SOUNDS OF MODEM DIALING Cheering >> HEY, TWIN CIITES!

WELCOME TO TV TAKEOVER, EPISODE NUMBER 2!

HOW ARE YOU ALL DOING TONIGHT?!

HOW'S EVERYBODY DOING?

I'M ADIA MORRIS AND ALL OF THESE FOLKS ARE JOINING ME, LIVE, AT THE TPT STUDIOS, TO PARTICIPATE IN A BRAND-NEW KIND OF PUBLIC TELEVISION EXPERIENCE CALLED TV TAKEOVER!

WE'VE ASKED 5 OF THE TWIN CITIES MOST DARING AND INVENTIVE CREATIVE FOLKS TO TAKE OVER OUR AIR, AND FOR THE NEXT HOUR, ONE OF THEM IS ABOUT TO DO JUST THAT.

TV TAKEOVER IS KIND OF LIKE A TV PARTY.

IT'S A FIVE-PART BROADCAST EVENT THAT YOU CAN ATTEND IN PERSON, STREAM ONLINE AT TVTAKEOVER.NET, OR WATCH ON TELEVISION.

TODAY'S PARTNER IS THE AMAZING NORTHERNLIGHTS.MN!

LET'S HEAR IT FOR THEM.

Cheering YOU MAY KNOW THEM FROM THEIR ANNUAL ALL-NIGHT ARTS FEST, NORTHERN SPARK, WHICH IS ACTUALLY COMING UP NEXT SATURDAY, JUNE 14TH, IN MINNEAPOLIS.

BUT TONIGHT -- YES, YOU CAN CHEER FOR THAT, TOO.

BUT TONIGHT, YOU'RE IN FOR A TREAT BECAUSE WE'RE THROWING A MINI NORTHERN SPARK RIGHT HERE IN OUR STUDIO!

WE'VE INVITED A BUNCH OF NORTHERN SPARK ARTISTS TO HANG OUT WITH US TONIGHT AND SHOW OFF SOME OF THEIR WORK.

SO GET READY TO SEE SOME REALLY SPECIAL SURPRISES COMING UP ON THE SHOW.

FOR ONE THING, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE WRITERS ON A SEE-SAW!

BE SURE TO FOLLOW ALONG WITH US ON TWITTER THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT USING THE HASHTAG TV TAKEOVER, AND YOU COULD SEE YOUR TWEETS POPPING UP ON-SCREEN THROUGHOUT THE BROADCAST!

WE ALSO HAVE SOMETHING SUPER COOL GOING ON IN OUR STUDIO TONIGHT WITH THE MUSIC.

JOHN KESTON IS HERE AND WILL BE SCORING TONIGHT'S EPISODE WITH LIVE, IMPROVISED MUSIC...

Applause WE'LL BE IMPROVISING LIVE BASED ON WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE STUDIO AND ON SCREEN.

BUT MORE ABOUT THAT LATER.

BEFORE WE OFFICIALLY START OUR MINI NORTHERN SPARK HERE IN THE STUDIO, LET'S HEAR WHAT NORTHERN SPARK IS ALL ABOUT.

>> NORTHERN SPARK IN ONE WORD, I WOULD SAY AMBITIOUS.

>> EXHILARATING.

>> SERENDIPITY.

>> IN ONE WORD?

>> ONE WORD.

>> GIVE ME A COUPLE OF SECONDS.

>> NORTHERN SPARK IN ONE WORD IS WONDER.

>> LIGHT.

>> COMMUNITIES.

>> SOUL.

>> THERE IS REALLY NOTHING QUITE LIKE NORTHERN SPARK.

HUNDREDS OF CREATIVE THINKERS CONNECTING WITH A SINGLE GOAL OF MAKING THIS ONE NIGHT OF ART TAKE PLACE.

>> THIS IS WHAT IT MEANS FOR A COMMUNITY TO HAVE A SOUL.

>> THE NICE THING S IT'S NOT JUST HAPPENING IN ONE GALLERY, IT'S HAPPENING ALL OVER THE CITY FOR THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, AND WHAT THAT EVENT DOES IS REALLY CREATES A KIND OF COMMUNITY ACROSS BORDERS, WHETHER THEY'RE CITY BORDERS OR CULTURAL BORDERS OR ORGANIZATIONAL BORDERS, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HASN'T HAPPEN VERY EASILY OR VERY OFTEN.

