Art on Wheels

Inspired by Graffiti Research Labs, the principal tool of the Minneapolis Art on Wheels project is three Mobile Broadcast Units (MBUs), bicycles combing a video projector, generator, and computer. These mobile media devices allow the Minneapolis Art on Wheels project to leverage mobility, scale and real-time interactive audio-visual software for the purpose of engaging broad audience in creative interaction with mobile media.

ligorano/reese, The State of Things, 2003/2008

The State of Things a temporary sculpture of the word “Democracy” sculpted in ice is a part of Provision Library’s “Brushfire” programming leading up to the Democratic and Republican National Conventions.

The UnConventional Gathering Place

A round-the-clock gathering place for artists, educators, alternative journalists and the general public to interact around issues related to participatory democracy. It will also be the hub for UnConvention partners to convene throughout the convention days to interact with visiting artists, journalists, activists who have come to witness the political conventions.

My Yard Our Message

This project will solicit political sign designs related to the theme of participatory democracy from artists throughout the world and select the top designs through an online voting process. The selected designs will then be made available via the project Web site to be ordered as a full size political yard sign or downloaded as print it yourself PDF document.

Events at the Weisman Art Museum

Re-inspiring Citizenship in the 2008 Election
A Civic Dialogue With Participants of the November 5th Coalition and The Citizen Solution Including Harry Boyte and Don Shelby

American Politics Sideshow: Weird and Wild
Make a speech, join a discussion, view a performance, take a tour.

Revolutionary Love 2: I am Your Best Fantasy

Conflating grassroots political activism, performance art, queer theory, and national politics, New York-based artist Sharon Hayes will conceive and stage two large-scale, public performances at the 2008 Democratic and Republican National Conventions. Hayes will recruit and collaborate with 75-100 citizens in each city who will become the medium of her work — they will recite in unison a text chosen by Hayes that exemplifies the intersection of history and the construction of the “queer figure” in the political terrain.

BrushFire – Provisions Public Arts

BrushFire is an arts initiative showcasing key contemporary artists whose public projects engage crucial social issues such as immigration, the war in Iraq, food, sustainable energy, housing, the electoral process, the economy, health, and the environment. Taking place in highly visible public settings such as state fairs, urban centers, public parks and highly trafficked recreational areas around the United States, BrushFire aims to enrich the environment for public discussion about the value of democracy in the crucial run-up to national elections in November, 2008.

I Approve This Message

I Approve This Message invites people to create a video in response to questions surrounding the scripted nature of presidential nominations and democracy in general.

Liberty Parade

What does liberty look like? The fine Citizens of Minneapolis and St. Paul are hard at work creating a large scale parade through the heart of Minneapolis on August 31st, 2008. The Libery Parade is a celebration about what liberty means to YOU. Join us after the parade at Loring Park for music, speakers and surprises that will last into the evening.

As Below, So Above

Two skywriting planes, flying side-by-side, will trace the banks of the Mississippi river as it snakes gracefully through the Twin Cities.

F-30 Forecast Public ArtCar

For Forecast’s 30th Anniversary celebration—throughout the Twin Cities—the artists of Black Bean Associates designed and built a unique, sculptural, human-powered vehicle.

Speaking of Home

Forecast Public Art grant recipient Nancy Ann Coyne, will install 23 over-sized, semi-transparent black & white photographs reflecting the Twin Cities’ diverse immigrant population in the busiest skyway in Minneapolis—connecting the IDS Center with Macy’s across Nicollet Mall (between 7th & 8th Streets).

Spontaneous Storefronts

Forecast Public Art will renew its occasional series of Spontaneous Storefronts in St. Paul beginning in August, this time featuring rear-screen digital projections in vacant windows facing downtown and Lowertown streets.

The Electoral College

The Electoral College is a year-long, hybrid new media art|journalism project focusing on the U.S. presidentials elections, and the opportunities and challenges presented for democratic, civic engagement.

A web site functions as a headquarters from which to view various parts of the project, with a progressive roll out of projects in the months ahead.

Peace Island Picnic

An interactive peace-themed picnic that will feature a diverse array of great musicians and artistic expressions, all broadly themed around the need for peace in the world.

Form + Content Gallery

Inspired by the 45 rpm pop singles of years past, Party Party in a Tweety Land b/w This Republic of Suffering contemplates the tensions between suffering and denial, grief and self-absorption, and the real cultural losses buried under the flotsam of a consumer and celebrity obsessed culture.