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Berlin’s Veritable Bonanza: a Documentary for Five Screens
The Green Room
Dec 2010
Bonanza is the smallest official town in Colorado. Only five residents live there permanently, with another two residents cycling in and out, including a reputed witch, a mayor, a priest, “metaphysical coaches”, and a forest firefighter. Theater-film collective Berlin made theirdocumentary about Bonanza as part of a larger project of documentaries, called the Holocene (the geological epoch in which we…
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Contemporary Art 101 When You Want It
Field Guide
Dec 2010
The next time you’re in one of the Walker’s galleries, especially on a Thursday night, you might see a tour guide with an expression on her or his face that screams, “Talk to me.” Well, screams might be a bit strong. How about invitingly says? Art Chat is the next big thing in guided tours. At least, we’re hoping it might be.
On Target Free Thursday Nights and other bustling attendance moments Art Chat…
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Gob Squad: We’re Coming to America
The Green Room
Dec 2010
Gob Squad are indeed coming to America. Week 2 (Jan. 13-15) of the Out There Fest will feature Gob Squad’s Kitchen (You’ve Never Had It So Good). According to their press release: “Gob Squad set themselves the task of reconstructing [Andy Warhol’s film] ‘Kitchen’, despite the fact that none of them have seen it as the film is unavailable for viewing these days.”
You can find a longer video preview of Kitchen…
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This January, Go Inside Out There!
The Green Room
Dec 2010
‘Tis the season once again, that magical time of year at the Walker when the Performing Arts department elves begin to prepare for the arrival of the artists featured in this year’s installment of Out There. Out There 2011: New European Performance features four fabulous performance groups from across the European continent whose works of theater, film, and puppetry (and combinations thereof) promise…
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Remembering a Minneapolis Sculpture Garden Favorite
Field Guide
Dec 2010
Admit it. Whenever you set foot in the Garden you have a ritual. Some of you may slowly pore over the words on Jenny Holzer’s granite benches.
Others of you may swing yourselves dizzy on Mark di Suvero’s giant — a spider composed of a skyscraper.
Many of you do your best to take that perfect, illusionistic snapshot of a friend biting into Claes Oldenburg and Coosja von Bruggen’s giant, metal cherry…
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Yves Klein: the Judoka
Field Guide
Dec 2010
If there is one central fear that must be overcome to become a judoka, it’s falling. Would Klein have been prepared to take his Leap Into the Void without his judo training?
In judo there are 67 recognized throws for bringing someone to the ground. Last Thursday, during the École de Klein judo demonstrations, Dominique Tobbell and Danny Hutchinson–2nd degree black belt instructors from St. Paul’s…
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Betontanc/Umka.lv’s Show Your Face!
The Green Room
Dec 2010
The opening performance of Out Therewill be starting in less than four weeks with Betontanc/Umka.lv’s Show Your Face! The Museum of Contemporary Art have a fantastic trailer up for the show, as the performance will be heading there after its stint at the McGuire. I was excited for Show Your Face! before, but anticipation has grown exponentially after watching this:
In case you were wondering…