NOR SPANCH.

>> WHAT DOES ITS MEAN TO ME?

>> SPECTACULAR.

>> ENERGIZING.

>> EXHILARATING.

>> ENGROSSING.

>> I'M GETTING, THERE GETTING CLOSE TO IT.

>> ALL THESE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES AT YOUR FINGERPRINTS, IT'S TOTALLY UP TO YOU HOW YOU ENGAGE.

>> THE CITY COMES ALIVE WITH PEOPLE'S CREATIVITY AND A KIND OF EXCITEMENT.

>> I THINK WHAT MAKES NORTHERN SPARK MAGICAL IS IT MAKES YOU SEE PLACES THAT YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH IN A NEW WAY.

>> ADDS A SENSE OF WONDER TO THE PUBLIC SPACES WHERE WE LIVE OUR EVERYDAY LIVES.

>> THE PLAZA BECOMES A PLAYGROUND.

>> WE CAN SEE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, NOT LIKE SPARK LIKE A FLAME SPARK, A SPARK OF IDEAS AND A SPARK OF ENERGY AND A SPARK OF, OH, MY GOD.

>> COME ALONG CHILDREN, NOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MUSIC LIKE OLD TIMES.

>> TOOK ME BY SURPRISE, A CONNECTION I DIDN'T EXPECT TO MAKE.

>> UNEXPECTED.

>> BRINGS OUT THE CHILD IN EVERYBODY.

>> WE GOT TO THE FOSHAY BUILDING AND WE GOT TO GO UP AND WATCH THE SUNRISE.

>> I HAD CRIMINAL AMOUNTS OF FUN FOR HOURS WAY PAST MY BEDTIME THAT MY MOTHER WOULD NOT APPROVE OF.

>> MAKES YOU REALIZE WHY YOU SUFFER COLD WINTERS.

YEAH.

Laughter >> NORTHERN SPARK IN ONE WORD.

>> FANTASTICAL.

>> END THRALG.

>> ILLUMINATING.

>> ENERGIZING.

PRETTY SIMPLE IN THE END.

>> BECAUSE IT'S A CHANCE FOR SO MANY TALENTED PEOPLE IN THE TWIN CITIES TO COME OUT LITERALLY FOR A NIGHT AND GO WILD AND GO CREATIVE.

>> MAKES ME FEEL LIKE WE LIVE IN A PLACE THAT IS DYNAMIC AND INVENTIVE, AND LIKE NOWHERE ELSE.

>> IT'S ASTOUNDING THAT EVERY CITY DOESN'T DO IT.

HORSE NEIGHING ED TECHNO MUSIC HI, EVERYONE, AND WE ARE BACK.

THAT IS A GREAT VIDEO, I LOVE HEARING FROM NORTHERN SPARK IS ALL ABOUT WITH THE PEOPLE FROM THE VIDEO.

I'M HERE WITH -- I'M GOING TO LETS THEM INTRODUCE YOURSELVES.

TELL EVERYBODY WHO YOU ARE.

>> SARAH BEATS TIERS, THE ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF THE NORTHERN SPARK FESTIVAL.

>> STEVE DIETZ, THE FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR OF NORTHERN SPARKS.

>> GREAT.

WHAT CAN WE EXPECT THIS YEAR?

I FEEL LIKE PEOPLE ARE A LITTLE FAMILIAR WITH NORTHERN SPARK BUT WHAT CAN WE EXPECT THIS YEAR?

>> WELL, THE THEME OF NORTHERN SPARK THIS YEAR IS PROJECTING THE CITY AND THERE WILL BE DOZENS OF GIANT PROJECTIONS THROUGHOUT MINNEAPOLIS.

THEY'LL RANGE FROM HUNDRED-FOOT TALL SELFS ON THE GOLD MEDAL SILOS SO A MYSTERIOUS RELAY RACE BY LOCAL INHABITANTS.

THERE WILL BE PROJECTIONS FROM AS FAR AWAY FROM EUPHRATES RIVER, 1920s RUSSIA AND OF COURSE LOWERTOWN St. PAUL.

