Maybe the idea of a live puppet rock opera doesn’t catch you–but a live puppet rock opera as conceived and produced by Dan Graham, Tony Oursler, Rodney Graham, and Paul McCarthy? We can’t think of a more alluringly odd quartet of art stars to get together and do a disillusioned send-up of the hippie era that they all lived through. Dan Graham is the sixties rock critic turned conceptual artist who makes tricky glass-and-mirror sculptures. Tony Oursler’s the one who projects onto various objects videos of eerie faces uttering strange and funny things. Then there’s Rodney Graham, who appears in a video riding a bike on acid, and Paul McCarthy, who is just plain nuts, and naughty to boot. The wildly multidisciplinary production also involves live music by postpunk hipsters Japanther and puppets by Phillip Huber (of Being John Malkovich renown), kicking off what is sure to be a memorable Out There series. 612-375-7622; www.walkerart.org
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