This Mango Is Now an iPod

A fruit so juicy that you have to lick your arm after eating it, and a technology so viral that it threatens ubiquity. Are these opposites? Or, in some sense—desire, say—are they the same? They’re things you want and don’t want; they’re too much. That is, roughly, the theme of this show, curated by Soap Factory director Ben Heywood. He’s gathered a selection of odd sculptures and … well, let’s call them “states of affairs” … from the slew of artist submissions the Soap receives annually. None was deemed worthy of taking over the sizable joint; but all were sufficiently tasty to deserve inclusion in this big survey of … what, exactly? The Imaginary as double for Consumer Desire? Dreams of the cost of this era of culture? It’s a complicated picture, but one worth a visit to the cavernous, cool reaches of this vast converted factory. Molly Roth and other recently celebrated local artists share the rooms with young artists from New York and elsewhere. 518 Second St. S.E., Minneapolis; 612-623-9176; www.soapfactory.org