>> VERY COOL, VERY COOL.

SO WHAT DO YOU THINK THIS BRINGS TO THE CITY?

OBVIOUSLY REALLY COOL, AN ART FESTIVAL THAT HAPPENS ALL NIGHT LONG BUT WHAT ELSE DOES IT BRING TO THE CITY?

MUSIC IN THE BACKGROUND Laughter >> WHAT DO YOU THINK OF?

>> I THINK IT'S THE HEART AND SOUL OF NORTHERN SPARK ARE THE HUNDREDS OF ARTISTS THAT MAKE THESE AMAZING PROJECTS, AND THEY FRANCE STORM THE NIGHT THROUGHOUT THE -- TRANSFORM THE CITY THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE NIGHT, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENS IS THAT YOU START FEELING DIFFERENTLY THAN YOU -- ABOUT A PLACE YOU THOUGHTS YOU KNEW YOU SEE IN A NEW LIGHT AND STAYING UP ALL NIGHT WITH FRIENDLY STRANGERS ALL OF A SUDDEN, THAT IDEA OF THE FAMILIAR TAKES ON A NEW MEANING AS DOES THE IDEA OF THE POSSIBLE, AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT THE MAGIC IS.

>> YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW NORTHERNLIGHTS.MNDOES MORE THAN NORTHERN SPARK, SO, SARAH, TELL US WHAT ELSE YOU DONE.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

WE WORK WITH A NUMBER OF ARTISTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR ON A RANGE OF PROJECTS, THINGS LIKE A YEAR-LONG MENTORSHIP FOR EMERGING ARTISTS AND WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON DESIGNING A LOCATION-BASED MASSIVELY MULTI-PLAYER GAME TO TAKE PLACE IN PUBLIC SPACE, IN A PARK IN MINNEAPOLIS.

AND THE VIDEO THAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE ON THE SCREEN IS A PROJECT CALLED THE GIANTS SING-ALONG WHICH WAS A COLLABORATION WITH THE MINNESOTA STATE FAIR AND A DESIGN DUO FROM MONTREAL THAT WE WORKED WITH TO CREATE A FIELD OF KAROAKE MICROPHONES AT THE FAIR AND IT'S A TRANSFORMATIVE PIECE AND THE DELICIOUSLY DECADENT ENVIRONMENT OF THE FAIR WHERE YOU'RE CONSUMING, CONSUMING, CONSUMING, THIS IS A MOMENT THAT'S ABOUT COLLABORATION AND MAKING, AND IT'S BEEN SO POPULAR, NOW IT'S PERMANENT.

>> I REMEMBER THAT PIECE.

SO AS STEVE AND SARAH JUST MENTIONED, NORTHERNLIGHTS.MN IS MORE THAN JUST NORTHERN SPARK.

IN FACT, ANOTHER PROJECT THEY HELPED BRING TO LIFE WITH THE SAME ARTISTS AS THE GIANT SING-A-LONG LIVES INSIDE ST. PAUL'S UNION DEPOT.

IT'S CALLED AMATEUR INTELLIGENCE RADIO.

TAKE A LOOK.

>> THIS IS INTELLIGENCE RADIO.

YOU'RE LISTENING TO THE VOICE OF THE BUILDING.

GOOD MORNING, St. PAUL.

>> WHAT IS AMATEUR INTELLIGENCE RADIO?

IT'S A ROBOT COMMUNITY RADIO.

IT PAYS TRIBUTE TO A RADIO THAT WAS AT THE UNION DEPOT BACK IN THE '20s.

UNION DEPOT HAS A GREAT SPIRIT, PART OF St. PAUL'S HISTORY AND WE WANTED TO GIVE IT A VOICE.

THE PROJECT COMES TO LIFE THROUGH FIVE PIECES OF FURNITURE THAT WE DESIGNED.

THE FURNITURE WAS DESIGNED IN THE SAME MATERIAL THAT THE BUILDING, IT'S REALLY MADE TO BE PART OF THE BUILDING AS IF IT'S ALWAYS IN THERE.

