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Hello I’m Robert Deloria, and I’m  starting my next short film project. My film is about the Minesota and Mississipi river and the significance it has to the dakota people, and the events that took place around the river’s during The dakota war of 1862 which with the mass execution of thrity- eight dakota people on december 26 1862. Bdote translates into ‘where they meet’ which refers to the minnesota and mississippi river. For the time being my knowledge is limited to none and I’ll keep you informed on what I learn.  I

Thank you.

On Friday night, the Perpich Center for Arts Education premired three short films of next generation young filmmakers. The films, made by the Cinema Savages, Full Circle, and Healing the Cycle, showcased the work of young native american film makers in the community. After the screening there was a brief filmmaker’s discussion where we anwsered the audience’s questions.

PROVIDENCE, RI: Jay-Z has released the Blueprint 3, which I am convinced is the REAL return since the Black Album. Yeah, ‘Kingdom Come’ had some shit on there that was pretty terrific, but also huge pitfalls, and ‘American Gangster’ was as good a foray into a movie soundtrack/concept album, but this is the real deal.

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http://www.booooooom.com/2009/08/17/michael-dotson-paintings/

Check out the process of how these are made.

Another video that will make you bang your head on the desk cause you never thought of doing this.

I showed up at 6pm on Friday, to just hang with some friends up on the 4^th floor, but we all found it hard not to immediately find our way over to Don’t Sleep on It. Brett and Erin started it off with a blast, having more than 20 teens making their products from “Orphan in a Box” to “Canned Galaxy.”

Next was Chris, who upon giving quick instructions, had a civilization built within an hour, complete with a zoo, streets, small homes, multiple attacks with everything from paper balls to giant obelisks, and even Darth Vader waiting to give you a high five.

Right after Chris was Hardland/Heartland. At this point almost everyone who was there had had multiple energy drinks and tons of soda and when they were told to tear down the civilization that they built, there was no hesitation, it went down in less than a minute. This was followed by black walls and pumping music that overflowed right into Burlesque’s rave cave complete with album covered walls and cardboard box speakers.

At this point I was 12 hours in, after a 12 hour day of work.

At about this time I met with another teen my age who was working on his submission for the latest Bombing Science sketch battle, my conversation with him about the differing styles of Midwest graffiti in Minneapolis helped wake me up a bit.

But, next came Kristina Mooney and her sunshine crew, who, as they immediately started printing golden suns on the wall, seemed to coax out the early morning sun. The beautiful landscapes and bright clouds gave everyone a huge boost. As Kristina Mooney finished up in came Liz Miller with all of her felt designs and automatic scissors which everyone immediately wanted. Soon came a sprawl of fabrics that covered the space with a leisurely feel.

This is where my stay at Don’t Sleep on It ended; I was tired, having spent my more than 24 hours without even a poser nap. As I helped bring in Scott’s “priceless” antiques, it was time for me to leave. I have heard about all of the other’s who changing of the space was fantastic, and I am sorry to have missed both Scott’s stay and Broken Crow’s giant monsters.

I wish I could have stayed as long as Emmanuel, but then again he did sleep in the moving truck, and I wish Don’t Sleep On It wouldn’t have messed with my sleeping schedule as you can see as I am posting this at 1:30 in the morning.

Thank you everyone that was awesome!

Waiver

Click the above link to access the waiver. If you’re under 18 please print it out and have a parent or guardian sign it. See you at the event!

I’ve been all a-buzz about Gordon Voidwell (formerly Will Johnson) since he let me stay on his air mattress last year. Recently I got to do some hilarious Dada/Photoshop/Spacemonkey/Stupid-inspired artwork for his new mixtape. I suggest you download it immediately if you want to have a good time. If you don’t want to have a good time, then I don’t understand why you’re reading this blog in the first place.

DOWNLOAD IT HERE.

CHECK OUT MORE GORDON VOIDWELL HERE.

Blu and David Ellis recently collaborated to create “COMBO“, an time-lapse animation shot in old Italian courtyard. It was created during Italy’s “Fame Festival,” which hosts and finances artists for several weeks. Check it out below! 

If you’d like you can see more of David Ellis’ work, [including sculptures, installations, and more animations] at his website . You can find murals and drawings on Blu’s website.

Check out local indie music blog Northern Outpost!  Bands are featured in mini-documentaries.  They’re interviewed, talk about what it’s like to be part of the Twin Cities’ music scene, and play live.

“Northern Outpost presents performances and interviews with Twin Cities bands and touring acts. New episodes are released every other Friday. The show is shot at Owl Recording in the heart of Uptown Minneapolis, giving each episode an organic and raw environment for the musicians to perform in.Northern Outpost is aimed towards regional indie music fans and is looking for partnership support with local indie music blogs, other independent media, and hopes to help remind the rest of the world what the Twin Cities scene has to offer.”

