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For Immediate Release Contact:
Aparna Ramaswamy, (612) 874-2816
July 26, 1999 Katrina
Roth, (612) 874-2815
SMALL ALL SPRING FALL
PREMIERES AT INTERMEDIA ARTS,
AUGUST 27 — 29,
1999
Marcus Young’s
Original Performance Piece Explores the Balance
Between Modernity
and Mystery
(MINNEAPOLIS)–An America that is conflicted
with materialism, technology, and cultures denies our appreciation and
ultimate need for emptiness, nothingness. Small All Spring Fall,
Marcus Young’s new performance piece, is an examination of personal
identity and spirituality in a world where modernity has erased mystery.
For example, what is the moon to us, now that we have traveled there and
back? Through ideas and images of America, his reawakened connections
to Chinese traditions, and his own upbringing, Young asks us to reflect
on a new delicate balance between modernity and the preservation of mystery.
His exploration of East-West dualism implores us to appreciate the minutia
of daily routines, the value of tradition, and the ultimate importance
of smallness and allness in our world.
Small All Spring Fall, a collaboration with
dramaturg Anja Klöck, composer Jonathan Howard, and designer Kelley
McClung premieres August 27, 1999 at Intermedia Arts, and is the final
installment of the 1999 Jerome Performance Art Commission. Performances
take place at 8:00 p.m., Friday and Saturday, and 7:00 p.m., Sunday, August
27 — 29, 1999, at Intermedia Arts, 2822 Lyndale Avenue South, Minneapolis.
Admission prices are $12.00 general; $10.00 seniors, students, and groups;
and $6.00 for Intermedia Arts members and youth under 16. Information
and reservations are available by calling (612) 871-4444.
In Small All Spring Fall, generational,
cultural, and philosophical dichotomies serve to create modern-day mysteries
in which the awareness of smallness and allness plays a central role.
Director-performer Marcus Young leads the audience on a journey through
a series of 20 innovative, abstract episodes, through a space in which
the culture of technology and the technology of culture have merged into
and embraced one another. In one episode, patterns
are found in the "chance" groupings of
river rocks, as a story written by a young boy relates
his struggles to learn American culture. In another
episode, a video projection of a singing face is betrayed by a disembodied
voice in a sequence of "reverse lip-sync." In one of the final
episodes, ancient Chinese movement is performed to a distant, yet profoundly
connected accompaniment of a de-cultured rendition of "My Funny Valentine."
Through these abstract, varied episodes, Small All Spring Fall
touches upon ideas as disparate as modern physics and the ancient wisdoms
of Taoism, culminating in a peaceful moment of solitude.
The premiere of Small All Spring Fall marks
the final installment of the 1999 Jerome Performance Art Commission program.
The program, in its pilot year, is funded by the Jerome Foundation and
administered by Intermedia Arts. The project was designed by program manager
Eleanor Savage and Intermedia Arts Executive Director Tom Borrup. Its
purpose is to support emerging performance artists in their careers by
providing professional performance opportunities, mentorship in the development
of performance art works, technical and publicity support, and documentation
of the art work. The program also includes an intensive critical response
component organized by Bienvenida Matías, executive director of
the Center for Arts Criticism.
Artist participants were selected through a competitive
panel selection process. The other artists selected in the program’s
pilot year were Joanna Kadi, Cynthia Lane, and Juliana Pegues, who presented
their original performance work, First the Forest, in March, and
Lisa D’Amour, who presented her trans-medium performance piece, Slabber,
in May.
Intermedia Arts is a multidisciplinary
center dedicated to engaging the power of the arts in addressing social
and human issues and to supporting the work of contemporary artists. We
believe that art is essential to and integrated in daily life, and that
art has an important and under-recognized role to play in effecting change.
Our priority is to support culturally diverse work by regional artists
which is artistically, socially, and politically challenging. We act as
a focal point for collaborative efforts among artists and organizations.
Intermedia Arts has been fostering the development of new art forms since
1973, offering education, services to artists, and public exhibitions.
