Failing Together: One View of Twin Cities
On billboards, online ads, the exterior of the building, and the entrance to the gallery, the larger than life title of the ongoing Edward Hopper exhibition at the Walker Art Center, via the Whitney...
View ArticleFrom the Road: One View of Twin Cities
It is summer already, and I am on early vacation, driving through the West, living some version of the American dream involving fast cars, tops down, endless sunsets, and the long slow rise of...
View ArticleTime Keeps On: One View of Twin Cities
Christian Marclay’s The Clock debuted in London nearly four years ago. I voraciously read about the monumental work at the time, marveling at the dedication needed to edit together the thousands of...
View ArticleMo Problems: One View of Twin Cities
I cannot read the news at night any more. I lay awake in the fading heat filled with outrage, sadness, my heart breaking with lives destroyed, communities torn apart, people disempowered and displaced....
View ArticleEDITION #36 – Minnesota Nice
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View ArticleHolding Time – One View of Twin Cities
As I walk through exhibitions, I find myself staring around the works on display, straining to see how paintings are hung from the walls, how sculptures rise from the floor. I look for projectors and...
View ArticleReproductions: One View of Twin Cities
Fall lingers, with warm days and fiery trees, longer nights and frosty mornings. Daylight has changed, striking us at more oblique angles, lengthening shadows even at noon. I follow my shadow farther...
View ArticleEpisode 480: Amy Toscani and Walkerpalooza!
Download audio file (Bad_at_Sports_Episode_480-Walkerpalooza.mp3) download This week: What starts out as a conversation with artist Amy Toscani evolves into a wandering conversation with lots of...
View ArticleLet’s Get Physical: One View of Twin Cities
The world grows colder. Nature slows, becomes static. The river connecting these cities ices over slowly, silently at night. Tires spin, stuck in ice ruts that will last until spring. Fewer bicyclists...
View ArticleCold Then Hot: One View of Twin Cities
We are in the midst of a warm snap. The snow has receded. The ice has left the lakes and rivers. I dig out the fall clothes I had packed away, reluctant to leave warm hats and scarves at home. I know...
View ArticleMo Problems: One View of Twin Cities
I cannot read the news at night any more. I lay awake in the fading heat filled with outrage, sadness, my heart breaking with lives destroyed, communities torn apart, people disempowered and displaced....
View ArticleEDITION #36 – Minnesota Nice
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View ArticleHolding Time – One View of Twin Cities
As I walk through exhibitions, I find myself staring around the works on display, straining to see how paintings are hung from the walls, how sculptures rise from the floor. I look for projectors and...
View ArticleReproductions: One View of Twin Cities
Fall lingers, with warm days and fiery trees, longer nights and frosty mornings. Daylight has changed, striking us at more oblique angles, lengthening shadows even at noon. I follow my shadow farther...
View ArticleEpisode 480: Amy Toscani and Walkerpalooza!
http://traffic.libsyn.com/badatsports/Bad_at_Sports_Episode_480-Walkerpalooza.mp3 download This week: What starts out as a conversation with artist Amy Toscani evolves into a wandering conversation...
View ArticleLet’s Get Physical: One View of Twin Cities
The world grows colder. Nature slows, becomes static. The river connecting these cities ices over slowly, silently at night. Tires spin, stuck in ice ruts that will last until spring. Fewer bicyclists...
View ArticleCold Then Hot: One View of Twin Cities
We are in the midst of a warm snap. The snow has receded. The ice has left the lakes and rivers. I dig out the fall clothes I had packed away, reluctant to leave warm hats and scarves at home. I know...
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