122 Conversations: Timeline
2013
122 Conversations grew as an idea after several successful artist engagement performances by artist Anne Labovitz.
- Northern Spark
- Rain Taxi
- The Model
Partnerships determined:
- Tweed Museum of Art
- Department of Fine Arts, University of MN, Duluth
- Duluth Sister Cities, International
2014
- Research on sister cities
- Identified DSCI individual in each city to gather 10 diverse citizens from each city to be interviewed, including mayors
- Development of interview questions
- Investigated methods to interview, identify translators if needed and recording options
- Established tentative schedule of interviews
- Created Gratitude painting certificates unique to each city for gifts for each participat.
- Solidified project description
- Developed presence on web and social media:
- 122 Conversations website
- #122Conversations
- Newsletter
- Business cards
- Identified sponsors:
- Otis Magie Insurance
- Holiday Inn
- Duluth News Tribune
- Security Jewelers
- Visit Duluth
2015
- Interviews
- January – Rania, Iraqi Kurdistan: Skype interviews
- February – Växjö, Sweden: Skype interviews
- April – Petrozavodsk, Russia: Skype interviews
- May 21 & 22 – Thunder Bay, Canada: Anne traveled to conduct in person interviews in Thunder Bay
- May/June – Duluth, Minnesota: combination of Skype interviews ad in person interviews at teh MMAD lab at the University of Minnesota, Duluth
- July – Ohara Isumi-City, Japan: in person interviews at Congdon mansion in Duluth over 4th of July during Duluth’s Fourth Fest when Japanese Sister Cities delegates visited
- Artwork creation for Thunder Bay exhibition
- Large scale, layered pieces on paper, quartered for easy transportation
- Development of Choices
- Development of All Sign Here
- Thunder Bay Opening and Exhibition
- September 10 – October 19, 2015
- Well attended opening
- Workshops:
- First Nations Youth in 5 day drug and alcohol rehab
- Older learners
- School groups
- 350 Choices tiles created
2016
- Video development
- Mayor video
- Short overview of 122 Conversations
- 20 minute introductionary video
- Unedited interviews
- All archived on 122conversations.com
- Artwork creation
- Project restructured to meet shipping and custom concerns
- All artwork site specific and created on Tyvek®
- Identified Sister Cities delegate to carry exhibition into Rania
2017
- Rania, Iraqi Kurdistan opening and exhibition, January 16 – March 31, 2017 at the University of Raparin
- All artwork site specific and created on Tyvek®
- Entire exhibition packaged in one suitcase and hand carried to Växjö by Sister Cities delegate
- ???? Choices tiles created
- Växjö, Sweden opening and exhibition, March 4 – April 3, 2017 at Växjö Konsthall
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- All artwork site specific and created on Tyvek®
- Entire exhibition packaged in one suitcase and hand carried to Växjö by Anne Labovitz
- 600 Choices tiles created
- Workshops: students, adults, newly arrived immigrants. Additionally, 7 days of public workshops and student groups with Department of Fine Arts Professor, Alison Aune
- Petrozavodsk, Russia opening and exhibition, May May 25 – June 17, 2017 at Petrozavodsk City Exhibition Hall
