Saturday, July 30, 2011

7.28.11 - Open Field

Good morning! Lucas, our fellow houseguest at Chez Otto (check out his book Inherent Vice: Bootleg Histories of Videotape and Copyright), takes us to Maria's Cafe where we breakfast the best corn pancakes (Colombian or otherwise) I have ever tasted. Divine! 
Time to head over to the Archdale Apartments where we've been invited by our new friend Jeff Hnilicka of Kulture Klub Collaborative to do a workshop with a group of formerly homeless youth in the beautiful backyard garden that has been planned, planted and maintained by the residents. This is without a doubt the tour's most vivacious Photobooth of Change... the whole place vibrates with positive energy!
Then it's off to the Walker for Summer Jubilee, the free, fun, all day, all-ages extravaganza presented by Machine Project as part of the Walker's Open Field program. The Jubilee is a glorious jumble of earbees, white sheep/black sheep, electric melons, a giant gherkin, custom compositions, yarn bombing, cowboys & angels, poetry phones, synchronized lawn mowing and much, much more. The filmmaking component is taking place in the Flat Pak House, a prefab air-conditioned oasis on the edge of the sculpture garden. Along with the Filmmobile animation workshops, Dean leads the crowd in some film pickling a la Tony Conrad. Yummy!
And speaking of yummy, Minnesota mosquitoes sure do love the taste of California blood! Descending with the darkness, impervious to Off and attacking through clothing with impunity, the swarm turns the screening into a bit of an endurance contest... Our bites have bites! We're slapping ourselves silly! The mighty few who remain until the end are rewarded with golden kazoos.








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