Target Free Thursday Nights in July Highlighted by Solutions for the Other 90% Discussion, Film Screenings, Tribute Performance to Carei Thomas, and Sound Bites Gallery Talks
The Walker Art Center’s Target Free Thursday Nights in July are highlighted by the discussion Solutions for the Other 90%, an ongoing event that brings world-changing design to the forefront of public discourse, held in conjunction with the outdoor exhibition Design for the Other 90% (July 31, 7 pm). The program includes short, rapid-fire, media-rich presentations featuring a cross section of designers working to bring sustainable solutions to the water, energy, education, health care, and transportation shortages affecting the 90 percent of the world’s population that has little or no access to these products and services. Other Target Free Thursday Nights highlights include screenings of short experimental films and videos from the 1960s and 70s by Jud Yalkut (July 3, 7 pm); performances of Trisha Brown’s 1968 dance work Planes, performed by local choreographers in the Medtronic Gallery as part of the exhibition Trisha Brown: So That the Audience Does Not Know Whether I Have Stopped Dancing (July 3, 10, and 17, 6 pm); screenings of films copresented with the Sundance Institute’s Native American Initiative, including Four Sheets to the Wind, introduced by director Sterlin Harjo (July 10, 7:30 pm); the workshop Make Your Own Message, presented in conjunction with the upcoming UnConvention project (July 10, 6–9 pm); and Gift Shop: A Tribute to Carei F. Thomas, a performance in celebration of the Minneapolis-based AACM composer/pianist’s 70th birthday (July 24, 7 pm). July also introduces the new Sound Bites gallery talks, held on select Thursday evenings at 6:30 and 7 pm. Sound Bites illuminate an artist or work of art from the Walker’s world-class collection or one of its special exhibitions.
Target Free Thursday Nights sponsored by Target.
Target Free Thursday Nights
July 3, 10, 17, 24, 31
Galleries open 5–9; special events follow.
Free
Thursday, July 3
Gallery Performance: Trisha Brown’s Planes, 6 pm
Medtronic Gallery
Planes (1968), a major early performance work, is presented in-gallery as part of the exhibition Trisha Brown: So That the Audience Does Not Know Whether I Have Stopped Dancing. Local dance companies, along with student-dancers from the University of Minnesota, trained with Trisha Brown during her visit to the Walker in April. Each week a different company performs the piece scaling a wall upon which a film is projected. As the dancers move, the perception of “up” and “down” fades, and the performers are suspended or appear to be falling through the air. Performances are on the half-hour beginning at 6 pm on Thursdays. (On days when Planes is not performed live, a recorded performance is displayed on a monitor.)
July 3: Time Track Productions
July 10: Morgan Thorson, Anna Marie Shogren, Emily Johnson
July 17: Time Track Productions
The Year of Trisha is made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts American Masterpiece: Dance Initiative, administered by the New England Foundation for the Arts. Additional support is provided by the National Endowment for the Arts and the University of Minnesota McKnight Arts and Humanities Endowment.
Sound Bites: Design for the Other 90%, 6:30 and 7 pm
Meet in the Bazinet Garden Lobby
Connect to new and exciting ideas during this 15-minute conversation led by a Walker curator and tour guide about the outdoor exhibition Design for the Other 90%.
Film: Jud Yalkut Shorts, 7 pm
Cinema
Free tickets available at the Bazinet Garden Lobby desk from 6 pm
Jud Yalkut is best known for his visionary experimental films and videos from the 1960s and 70s, many of which were made in collaboration with artists and screened as part of installations or performances. This program features a number of short films from this period, including Planes (1968/1972), part of choreographer Trisha Brown’s performance installation in her exhibition in the Medtronic Gallery.
Thursday, July 10
Gallery Performance: Trisha Brown’s Planes, 6 pm
(See description above.)
Workshop: Make Your Own Message, 6–9 pm
Star Tribune Foundation Art Lab
Free, but registration required; call 612.375.7600
The Twin Cities will get its fair share of media attention this September as the Republican National Convention rolls into downtown St. Paul and people across the globe tune into this year’s election. What do you have to say about it? Create your own message that expresses your thoughts about the wonderful world of democracy. Experts from the UpTake, a citizen journalist–led initiative (theuptake.org), will teach the basics of handling a video camera, editing, and uploading to YouTube just in time for the convention. Selected videos will be screened at the Walker as part of the UnConvention project (unconvention.com).
