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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."

Northern Spark in and around the Soap Factory including the 10 Second Film Festival

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.

Dillon Bakke, "Too Cool"

Alex Lauer + BA Mpls at Northern Spark

Yuiees collaborating with local artists; Rachel James, Kit Leffler, Andrea Steudel, Yuichiro Tanabe, and Josh Winkler

Tristan Pollock's Northern Spark

Northern Spark Midnight Mario Video #4, featuring the real Mario

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.

pongatorium in the Palace of Wonder at Northern Spark

Sarah Peters on CultureQueue

DLWeidt Northern Spark on Greenway

Videos along the Greenway by DLWeidt: 1 2 3

the Northern Spark psychedelic matching band: sunset

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!

Three Nuns And A Gun - (Live at MCAD - Northern Spark 2012)

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.

Balloon creatures at MIA @Northern Spark

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.

A look at the strange sights and sounds of Northern Spark

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

Ben Johnson and Elizabeth Johnson, PixelTron150

Jackie Beckey, Psychedelic Art Parade

Aniccha Arts, In Habit: Living Patterns

Michael Murnane, Under Ice

Rosemary Williams, Mom’s Cookies

Eunsu Kang and Diana Garcia-Snyder, Shin’m Pinata Jim Campbell, Material World Caly McMorrow, Observation Tape Deck

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

Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak kicked off Northern Spark with a rousing call to the night and the virtues of Minneapolis.

Northern Spark videos

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Northern Spark Channel

More than 20 videos of your favorite venues and projects.

Northern Spark channel

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."

Northern Spark in and around the Soap Factory including the 10 Second Film Festival

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.

Dillon Bakke, "Too Cool"

Alex Lauer + BA Mpls at Northern Spark

Yuiees collaborating with local artists; Rachel James, Kit Leffler, Andrea Steudel, Yuichiro Tanabe, and Josh Winkler

Tristan Pollock's Northern Spark

Northern Spark Midnight Mario Video #4, featuring the real Mario

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.

pongatorium in the Palace of Wonder at Northern Spark

Sarah Peters on CultureQueue

DLWeidt Northern Spark on Greenway

Videos along the Greenway by DLWeidt: 1 2 3

the Northern Spark psychedelic matching band: sunset

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!

Three Nuns And A Gun - (Live at MCAD - Northern Spark 2012)

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.

Balloon creatures at MIA @Northern Spark

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.

A look at the strange sights and sounds of Northern Spark

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

Ben Johnson and Elizabeth Johnson, PixelTron150

Jackie Beckey, Psychedelic Art Parade

Aniccha Arts, In Habit: Living Patterns

Michael Murnane, Under Ice

Rosemary Williams, Mom’s Cookies

Eunsu Kang and Diana Garcia-Snyder, Shin’m Pinata Jim Campbell, Material World Caly McMorrow, Observation Tape Deck

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

Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak kicked off Northern Spark with a rousing call to the night and the virtues of Minneapolis.

Walker Art Center, Northern Spark 2012

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

Northern Spark 2011

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Check out Brennan Vance’s mini-documentary of the 2011 Northern Spark Festival.

Community conversation @NorthernSpark

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All My Relations Gallery

All My Relations Arts invites you to join us for a community conversation with local Native American artists Mona Smith, Bobby Wilson and Robert Two Bulls. They will be talking with guest artists Rigo 23, whose work Oglala Oyate will screen during the Northern Spark festival at AMRA. Joining them will be Tom Poor Bear from Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. Poor Bear worked with Rigo 23 and appears in the video. Curator and poet Heid Erdrich will moderate. Light refreshments will be served.

All My Relations Arts
1414 East Franklin Ave.
5:30 pm – 7:30 pm, Saturday, June 4, 2011

Rigo 23, Oglala Oyate, 2010 01SJ Biennial

Fountain 193

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FONTE 193 from cinthia marcelle on Vimeo.

FOUNTAIN 193
Cinthia Marcelle | 2007, Brazil | video | 12’ | color, sound

1 firefighter truck constantly drives in a perfect circle with its hose shooting water to the centre of the geometric figure, provoking the image of a fountain in reverse. This project was realized in collaboration with the Fire Department of Belo Horizonte, Brazil and the Biennial of Lyon: The 00s – The History of a Decade that has not yet been named, France.

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Doug Aitken, “Frontier”

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Rome, Tiber Island, november 2009

Rome is finally giving proper space to contemporary art. Not only between the walls of galleries and other traditional venues, but also in the streets, hosting new buildings (Zaha Hadid’s new MAXXI museum and Odile Decq’s expansion for Macro, to open in spring 2010), performances and open-air installations.

Doug Aitken’s Frontier is the latest evidence of this new deal: a spectacular video work installed on the Isola Tiberina, a natural island located in the very heart of the city, emerging from the river. After the end of the show, the work will be donated to Rome’s contemporary art museum (Macro), where it will be visible next year.

The press releases that accompanied the launch of the event, part of the third edition of Enel Contemporanea curated by Francesco Bonami, emphasized a supposed similarity between Aitken’s video room (which has numerous small windows and no roof) and the Colosseum. But the work doesn’t seem to look for any historical reference; it owes most of its appeal, on the contrary, to the visual clash it engages with the surroundings.

Visitors first see Frontier from above, standing on top of the bridge, then walk down the marble stairs and approach a white, luminous room. The video is projected all over the inner walls, and the light – with its intensity and colour variations – leaks out of the rectangular windows that punctuate the structure. The whole architecture becomes a screen and a framework for the story: a narrative – and somehow circular – journey about memory and time. At the beginning we see the american painter Ed Ruscha sitting in a darkened movie theatre. Then he leaves for an – imaginary? – walkabout through different locations and atmospheres (the video was shot in Rome, Los Angeles, Israel and South Africa). The camera alternates wide, quiet panoramas with intense close-ups of faces and objects; the overall feeling is mystical and romantic. Sometimes the artist just relies on colours, flooding the walls with vibrant textures of pure, liquid light. At last, the protagonist finds himself once again in the same setting – the cinema – where the video began.

In the end, it seems like the story, and even the video itself, doesn’t count as much as the whole, immersive experience. The experience of spending half an hour inside a big screen-bulding, on the tip of an old island (it resembles the tip of a vessel) with only the sky as a roof. The main role of the video is that of being an emotional trigger, gently pushing the spectator towards a dreamlike, contemplative mood.

Valentina Tanni

Valentina Tanni (www.valentinatanni.com) is a contemporary art critic and curator based in Rome, Italy. Her research is mainly focused on new media art and internet culture. She is the founder of Random Magazine (www.random-magazine.net) a digital art bulletin, and co-founder of Exibart.com (www.exibart.com), the most popular online art magazine in Italy.