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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.

Small Wonders
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05.27.2010
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Stephanie Syjuco, Future Shock Nesting Boxes, 2005

Saul Becker, Strip, 2010

Jim Campbell, Ambiguous Icon #1 (running falling), 2000

Peter Chilvers and Sandra O’Neill, Air, 2009

John F. Simon, Jr., Every Icon, 1997

Beatriz da Costa, Pigeonblogger, 2006/2010

Robert J. Lang, Peregrine Falcon, 2010

Daina Taimina, 13-Symmetry, 2005, and Gail Wight, Ghost, 2004

Christopher Locke, Egosiliqua malusymphonicus, 2010, and Hilarofustis atarium, 2010

Erik Klein, Altair Musical Interference, 1975/2009

Natalie Jeremijenko, Feral Robotic Dog, 2006

Eduardo Kac, videotext works, 1985-86

Gail Wight, Ghost, 2004

Ken Goldberg and Karl F. Böhringer, flw, 1996, and Frank Oppenheimer, bamboo cane

Tad Hirsch, Tripwire, 2006

I just returned from San Jose working on the 2010 01SJ Biennial where, among other projects, I worked with Jaime Austin and Shona Kitchen to install “Small Wonders,” a cabinet exhibition based on the idea of the wunderkammer at the new expansion of the San Jose International Airport – which has some amazing public art, and you should definitely fly through there next time you come to the Bay Area.

Small Wonders includes work by Saul Becker, Jim Campbell, Center for PostNatural History, Peter Chilvers and Sandra O’Neill, Beatriz da Costa, Amy Franceschini, Ken Goldberg and Karl F. Böhringer, Tad Hirsch, Misako Inaoka, Natalie Jeremijenko, Eduardo Kac, Erik Klein, Robert J. Lang, Christopher Locke, Frank Oppenheimer, John F. Simon, Jr., SuttonBeresCuller, Stephanie Syjuco, Daina Taimina, and Gail Wight.

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Is precedent important?
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05.22.2010
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Virtual Street Corners

From the home page of Virtual Street Corners, a public art project by John Ewing with Boston Cyberarts & the Knight Foundation

This project looks great, and I’m excited to see it, but I do hope that by launch time there is at least some acknowledgment of Kit Galloway and Sherrie Rabinowitz’s pioneering Hole In Space (1980) project between LA and New York, which informed their LA Olympics original Electronic Cafe (1984), which had some of the same explicit goals of creating virtual discourse and sociability between geographically divided neighborhoods.

Kit Galloway and Sherrie Rabinowitz, Hole In Space, 1980. Via Media Art Net.

Kit Galloway and Sherrie Rabinowitz, Hole In Space, 1980. Via Media Art Net.

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Call for volunteers
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05.15.2010
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Wing Young Huie, University Avenue Project(ion) site

Wing Young Huie, University Avenue Project(ion) site. Courtesy the artist.

Get involved with The University Avenue Project

Photographs by Wing Young Huie are installed over 6 miles of University Avenue in Saint Paul for The University Avenue Project…an extraordinary public exhibition that is on display in storefronts and on building facades May 1 – October 31, 2010.

At the center of the exhibit is The University Avenue Project(ion) Site, located at 1433 University Avenue. On a nightly basis beginning at dusk, Wing’s photographs are projected on 40’foot screens, accompanied by a soundtrack from local musicians. The last Saturday of each month, we invite local talent to take the stage for The University Avenue Project Cabarets.
We are currently recruiting volunteers for the May 29th Cabaret and for the nightly show at The University Avenue Project(ion) Site

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Art-a-Whirl this weekend
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05.11.2010
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Northern.Lights.mn, Art(ists) On the Verge, works-in-progress @ Art-a-Whirl

Art(ists) On the Verge will again be participating in the Art-a-Whirl Open Studio and Gallery Tour in the historic Thorpe Building on Central Avenue, this Friday, May 14 – Sunday, May 16.

Works-in-Progress

Arlene Birt, tectonic industries, Kyle Phillips, Janaki Ranpura, Tyler Stefanich

Arlene Birt – Visualizing sustainability.An in-store grocery products tracking system
Kyle Phillips – Empathetic Architecture. An interactive exploration of previous inhabitants in a space
Janaki Ranpura – Egg Alley Cat bike race. Interactive costumes
Tyler Stefanich – Exploring strategies for interpretation of the digital cultural archive
tectonic industries – The Oprah Winfrey Show. We watch so you don’t have to

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Art-a-Whirl 2010
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mediachef
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05.11.2010

Art(ists) On the Verge will again be participating in the Art-a-Whirl Open Studio and Gallery Tour in the historic Thorp Building on Central Avenue, this Friday, May 14 – Sunday, May 16. Works-in-Progress Arlene Birt – Visualizing sustainability.An in-store grocery products tracking system Kyle Phillips – Empathetic Architecture. An interactive exploration of previous inhabitants in […]

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FutureEverything
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05.7.2010
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FutureEverything

The Lever Prize winning FutureEverything 2010 global festival of art, music and ideas features world premieres of astonishing artworks, an explosive citywide music programme, visionary thinkers from around the world, and awards for outstanding global innovators.

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ASL for crane operators
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05.6.2010
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Installing University Avenue Project(ion) site from Steve Dietz on Vimeo. Frank Frattalone was operating the crane, “Red” was directing, and John Hock and crew came down from Franconia Sculpture Park to assist with the rigging. It would have been impossible without you. Thanks.

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Call for workshop leader for Futurefarmers project
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05.5.2010
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Futurefarmers, call for workshop proposals

Futurefarmers, call for workshop proposals, deadline May 25.

This project is part of A People without a Voice Cannot Be Heard, a month-long project by Futurefarmers co-commissioned and co-presented by Northern Lights.mn and the Walker Art Center for the Walker’s Open Field initiative this summer.

Deadline May 25. More information.

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A People without a Voice Cannot Be Heard
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05.4.2010
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Futurefarmers, A People without a Voice Cannot Be Heard

Futurefarmers, A People without a Voice Cannot Be Heard, co-presented by Northern Lights.mn and Walker Art Center, August 2010

Futurefarmers’ A People without a Voice Cannot Be Heard is part of the Walker’s summer “Open Field” programming about the cultural commons.

Three Futurefarmers (Amy Franceschini, Michael Swaine, and Dan Allende, a new farmer who worked as an intern on the Reverse Ark project in Baltimore) came to Minneapolis to prep for their summer project A People Without a Voice Cannot Be Heard, which is being co-curated and co-presented by Northern Lights.mn and the Walker Art Center. Northern Lights artistic director Steve Dietz sat down with Amy and Michael to discuss their upcoming project after three days of meetings with Walker staff, local artists, and potential community collaborators.

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Opening night, The University Avenue Project
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05.2.2010
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Last night was the magnificent “culmination” of years of photographing University Avenue in Saint Paul, MN, by artist Wing Young Huie. Four years in the making, tenaciously midwifed by Public Art Saint Paul, The University Avenue Project is a major public art installation with hundreds of photographs posted in businesses along 6 miles of the Avenue. Hundreds of people came to the “Project(ion) Site,” at 1433 University Avenue, conceived and produced by Northern Lights.mn with MS&R Architects, where a nightly slide show of Wing’s work can be seen accompanied by a rotating soundtrack of MN-based musicians through October 31.

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Wing Young Huie, University Avenue Project opens tonight
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05.1.2010
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Northern Lights was invited by Public Art Saint Paul and Wing Young Huie to participate in Wing’s University Avenue Project by proposing a “Project(ion) Site,” where there will be a nightly 2-hour show beginning at dusk of more than 450 of Wing’s photographs, which he has taken over the past 4 years, and which are […]

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Spark Festival submissions open
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04.20.2010
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Spark invites submissions of art, dance, theater, and music works incorporating new media, including electroacoustic concert music, experimental electronica, theatrical and dance works, installations, kinetic sculpture, artbots, video, and other non-traditional genres. All submissions must be received by May 1, 2010 at 11:59PM Minneapolis Time (CST).

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