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The Library is an Ambush
Field Guide
Jun 19
For the past several weeks, Lightsey Darst has been holed up inside the Walker’s resource library. A dance critic, poet, and author of Find the Girl (Coffee House Press, 2010) and the forthcoming Dance (September 2013), Darst was the first writer selected to participate in The Writers and Readers Library Residency Program, an initiative presented by Coffee House Press […]
A dance critic, poet, and author of…
NM
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8-Ball (Eyeo Edition): Kim Rees
Media Lab
Jun 18
During the June 3–5 Eyeo Festival, we opened up the Media Lab blog to the many coders, artists, and web developers speaking at the conference, which took place at the Walker. To give presenters a chance to introduce themselves, we sent out our 8-Ball artist questionnaire, in which we pose some of life’s most–and possibly […]
During the June 3–5 Eyeo Festival, we opened up the Media Lab blog to the many…
NM
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Be Nice, MIMMI is Listening!
Media Lab
Jun 18
The nature of Twitter is ephemeral: a shout into the digital void that quickly fades away. This summer in Minneapolis, however, your tweets may have physical impact on the environment — or, a very small microclimate, at least. Meet MIMMI: MIMMI is a large, air-pressurized sculpture suspended from a slender structure located at the Minneapolis Convention […]
The nature of Twitter is ephemeral: a shout into the…
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How Dan Deacon Decided to Go Underground
The Green Room
Jun 17
With rain and lightning threatening to kill his opening act at Rock the Garden 2013, electronic composer Dan Deacon approached Walker staff with an idea: “I can play in the garage.” Rock the Garden programmer Doug Benidt tells how the decision was made to turn the parking ramp into a 2,000-person dance party dubbed “Rock the Underground.”