The programs and services of Intermedia
Arts are made possible in part by general operating support from the Elmer
L. & Eleanor J. Andersen Foundation; Dayton’s, Mervyn’s
and Target Stores by the Dayton Hudson Foundation; Headwaters Fund; Honeywell
Foundation; The MAHADH Fund of the HRK Foundation; Marbrook Foundation;
McKnight Foundation; Norwest Foundation; Piper Jaffray Companies Foundation;
St. Paul Companies, Inc; Star Tribune Foundation; Tennant Foundation;
and Western Bank. Support for specific programs is also provided by 3M;
American Express Minnesota Philanthropic Program; Beim Foundation; Bush
Foundation; General Mills Foundation; Jerome Foundation; Lila Wallace-Reader’s
Digest Fund; MacArthur Foundation; Medtronic Foundation; Minnesota Center
for Arts Education; Northern States Power Company; Surdna Foundation,
Inc.; United Arts’ Arts Partnership Fund and School Arts Fund; The
Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts; and the Members of Intermedia
Arts.This activity is made possible in part by a grant provided by the
Minnesota State Arts Board, through an appropriation by the Minnesota
State Legislature. In addition, this activity is supported in part by
a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
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July 12, 1999 Contact: Aparna
Ramaswamy, (612) 874-2816
For Immediate Release Kate Roth,
(612) 874-2815
INTERMEDIA ARTS PRESENTS
"WHEELS AS ART"
The Fifth Annual
Art Car Rally and Parade Returns to Minneapolis
(MINNEAPOLIS)–Amidst live bands, exhilarating
performances, and the never-ending eats of the LynLake Street Fair, the
fifth annual Wheels As Art rally and parade, one of Intermedia
Arts’ most beloved and crowd-pleasing events returns to parade through
the neighborhood. This annual summertime event has skyrocketed in popularity
to become of the top three annual art car events in the entire country,
along with those in San Francisco and Houston.
This year’s Wheels As Art consists
of two jam-packed days of entertainment. Once again, we kick off the event
with a symposium at 8:00 p.m., Friday, August 13. The symposium features
presentations, videos, and slide shows by prominent local and national
art car artists, including a talk by Ruthann Godollei on the history of
art cars in Minnesota and around the world. It is preceded by a barbecue
at 6:00 p.m. in our lot and followed at 10:00 p.m. with "drive-in"
movies!
On Saturday, August 14, the long-awaited Wheels
As Art parade begins at 1:00 p.m. Led by Art Car Grand Marshall Ms.
Richfield and the delightful tunes of "Your Community Band,"
this year’s parade will feature guests from near and far, including
Dave Major’s "Aerocar 600," a 1959 BMW 600 turned airplane,
B.J. Zander and her unique "Mercedes Bonz" automobile, local
art car heroine Jan Elftmann with her "Cork Truck," and many,
many more surprises in the caravan extravaganza that is Wheels As Art.
The parade winds its way along Lake Street past
applauding crowds enjoying the LynLake Street Fair. Onlookers can trace
the cars’ progress on the official parade route map, available at
Intermedia Arts.
Back by popular demand, the art car parade is followed
by the second annual Wheels As Art fashion show at 4:00 p.m., Saturday,
August 14, which will be emceed by the lovely Ms. Richfield. In this extravagant
show, art car artists display a bold array of fashion statements designed
to match, complement or contrast with their lovely cars. Prestigious local
celebrities join together to award prizes to cars and costumes in a variety
of categories, including Most Original, Most Whimsical, and Best Contraption,
with the final prize given to the "People’s Choice."
All Wheels As Art events are free of charge
and will be held at Intermedia Arts, 2822 Lyndale Avenue South, Minneapolis.
For more information, the public may call (612) 871-4444.
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For Immediate Release Contact:
Aparna Ramaswamy, (612) 874-2816
May 3, 1999 Tamara Nadel,
(612) 874-2815
ART IN SPACE
RETURNS TO INTERMEDIA ARTS,
MAY 13 – JUNE 20,
1999
Through Vastly Unique
Installations, John Hitchcock, Carla Stetson, and Marina Kuchinski Question
History, Popular Culture, Technology, and Vision
(MINNEAPOLIS)–John Hitchcock of Morris, Marina
Kuchinski of Minneapolis, and Carla Stetson of Duluth are the three Minnesota
artists selected to unveil new multimedia installations on May 13, 1999,
at Intermedia Arts in Minneapolis. Their contrasting installations will
fill the gallery for six weeks as Part Two of this year’s Art
in Space event, one of Intermedia Arts’ most popular annual exhibitions.
