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Contemporary art is increasingly “untethered” and moves from the white cube of the gallery to any site – including the virtual – to engage the public in its own realm. Public art is an ever-expanding field of inquiry, with artists of all stripes exploring the public realm. Beyond murals, monuments, memorials (and the occasional mime) public art has become a vibrant and engaging practice. From the spectacular to the quotidian, permanent to ephemeral, sited to virtual, material to performative, conceptual to cinematic, we believe there are unprecedented opportunities for new art practices in our shared environment. This is the critical focus of Public Address.

Art(ists) On the Verge 5 Fellows
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mediachef
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03.30.2013

Northern Lights.mn announces the recipients of the 5th round of Art(ists) on the Verge commissions (AOV5). AOV5 is an intensive, mentor-based fellowship program for 5 Minnesota-based, emerging artists or artist groups working experimentally at the intersection of art, technology, and digital culture with a focus on network-based practices that are interactive and/or participatory. Artists: Katie […]

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Northern Spark Preview
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03.12.2013
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Art All Night. Community All Year.


Saint Paul, Minn. – March 12, 2013 – Northern Spark announced today the partners that will be participating in the free, dusk-to-dawn, nuit blanche, which will ignite Saint Paul’s Lowertown in an explosion of urban art. The festival will be held on Saturday (into Sunday morning), June 8, 2013 from 9:00 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. with the main hub at Union Depot, hosting nearly 25 projects. Performances, visual arts, projected images, interactive media, and participatory events will bring together a multitude of artists who create art projects in partnership with numerous arts organizations at multiple venues. The public is invited to join this all-night adventure to see the city in a new light.

“With the reopening of the historic Union Depot, the continuing expansion and development of Lowertown businesses and the ballpark construction underway, the Lowertown district, known for its vibrant arts culture, is only becoming more lively. This unique festival is a wonderful way to showcase our arts community in a distinctive way,” stated Mayor Chris Coleman.

This year the festival expects nearly 72 projects in collaboration with 47 cultural organizations and sponsors.

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Fellowship Opportunity: Art(ists) On the Verge 5
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mediachef
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01.6.2013

Northern Lights.mn announces a call for a fifth round of Art(ists) on the Verge commissions (AOV5), which will take place from April 2013 – March 2014. AOV is an intensive, mentor-based fellowship program for 5 Minnesota-based, emerging artists or artist groups working experimentally at the intersection of art, technology, and digital culture with a focus […]

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Art(ists) On the Verge 4 Fellows
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01.6.2013
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Northern Lights.mn announces the recipients of the fourth round of Art(ists) on the Verge commissions (AOV4). AOV4 is an intensive, mentor-based fellowship program for 5 Minnesota-based, emerging artists or artist groups working experimentally at the intersection of art, technology, and digital culture with a focus on network-based practices that are interactive and/or participatory.

Artists: Christopher Houltberg, Sarah Julson, Mad King Thomas, Asia Ward, and Anthony Warnick

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Donate to Play
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11.13.2012
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Want to check out David Byrne’s Playing the Building installation at Aria at the Jeune Lune? A $50 donation to Northern Lights.mn on Give to the Max Day (you can schedule it now, btw), scores you a free ticket, thanks to our friends at First & First.

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Your Support
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11.13.2012
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Northern Lights.mn Give to the Max

For a $50 donation, receive a free ticket to David Byrne's "Playing" the Piano at Aria, in collaboration with First & First.

Northern Lights.mn takes art to the streets….
Northern Lights.mn supports emerging artists….
Northern Lights.mn supports artists who rock our world….
Northern Lights.mn supports new ideas….
Northern Lights.mn supports collaboration….

Your support makes Northern Lights.mn possible….

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Give to the Max Day – Thursday
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11.13.2012
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Just when you thought it was safe to watch TV and open your email now that the U.S. elections are over, many of us will recieve multiple pitches for donations to our favorite Minnesota non-profit for Give to the Max Day, Thursday, November 15. Including from Northern Lights.mn. We have had an extraordinary year, and […]

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Playing the Building
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Steve Dietz
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11.13.2012
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Playing the Building at Aria, Nov. 5 – Dec. 4. Photo: Jake Armour

I saw Beatrix*Jar at the recent opening of Playing the Building at Aria, the old Jeune Lune theater, and I wanted to ask them what they thought about the relationship of circuit bending to playing around with buildings, but we didn’t get the chance to talk. Maybe we would have discussed Gordon Matta-Clark’s building cuts. Usman Haque’s Evoke, “a massive animated projection that lights up the facade of York Minster in response to the public, who use their own voices to “evoke” colourful light patterns that emerge at the building’s foundations and soar up towards the sky, giving the surface a magical feeling as it melts with colour” might have come up, but what’s interesting about Playing the Building is the way it deconstructs the organ and building, stripping them both of harmony and ornament. It’s not really about making music. It’s more about making. And listening. The organ is an amplifier for the solitude of an empty building.

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Travels in Associative Reality
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Steve Dietz
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11.9.2012
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I look at this nearly every day.

I arrived at The Soap Factory’s $99 Sale late in 2011. Most of the work had already been claimed, but it didn’t matter to me. What I had eyes for, only, was Landscape Simulation : Fargo / Former PetSmart, Westgate Shoping Center, Macon, GA, 2011. At least that’s what is written on the back of the drawing. Of course, I didn’t know that at the time.

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ReGeneration – Exhibition Installation in Progress
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10.25.2012
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Exhibition installation in progress

Futurefarmers, Ethnobotanical Station

Futurefarmers, Ethnobotanical Station

View from the floor

Lighting tests

View from mezzanine of Common Weathers by The Living and SOFTlab

View from mezanine of Common Weathers by The Living and SOFTlab

Ben Garthus talking to NYSCI "Explainers" about Biomodd [NYC4]

Zach Lieberman installing Face by Face

Zach Lieberman installing Face by Face

Shih Chieh Huang, 99plus

Shih Chieh Huang

Shih Chieh Huang, 99plus

View from mezzanine of Common Weathers by The Living and SOFTlab

View from mezzanine of Common Weathers by The Living and SOFTlab

Amanda Parkes and Michael Cosaboom with Nick Yulmnan's New York Immigration Son

Nick Yulman, New York Immigration Song

Nick Yulman, New York Immigration Song

Nick Yulman, New York Immigration Song

Nick Yulman, New York Immigration Song

Biomodd [NYC4]

Biomodd [NYC4]

Ricardo Miranda Zúñiga, A Geography of Being : Una Geografia de Ser

Ricardo Miranda Zúñiga, A Geography of Being : Una Geografia de Ser

Ricardo Miranda Zúñiga, A Geography of Being : Una Geografia de Ser

Scott Kildall with Michael Cosaboom and Amanda Parkes

Scott Kiildall, 2049

Scott Kildall, 2049

Scott Kildall, 2049

Carl Skelton, Tomorrow 2.0

ReGeneration opens tonight at the New York Hall of Science! Almost there. It’s looking great.

Biomodd, Biomodd [NYC4]; Futurefarmers, Ethnobotanical Station; Shih Chieh Huang, 99plus; Marisa Jahn and Stephanie Rothenberg, World’s Fair 2.0; Scott Kildall, 2049; Zach Lieberman, Face By Face;  Carl Skelton, Tomorrow 2.0; The Living and SOFTlab, Common Weathers; Nick Yulman, New York Immigration Song; Ricardo Miranda Zúñiga, A Geography of Being : Una Geographia de Ser

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