A Storefront for Storytellers

Paper Darts has invited over twenty-five different organizations, artists, and writers to transform a South Minneapolis storefront into an ace showcase of the Twin Cities’ thriving creative communities. Steel yourselves and clear your calendars for over twenty events in a short six week period.

In partnership with SooLOCAL, a division of the Soo Visual Arts Center, this six-week spectacle will celebrate storytelling by bringing writers, sculptors, publishers, culture and literary mags, illustrators, improvisors, video game experts, comic artists, musicians, poets, GIF artists, and stage actors together in one space to celebrate the sweet-tasting cyclone that results when lit and art collide.

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Still Life with Linkspam Dish

Here’s a plate of what’s hot in the art world lately.

1. Paintings by Erik Thor Sandberg
These paintings are all chaos, all awesomeness, all messing with my emotions.

2. Anya Gallaccio’s 10,000 dying roses
The impact of this art might change depending on when you see it, but 10,000 red roses is a powerful image alive or dead.

3. Laser cut wooden records by Amanda Ghassaei
How much music would a wood record play if a wood record could play music?

4. John Breed’s rainbow legs installation
I always thought the rainbow was made of candy. Turns out it’s just a bunch of legs.

5. The Real Life Models: Photos by Flora Borsi
Photos of fake models standing next to their portraits—I feel like I need to make an inception joke here.

6. Low res wooden frame by Diego Zanella
This pixilated, low-res picture frame is ironically almost too good for your high-res photos.

7. Amy Brener’s light sensitive sculptures
A sculpture that looks different from every angle might be the perfect thing for an indecisive art collector.

8. Harmless weapons made of plants by Sonia Rentsch
Were these weapons made to be harmless or to harm less?

9. A Japanese ad agency reinvents advertising for funeral services
Funerals don’t have to be dark and depressing anymore. In fact, these ads make them look almost…fun.

10. Revealing portraits of everyday foods sliced in half
Food art is my favorite art, but these photos make me think some food is better whole.

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Holly Harrison, Marketing Director and nephilim

Alyssa Bluhm, Editorial and Marketing Intern and professional procrastinator

Pinner Palette: Rainbow

Minnesota, we're so close!

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Holly Harrison, Marketing Director and utterly indifferent to your color preference

For Whom the Linkspam Tolls

Check out what’s been pop-popping in the art world this week.

1. “Protein Lite” mural paintings by Josef Kristofoletti
This classy street art really jumps off the page—er, wall.

2. Unbelievably realistic “painted” fish by Keng Lye
It’s not a fish, but it’s not exactly a painting of a fish either. I don’t know what it is—resin is involved—but it’s lovely.

3. The Gerald Project by Lazerian
It’s like decorating paper plates at little kid birthday parties, but all grown up and fancy.

4. Photographer brings joy to boy with muscular dystrophy
Dangit, who’s chopping onions? These photos by Matej Peljhan are something Make-A-Wish could aspire to.

5. Clare Elasser’s flower-covered portraits
Hiding your face from a picture behind a bouquet of flowers? This trend needs to catch on.

6. Steven Soderbergh is writing a novella on Twitter
What’s more surprising to me than high literature on Twitter is that Sorderberg’s handle is @Bitchuation.

7. Tape paintings by Sun K. Kwak
Not even Pocahontas can paint with all the colors of the tape. Which in this case is just black, but still.

8. Iconic works remade in a reflection on identity
The photographer 2Fik becomes his own subject in these recreations meant to question identity and art.

9. The straw sculptures of Francesca Pasquali
Sticks in a bunch cannot be broken; straws in a bunch cannot get any cooler.

10. D. Laferriere’s sandwich art
This dad made an art project out of packing his kids’ lunches. Yum.

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Holly Harrison, Marketing Director and OK speller
Alyssa Bluhm, Editorial and Marketing Intern and runny-nosed kid

Pinner Palette: Monochrome

Wouldn't life be easier if you got to live it in black and white?

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Holly Harrison, Marketing Director and vaguely dizzy

Invaders!

Well, [PANK] is invading us tonight and while we have some idea of what's going to happen, having never been invaded before, we mostly have no clue what to expect.

The fer sher bits are as follows:

We are supremely excited that [PANK] wants to party with us.

There are going to be six readers who are primed to tear down the stage with their brilliant words and ultimate excellenticity. 

Reading for [PANK]

Matt Mauch
Kris Bigalk
Jordan Wiklund

Reading for Paper Darts

Katie Sisneros
John Jodzio
John Brandon

Holly Hansen of Zoo Animal is going to strum up a storm.

But other than those things...sorry dudes, no clue.

Could be like this

Could be like this

Who knows, it could even be like this

But most likely it'll be like this, so don't worry.

 No matter what

Infinite Linkspam

Hot and fresh from our computer screens to yours, here are the top ten arty dishes being eaten up online lately.

01. Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola’s “filmmercial” for Prada
All I can say is, if someone were to break into my apartment, they’d better bring me some cake. 

02. Rap quotes as street signs in New York City
From Busta Rhymes to Jay-Z, hip-hop is invading NYC—again—one street sign at a time. 

03. The extraterrestrial world of whiskey art
You don’t have to wait two hours after eating to explore the tiny alien oceans at the bottoms of these whiskey glasses. 

04. New York Times haikus
Just one more clever/Tumblr to clog your dashboard,/but this one is cool. 

05. Animal portraits by Yago Partal
There’s probably another planet where animals have been dressing like this for over 12,000 years. 

06. Suspended boat made of 8,000 sheets of rice paper
It would sink if you sailed it, but this intricate boat by Zhu Jinshi is still a masterpiece. 

07. Rebecca Ward’s intricate tape installations
I’m impressed by Ward’s ability to use this much tape without it ending up in a giant tape ball. 

08. “Helveticat” print: a font made of cats
Cats + typefaces = instant internet sensation.

09. Artists play with their food
I think there are just two of them that have gone viral lately: Hong Yi and Ida Skivenes. But I can’t keep track.

10. The Ways We Separate Deluxe Art Edition
The case for this vinyl album is made entirely out of sugar. But after I eat it, what’s supposed to hold the record?

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Holly Harrison, Marketing Director and wibbly wobbly timey wimey stuff
Alyssa Bluhm, Editorial and Marketing Intern and book hoarder