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Contemporaries: Daniel Buren Sail Boat Race

Minneapolis Sailing Center students guide a 420 class sailboat downwind on Bde Maka Ska. Photo: Ted Salzman, courtesy the Minneapolis Sailing Center.

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Join us as nine sailboats race on Bde Maka Ska to recreate Daniel Buren’s Voile/Toile – Toile/Voile. We’ll gather at the Minneapolis Sailing Center to enjoy a picnic of pastries and coffee and watch the regatta. Plus, curator Pavel Pyś provides an introduction to Buren’s work. Five information stations will be placed around the lake for you to visit during the race; the winners will be announced at 11:30 am at the Sailing Center.

9 am
Pastries and coffee

9:45 am
Introduction by Pavel Pyś, Walker Visual Arts Curator

10 am
Sailboat race begins

11:30 am
Winners announced

Bring a blanket and watch Buren’s artwork set sail. RSVP here or call 612-375-7655.

Funding

The Walker Art Center’s commission and presentation of Daniel Buren: Voile/Toile – Toile/Voile is made possible with generous support from the Ronning Family Foundation and VIA Art Fund.

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The project is presented by the Walker and the Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board. The sailboat race is presented in collaboration with the Minneapolis Sailing Center. The Minneapolis Sculpture Garden is a project of the Walker and the Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board.

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Minneapolis artist Peter Haakon Thompson creates work made to be experienced outdoors, from custom flags hoisted on abandoned poles to icefishing shacks converted into "art shanties" to a polar expedition tent inspired by French artist Daniel Buren. These interests, as well as Thompson's experience as a sailboat racer and a photographer, made him a perfect pick to cover the regatta at the core of Buren's Voile/Toile – Toile/Voile, a public artwork that made its US premiere at the Walker this summer.

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