CONVERSATIONS
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. IN A CANDID EXCHANGE, COMRADE REVEALS THE FEARS, CONTRADICTIONS, AND HUMOR THAT SHAPE HIS DISTINCTIVE VOICE.
EMMA BEATREZ - ARTIST/PAINTER
TELL GETS DOWN WITH ARTIST EMMA BEATREZ TO TRACE THE MUDDY BACKROADS OF HER PAST. IN A CANDID CONVERSATION, BEATREZ RECASTS 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 MIDWEST BACKWATER. JOINED BY LYNNE LOCKE, CO-FOUNDER OF WARM, FOR A CONVERSATION ON BUILDING NETWORKS, BREAKING NORMS, AND REMEMBERING WHAT GOT LEFT OUT
ADAM MILLER - MUSICAN
MILLER TAKES US ON A SONIC JOURNEY THROUGH THE LANDSCAPES OF HIS PAST. IN A CANDID CONVERSATION WITH HIS LIFELONG FRIEND, MILLER REFLECTS ON THE “GATEWAYS” THAT HAVE SHAPED HIS ARTISTIC JOURNEY.
CYM WARKOV - CERAMICIST
FROM HORST TO HOLLYWOOD AND BACK AGAIN. CYM WARKOV TELLS ON ANNIE LENNOX, CRAZY BEVERLY HILLS HOUSEWIVES, AND FINDING HER WAY HOME TO THE MIDWEST WITH CLAY UNDER HER NAILS.
TYLER COPELAND - PRODUCER
TYLER COPELAND OF DADDY ISSUES TALKS WITH MATHEW SWENSON ABOUT MINNEAPOLIS NIGHTLIFE, THE MENS ROOM, HANKY CODE EXPERIMENTS, AND HOW HIS PARTIES REIMAGINE QUEER CLUB CULTURE
JOSHUA MCGARVEY + EMILY JANE KUNTZ - ARTISTS
ARTISTS EMILY JANE KUNTZ AND JOSHUA McGARVEY TALK ON GHOSTS, KNIVES, AND THEIR DUELING APPROACHES TO ASSEMBLAGE
ARTROPOLIS - ART GUILD
TAOHEED BAYO AND UBAH "RIIYO" ABDULLAHI OF ARTROPOLIS OPEN UP TO NICOLE CROWDER ABOUT COLLABORATION, CITY LIFE AS CANVAS, AND THE WAYS THEIR WORK REIMAGINES URBAN SPACE
ELENA STANTON + JOE HORTON - IMAGE MAKERS
ELENA STANTON + JOE HORTON TALK ABOUT RESHAPING THE VISUAL NARRATIVE FOR THE REGION.
MICHAEL CINA + MATHEW W SWENSON - IDENTITY MAKERS
MICHAEL CINA + MATHEW SWENSON IN CONVERSATION ABOUT THE POWER TO TELL AND SHIFTING THE LENS ON MIDWEST IDENTITY
KAI BENSON - ARTIST
KAI BENSON DELVES INTO HOW HIS WORKS CARRY AN UNEXPECTED EMOTIONAL RESONANCE, CREATING A DIALOGUE BETWEEN NOSTALGIA, ABSTRACTION, AND THE FORGOTTEN ARTIFACTS OF A BYGONE ERA.
DENIMANI - FASHION DESIGNER
DENIMANI REFLECTS ON THE ORIGINS OF HIS CREATIVE VOICE, THE ROLE OF PLAY AND IMPROVISATION IN HIS PROCESS, AND HOW THE ACT OF STORYTELLING BECOMES A WAY OF CARRYING FORWARD MEMORY.
