Artist Rebecca Krinke wants to put your joy, pain on display
Jamuna Golden, Justin Kindlespire, Rebecca Krinke, and Michael Dorfman: ready to map your emotions
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Remember that time at the 331 Club when your mom called to say your family dog had been hit by an ice cream truck? Or how about the time on the Stone Arch Bridge when your girlfriend said she’d marry you? We Minnesotans might not be an overly emotive lot, but we have to admit there are places in these cities that remind us, whether we like it or not, that we have feelings.
That’s the idea behind a new piece of public art by Rebecca Krinke, multimedia artist and associate professor in the University of Minnesota College of Design's Department of Landscape Architecture. For Unseen/Seen: The Mapping Of Joy And Pain, Krinke built a wooden topographical map of the Twin Cities, which she’ll be trucking around to parks throughout the area, in hopes that Minnesotans will mark the map at places where they have experienced joy (in gold) and pain (in gray). If you’re in the mood to revisit your gold and gray times, check out the schedule of site visits Krinke has lined up so far:
Friday, July 23, Father Hennepin Bluffs Park, 3-7 p.m.
Saturday, July 24, Walker Art Center, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
Saturday, July 31, Gluek Park, 3-7 p.m.
Friday, Aug. 6, Minnehaha Park, 3-7 p.m.
Additional parks and dates are being planned; see updates at Krinke's website.