The opening reception, free of charge and open
to the public, will be held at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, May 13. The three
artists, Art in Space Interim Coordinator John Marshall, and previous
Art in Space artists will meet the public at an Artist Talk at
7:00 p.m., Tuesday, May 18; a donation of $2 is suggested. The exhibition
runs May 13 — June 29, 1999, with a suggested donation of $2. Gallery
hours are 12:00 noon to 5:00 p.m., Tuesdays — Sundays. Intermedia
Arts is located at 2822 Lyndale Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Art in Space XII–Part Two marks the
twelfth year Intermedia Arts has presented this increasingly watched-for
exhibition, funded by the Jerome Foundation. Each year a panel of arts
professionals select up to six emerging interdisciplinary artists for
the exhibition on the basis of the artists' proposals for the installation
and evidence of ability and creativity. The installations are created
and exhibited in a two-part show, with Part One having taken place last
autumn.
The installations featured in Art in Space XII–Part
Two include John Hitchcock's Ritual Device, Marina Kuchinski's
Have II, and Carla Stetson's Sowing/Sewing Time.
In Ritual Device, John Hitchcock addresses
ideas of community from the point of view of one who has more than one
community, and who can speak the languages of many. Through an interactive
installation inviting individuals to throw hoops on a bottle, darts at
balloons, or balls at a chicken, Ritual
Device explores where Native song clashes with industrial noise, progress
collides with ritual, and colonization, assimilation, and cultural shift
vie for first place. Hitchcock received his Master of Fine Arts degree
from Texas Tech University and has exhibited his works extensively in
the United States.
Marina Kuchinski’s Have II questions
what human beings have in common. What makes them different? What is a
community? In her installation, ceramic dogs stand in for all of us, as
individuals who are also "pack members," socialized mammals.
Kuchinski’s fresh uniting of the ancient medium of clay with sound
and photography provides a new context in which to see the dogs and hands
that are the ‘vessels’ for knowledge. Kuchinski holds a Master
of Fine Arts degree from Penn State University and has exhibited her work
both nationally and internationally.
In Sowing/Sewing Time, Carla Stetson make
this installation from many threads of her past. An industrial sewing
machine is implanted in a layer of sod, transforming it into native wildgrass
that rises and falls within the space of the exhibit, as if sewing ‘this
fabric.’ Here the idea of the artist as maker expands and unfolds
to encompass the idea of the human race clothing the earth. Sowing/Sewing
Time speaks of the transformation of sameness into diversity, of monoculture
into polyculture, of recognizing the given and restoring it to itself.
A resident of Duluth, Minnesota, Stetson’s work has been exhibited
in galleries and exhibitions throughout Minnesota and elsewhere in the
Midwest.
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Marcus
Young’s
Small All Spring
Fall
8:00 p.m., Friday and
Saturday, August 27 — 28
7:00 p.m., Sunday, August
29, 1999
ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES
Marcus Young
holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music from Carleton College, and is
working toward a Master of Fine Arts in Stage Direction at the University
of Minnesota. He is the winner of the first two Minneapolis performance
art slams, and a recipient of a Special Projects award from the New York
Drama League. He is a past participant in the Lincoln Center Director’s
Lab in New York, and in 1997 served as apprentice to director Hal Prince
on the Broadway production of Candide. In the Twin Cities he has
worked with the Minnesota Opera, Mixed Blood Theater, Theater Mu, Intermedia
Arts, and Penumbra Theater.
Anja Klöck is a theater practitioner
and theoretician/historian. A native of Germany, she received a Bachelor
of Arts degree in Drama and Stage Direction from the University of Kent
at Canterbury, England, and a Master of Arts degree in Theater from the
University of Minnesota. In England, her production for the 1994 National
Student Drama Festival was praised in the London Times for "vision
and originality." In the Twin Cities, her work has appeared at the
Weisman Art Museum, the Red Eye, and the University Theatre, where she
directed the North American premiere of her own translation of Bertolt
Brecht’s Turandot last November. Anja is currently working
on her dissertation.
