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Illustration of two figures, each overlaid with concentric circles and concentric circles surrounding the pair.
1Emily Dzieweczynski, 2: space, 2023.

Resonating/Relating: How Sound Connects Us

Emily Dzieweczynski

From hearing heartbeats in an anechoic chamber to group laughter in Powderhorn Park, auditory perception links us together across bodies, space, and time

Tags: art and sciencebodycommunitylisteningparticipationPowderhorn Parksoundstorytellingvoice
Grid of many photos of pine trees, with blue and gray skies.
1Ben Moren, Reference Ecosystem: Lost 40, 2021. Courtesy of the artist.

Ghost Pines: The Haunted Forests of a Machine Learning Dataset

Everest Pipkin

Spinning climate grief into speculative forests in conversation with Ben Moren’s Reference Ecosystem: Lost 40

Tags: climate changedatadrawinggriefnaturephotographyPlace
Clouds of smoke in front of a row of protesters' umbrellas, and a sign reading BLACK LIVES MATTER.
Literature Visual Art
4-19-2021

Daunte Wright: A Billion Clusters of Rebellion and Starlight

Tikkun Bambara
Mx examines themselves in a dark dressing room mirror holding their light.
Performing Arts
3-22-2021

Politics and Performance from a Black Trans Perspective

Qamar Yochanan
Aerial view of a convex mound of dirt lit with stadium lights at night, with apartment buildings in the background
1Jasper Marsalis, Stadium, 2020. Soil, concrete, LED parking lot lights, light poles, skid steers. 146 x 117 x 12 feet. Image courtesy the artist and Midway Contemporary Art; photo by Aaron Van Dyke.
Performing Arts Visual Art
1-23-2021

The Convex (No Place Is or Ever Was Empty)

Alexandra Nicome
Dolly Parton stands on a stage in front of a microphone with a guitar, wearing a pink jumpsuit. Men in decorative brown suits are behind her on the stage by instruments, an audience is sitting in chairs behind them, and a body of water and green mountains are in the background.
1"Dolly Parton performs at 1973 dedication of Cordell Hull Dam" by NashvilleCorps is licensed with CC BY-SA 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/
Performing Arts Visual Art
1-22-2021

The Audience’s Work Is to Listen: On Communication and Chaos

Anna Marie Shogren
Abstract painting of thick brush strokes and watery colors with what appears to be water at the bottom, purple mountains above that, and a curved blue shape at the top with a white border.
1May Janko, Moon Valley (1958). Collection Walker Art Center, Minneapolis.
General
1-21-2021

Listen

Diane Wilson
the New Liberator heading appears in the bottom right corner of the collage. The rest of the image contains simple black and white illustrations of landscapes, armies, cities, scenes from the Bible, nude women, shepherds, and ships among others.
1Excerpt from Legends and Myths of Ancient Minnesota, 2020. Artwork by the author composed of every symbol from The New Liberator. A complete archive of The New Liberator is available via the International Association for the Preservation of Spiritualist and Occult Periodicals: http://iapsop.com/archive/materials/new_liberator/
Design Visual Art

American Fascism as Aesthetic Experience

Brooks Turner
Photo of two women draped in white fabric rolling down the stairs of Cathedral of St. John the Divine.
1Eiko Otake and Chitra Vairavan rehearsing in the Cathedral of St. John the Divine during an exhibit on the divine feminine, November 26, 2016. Photo: Wm Johnston.
Performing Arts
1-20-2021

Deep Listening: Creating from Memories and Speaking through Dance

Chitra Vairavan
An intersection with a memorial for George Floyd at the center that has a large sculpture of a fist in the air. Signs and flowers are arranged in a circle around the memorial, and people can seen standing on the outside looking in
1"Memorial for George Floyd - 38th and Chicago Avenue - South Minneapolis" by Tony Webster is licensed with CC BY 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
Literature Visual Art
1-15-2021

Poly-fugitivity: Utopian Relations in Dystopian Structures

Tikkun Bambara
Intricate arcing paint strokes of black, tan, and grey/white swirl around the majority of the canvas, more concentrated near the bottom. The gaps between the strokes are filled with different patters, and form into faces in the lower half of the painting.
1Ta-coumba T. Aiken, The Promise from the series NO WORDS (2020). Walker Art Center, Minneapolis.
Literature Performing Arts
1-11-2021

Fire Water Word Wind Song

Signe V. Harriday
A square, blond wooden box holds brown clay, compost, and shredded paper. The lid of the box is printed with the words, “We Shall Never Stop Planting”.
1Seitu Jones, We Shall Never Stop Planting (2017). Walker Art Center, Minneapolis.
Literature Visual Art
1-6-2021

A Room with an Ocean View: A Meditation on Art as an Empath’s Path

David Grant
1Image by Tricia Heuring (2020).
Design Moving Image Performing Arts Visual Art
12-30-2020

Everything you do you must love: On curatorial practice driven by devotion

Tricia Heuring
1Julie Mehretu, Babel Unleashed (2001). Walker Art Center, Minneapolis.
Literature
12-23-2020

Smells of the Present Moment

Sagirah Shahid

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