Children's Films: The End

By Christina Alderman

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The final day was the hardest. I was bit tired and movies were starting to blur together. I was also bit distracted by trying to time movie watching, then a cab ride, and getting through airport security. Even so, I managed to watch 7 short films, one animated short, and a feature film.

What is truly hard about the last day is realizing that every film you watch is choice to not watch something else. As I go through the program book, small descriptions with a film still is all have to guide me. So for the close I thought I would share a smattering of film stills. Which would you choose to watch?

: Installation view Stanley Whitney: How High the Moon, 2025. Photo by Kameron Herndon. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Franz West
Artwork
Sitzwuste
Date

2000

: Jessi Reaves, Bachelors stool with fake flowers (after kuramata), 2025. Courtesy the artist and Bridget Donahue, New York; photo: GC Photography

: The medium Eva C. with an ectoplasmic veil, Albert Von Schrenck-Notzing, 1911. Courtesy of the Photographic Collections of the Institut für Grenzgebiete der Psychologie und Psychohygiene,
Freiburg im Breisgau.

: Nellie Kluz, The Dells, 2024. Courtesy the artist.

: Photographs of abstract manifestations, John Beattie, 1872. Collection of Tony Oursler.

: Performance in Cargill Lounge, 2016. Photo: Gene Pittman. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

: Katharina Fritsch, Hahn/Cock, 2013/2017

: Pop up Photo Gallery in Cargill Lounge, 2019. Photo: Galen Fletcher. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

: Skyline Room, 2019. Photo: Lauren B. Photography. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

: Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, 2019. Photo: Studio 220 Photography. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

: Scott Burton, Seat-Leg Table, 1986/1991.

: Album of Spirit Photographs, Frederick Hudson, 1872. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gilman Collection, Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation, 2005.

: International Pop Preview Party, 2015. Photo: Angela Jimenez. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

: August Strindberg, Celestograph XIII, c.1894. Courtesy of the National Library of Sweden, Collection of Manuscripts.

: Passionate Attitudes, Ecstasy, 1878. From Iconographie photographique de la Salpêtrière. Courtesy Medical Historical Library, Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library, Yale University.

: Samira Makhmalbaf, The Apple, 1997. Courtesy the artist.

: Artists
Ta-coumba T. Aiken, Rosemary Soyini Vinelle Guyton, and Seitu Jones
Artwork
Siah Armajani from the series Shadows at the Crossroads

: Skyline Room, 2019. Photo: Lauren B. Photography. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

: Skyline Room, 2006. Photo: Cameron Wittig. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

: Artists
Ta-coumba T. Aiken, Rosemary Soyini Vinelle Guyton, and Seitu Jones
Artwork
Siah Armajani from the series Shadows at the Crossroads

: McGuire Theater, 2006. Photo: Gene Pittman. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

: Danh Vo 2011.51
Sculpture
Title: Tombstone for Phùng Vo from All your deeds shall in water be writ, but this in marble
Date: 2010
Medium: black absolute granite, gold

: Alexander Calder, Octopus, 1964

: Walker Cinema, 2013. Photo: Gene Pittman. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

: Mary Todd Lincoln with ghosts of Abraham Lincoln and their son, William Mumler, c. 1870-75. Collection of Tony Oursler. Courtesy Tony Oursler.

: Monika Sosnowska, Untitled (gate), 2014

: Poetry Reading in Cityview Room, 2019. Photo: Pierre Ware. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

: McGuire Theater, 2006. Photo: Gene Pittman. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

: Medtronic Gallery, 207. Photo: Cameron Wittig. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

: Jakob Ottonowitsch von Narkiewitsch-Jodko, Fluidic photograph, Discharge of a Positive Current, 1883. Collection of Tony Oursler. Courtesy Tony Oursler.

: Walker Gallery, 2010. Photo: Gene Pittman. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

: Skyline Room, 2019. Photo: Lauren B. Photography. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

: Hennepin Lobby, 2008. Photo: Gene Pittman. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

: Simone Fattal, Adam and Eve, 2021

: Kcho, La soledad, 1999/2005

: Julia Margaret Cameron, Vivien and Merlin, 1874. Metropolitan Museum of Art, David Hunter McAlpin Fund, 1952.

: Terrace Thursdays, 2019. Photo: Awa Mally. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

: Hippolyte Baraduc, Heavy Heart (Constellation of droplets attracted to the cave by an invocation of force: the plaque worn on the heart), 1909. Collection of Tony Oursler. Courtesy of Tony Oursler.

Skyline Room, 2019. Photo: Lauren B. Photography. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Skyline Room, 2006. Photo: Cameron Wittig. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Cargill Lounge, 2010. Photo: Gene Pittman. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Untitled Spirit Photo, c. 1930. Collection of Tony Oursler. Courtesy Tony Oursler.