Jonathan Holt Howard
holds a bachelor’s degree in Music Composition from Rice University
and a Master of Arts in Theory and Composition from the University of
Minnesota. His artistic work ranges from compositions for chamber ensembles
and orchestras to collaborations with theater, dance, and visual artists.
In addition to his work as a composer, teacher, and performer, he has
done ethnomusicology work in Panama, Taiwan,
South Africa, and the Philippines. Currently,
he is on the faculty of the Minnesota Center for Arts Education.
Kelley McClung
has been in the Twin Cities a little over a year and is pursuing an MFA
in Lighting Design from the University of Minnesota. While in the Twin
Cities, she has designed for and worked with such groups as Margolis Brown
Company, Shapiro and Smith , Hijack, SITI ‘s and Anja Klock’s
American English Language Premiere of Bertolt Brecth’s Turandot .
She has been actively producing installation works and sculptures as an
artist for the past 18 years. She moved here from Lexington, Kentucky,
where she designed for The Shakespeare in The Park Festival, Message Theatre,
and The Lexington Ballet Company.
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For Immediate Release Contact: Aparna Ramaswamy,
(612) 874-2816
June 11, 1999 Tamara Nadel, (612) 874-2815
ART CARS, A FREEDOM
OF EXPRESSION CELEBRATION, AND GRAFFITI ART HIGHLIGHT INTERMEDIA ARTS’
SUMMER LINEUP
Calendar Listings: May — June,
1999
- The fourth annual Minneapolis 55408 exhibit
continues Intermedia Arts’ tradition of showcasing the works of
our talented neighbors. This event kicks off our grand Fourth of July
Freedom of Expression celebration, combining food, bands,
and the best of live entertainment!
- Intermedia Arts is proud to present the fifth annual
incarnation of its ever-popular Wheels as Art rally and
parade. This and other exciting events highlight the LynLake Street
Fair, featuring hours of live bands, exhilarating performance, never-ending
eats, and art-making opportunities.
- New York-based Lady Pink, one of the pioneers
of the graffiti art movement and the nation’s leading female aerosol
muralist, comes to Intermedia Arts to create an original mural in collaboration
with Twin Cities artists.
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CALENDAR LISTINGS
All events take place at Intermedia Arts, 2822 Lyndale
Avenue South, Minneapolis, unless otherwise noted. The public may call
(612) 871-4444 for further information.
Exhibition and Celebration: Minneapolis
55408
July 4 — August 15, 1999
Gallery Hours: 12:00 p.m. — 5:00
p.m., Tuesday — Sunday; $2 suggested donation
Opening Celebration: 2:00 p.m.,
Sunday, July 4; free admission
Freedom of Expression Celebration:
6:00 p.m., Sunday, July 4
This fourth annual Minneapolis 55408 exhibit continues
our tradition of showcasing the works of our talented neighbors, including
2- and 3-dimensional art, film and video, and multimedia works. And remember,
the opening of Minneapolis 55408 kicks off our massive Freedom
of Expression celebration!
Celebration
Freedom of Expression
6:00 p.m., Sunday, July 4; $8 Entertainment Pass; food
and beverage pass free of charge
Our grand Freedom of Expression celebration combines
food, bands, the best of live entertainment featuring pyrotechnic performance
art by David Hall, pieces by choreographer Deborah Jinza Thayer and
Heidi Geier’s Soft-Eyed Collaborations, Ari Hoptman and his one-person
show Y2K and the Seven Dwarves, Ellen Keane and her hot-stepping
tap dance ensemble Keane Sense of Rhythm, special surprises by curator
and host Dean J. Seal, and much, much more!
LynLake Street Fair and Art Car Rally:
Wheels as Art
Friday — Saturday, August 13 —14,
1999
Free Admission to All Events
It’s time once again for the street fair! In the
midst of hours of live bands, exhilarating performance, never-ending eats,
and art-making opportunities, the fifth annual Wheels as Art rally
and parade, one of Intermedia Arts’ most beloved and crowd-pleasing
events, returns to wend its whimsical way through the neighborhood, promising
to entertain one and all!