EACH ONE OF THESE IS AN INVITATION TO SIT AND TAKE SOME TIME TO LISTEN TO LIFE BROADCASTS WHICH COME OUTS OF LITTLE SPEAKERS INSTALLED IN THE FURNITURE.

>> THIS PROGRAM IS CALLED THE LANDS OF FOUR BUSES.

>> AMATEUR INTELLIGENCE RADIO BROADCASTS INFORMATION IN REALTIME ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN AND AROUND THE BUILDING.

WE GAVE THE RADIO AND THE BUILDING A SETS OF EYES SO SOME CAMERAS INSTALLED ON THE CEILING SEE THE AMOUNT OF ACTIVITY IN THE MAIN ROOM AND CAN COMMENT ON THAT.

>> SOME PEOPLE LIKE TO MOVE FASTER THAN OTHERS.

THERE ARE FIVE PEOPLE HERE, A PERSON RUNNING AND 6.6 METERS PER SECOND.

>> WE ALSO IN A WAY GAVE IT ANTENNAS, BECAUSE WE HAVE ACCESS TO THE TRAIN SCHEDULES AND INFORMATION LIKE THE WEATHER OUTSIDE.

>> TIME FOR A SHORT WEATHER REPORT.

THE CURRENT WEATHER CONDITION IS CLEAR SKIES.

>> AS WELL AS STORIES OF THE PAST OF THE UNION DEPOT.

>> I REMEMBER THE 5:15 TRAIN, A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT.

>> BUT TRULY COMES TO LIFE THROUGH THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE PUBLIC.

>> I BETTER YOU HAVE SOME ADVICE TO SHARE.

IF SO, GO TO MY WEBSITE AND PUTS YOUR WISDOM AND HELP A FELLOW TRAVELER OUT.

YOUR ADVICE WILL BE BROADCAST BY YOURS TROWEL ON AIR RADIO.

>> THE LAST COMPONENT IS A WEBSITE, AIRSTORIES.MN.

A PLACE THAT INVITES PUBLIC PARTICIPATION WHERE ANYONE CAN SUBMIT STORIES, DECLARATION, TRAVEL STORIES, BIRTHDAY WISHES, SO THAT THE HOST OF THE RADIO WILL SHARE THEM.

>> HERE'S SOME ADVICE YOU CAN USE ANY DAY.

MICHAEL'S ADVICE, GO TO BED A LITTLE EARLIER... >> THE FIRST INVITATION TO THE PUBLIC IS JUST COME ALONG, LISTEN FOR A FEW MINUTES, MAYBE GO ON LINE AND CONTRIBUTE AND WE'LL BE WAITING TO HEAR FROM EVERYONE.

>> YEN.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

Cheering >> ALL RIGHT, EVERYONE, WE ARE BACK AND I AM HERE WITH TWO NORTHERN SPARK ARTISTS WHO WORK TOGETHER AS A DUO.

THEY HAVE A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT NAME BUT FOR TODAY WE'LL CALL THEM THE MAKE STUFF DUO.

WE WON'T SAY YOUR SPECIAL NAME BUT PEOPLE CAN FIND YOU LATER.

SO WILL YOU PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELVES?

>> I'M JUSTIN HIDEAMAN.

>> I'M JUSTIN AND WE'RE PART OF A LARGER GROUP.

>> WHAT IS THE PIECE?

>> CALLED PUBLIC ACTS OF DRAWING AND IT'S A BIG TABLE AND WE INVITE THE PUBLIC TO COME AND DRAW ON IT DURING THE COURSE OF NORTHERN SPARK, THE NINE HOURS OF NORTHERN SPARK, WE'LL HAVE NINE DIFFERENT THEMES AND THERE IS A CAMERA AND WHAT WE'LL DO IS CAPTURE WHAT PEOPLE DRAW AS THEY DRAW AND IT WILL GET PROJECTED UP ON TO THE BUILDING WHEN NORTHERN SPARK HAPPENS, NINE STORIES TALL.

>> VERY COOL.

SO HOW IS IT DIFFERENT WHEN PEOPLE DRAW TOGETHER?

>> I THINK ART IS USUALLY AN INDIVIDUAL ACT, A SOLITARY ACT.

WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER AND MAKE THEM REMEMBER THAT ART IS FUN, ART IS TO BE DONE WITH LOTS OF PEOPLE AND, REALLY, IT ISN'T ALL THAT PRECIOUS, IT'S FUN AND SHOULD BE DONE TOGETHER.

>> YEAH.

WELL, HOW MANY PEOPLE GENERALLY DO YOU GET IN A NIGHT?

DO YOU COUNT, HAVE A LITTLE CLICKER -- >> THIS WILL BE THE FIRST TIME WE'RE DOING IT IN A PUBLIC SENSE SO IT WILL BE REALLY FUN.

>> WE'RE SCALING IT UP FOR THIS.

>> WHERE CAN PEOPLE FIND YOU?

>> WE'LL BE ON THE CONVENTION CENTER PLAZA IN DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS AND WE'RE PROJECTING ON THIS SIDE OF THE HOTEL IVY.

>> AWESOME.

SO EXCITED TO SEE IT.

THANKS, GUYS.

YES, YOU CAN APPLAUD FOR THEM.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE OVER HERE TO JOHN KESTON WHO'S CREATING LIVE MUSIC.

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU LIVE MIX?

>> TONIGHT MY GOAL WAS TO LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING ALL AROUND THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS AND RESPOND TO THOSE AND IMPROVISE ELECTRONIC MUSIC.

I HAVE NOTHING PREPROGRAMMED OR ANYTHING.

EVERYTHING I'VE DONE TONIGHT IS ON THE FLY SORT OF AS A RESPONSE TO WHAT I SEE, SO I DO THAT BASED ON THESE KIND OF COLLECTION, THIS COLLECTION OF INSTRUMENTS THAT I HAVE HERE.

THEY'RE ALL SORT OF ANALOG INSTRUMENTS THAT I CAN DO A LOT OF KNOB-TURNING AND KIND OF EVOLVING, LIKE LITTLE ARE PERCENTAGE I DON'TS AND SEQUENCES AND -- >> I'M VERY EXCITED TO HEAR WHAT ELSE YOU'RE GOING TO DO FOR TONIGHT.

AND JOHN, I'M GOING TO TALK MORE ABOUT YOU.

JOHN HAS COLLABARATED WITH MANY DIFFERENT ARTISTS TO CREATE UNIQUE AND WONDERFUL MUSIC FOR THEIR PROJECTS.

YOU'LL BE ABLE TO HEAR MORE OF HIS MUSIC IN THIS NEXT VIDEO, FEATURING ANOTHER ARTIST WHO ALSO CREATES PERFORMANCES THAT LAST ALL NIGHT LONG.

PETER SHUALSKY.

TAKE A LOOK.

YOU MAY REMEMBER SOME OF HIS WORK FROM PAST NORTHERN SPARK FESTIVALS.

SOMEONE00ING IN THE BACKGROUND >> AHHHHH.

>> AH.

RHYTHMIC DRUMMING Cheers & Applause >> COME STAND NEXT TO ME.

I KNOW YOU NEED TO GET A DRINK OF WATER, THAT WAS REALLY EXHAUSTING, I'M SURE.

WILL YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF FOR OUR AUDIENCE?

>> I'M PRIMULA.

>> BEAUTIFUL.

WHAT INSPIRED THAT PIECE THAT WE JUST SAW?

WHAT WAS THAT?

>> IT WAS CALLED INHABIT, LIVING PATTERNS, AND IT WAS ABOUT HABIT, INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE CREATORS OF HABIT AND ALSO FOR INDIVIDUAL AND WE WANTED TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT AGENCY FOR THE INDIVIDUAL.

>> VERY COOL.

AND I KNOW YOU'RE TRYING TO CATCH YOUR BREATH RIGHT NOW SO I'LL TALK JUST A LITTLE BIT.

SO YOU HAD AN 8-HOUR PIECE IN NORTHERN SPARK 2012, RIGHT?

EIGHT HOURS, WOW.

>> MAYBE LONGER.

>> MAYBE LONGER, OKAY.

HOW DID IT FEEL TO DANCE FOR EIGHT HOURS?

DID YOU DANCE EIGHT HOURS STRAIGHT?

WHAT IS IT LIKE IN THAT PROCESS?