Skyline Room, 2019. Photo: Lauren B. Photography. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Mark di Suvero, Arikidea, 1977–1982

Skyline Room, 2006. Photo: Cameron Wittig. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Jules Courtier, Séance with the Medium Eusapia Palladino, 1907-8. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gilman Collection, Purchase, The Howard Gilman Foundation Gift, 2001. Courtesy Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Shahzad Ismaily. Photo: Mary Rozzi. Courtesy the artist.

Jessi Reaves, Street Lamp, 2025. Courtesy the artist and Bridget Donahue, New York; photo: GC Photography

Child and adult making art at Free First Saturday: Keith Haring Fest 2024, June 1, 2024. Photo: Carina Lofgren for Walker Art Center. 

Terrace Thursdays: Last Chance Dance, 2017. Photo: Anna Gulbrandsen. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Franz West, Sitzwuste, 2000

Terrace Thursdays, 2019. Photo: Awa Mally. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Party In/The Garden, 2021. Photo: Carina Lofgren. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Mark Manders, September Room, 2017

Walker Art Center, 2019. Photo: Lauren B. Photography. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Artists
Ta-coumba T. Aiken, Rosemary Soyini Vinelle Guyton, and Seitu Jones
Artwork
Siah Armajani from the series Shadows at the Crossroads

Artists
Ta-coumba T. Aiken, Rosemary Soyini Vinelle Guyton, and Seitu Jones
Artwork
Siah Armajani from the series Shadows at the Crossroads

International Pop Preview Party, 2015. Photo: Angela Jimenez. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Isamu Noguchi, Shodo Shima Stone Study, 1978

Walker Gallery, 2009. Photo: Gene Pittman. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Skyline Room, 2019. Photo: Lauren B. Photography. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Effluvia from a Hand Resting on a Photographic Plate, Adrien Majewski, 1898–99. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gilman Collection, Purchase, The Howard Gilman Foundation Gift, 2001.

Terrace Thursdays, 2019. Photo: Awa Mally. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Skyline Room, 2015. Photo: Drew Johnson. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Skyline Room, 2019. Photo: Lauren B. Photography. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Garden Terrace, 2019. Photo: Studio 220 Photography. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Artists
Ta-coumba T. Aiken, Rosemary Soyini Vinelle Guyton, and Seitu Jones
Artwork
Siah Armajani from the series Shadows at the Crossroads

Skyline Room, 2006. Photo: Cameron Wittig. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Garden Terrace, 2019. Photo: Studio 220 Photography. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Garden Terrace, 2008. Photo: Gene Pittman. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Installation views Jessi Reaves: process invented the mirror, 2025. Photo: Eric Mueller. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Jenny Holzer, Selections from The Living Series, 1989

Albert Von Schrenck-Notzing, The medium Eva C. with the materialization of a woman’s face, 1911. Courtesy of the Photographic Collections of the Institut für Grenzgebiete der Psychologie und Psychohygiene, Freiburg im Breisgau.

Walker Cinema, 2012. Photo: Cameron Wittig. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Skyline Room, 2006. Photo: Cameron Wittig. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Untitled Spirit Photo, c. 1930. Collection of Tony Oursler. Courtesy Tony Oursler.

Skyline Room, 2019. Photo: Lauren B. Photography. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Terrace Thursdays: Last Chance Dance, 2017. Photo: Anna Gulbrandsen. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Poetry Reading in Cityview Room, 2019. Photo: Pierre Ware. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Walker Cinema, 2012. Photo: Cameron Wittig. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Crosby Conference Room, 2009. Photo: Cameron Wittig. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Skyline Room, 2019. Photo: Lauren B. Photography. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Liz Larner, X, 2013

Crosby Conference Room, 2009. Photo: Cameron Wittig. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Medium Eusapia Palladino in a séance with Albert von Schrenck-Notzing (left), showing levitation of a small table with an accordion placed on it. Anonymous, Munich, Germany, 1903. Courtesy of the Photographic Collections of the Institut für Grenzgebiete der Psychologie und Psychohygiene, Freiburg im Breisgau.

Nellie Kluz, The Dells, 2024. Courtesy the artist.

Garden Terrace, 2008. Photo: Gene Pittman. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Angela Two Stars
Okciyapi, 2021

Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, 2019. Photo: Studio 220 Photography. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Nairy Baghramian, Privileged Points, 2011/2017

Burnet Gallery, 2005. Photo: Cameron Wittig. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Sound for Silents 2021: Film + Music on the Walker Hillside, 2021. Photo by Pierre Ware. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Skyline Room, 2019. Photo: Lauren B. Photography. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

McGuire Theater, 2006. Photo: Gene Pittman. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Garden Terrace, 2019. Photo: Studio 220 Photography. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Crosby Conference Room, 2009. Photo: Cameron Wittig. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

After Hours, 2022. Photo: Carina Lofgren. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Garden Terrace, 2008. Photo: Gene Pittman. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Fluidic photograph obtained by applying fingers to a photographic plate, Louis Darget, c.1899.