Barbecue, Symposium, and Movies
Friday, August 13
6:00 p.m. Barbecue; 8:00 p.m. Symposium; 10:00 p.m. Movies
A symposium featuring prominent art car artists, videos,
and slide shows officially kicks off the 1999 Wheels as Art event.
A barbecue in the Intermedia Arts parking lot will precede the symposium,
and drive-in movies round out the evening.
Performance
Summer Arts Village: Family Fables
12:00 noon, Saturday, August 14
LynLake neighborhood’s Theater Mu, SASE: The Write
Place, and pARTs Gallery join with Intermedia Arts for our first annual
Summer Arts Village. Centered around the theme of Family Fables, this
intensive summer workshop for neighborhood youth culminates in a showcase
of photography, theater, writing, and visual art in Intermedia Arts’
own performance space.
The Parade
1:00 p.m., Saturday, August 14
Following the lead of the Grand Marshall, a glorious
array of art cars parades through the festivities of the LynLake Street
Fair. The grand procession finishes at Intermedia Arts’ parking
lot, where the delightfully unique art cars are on display for the rest
of the day. This fifth annual Wheels as Art event is curated
by Jan Elftmann.
The Fashion Show
4:00 p.m., Saturday, August 14
This second annual event is a must see! Art car artists
display a bold array of fashion statements, designed to match, complement,
or contrast with their lovely cars. Prestigious local celebrities award
prizes to cars and costumes for Most Original, Most Esoteric, Most Whimsical,
and many more.
Wheels as Art activities are supported in part by the
Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Fund.
Exhibition: People, Places, Connections
August 19 — September 19, 1999
Gallery Hours: 12:00 p.m. — 5:00
p.m., Tuesday — Sunday; $2 suggested donation
Opening Reception: 6:30 p.m.,
Thursday, August 19; free admission
Intermedia Arts takes uncharted steps to unite the forces
of urban planning and art, and to engage the community in dialogue about
our own neighborhood. People, Places, Connections showcases photographs
by Wing Young Huie (selections from his three-year examination of the
people and goings-on of Lake Street) and design drawings to explore the
once thriving Lake Street. Beginning with the history of the area going
back to its use by Native Americans, the exhibit charts the evolution
of the Midtown Greenway Corridor, its challenges, and visions for the
future.
Partners in People, Places, Connections are the
Design Center for American Urban Landscape, Close Landscape Architecture,
and Midtown Community Works Partnership.
Community Forum
"Peacemaking and the Livable City"
part of People, Places, Connections
7:00 p.m., Wednesday, September 8; $2 suggested donation
Exhibition: Women’s Art Registry
of Minnesota
August 26 — September 26
Gallery Hours: 12:00 p.m. — 5:00
p.m., Tuesday — Sunday; $2 suggested donation
Opening Reception: 6:30 pm, Thursday,
August 26; free admission
Artist Talk: 2:00 p.m., Sunday,
September 12; $2 suggested donation
In its 20th anniversary year, the Women’s
Art Registry of Minnesota’s annual juried exhibition showcases excellence
in artistic expression by women artists working in a variety of media.
This competition brings together the talents of artists in the Upper Midwest
and jurors of national and international prominence. The Women’s
Art Registry of Minnesota seeks, through the arts, to make the presence
of women’s voices and visions a significant influence in our community
and society.
ADDITIONAL EVENTS AT INTERMEDIA ARTS
Performance
Mu Daiko Student Recital: The Joy of Taiko
8:00 p.m., Friday — Saturday, July 9 — 10; $6
($3 Intermedia Arts members and youth under 16)
Mu Daiko, the Twin Cities’ foremost taiko group
led by master drummer Rick Shiomi, is ready to show off its first wave
of talented students in a thundering recital of Japanese drumming. After
the recital, everyone is invited to try their hand at this ancient artform!
