Midwest appeal
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Looking at the Little Things
Nope, not paper, it’s microfiche.
These intriguing photos come from Mickey Smith, who’s making a photo collection by combing through microfiche located in Minneapolis Libraries. Very cool.
(Oh. And in case you might be too young or have never worked in a Library, here’s what it is.)
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postcard power!
How cute is this girl? I bet her rock band just shreds.
While gig posters might be the hot and hip way of promoting, postcards and small fliers for upcoming shows and events can also catch people’s eyes. And because of their small size, and because they’re in every bar nook, cafe cranny, and downtown gutter, they almost have to work harder creatively and aesthetically to get noticed.
But sometimes the coolest things to look at are those buried notices. Here’s two more fliers for shows that I’ve seen recently that I’ve really liked. First, a flier with a retro look for the recent Afrika Bambaataa show at Foundation with The Get Ups.
Funky.
Next, a pretty sweet promo for the Hotpants Dance Night at Club Jaeger:
How’s that for an example of Minneapolis-St.Paul visual culture? If this flier were the size of an actual bus pass, you’d have a hard time telling the difference, since they kept the dominant images and nailed the font sizes.
And now with online marketing and publicity, etc., the size factor is sort of eliminated, although the effectiveness isn’t.
(images from respective myspace pages)
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Rachel Bliss at Cliché
Minneapolis-St.Paul is a Midwestern oasis for the visual arts. In fact, we here in the Twin Cities have visual arts all over the place, damn near everywhere you look… or where you aren’t looking, as is often the case.
The visual arts don’t just hang at big name institutions like MIA or le Walker and hot small spots around town like Rogue Buddha or First Amendent. They’re at rock shows, in the corners of coffee shops, on the sidewalks, in people’s clothing, and on and on.
This week, while I’m guest bloggin’ over here, we’ll hopefully take a look at this strong visual culture in the Twin Towns.
First, let’s start with something conventionally unconventional, but still pretty great. These pictures from painter Rachel Bliss, whose exhibit from a few weeks ago wasn’t on some stardard white walls of a gallery, but rather hanging up in the Uptown clothing store Cliché.
Pretty fantastic stuff for a small show at a boutique, and a perfect example of how high grade art can show up at spaces alternative to galleries.
You can check out more of Bliss’s work at Cliche and Bliss’s mnartists page.