Skyline Room, 2019. Photo: Lauren B. Photography. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Artists
Ta-coumba T. Aiken, Rosemary Soyini Vinelle Guyton, and Seitu Jones
Artwork
Siah Armajani from the series Shadows at the Crossroads

Julia Margaret Cameron, The Madonna Penserosa, 1864. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1941.

Skyline Room, 2005. Photo: Cameron Wittig. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Party In/The Garden, 2021. Photo: Carina Lofgren. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

James Turrell, Sky Pesher, 2005

Bazinet Lobby, 2016. Photo: Gene Pittman. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

After Hours, 2022. Photo: Carina Lofgren. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Jene Highstein, Untitled, 1987–1988

Cargill Lounge, 2013. Photo: Cameron Wittig. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

The medium Stanisława P: emission and resorption of an ectoplasmic substance through the mouth (under netting). Albert von Schrenck-Notzing, 1913. Courtesy of the Photographic Collections of the Institut für Grenzgebiete der Psychologie und Psychohygiene, Freiburg im Breisgau.

Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen,
Spoonbridge and Cherry
1985–1988

Ada Emma
Deane, Cloud of ectoplasm with faces of the dead, including Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, c.1930. Collection of Tony Oursler. Courtesy Tony Oursler.

Martin Puryear, Gog & Magog (Ampersand), 1987–1988

Ada Emma
Deane, Cloud of ectoplasm with faces of the dead, including Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, c.1930. Collection of Tony Oursler. Courtesy Tony Oursler.

Skyline Room, 2015. Photo: Drew Johnson. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Medtronic Gallery, 2014. Photo: Gene Pittman. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Skyline Room, 2019. Photo: Lauren B. Photography. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Artists
Ta-coumba T. Aiken, Rosemary Soyini Vinelle Guyton, and Seitu Jones
Artwork
Siah Armajani from the series Shadows at the Crossroads

Garden Terrace, 2008. Photo: Gene Pittman. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Crosby Conference Room, 2009. Photo: Cameron Wittig. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Alexander Calder, The Spinner, 1966

Artists
Ta-coumba T. Aiken, Rosemary Soyini Vinelle Guyton, and Seitu Jones
Artwork
Siah Armajani from the series Shadows at the Crossroads

International Pop Preview Party, 2015. Photo: Angela Jimenez. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Jessi Reaves, Your room is the same as when you left, 2025. Courtesy the artist and Bridget Donahue, New York; photo: GC Photography

Ellsworth Kelly, Double Curve, 1988

Jakob Ottonowitsch von Narkiewitsch-Jodko, Fluidic photograph, 1883. Collection of Tony Oursler. Courtesy Tony Oursler.

Skyline Room, 2019. Photo: Lauren B. Photography. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Skyline Room, 2006. Photo: Cameron Wittig. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Aaron Spangler
Bog Walker, 2017

Skyline Room, 2019. Photo: Lauren B. Photography. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Installation views Jessi Reaves: process invented the mirror, 2025. Photo: Eric Mueller. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Skyline Room, 2019. Photo: Lauren B. Photography. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Installation views Jessi Reaves: process invented the mirror, 2025. Photo: Eric Mueller. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Party In/The Garden, 2021. Photo: Carina Lofgren. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Walker Gallery, 2010. Photo: Gene Pittman. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Teen Takeover, 2018. Photo: Carina Lofgren. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Skyline Room, 2019. Photo: Lauren B. Photography. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Walker Cinema, 2013. Photo: Gene Pittman. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Skyline Room, 2019. Photo: Lauren B. Photography. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Louis Darget, Thought photograph, The Bird Head (The bird head with his white beak is remarkable),
c.1896. Collection of Tony Oursler. Courtesy Tony Oursler.

Pop up Photo Gallery in Cargill Lounge, 2019. Photo: Galen Fletcher. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Garden Terrace, 2019. Photo: Studio 220 Photography. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Terrace Thursdays: Last Chance Dance, 2017. Photo: Anna Gulbrandsen. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Iconography obtained without light, electricity or photographic apparatus, is due to the
right hand of Dr. M. Adam. In the researches which he kindly undertook for me relating to these so troubling questions, he was taken by a great movement of mental sadness at the moment when this vortex was produced. Hippoltye Baraduc, 1896. Collection of Tony Oursler.

Terrace Thursdays, 2019. Photo: Awa Mally. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Eva Rothschild, Empire, 2011

Sol LeWitt, 1988/2016

Shahzad Ismaily. Photo: Mary Rozzi. Courtesy the artist.