Mural Demonstration/Book Signing
Lady Pink
Saturday, July 17
2:00 — 6:00 p.m. Demonstration; 6:00 — 8:00
p.m. Reception and Book Signing; free admission
Lady Pink, one of the pioneers of the graffiti art movement
and the nation’s leading female aerosol muralist, visits us from
New York City to share her talents with local artists and followers
of this urban culture. Juxtaposition Arts, along with Intermedia Arts,
brings Lady Pink to our space to create an original mural in collaboration
with Twin Cities artists. A reception and black book signing will follow
this unique visual experience.
Partial support for this program was provided by the
Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, Wells Family Foundation, General Mills
Foundation, Minneapolis Arts Commission, and the University of Minnesota.
Performance
Mulch–Installment 10
3:00 p.m., Sunday, August 8; $6 ($3 Intermedia Arts members
and youth under 16)
Spend a Sunday afternoon with the Twin Cities’
most gifted dancers and musicians as they explore creativity, adventure,
and improvisation. Mulch offers the boldest and newest in performance!
Performance
Marcus Young’s Small All Spring Fall
8:00 p.m., Friday — Saturday, August 27 - 28; 7:00
pm, Sunday, August 29
$12 ($10 students, seniors, groups of 10 or more; $6 Intermedia
Arts members and youth under 16)
An America that is conflicted with information, technology,
and cultural clash denies our appreciation and ultimate need for emptiness,
nothingness. Marcus Young’s
Small All Spring Fall examines the concept of
nothingness in society and illustrates it with the particulars of Chinese
American life.
Drawing from the mystery, spirituality, and imagery
of Chinese tradition, as well as from his own upbringing, Young questions
the delicate balance between modern technology and the preservation
of mystery. Through innovative episodes of face-dancing, reverse lip
syncing, found poetry, and video projection, Small All Spring Fall
implores us to appreciate the minutia of daily routines, the value of
tradition, and the ultimate importance of smallness and allness in our
world.
Small All Spring Fall is supported by the Jerome Performance
Art Commission Program, funded by the Jerome Foundation.
The programs and services of Intermedia Arts are made
possible in part by general operating support from the Elmer L. &
Eleanor J. Andersen Foundation; Dayton’s, Mervyn’s and Target
Stores by the Dayton Hudson Foundation; Headwaters Fund; Honeywell Foundation;
The MAHADH Fund of the HRK Foundation; Marbrook Foundation; McKnight Foundation;
Norwest Foundation; Piper Jaffray Companies Foundation; St. Paul Companies,
Inc; Star Tribune Foundation; Tennant Foundation; and Western Bank. Support
for specific programs is also provided by 3M; American Express Minnesota
Philanthropic Program; Beim Foundation; Bush Foundation; General Mills
Foundation; Jerome Foundation; Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Fund;
MacArthur Foundation; Medtronic Foundation; Minnesota Center for Arts
Education; Northern States Power Company; Surdna Foundation, Inc.; United
Arts’ Arts Partnership Fund and School Arts Fund; The Andy Warhol
Foundation for the Visual Arts; and the Members of Intermedia Arts.
This activity is made possible in part by a grant provided
by the Minnesota State Arts Board, through an appropriation by the Minnesota
State Legislature. In addition, this activity is supported in part by
a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
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For Immediate Release Contact: Aparna Ramaswamy,
(612) 874-2816
July 21, 1999 Katrina Roth,
(612) 874-2815
"WHAT’S
GOIN’ ON IN THE ’99" ADDRESSES ISSUES OF URBAN CULTURE
FROM AN INTERGENERATIONAL PERSPECTIVE
(MINNEAPOLIS)– Intermedia Arts and Phillips
Community Television have recently collaborated their efforts to create
a program designed to establish intergenerational community dialogue around
issues related to contemporary, urban, youth culture and to offer youth
the opportunity to play a leading role in this dialogue. In its pilot
year, What’s Goin’ On In the ’99 responds to the
current need to discuss issues related to urban-youth culture, including
gang activity, graffiti, and the problems of intergenerational fear and
mistrust.
Funded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur
Foundation, What’s Goin’ On In the ’99 will engage
neighborhood youth by providing them with the skills, training, and guidance
to use media to explore and document youth-related issues. During the
course of the program, youth engage in discussions about the complex issues
related to urban culture that impact young people, such as intergenerational
miscommunications and illegal tagging. The program, led by project coordinator
Alex Alvarez, culminates in a series of public screenings and discussions
designed to foster civic discourse and intergenerational exchange, as
well as several essays written by the participating youth.