>> SO WE HAVE 16 PATTERNS, AS YOU CAN SEE, NOT ALL FIVE DANCERS ARE IN THE PIECE AT ALL TIMES BUT IT IS CONTINUOUS AND AT A TIME OF REST NORMALLY FOR DANCERS, SO IT WAS QUITE RIGOROUS TECHNICALLY AS WELL AS IN TERMS OF THE TIME ITSELF.

AND IT WAS AMAZING BECAUSE TO WITNESS AND EXPERIENCE THE INCREDIBLE PHYSICALITY AND MOVEMENT, AND ALSO THE OTHER PERFORMANCE, IT WAS AMAZING.

>> GREAT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WELL, STORY-TELLING IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF A LOT OF THE ART WE'RE EXPERIENCING TONIGHT.

THAT'S NO EXCEPTION IN THIS NEXT VIDEO FROM NORTHERN SPARK IN 2012, WHERE A STORY OF CULTURE AND HISTORY IS TOLD THROUGH AN INTERESTING, AND TASTY, MEDIUM.

MOM'S COOKIES IS A PIECE THAT COMMEMORATES THE St. ANTHONY FALLS AREA AS THE BIRTH PLACE OF PACKAGED FOODS.

IT SHOWS ME IN FOUR DIFFERENT SHORT FILMS PREPARING FOUR DIFFERENT PACKAGED FOOD THAT ARE ALL GENERAL MILLS FOODS.

I'M TRYING TO TALK ABOUT THE KIND OF ICONIC MOTHER FIGURE THE WAY WE THINK ABOUT HOME COOKING, OUR NOSTALGIA AND MEMORIES ABOUT FOOD, ABOUT THE WAY WE GREW UP.

A LOT OF US THINK ABOUT HOME COOKING AS COOKING FROM SCRATCH.

MANY OF US OF A CERTAIN GENERATION HAVE A LOT OF MEMORIES OF PACKAGED FOODS BEING PREPARED.

I PERFORM IN THE FILM AND I DO DRESS UP AS A KIND OF WELL-COIFFED MOTHER FIGURE, AND IT IS SUPPOSED TO CALL UP THOSE IDEAS OF NOSTALGIA BUT A LITTLE BIT OF A PUT-ON NOSTALGIA, SO I WANT PEOPLE TO KIND OF THINK ABOUT THAT NOSTALGIA BUT ALSO SEE THE DISSONANCE BETWEEN THAT AND THE ACTUAL FOODS BEING PREPARED AND THINK ABOUT THE CHANGES THAT HAVE COME OVER US IN THE WAY THAT WE BUY FOOD, OUR FOOD IS PRODUCED, AND SORT OF WHERE HISTORY HAS KIND OF TAKEN US TO THIS MODERN MOMENT.

>> AT NORTHERN SPARK, THE WAY A STORY IS TOLD AND THE PLACE WHERE IT'S TOLD IS AS IMPORTANT AS THE TALE ITSELF.

WHETHER IT'S NEAR A TRAIN TRACK, UNDER A BRIDGE, OR ON A SEE-SAW, IT'S ABOUT CREATIVE STORYTELLING, WHICH BRINGS ME TO WHAT IS GOING ON RIGHT HERE.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW.

Laughter BUT TELL ME ABOUT THIS.

INTRODUCE YOURSELF FIRST, PLEASE.

>> I'M ROSS IRVING, ONE OF MANY EDITORS FOR RESOLVER, AND WHAT YOU SEE BEHIND YOU IS ONE OF OUR MANY WRITE-FIGHT BOUTS THAT WILL BE HAPPENING AT NORTHERN SPARK.

>> SO WHAT IS WRITE FIGHT, WHAT DO PEOPLE DO?

>> IT IS A SINGLE ELIMINATION CHALLENGE, COMPETITION, WHERE WE HAVE WRITERS FACING OFF AGAINST ONE ANOTHER.

>> ALL RIGHT.

DO YOU MIND IF I INTERVIEW ONE OF THEM WHILE THEY'RE WRITING?

>> GO AHEAD.

Laughter >> OH, OH.

PLEASE, TELL US YOUR NAME, KEEP WRITING.

>> I'M JAKE SS -- JAKE SKILLING.

>> WHAT ARE YOU WRITING ABOUT?

>> ROBOTS.

>> CAN YOU ELABORATE?

>> JOHNNY FIVE FROM SHORT CIRCUS MAKES AN APPEARANCE... Laughter >> AND TELL US YOUR NAME, PLEASE.

>> BRETT ELIZABETH JENKINS.

>> KEEP WRITING, BRETT.

>> I'M NOT A GOOD MULTI-TASKER.

>> BUT THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT.

YOU GOT TO KEEP TALKING.

WHAT ARE YOU WRITING ABOUT?

>> GOOGLE.

Laughter >> I'LL LET YOU OFF THE HOOK.

OKAY, SO IS THIS GOING TO APPEAR IN THIS YEAR'S NORTHERN SPARK?

>> IT IS.

IT IS.

WE HAVE SEVEN BOUTS TO NAME A NEW CHAMPION.

>> AND WHERE WILL YOU BE?

>> UNDER THE HENNEPIN BRIDGE, MINNEAPOLIS SIDE.

>> AND WHY IS THIS?

WHY DO YOU DO THIS?

>> YOU KNOW, WE'RE TAKING THE MENTAL GYMNASTICS THAT A WRITER HAS TO GO THROUGH AND WE'RE PUTTING THEM IN A PHYSICAL REALM.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WELL THAT, SOUNDS GREAT.

I MEAN, I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THIS.

I AM EXCITED TO SEE WHAT ELSE HAPPENS TO THESE PEOPLE.

Laughter >> AS YOU TORTURE THEM.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, ROSS, AND THANK YOU, WRITERS.

>> MUCH OF WHAT YOU'LL SEE AT NORTHERN SPARK, AND HERE TONIGHT IN OUR STUDIO, IS ABOUT EXPIERIENCING THE CITY IN A NEW LIGHT.

A PAIR OF ARTISTS, BEN MOREN AND DANIEL DEAN, ARE PARTICULARLY AWESOME AT CREATING DIFFERENT WAYS TO EXPLORE AND RE-IMAGINE A PLACE YOU THOUGHT YOU KNEW.

TAKE A LOOK AT THREE OF THEIR NORTHERN SPARK PROJECTS THEY'VE CREATED OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND YOU'LL SEE WHAT I MEAN.

>> MY NAME IS DANIEL DEANE.

>> MY NAME IS BEN MOREN.

>> MOBILE EXPERIENCE WITH CINEMA IS THE NAME THAT WE HAVE GIVEN TO THIS KIND OF MIXED MEDIA PLATFORM THAT WE CREATE, WHICH WE FILM PARTS OF THE FILM IN A SPECIFIC PUBLIC LOCATION IN THE CITY, AND THAT SCENE IS THEN WITH AN AUDIENCE IN A LATER-DAY REPROJECTED ON TO A WALL OR BACK ON TO THAT LOCATION SO THAT YOU'RE STANDING IN THE LOCATION IN WHICH THE FILM HAPPENED PREVIOUSLY.

AND THE FILM UNFOLD OVER SEVERAL OF THESE LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT A CITY SO YOU'RE TRAVELING PARTLY THROUGH THE SCENES SHE AND IN THAT WAY, YOU'RE EXPERIENCING THIS FILM FROM KIND OF WITHIN.

>> IN-BETWEEN THESE, THERE'S OTHER ELEMENTS LIKE A CURATED SOUND TRACK THAT IS A BRIDGE AND A LIVE ACTION EVENT THAT MIGHT BE SOMEBODY COMING UP AND ENGAGING WITH THE AUDIENCE OR AN EMBEDDED ACTOR WITHIN THE AUDIENCE SO THERE IS A BLENDING BETWEEN THE REAL KIND OF SITUATION THAT YOU'RE IN, THE PERFORMANCE AND THEN THIS ALSO INVENTED REALITY, THAT'S THE NARRATIVE WE'RE TRYING TO LAYER ON TOP OF THE CITY SO WE'RE REALLY THINKING ABOUT THE CITY AS A SET, IN A WAY, THAT THE PROJECT CAN UNFOLD ON TOP OF.

