Exhibition Info

Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport. Terminal 2, installation on view through end of 2021.
Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport. Terminal 1, 2019
122 Conversations: Person to Person, Art Beyond Borders

 

Airport Foundation Website

 


122 Conversations: Person to Person, Art Beyond Borders

Exhibiting at Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport. Terminal 1 installation on view through end of 2019. 

 

Airport Foundation Announcement

Press Release

 

The artwork in the exhibition represents six years of planning and creating and 60 Skype or in ­person interviews involving ten residents from each of the five sister cities, including the mayor of each city. The large ­scale paintings created by Labovitz in her studio are inspired by the spirited interview exchanges. Each of the artworks depict an interpretative vision of the conversations that include faces, words, and descriptions of the experiences that relate to the individuals involved.

Using lightweight, portable materials, the artwork is delivered or hand carried to the venue and assembled for exhibition.  As customs and shipping requirements vary, the work is adapted to the individual venue site and thus provides each city with its unique exhibition. The pieces exemplify embracing cultural differences and methods of communication through its adaptability.  Beginning in September 2015 and continuing through the beginning of 2019, each city will host a public viewing of the exhibition: Thunder Bay, Canada (September 10 – October 19, 2015); Växjö, Sweden (March 4 – April 2, 2017); Petrozavodsk, Russia (May 25 – June 17, 2017);  Rania, Iraqi Kurdistan, (January 16 – March 30, 2017); Ohara ­Isumi-City, Japan (November 1 – 30, 2017); Duluth (September 25 – January 6, 2019).

Included with the exhibition are two oversized artist books of painted pages that will grow as the exhibition travels. New pages will be created collaboratively by visitors and the artist and added to the books.

Coinciding with each exhibition venue will be an artist ­led workshop for those of that city’s area artists and members of the public who wish to participate. Each participant will be invited to contribute to the exhibition by transforming their responses into art pieces that will, in turn, travel with the show as it progresses from each city onto its culminating venue at the Tweed Museum of Art in Duluth. 

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Exhibition Timeline


Exhibition dates:

An opening event will be held in each city to celebrate the Sister Cities exhibition allowing attendees to engage and view the exhibition. For more info on each city and to see images from the exhibitions visit the Cities tab. A culmination event will be held in Duluth (2018). Video footage of the Skype interviews, exhibition openings, education seminars and culmination event will be taken and produce into an official video for sponsors and participants.


Video: 122 Conversations: Person to Person, Art Beyond Borders, by Screenwriter Matthew Dressel


Educational Events

For each city, Anne Labovitz will host educational events virtually or in-person. The artist has previously taught art education programs for children, families, seniors and adults, along with participating in and leading artist talks.


Collaborative Partners Information

Anne Labovitz
www.labovitz.com

Duluth Sister Cities International, Inc.
www.duluthmnsistercities.org

Duluth Sister Cities International promotes global understanding through mutual respect and cooperation with cultural, economic and educational endeavors.

Tweed Museum of Art
www.d.umn.edu/tma/

Tweed Museum of Art, a School of Fine Arts program of University of Minnesota Duluth, functions as an art collecting and teaching institution that promotes learning through collection stewardship, research, and by presenting programs in the visual arts for the University and surrounding communities.


 122 Conversations Project Overview in Japanese

Interview Details, translated