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  1. Northern Spark 2014

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    MINNEAPOLIS    –Saturday, June 14, 2014, 9:01 p.m. – 5:26 a.m. Prepare to venture to another world at Gamut Gallery. The entire room will be transformed by an illuminated art installation, blossoming with interplanetary flora and live vegetation. Navigate your way through a jungle of gleaming sculptures, while the sky overhead twinkles with galaxies afar and wall-to-wall projections create a cosmic rift before your eyes. A live soundscape using rainforest and NASA space recordings as source material will immerse your senses. The truly adventurous can step into the space-art pod, to create cascading designs with just the wave of a hand using Touch Designer technology. The first 500 people to enter the “Intergalactic Garden” will receive a glowing Gamut astronaut pin to commemorate the trip through space.

    Curated by: Hal Lovemelt & Jade Patrick

    In Collaboration with: Hannah Howard, Matt “One Up” Guertin, Cassie Garner, James Patrick, Adam Vachon, Kurtis Johnson, Mark Dean, Edward Johnson, Rachel Andrzejewski & McGorry of Rogue Citizen

    Soundscaping by: Chester Yourczek, Nathan Brende, Logan Stimmel & James Patrick

    About Northern Spark
    On the second Saturday in June each summer, tens of thousands of people gather along the Minneapolis riverfront and throughout the city to explore giant video projections, play in temporary installations in the streets, and enjoy experimental performances in green spaces and under bridges. From dusk to dawn the city surprises you: friendly crowds, glowing groups of cyclists, an unexpected path through the urban landscape, the magic of sunrise after a night of amazing art and experiences. Northern Spark is the one-night arts event people talk about for the rest of the year. For more information, visit northernspark.org.

    About Northern Lights
    Northern Spark is presented by Northern Lights.mn, a non-profit arts organization whose mission is to transform our sense of what’s possible in public space. Northern Spark is one night, but Northern Lights.mn shines throughout the year with projects such as Creative City Challenge for the Minneapolis Convention Center, The Giant Sing-A-Long at the Minnesota State Fair, and permanent, interactive public art for Saint Paul’s Union Depot.

  2. Synergy

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    MINNEAPOLIS June 9, 2012 – Synergy is the third joint exhibit for Kingman and Yordanova. Their collaborative work process involves applying oil-based ink to a glass plate and quickly manipulating it to create an image. As soon the application is done, they press a sheet of paper on the glass plate to transfer or ‘print’ the image. After the ink dries, they add watercolors. The brilliance of the watercolor adjacent to the rich black ink provides contrast and vibrancy. The whole process allows for “happy mistakes” and unexpected surprises that create a spontaneous and expressive look.

    For the opening reception, Playatta provided an interactive component to Synergy. Using images from the artworks, Playatta installed a projection mapping station where guests could manipulate the movements and textures being projected onto geometric shapes (shown below). As part of the Northern Spark Festival – the grand opening of Gamut Gallery –  Synergy’s opening reception lived up to its name. With projections inside the gallery and out, live painting, sculpture, and soundscapes with Kingman and Yordanova’s energetic works on the gallery walls, the sum was certainly more than the parts.

    Brant Kingman /// International artist and staple in the Minneapolis creative community, Kingman lived in NYC for seven years booking shows in art venues such as PS1, now run by MOMA. He has transformed a 5,600 square foot studio in NE Minneapolis into a production facility, where he creates interactive installations, sculptures, and more. http://www.kingmanstudios.com

    Silvia Yordanova /// Born in Yambol, Bulgaria, Yordanova grew up in a family of artists. She has a Master’s Degree in Landscape Architecture from the University of Minnesota, and her love for nature is reflected in her artwork. She strives to communicate positivity through the use of color with surreal and impressionist elements.