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Truthful Ambiguities: Sibyl Kempson and ERS at the Walker

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To spark discussion, the Walker invites local artists and critics to write about our performances. This ongoing series shares a diverse array of independent voices and opinions; it doesn’t reflect the views or opinions of the Walker or its curators. Today, playwright Rachel Jendrzejewski shares her thoughts in anticipation of Fondly, Collette Richland by Sibyl Kempson, […] To spark discussion, the Walker…

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The Future of “Sustainable Fashion”

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Sustainability and fashion aren’t two words usually paired in the same sentence. The fashion industry is based on systemic obsolescence. And as the recent tragedy at a Bangladesh clothing-manufacturing facility cruelly demonstrated, fashion’s trickle-down effect—new season = new colors, styles, fits, fabrics, etc.—among mainstream retailers is to produce more for less, often at the cost […] Sustainability…

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Check out this video from Project M Founder John Bielenberg, who will be at the Walker on May 31 – June 2 leading a Project Blitz. John Bielenberg, Project M Founder has won more than 250 design awards in his career, and became an AIGA Fellow in 2008. The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art has acquired six of his design projects, and staged a solo exhibition of his work in 2000. In 2009, John was…

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Wojnarowicz Writes

Via galleristny.com

NYU’s Fales Library has digitized David Wojnarowicz’s journals. Dating from 1971 to 1991, the year before the artist died from AIDS-related complications, they chronicle everything from a 1971 Outward Bound trip to his time in New York.

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Marriage Equality for Minnesota

Via minnpost.com

The Minnesota Senate voted Monday to legalize same-sex marriage, making the state the nation’s 12th to do so. The bill, having already passed the House, heads to the desk of Gov. Mark Dayton, who has vowed to sign it.

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Roden Creator

Via latimes.com

Perhaps the greatest progress made over the last decade on James Turrell’s Roden Crater: The artist has finished detailed plans so the in-progress earthwork—already nearly 40 years in the making—can be finished without his involvement, if necessary.

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Edible Forest

Via popupcity.net

Taking urban ag to the next level, Seattle’s Beacon Hill neighborhood is creating America’s first Food Forest. A 7-acre plot two miles from the city’s center will be planted entirely with foragable plants, from fruit and nut trees to berry bushes and herbs.

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Didactic No More

Via guardian.co.uk

Tate Britain’s new presentation of its permanent collection does away with the white didactic labels that have accompanied works since the museum opened under that name in 2000. It’s just one part of a “radical rethink” of the way the museum presents art.

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Konnichiwa

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I have just returned from a Merce Cunningham-related research journey to Japan, where I visited the Sogetsu Art Center’s archives at Keio University in Tokyo, and the Kyoto Costume Institute, among many other places. While I reacquaint with this time zone and prepare a more thorough reflection, enjoy these images: