Some press links for Northern Spark 2012
Sarah Brumble, “The best of Northern Spark: A whole lot of Twin Cities love“, Twin Cities Daily Planet
Deboarah Carver, “Night Lights in the City,” mnartists.org
Marianne Combs, “Highlights and lowlights from ‘Northern Spark’,” MPRNews
Lightsey Darst, “Night Vision: A Northern Spark Diary,” mnartists.org
Zac Farber, “Wheelies, Skids and Bunny Hops Yield Chalk Art at Northern Spark Festival,” Southwest Minneapolis Patch
Jay Gabler, “My Northern Spark Journey,” Twin Cities Daily Planet
Tom Horgen and Mary Abbe, “Northern Spark Festival: Up all night,” StarTribune
Stephanie Kwong, “A Taste of Northern Spark,” phenoMNal twin cities
Andy Lien, “Photo Gallery: Northern Spark 2012, The Instagrams,” Lavendar
Jahna Peloquin, “Saturday: Northern Spark Festival,” Vita.mn
Sheila Regan, “Northern Spark: Minnesota’s sleepover art party,” City Pages
Joel Schettler, “Nuit Blanche: An Art All-Nighter,” Minnesota Monthly
Brittany Trevick, “Think and Wonder, Wonder and Think,” Twin Cities Metro
Joel Zimmerman, “MN Original’s Northern Spark journey,” MN Original
Vita.mn staff, “The Crawl: Northern Spark: What just happened??”
Northern Spark videos
Northern Spark Channel
More than 20 videos of your favorite venues and projects.
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This video created by Caleb Coppock (vimeo.com/calebcoppock) illustrates the time scope (from dusk until dawn) of the "In Habit: Living Patterns" performance at Northern Spark, June 2012. The music for the video was composed by John Keston for the sixteenth and final vignette in the sequence titled, "Energy."

Interactive media art by Eunsu Kang and Donald Craig Choreography and dance by Diana Garcia-Snyder June 9th, 2012 at the W Hotel Minneapolis as a part of Northern Spark 2012

On June 9-10, the Loft and Paper Darts co-hosted a Northern Spark event called Captured Dreams. A video loop of submitted dreams ran throughout the night.

Time Lapse documentation of setup and participant interaction with Dan Scofield and Miriam Simun's "21%" sound installation at the 2012 Northern Spark Festival in Minneapolis, MN on June 9th, 2012. Site-specific sound installation, 2011. Passive Infrared and Ultra Sonic Range Finder Sensors, Arduino, Max/MSP, 8-Channel Original Audio 21% invites visitors to influence a sound collage in collaboration ‘with’ the trees they walk amongst, as well as with other visitors to the space.

Yuiees collaborating with local artists; Rachel James, Kit Leffler, Andrea Steudel, Yuichiro Tanabe, and Josh Winkler
Midnight Mario vids by Dustin Davis 1 2 3 4

Overnight is a realtime data portrait of Minneapolis shown at Northern Spark 2012. Projected on the Mill City Silos, each silo holds one aspect of data collected about the city. Data-driven music accompanies the visuals, and was played on a section of the Stone Arch Bridge overlooking the silos.
Videos along the Greenway by DLWeidt: 1 2 3

Grand opening of the Gamut Gallery in downtown Minneapolis. It was part of the annual Northern Spark art festival that takes over most of the city for one night.

Come see the Palace of Wonder!! wonder... wonder... at Northern Spark in the courtyard of Minneapolis Institute of Arts - June 9th - Dusk to Dawn!

During four weeks of construction and installation leading up to the MIA's 2012 Northern Spark event, HOTTEA, MIA staff and volunteers measured, cut, and knotted an estimated 14,000 pieces of colored yarn (almost 400 skeins) to a plastic fence. If laid end-to-end, the yarn would stretch for 82 miles, or put another way, the distance from the MIA to Mankato, Minnesota. If it went straight up into the sky, the yarn would reach past the Kármán Line, the border between Earth's atmosphere and outer space.

Gallery13 presents SPARK3DS EXHIBITION and Mini Symposium will open on Saturday June 9th with the exhibition Opening 8:00 in conjunction with Northern Spark Festival.

We talked with Rosemary Williams, creator of "Mom's Cookies," part of the Northern Spark festival in Minneapolis on June 9, 2012. Her videos, featuring several General Mills products, were displayed on the side of buildings on the historic Minneapolis riverfront and milling district.

Northern Spark Marching Band on the Stone Arch Bridge at St. Anthony Main, Minneapolis MN. Conducted by Jackie Beckey

mnartists.org, Drawing NIGHTclub Acoustic Campfire + Bedtime Stories, Brian Laidlaw Scott Sayre and Vanessa Voskuil, Midnight Padhandling

Eunsu Kang and Diana Garcia-Snyder, Shin’m Pinata Jim Campbell, Material World Caly McMorrow, Observation Tape Deck
Northern Spark videos
Northern Spark Channel
More than 20 videos of your favorite venues and projects.
More videos
Contributed by participants. Add new links in the comments section.

This video created by Caleb Coppock (vimeo.com/calebcoppock) illustrates the time scope (from dusk until dawn) of the "In Habit: Living Patterns" performance at Northern Spark, June 2012. The music for the video was composed by John Keston for the sixteenth and final vignette in the sequence titled, "Energy."

Interactive media art by Eunsu Kang and Donald Craig Choreography and dance by Diana Garcia-Snyder June 9th, 2012 at the W Hotel Minneapolis as a part of Northern Spark 2012

On June 9-10, the Loft and Paper Darts co-hosted a Northern Spark event called Captured Dreams. A video loop of submitted dreams ran throughout the night.

Time Lapse documentation of setup and participant interaction with Dan Scofield and Miriam Simun's "21%" sound installation at the 2012 Northern Spark Festival in Minneapolis, MN on June 9th, 2012. Site-specific sound installation, 2011. Passive Infrared and Ultra Sonic Range Finder Sensors, Arduino, Max/MSP, 8-Channel Original Audio 21% invites visitors to influence a sound collage in collaboration ‘with’ the trees they walk amongst, as well as with other visitors to the space.

Yuiees collaborating with local artists; Rachel James, Kit Leffler, Andrea Steudel, Yuichiro Tanabe, and Josh Winkler
Midnight Mario vids by Dustin Davis 1 2 3 4

Overnight is a realtime data portrait of Minneapolis shown at Northern Spark 2012. Projected on the Mill City Silos, each silo holds one aspect of data collected about the city. Data-driven music accompanies the visuals, and was played on a section of the Stone Arch Bridge overlooking the silos.
Videos along the Greenway by DLWeidt: 1 2 3

Grand opening of the Gamut Gallery in downtown Minneapolis. It was part of the annual Northern Spark art festival that takes over most of the city for one night.

Come see the Palace of Wonder!! wonder... wonder... at Northern Spark in the courtyard of Minneapolis Institute of Arts - June 9th - Dusk to Dawn!

During four weeks of construction and installation leading up to the MIA's 2012 Northern Spark event, HOTTEA, MIA staff and volunteers measured, cut, and knotted an estimated 14,000 pieces of colored yarn (almost 400 skeins) to a plastic fence. If laid end-to-end, the yarn would stretch for 82 miles, or put another way, the distance from the MIA to Mankato, Minnesota. If it went straight up into the sky, the yarn would reach past the Kármán Line, the border between Earth's atmosphere and outer space.

Gallery13 presents SPARK3DS EXHIBITION and Mini Symposium will open on Saturday June 9th with the exhibition Opening 8:00 in conjunction with Northern Spark Festival.

We talked with Rosemary Williams, creator of "Mom's Cookies," part of the Northern Spark festival in Minneapolis on June 9, 2012. Her videos, featuring several General Mills products, were displayed on the side of buildings on the historic Minneapolis riverfront and milling district.

