkoln, Guthrie Lonergan, Lovid, Tom Moody, Paper…





