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Take our blog survey, win an iPod shuffle
Media Lab
Oct 2008
Every so often we like to take a survey of our readers to see what you think. Our last survey was in March of 2007, so it’s time for a new one. The questions are focused on the blogs and a little demographic information, which you can skip if you like.
We’re sweetening the deal this time. If you take the survey, you can enter your name into the pool and we’ll select one person to win a 1GB iPod…
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Walker Channel now available in iTunes U, Beyond Campus
Media Lab
Oct 2008
The Walker recently launched a new site in the educational area of the iTunes Store called iTunes U, Beyond Campus. Beyond Campus features a broad range of audio and video material from sources other than colleges and universities, such as American Public Media, PBS, the Museum of Modern Art, and Smithsonian Global Sound. Now iTunes audiences can easily search, download, and play Walker content just…
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A review of Continuous City
The Green Room
Oct 2008
Mike is a globe-trotting father who leaves his daughter at home as he travels the world to explore the the social networks of the third world. Mike works for startup Xubu, and his job is to understand how these networks can be brought online, so the Xubu can somehow profit. While Mike travels, his daughter Sam can only connect to him through video chat. And Sam’s nanny, Deb, explores her new city…
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A preview conversation with The Builders Association
Media Lab
Oct 2008
The Performing Arts department has asked me to do an overnight review of The Builders Association production, Continuous City, this Friday. In preparation, I had the opportunity to sneak into the green room and speak with Claire Hallerau, Managing Producer for the Builders Association. I’ve re-assembled our conversation here.
Super Vision was a look into the side effects of our surveillance society, a…
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Claire Bishop speaks at the Walker Art Center
Field Guide
Oct 2008
Critic Claire Bishop, known for extensive writing on contemporary art and social engagement, will speak at the Walker on Thursday, October 30 at 7 pm. The first in a fall series of Mack Lectures, Bishop’s talk will focus on the complex ethics of performance and representation in contemporary art, drawing on recent works in which artists such as Artur Zmijewski, Jeremy Deller, and Phil Collins employ…
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Take our blog survey, win an iPod Shuffle
Field Guide
Oct 2008
Every so often we like to take a survey of our readers to see what you think. Our last survey was in March of 2007, so it’s time for a new one. The questions are focused on the blogs and a little demographic information, which you can skip if you like.
We’re sweetening the deal this time. If you take the survey, you can enter your name into the pool and we’ll select one person to win a 1GB iPod…
PA
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The Smallest Building Block
The Green Room
Oct 2008
Generally when I’m not at my desk in the Marketing Department of the Walker, I’m somewhere making theater with children. This week, however, worlds have collided. New York-based theater company The Builders Associationhas been hard at work rehearsing their latest creation Continuous Cityin the McGuire Theater and I’ve been at the side of Caroline O’Neill, the youngest performer in the show as her…