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Different Stories from the Midwest
TELL MEETS UP WITH VICTOR MONGIN AND MARIO QUINA FOR A CONVERSATION ON LIVING ACROSS CONTINENTS, WHAT THE MIDWEST LOOKS LIKE WHEN YOU ARRIVE WITHOUT EXPECTATIONS, AND WHY BUILDING A LIFE ELSEWHERE MOSTLY COMES DOWN TO RECEIVING THAT TUESDAY DINNER INVITATION.
NEIGHBORS ART FAIR
FOUNDER MIRKA SERRATO SITS DOWN WITH TELLS'S MATHEW SWENSONTO BUILD A FAIR IN AN APARTMENT, DEFEND A CITY SHE ADOPTED,AND FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN RAGE TURNS OUT TO BE THE BEST BUSINESS PLAN
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
FROM THE TELL TIPLINE - (773)-NOW-TELL
"This place has such unspoken potential. The past is important but it’s also so much about shaping the future with what we have here. The region has more then one voice, and it’s time the world listens."
Having sex in the woods in the summer and being swarmed by gigantic mosquitoes 🦟 the likes I had never seen...[Haha]
I’d imagine it’s a Midwest right of passage
"When people think of the Midwest all they think is quiet, slow, and lumpy...bullshit! This place has heart and hustle. You find underground scenes, unexpected talent everywhere. The only thing holding us back is we are not talking about it."