Ta-coumba T. Aiken, Rosemary Soyini Vinelle Guyton, and Seitu Jones
Artwork
Siah Armajani from the series Shadows at the Crossroads

Kinji Akagawa, Garden Seating, Reading, Thinking, 1987/2017

Skyline Room, 2006. Photo: Cameron Wittig. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Artists
Ta-coumba T. Aiken, Rosemary Soyini Vinelle Guyton, and Seitu Jones
Artwork
Siah Armajani from the series Shadows at the Crossroads

Liz Larner, X, 2013

Barbara McKenzie, Stanley de Brath, Miss Scratcherd, and the spirit extra of Gustave Geley. William Hope, 1924. British Library, London, UK / British Library Board / Bridgeman Images.

Skyline Room, 2006. Photo: Cameron Wittig. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Poetry Reading in Cityview Room, 2019. Photo: Pierre Ware. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Garden Terrace, 2008. Photo: Gene Pittman. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

McGuire Theater, 2006. Photo: Gene Pittman. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Skyline Room, 2005. Photo: Cameron Wittig. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Shahzad Ismaily. Photo: Mary Rozzi. Courtesy the artist.

Theaster Gates, Black Vessel for a Saint,
2017

McGuire Theater, 2006. Photo: Gene Pittman. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Aaron Spangler, Bog Walker, 2017

Photo: Studio 220 Photography. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Eva Mohn, 2025. Photo: Kameron Herndon. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Skyline Room, 2006. Photo: Cameron Wittig. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Skyline Room, 2019. Photo: Lauren B. Photography. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Jessi Reaves, Rebuilding vanity, 2025. Courtesy the artist and Bridget Donahue, New York; photo: GC Photography

Jessi Reaves, Big vanity with modesty flap, 2025. Photo: GC Photography Courtesy the artist and Bridget Donahue, New York.

Cowles Pavilion and Regis Promenade

Shahzad Ismaily. Photo: Mary Rozzi. Courtesy the artist.

Jim Hodges, Untitled, 2011

Terrace Thursdays, 2019. Photo: Awa Mally. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Garden Terrace, 2017. Photo: Alice Gebura. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Thomas Schütte
Artwork
Bronze Woman IV Bronze Woman IV
Date

1998/2000

Party In/The Garden, 2021. Photo: Carina Lofgren. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Tony Cragg, Level Head, 2007

Kris Martin, For Whom …, 2012

Party In/The Garden, 2021. Photo: Carina Lofgren. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Skyline Room, 2025. Photo: Gene Pittman. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

After Hours, 2024. Photo: Carina Lofgren. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Medtronic Gallery, 2014. Photo: Gene Pittman. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Cowles Pavilion and Regis Promenade

McGuire Theater, 2005. Photo: Cameron Wittig. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Hystero-epilepsy, Contracture, Iconographie photographique de la Salpêtrière. Courtesy Medical Historical Library, Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library, Yale University.

Matthew Monahan, Hephaestus, 2013

Tony Smith, Amaryllis, 1965/1968

Crosby Conference Room, 2009. Photo: Cameron Wittig. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

The medium Stanisława P: emission and resorption of an ectoplasmic substance through the mouth. Albert von Schrenck-Notzing, 1913. Courtesy of the Photographic Collections of the Institut für Grenzgebiete der Psychologie und Psychohygiene, Freiburg im Breisgau.

Garden Terrace, 2008. Photo: Gene Pittman. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Medium Eva C. excreting an ectoplasmic finger. Albert Von Schrenck-Notzing, c.1911. Collection of Tony Oursler. Courtesy Tony Ousler.

McGuire Theater, 2005. Photo: Cameron Wittig. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Art-making in the Cargill Lounge at  Free First Saturday, 2023. Photo: Kameron  Herndon for  the Walker Art Center. 

Deborah Butterfield, Woodrow, 1988.

Thomas Schütte,
Bronze Woman IV Bronze Woman IV, 1998/2000

Terrace Thursdays, 2019. Photo: Awa Mally. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Shahzad Ismaily. Photo: Mary Rozzi. Courtesy the artist.

Artists
Ta-coumba T. Aiken, Rosemary Soyini Vinelle Guyton, and Seitu Jones
Artwork
Siah Armajani from the series Shadows at the Crossroads

Cardamom, 2021. Photo: Anne Victoria Photography. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Medtronic Gallery, 2014. Photo: Gene Pittman. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Garden Terrace, 2019. Photo: Studio 220 Photography. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Here are the totals: 82 animated short films, 38 live action shorts, 4 feature films. Now I just have to wait and see which ones I will choose for future programs. That’s when my job gets hard.