This year long collaboration will involve the creation
of at least four new video productions by youth, which will explore issues
of pressing concern to them and to the community at large. These works
will be shown in a series of six public screenings followed by structured
dialogues pertaining to the topics addressed in the video works. The series
of video screenings will begin in October with Graf/Hiphop In Depth,
an exploration of the hiphop and graffiti culture of Twin Cities youth,
its artistic components, its sub-cultural aspects, such as dress and language,
and the views of the community. Phillips Community Television will provide
the training and production opportunities to youth, while Intermedia Arts
will provide the facilities and venue for post-production exhibition,
community dialogues, and project coordination. The MacArthur Project will
be an on-going program of Intermedia Arts designed to promote long-lasting
intergenerational discussions and understanding in our community.
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For Immediate Release Contact: Aparna
Ramaswamy, (612) 874-2816
July 20, 1999 Kate Roth,
(612) 874-2815
INTERMEDIA ARTS ANNOUNCES
RECIPIENTS OF 1999 —2000 MCKNIGHT ARTIST FELLOWSHIPS FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY
ARTISTS
(MINNEAPOLIS) - Intermedia Arts is pleased to announce
the recipients of the 1999-2000 McKnight Artist Fellowships for Interdisciplinary
Artists. Now in the eighth year, the fellowships are made possible by
the generous support of the McKnight Foundation. The four recipients of
fellowships are Djola Branner, Suzanne Kosmalski, Susanna di Palma, and
Diane Katsiaficas.
The intent of the McKnight Artist Fellowship program
is to support outstanding work by interdisciplinary artists in Minnesota
who exhibit a sustained commitment to exploring the changing relationships
between artistic disciplines, diverse cultural forms, and/or traditional
modes of expression. In addition, the program seeks to foster broader
understanding of interdisciplinary art forms.
Interdisciplinary work may be defined as work
that fuses, integrates, or explores the boundaries between at least two
distinct art disciplines. Given that risk-taking and innovation are inherent
in interdisciplinary work, Intermedia Arts encourages artists who make
these explorations to define and continually redefine "interdisciplinary."
Intermedia Arts encourages interdisciplinary artists who deal with social
issues as a pertinent part of their work, and artists whose work explores
and challenges cultural boundaries or traditions. Intermedia Arts will
work with these artists to carry out an educational or presentational
activity during the two-year fellowship period.
1999 — 2000 McKnight Artist
Fellowship Recipients
Djola Branner is an interdisciplinary artist
who has created such works as Homos in the House and Sweet Sadie.
His collaborative works include Forever Hold Your Piece (with Patrick
Scully), Diva X (with Baraka de Soleil and Daniel Alexander Jones),
and The House that Crack Built (with Aaron Barnell). He co-founded
the critically acclaimed Pomo Afro Homos, which toured nationally and
internationally with
-more-
Fierce Love: Stories from Black Gay Life and
Dark Fruit. Branner recently released the CD soundtrack to Mighty
Real, his in-the-works performance tribute to the legendary 1970’s
disco diva Sylvester.
Suzanne Kosmalski is an interdisciplinary artist
working in the forms of video, film, sound, performance/movement, sculpture,
and photography. Her work reflects issues and ideas surrounding the construction
of memory, history and perception. She has worked as an administrator
for Artpaper and the Walker Art Center, and is currently the guest
curator for the Jerome Installation Program at Intermedia Arts. She has
exhibited her work nationally and regionally, including the Minneapolis
Institute of Arts, North Dakota Museum of Art, and the Minnesota Museum.
Kosmalski’s current public documentary project, The Memory Theater,
will reflect the architectural, human, and cultural history of the erased
and closed entertainment district of St. Paul.