Sound Bites: Jump, Trot, Leap: An Animal Trio in the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, 6:30 and 7 pm
Meet in the Bazinet Garden Lobby
Take a fresh look at a few Garden favorites during this 15-minute conversation led by a Walker curator or tour guide.
Film: Four Sheets to the Wind and Sikumi (On the Ice), 7:30 pm
Cinema
Free tickets available at the Bazinet Garden Lobby desk from 6 pm
Four Sheets to the Wind
Introduced by director Sterlin Harjo
This coming-of-age drama set within the rhythms and landscapes of Oklahoma depicts a young man in search of his identity on the reservation and beyond. Featuring a performance of quiet intensity by Cody Lightning, the film delicately balances the pathos and humor inherent in this transitional community. A project of the Sundance Lab, Four Sheets to the Wind won a Special Jury Prize at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. 2007, in English and Muskogee with English subtitles, 35mm, 91 minutes.
Preceded by
Sikumi (On the Ice)
Introduced by director Andrew Okpeaha MacLean
The first film ever made in the Iñupiaq language tells the story of an Inuit hunter who drives his dog team out onto the frozen Arctic Ocean and inadvertently witnesses a murder. Winner of a 2008 Sundance Short Filmmaking Award, Sikumi is “a work of great intelligence and artistry that demands to be seen by as many people as possible” (Film Threat). 2008, in Iñupiaq with English subtitles, 35mm, 15 minutes.
Copresented with the Sundance Institute’s Native American Initiative.
Thursday, July 17
Gallery Performance: Trisha Brown’s Planes, 6 pm
(See description above.)
Sound Bites: Trisha Brown, 6:30 and 7 pm
Meet in the Bazinet Garden Lobby
Artist and choreographer Trisha Brown is the focus of an insightful 15-minute curator-led conversation.
Thursday, July 24
Sound Bites: Adam Cvijanovic, 6:30 and 7 pm
Meet in the Bazinet Garden Lobby
The focus of this conversation is an artist featured in the exhibition Worlds Away: New Suburban Landscapes.
Performance
Gift Shop: A Tribute to Carei F. Thomas, 7 pm
William and Nadine McGuire Theater
Free, but reservations are recommended; call 612.375.7600
In celebration of Minneapolis-based AACM composer/pianist Carei Thomas’ 70th birthday and his ongoing contribution to creative improvised music, the Walker presents an evening of performance and verse, featuring a host of local and national artists from various disciplines. The concept of Gift Shop was developed during Thomas’ recovery from Guillian-Barre Syndrome when he began to reflect on the gifts of professionals and ordinary people. Sharing their artistic gifts this night are Ancestor Energy, Feel Free, High School for the Recording Arts, Keys Please!, Heart of the Beast, and many others.
Thursday, July 31
Sound Bites: Donald Judd, 6:30 and 7 pm
Meet in the Bazinet Garden Lobby
Get a fresh perspective during a memorable discussion led by a Walker curator or tour guide about Donald Judd, featured in the exhibition Statements: Beuys, Flavin, Judd.
Presentations: Solutions for the Other 90%, 7 pm
Cinema
Free tickets available at the Bazinet Garden Lobby desk from 6 pm
Good design shouldn’t just be for the world’s richest 10 percent anymore, and the Twin Cities is at the forefront of an exciting movement toward humanitarian design. In conjunction with the outdoor exhibition Design for the Other 90%, the Walker hosts an evening of short, rapid-fire, media-rich presentations featuring a cross section of designers working to bring sustainable solutions to the water, energy, health, shelter, and education crises affecting the 90 percent of the world’s population that has little or no access to these products and services. Curated by Solutions Twin Cities founders Troy Gallas and Colin Kloecker. Presenters include: Tom Fisher, Dean of the College of Design at the University of Minnesota; Emily Pilloton of Project H; Stephanie & Kelly Kinnunen of NEED Magazine; Marc Swackhamer of HouMinn Practice; John Dwyer of Shelter Architecture, Jeffrey Swainhart & Cassie Neu of Architecture for Humanity: Minnesota; Gabriel Cheifetz and Jacob Valento of 612 Authentic; and Paul Neseth, Wynne Yelland, Tom Westbrook, and a selection of their students from the University of Minnesota’s College of Design.
www.solutionstwincities.org
A social hour with the presenters, food, drink, and a live DJ follows.
This event will be webcast live and archived on the Walker Channel.