Address:
The Beat Coffee
1414 West 28th St.
Minneapolis, MN

BBC unveils a look into Banksy’s latest art exhibition, taking place in Bristol, at the city’s museum on Queens Road. The show looks to feature over 70 new pieces along with a revision of Banksy’s Animal Shop which was seen last year in NYC. Expected to run for 12 weeks, the show will officially open Saturday June 13th, 2009. More hots from the show here: http://hypebeast.com/2009/06/banksy-2009-summer-show-bristol/

I can’t believe we made it through this madness.

The classic instant film has returned! Summit Global Company, the current licensee of Polaroid, announced Oct. 13th that production of black and white and color instant film would begin early next year.

Working with non-traditional materials such as customized venetian blinds and sensory devices including lights, infrared heaters, scent emitters, and fans, Haegue Yang (b. 1971; lives and works in Berlin and Seoul) constructs complex and nuanced installations that collapse the space between the concrete and the fleeting. Yang’s recent works explore the real and metaphorical relationships between her material surroundings and emotional responses, attempting to give form and meaning to experiences that exist outside conventional order.

Haegue recently gave an Artists Talk last Thursday, September 24th and will be coming today to pay WACTAC a visit.

Here are a few links and articles to find out more about her work.

http://air.walkerart.org/project.wac?cat_id=1312

http://articles.latimes.com/2008/jul/16/entertainment/et-yang16

http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/28426/a-different-slant-of-light/

On Thursday September 17th, Paul Chan graced WACTAC with his outgoing and opinionated presence. He immediately captured our attention with his dulcet voice, from which came his vibrant willingness to jump into conversation with our rowdy group. His multidisciplinary  art awed us, and we were privileged to have our own “Artist Talk” with him. Members and leaders of WACTAC asked Chan about his inspirations and influences. He responded with assuredness in the truth about his work in a way that made us (at least me) ponder the deeper meaning of mine and others’ artworks. He spoke about his experiences with devastation and cruelty, from his [loathed theatre] work in Katrina demolished New Orleans to his illegitimate arrest at the 2004 RNC. Chan  also talked about the artists’ “window” (which he removes in his film The 7th Light), how viewers typically visualize and analyze what an artist “frames” and misses the relative aspect of the work. He even ventured to amuse us with his Top 5 Things That Would Get You Arrested in Minneapolis, which he matter-of-factly renamed the Top 5 Things We Ought to do Together to Make Something Interesting.

Today the WACTAC crew…minus a few  :( , went to hangout with Sarah Nassif of Rectangle Design.  Sarah showed us how to screen print and shared some of her tricks for a beginner in screen printing.

We had a great time hanging out, learning a bunch, and making our very own WACTAC t-shirts (that you all can come and see tomorrow at the mnartists.org’s Field Day at the Walker).

Robert working with Sarah

Back in 2005, WACTAC had the opportunity to hang out with Ed Templeton before his Artist Talk. Unfortunately, it isn’t posted on channel.walkerart.org. but we’ll try to get the video up sometime soon. Skateboarding and art has always been intertwined and Ed has been at the center of it for 20 years. Although I have a moral objection to skateboarding being featured as a “sport,” I’ll be the first to admit that ESPN.com did an incredible highlighting the life of Ed. Check out the video and interview.

yooouuutuuube

You can view 80 frames of any video on youtube on one screen.

i did it to my video and it looks 1090328409 times cooler. Dang.

Seriously check this out.

http://www.yooouuutuuube.com/v/?rows=36&cols=36&id=l5Y-diU-qTE&startZoom=1

After working for over 50 hours in the last four days I have to say that as I walked away from Don’t Sleep On It I was extremely tired. But I found myself wishing about an hour after it finished that I was still in that small room in the California Building creating another three hour installation.

Don’t Sleep On It was a huge success. Aside from the issue of the time-lapse video going out for 12 hours, everything went off without a hitch. This was due in large part to all of the artists, and their commitment to keep all of our participants motivated through their sleep-walking/arting.

Thanks to Erin and Brett Smith for the convenience store, Chris Pennington for the cardboard city, Hardland/Heartland for the black hole (with help from M-Deathsquads), Burlesque for the BRLSQOTHEQUE (and the wall of bass), Kristina Mooney for the misty mountain landscape, Liz Miller for the felt and burlap oasis, Scott Stulen and Andy Ducett for the couch-fort/pastel-polygon, and lastly Broken Crow for the porcupine and spray paint free-for-all. Each of these installations were amazing and surprisingly different.

I’d also personally like to thank WACTAC for their commitment to staying awake and helping remove trash and debris while everyone else was making art. Nick & Shannon, word up.

Biggest thanks goes to Witt Siasoco, who essentially went stir crazy for the sake of an awesome event. Witt, unlike the rest of us, didn’t get to sleep very much, as he had to go back to the California Building this morning to take care of more business. Way to take the event title to heart, homie.

Thanks to all of our participants, sponsers and funders. There will be a slew of photos plus the time-lapse of half of the event in the upcoming days, so be on the look-out for that.

I’m going back to bed now.

Spike Jonze started a blog a few weeks ago. He’s got tons of goodies about the upcoming “Where The Wild Things Are” adaptation, and if your as PUMPED as i am about the video, you will check the blog everyday.