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Different Stories, Essays, and Conversations from the Midwest.
REUBEN WU - ARTIST
VISUAL ARTIST
REUBEN WU SITS DOWN WITH TELL TO FOLLOW THE LIGHT TO PLACES NO ONE ELSE WILL GO. IN THIS TALK, WU REFRAMES LANDSCAPE AS SOMETHING ALIVE WITH INVISIBLE FORCES AND ASKS WHAT REMAINS WHEN IMAGES ARE NO LONGER PROOF OF ANYTHING.
ABBY PUCKER - CREATIVE PRODUCER
ABBY PUCKER OF GERTIE JOINS, WITH SPECIAL GUEST AMANDA HUNT OF THE WALKER ART CENTER, FOR A CONVERSATION ACROSS CHICAGO, MINNEAPOLIS, AND A CAR SOMEWHERE IN CALIFORNIA ON HOT DOGS, DEPRESSION, CULTURAL INFRASTRUCTURE, AND WHY BUILDING A CITY MIGHT MOSTLY COME DOWN TO FINDING YOUR PEOPLE.
AN ESSAY BY MATHEW SWENSON
BEFORE THE THAW:
HOW ICE SIGNALS THE COMING FIGHT FOR LAND AND WATER. POWER RARELY ANNOUNCES ITSELF AS CONQUEST. IT ARRIVES AS LAW AND ORDER, AND PROTECTION. IT SPEAKS IN THE LANGUAGE OF FEAR WHILE QUIETLY REARRANGING WHO HOLDS THE GROUND, THE WATER, AND THE FUTURE.
GRANT SORENSON - THEATER DIRECTOR
THEATER DIRECTOR GRANT SORENSON SITS DOWN WITH TELL, JOINED BY PLAYWRIGHT AND SCREENWRITER JEFFREY HATCHER, FOR A CONVERSATION ON STAGING SALOMÉ IN THE MIDWEST, AND ON HOW TABLE/READ IS QUIETLY TURNING THEATER BACK INTO AN EVENT.
ALEXIS STITELER - ARTIST
ARTIST ALEXIS STITELER AND INTERIOR DESIGNER VICTORIA SASS DISCUSS MAKING THE OBJECTS THAT LIVE WITH US LONGER, DEEPER, AND CLOSER TO HOME.
COMRADE TRIPP - COMEDIAN
JOE HORTON SITS DOWN WITH COMEDIAN COMRADE TRIPP FOR A DARKLY FUNNY DIVE INTO IDENTITY, ANXIETY, AND THE ART OF NOT WEARING A FACE.
EMMA BEATREZ - ARTIST
IN A CANDID CONVERSATION, TELL TALKS TO ARTIST EMMA BEATREZ ON RECASTING MIDWESTERN NOSTALGIA AS SOMETHING STRANGER, DARKER, AND IMPOSSIBLE TO LOOK AWAY FROM.
KATHERINE GOERTZ - ART HISTORIAN
KATHERINE GOERTZ SITS DOWN WITH TELL TO UNPACK THE MYTH OF THE MIDWESTS ART SCENE. JOINED BY LYNNE LOCKE, CO-FOUNDER OF W.A.R.M, FOR A CHAT ON BUILDING NETWORKS, BREAKING NORMS, AND REMEMBERING WHAT GOT LEFT OUT OF THE STORY