Susanna di Palma has been a Spanish/flamenco
dancer for 30 years. In 1984, she founded the Zorongo Flamenco Dance Theatre
in Minneapolis, which is dedicated to providing education in Spanish dance
and culture and to the creation of original flamenco theater pieces. Di
Palma has performed throughout Spain, Europe, and Canada as a soloist
and with her own company. Her original works include Garden of Names,
Sadja, Passion Flamenco, and Flor. She is currently
teaching in the University of Minnesota Dance Department, and will soon
be creating a work using animation and puppets based on the puppet plays
of Federico Garcia Lorca.
Diane Katsiaficas is an artist and professor
in the Art Department at the University of Minnesota. Her work involves
the development of visual narratives referring to private and public concerns
around the questions: how do we celebrate? how do we grieve? how are we
human? Her past projects include hors d’oeuvre, Dressing
Room, From ___ to ___, and Paper At The Edge. At present,
she is working on a multi-media digital video opera entitled imagine
a world without winter, a work which will attempt to explore the relationships
between mothers and daughters and among women of various ages.
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For Immediate Release Contact: Aparna Ramaswamy, (612)
874-2816
August 2, 1999
Kate Roth, (612) 874-2815
Corinne Gill, (612)
874-2803
spoken word, singing, and movement HIGHLIGHT
‘Mulch—INSTALLMENT 9’
Intermedia Arts Hosts Monthly Music-Dance
Fest, Sunday, August 8, 1999
(Minneapolis)–Mulch, the popular music and dance improvisation series,
returns in its ninth monthly installment. Mulch—Installment 9 takes
place at Intermedia Arts, 3:00 p.m., Sunday, August 8, 1999. Intermedia
Arts is located at 2822 Lyndale Avenue South, Minneapolis. Information
and reservations are available by calling (612) 871-4444. Admission is
$6.00, or $3.00 for Intermedia Arts members and youth under 16.
Curated by Heather Spear, Mulch¾ Installment
9 brings together several of the most innovative forces in the Twin Cities’
experimental performance scene to present spoken word, singing, movement,
and instrumental music. This month’s event creates an environment
in which all of the performing artists work together, some of which have
never met before:
- Jennifer Holt is a singer/ songwriter and dancer. She dances
with Soft-Eyed Collaborations and improvises with saxophonist John Devine.
She and Rebecca Katz are currently experimenting with vocalization and
movement.
- Rebecca Katz has been working in the Twin Cities for 10 years
as a teacher, performer, and arts administrator. She has been singing
for several years and has previously performed with the Ethnic Dance
Theater.
- Drew Gordon has been a professional artist in the Twin Cities
for 21 years. He is a composer and improviser with the group Gondwana,
and has played for dancers and choreographers in classes and concerts.
- Benji Gross (a.k.a. The Radar Threat), creates imperfectionist,
electrosonic, rhythmic/ arrhythmic beats, and analog tones.
- Chamomile Ramlow is a dancer in the Twin Cities. She has worked
previously with Benji Gross at a University of Minnesota student dance
concert.
- Rush Merchant is a multidisciplinary artist, creating performances
with spoken word, music, and movement.
- Heather Spear, the curator of Mulch–Installment 9, is
a multidisciplinary artist, performing music, dance, and drag as the
winds blow her. She is currently dancing for choreographer Morgan Thorson.
Recently named the "Best Drag King in Minneapolis" by the
City Pages, Heather will be presenting a new performance of Dykes
Do Drag: Gender Blending at the Bowl at the Bryant Lake Bowl Theater
at the end of July.
- Arwen Wilder is a dancer, choreographer, and board member of
the Minnesota Dance Alliance. She most recently danced for Morgan Thorson
in Bottom Heavy, and collaborates with Kristin Van Loon as Hijack.
Arwen is a founding member of the dance collective Concrete Farm, which
presented their first full length work, entitled Scout, at the
Southern Theater in June.
Mulch has proven to be a great success since its inaugural event in September
1998. The show is curated on a volunteer, rotating basis by movers and
shakers in the Twin Cities’ improvisation community. The first show
was curated by Emily Johnson and Colin Rusch, followed by Jennifer Holt,
Arwen Wilder, Kristin Van Loon, Colin Rusch, Cynthia Stevens, Rosy Simas
and now for her second time, Heather Spear.
Individuals interested in curating or performing in a Mulch show may
call Emily Johnson at
(612) 379-2938.
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