Northern Spark Marching Band on the Stone Arch Bridge at St. Anthony Main, Minneapolis MN. Conducted by Jackie Beckey

mnartists.org, Drawing NIGHTclub Acoustic Campfire + Bedtime Stories, Brian Laidlaw Scott Sayre and Vanessa Voskuil, Midnight Padhandling

Eunsu Kang and Diana Garcia-Snyder, Shin’m Pinata Jim Campbell, Material World Caly McMorrow, Observation Tape Deck
Walker Art Center, Northern Spark 2012
Walker Art Center, Northern Spark 2012 from Northern Spark on Vimeo.
mnartists.org, Drawing NIGHTclub
Acoustic Campfire + Bedtime Stories, Brian Laidlaw
Scott Sayre and Vanessa Voskuil, Midnight Padhandling
Videographers: Nolan Morice, Tricia Towey
Editor: Brennan Vance
Ben and Elizabeth Johnson, PixelTron 150, Northern Spark 2012
Ben and Elizabeth Johnson, PixelTron 150, Northern Spark 2012 from Northern Spark on Vimeo.
Ben Johnson and Elizabeth Johnson, PixelTron150
Videographers: Allison Osberg, Nolan Morice, Brennan Vance
Editor: Brennan Vance
Jackie Beckey, Psychedelic Art Parade, Northern Spark 2012
Jackie Beckey, Psychedelic Art Parade, Northern Spark 2012 from Northern Spark on Vimeo.
Jackie Beckey, Psychedelic Art Parade
Videographers: Allison Osberg, Tricia Towey, Tom Johnson, Nolan Morice, Gus Ganley, Brennan Vance
Editor: Brennan Vance
Annicha Arts, In Habit: Living Patterns, Northern Spark 2012
Annicha Arts, In Habit: Living Patterns, Northern Spark 2012 from Northern Spark on Vimeo.
Aniccha Arts, In Habit: Living Patterns
Videographers: Allsion Osberg, Tricia Towey, Brennan Vance
Editor: Brennan Vance
Michael Murnane, Under Ice, Northern Spark 2012
Michael Murnane, Under Ice, Northern Spark 2012 from Northern Spark on Vimeo.
Michael Murnane, Under Ice
Videographers: Allison Osberg, Tricia Towey, Tom Johnson, Nolan Morice, Gus Ganley, Brennan Vance
Editor: Brennan Vance
Rosemary Williams, Mom’s Cookies, Northern Spark 2012
Rosemary Williams, Mom’s Cookies, Northern Spark 2012 from Northern Spark on Vimeo.
Rosemary Williams, Mom’s Cookies
Videographers: Allison Osberg, Tricia Towey, Tom Johnson, Nolan Morice, Gus Ganley, Brennan Vance
Editor: Brennan Vance
The Foshay and Target South Tower, Northern Spark 2012
The Foshay and Target South Tower, Northern Spark 2012 from Northern Spark on Vimeo.
Eunsu Kang and Diana Garcia-Snyder, Shin’m Pinata
Jim Campbell, Material World
Caly McMorrow, Observation Tape Deck
Videographers: Nolan Morice, Brennan Vance
Editor: Brennan Vance
Weisman Art Museum, Northern Spark 2012
Weisman Art Museum, Northern Spark 2012 from Northern Spark on Vimeo.
Tetsuaya Yamada and Clive Murphy, Pizza/Calliope
Diane Willow, Tuning the Sky
Bell Museum, Capturing the Night
Raptor Center, All About Owls
Weisman Art Museum, Night Vision Tours: All Will Be Illuminated
Jenny Schmid, Drew Anderson and MAW, nightdemons
Videographer:: Tom Johnson
Editor:: Brennan Vance
Stone Arch Bridge and Mill Ruins Park, Northern Spark 2012
Stone Arch Bridge and Mill Ruins Park, Northern Spark 2012 from Northern Spark on Vimeo.
Robin Schwartzman, THINK AND WONDER, WONDER AND THINK
David Rueter, The Kuramoto Model (1,000 Fireflies)
Wil Natzel, Night Blooms
Lauren McCarthy and David Wicks, Bumps in the Night
Videographers:
Allison Osberg, Tricia Towey, Tom Johnson, Nolan Morice, Gus Ganley, Brennan Vance
Editor:
Brennan Vance
Mayor Rybak kicks off Northern Spark
Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak kicked off Northern Spark with a rousing call to the night and the virtues of Minneapolis.