>> 2012, WE DID A MOBILE EXPERIENCE WITH CINEMA PROJECT CALLED THE PARADE, AND THIS USED -- NOT BEING NARRATIVE IN WHICH THE MAIN CHARACTER THAT YOU SEE IN THE FILM WAS ACTUALLY KIDNAPPED FROM OUT OF THE AUDIENCE AS THE FILM BEGAN.

THEN WE FOLLOWED THE VEHICLE THAT TOOK HIM, 200 PEOPLE ON BICYCLES ALL AT ONCE.

>> WE WANTED TO BRING PEOPLE INTO PLACES THAT THEY PROBABLY WOULDN'T NORMALLY GO INTO, LIKE A WEIRD BACK ALLEY THAT HAS A GUARD DOG NEXT TO IT THAT HAS LIKE A SCRAP METAL BUILDING THAT BRINGS YOU DOWN TO WHERE METRO TRANSIT STORES THEIR BUSES SO A SUPER AWKWARD PLACE IN TOWN THAT YOU JUST NEVER GO TO, AND BY BEING ON BICYCLE, WE COULD GO TO MORE OF THESE WEIRD PLACES ALL AROUND TOWN INSTEAD OF BEING SO LOCALIZED.

AS THE AUDIENCE TRAVELS FROM ONE SCENE, THEY MIGHT TRAVEL A MILE, MAYBE EVEN MORE, TO ANOTHER SCENE FOR 100-PLUS PEOPLE, THIS TAKES 15 MINUTES.

WE USE THAT TIME, SORT OF CURATED IT TO BE THE TIME FOR A SOUND TRACK TO CONNECT THE SCENES, SO WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THE EMOTIONS THAT WE WANT THE AUDIENCE TO HAVE AND HOW THEY WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE FILM OR EITHER USE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO FORESHADOW THE NEXT SCENE, SO BEN IS ON A TRYING WITH A PROJECTOR AND A SOUND SYSTEM SO THERE'S ALSO A WAY TO FOLLOW PEOPLE, LIKE A PIED PIPER, THIS IS WHERE WE'RE GOING BUT ALSO THIS LAYER TO THE WHOLE THING WHERE YOU'RE NOT REALLY SURE WHAT IS PART OF THE PERFORMANCE AND WHAT'S NOT.

MAYBE YOU SEE A GROUP OF PEOPLE WALKING BY AND YOU'RE STARTING TO QUESTION LIKE WHETHER THEY'RE PART OF THE GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT MIGHT HAVE KIDNAPPED SOMEBODY OR A POLICE CAR DROVE BY AND YOU'RE STARTING TO BE LIKE, WELL, DID THEY SCRIPT THAT POLICE CAR OR THIS WEIRD VAN TO DO THIS AWKWARD BACKING UP IN FRONT OF US OR SOMETHING?

SOMEBODY ASKED ME, DID YOU PLAN FOR SUCH AND SUCH TO HAPPEN AND MY ANSWER IS ALWAYS YES, OF COURSE.

Laughter >> SECRET CITY WAS OUR PROJECT FOR NORTHERN SPARK IN 2013, AND IT IN ADVICED TWO FESTIVAL GOERS TO GO ON A NARRATIVE TOUR AROUND LOWERTOWN, MOSTLY THROUGH THE BACK ALLEYS, USING THEIR MOBILE PHONES.

YOU'D BE GIVEN A PHONE NUMBER AND THEN YOU COULD RECEIVE A PHONE CALL AND IT WOULD GUIDE YOU THROUGH THE CITY, FRAME AND DIRECTING YOU TO LOOK AND PARTICIPATE AND TRACK WITH SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE CITY.

>> HELLO?

THERE YOU ARE.

I CAN HEAR YOU NOW.

ARE WE ALONE?

I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU.

WE HAVE A WAYS TO GO.

FOLLOW CAREFULLY.

YOU WILL ARRIVE ON TIME AND BE BETTER FOR IT.

>> WE HAVE AN AUDIENCE THAT'S MADE UP OF OKAY TO GEE NEAR YOU KNOWS AND 6-YEAR-OLDS AND EVERYONE IN-BETWEEN.

>> WITH OUR NETWORK, IT WOULDN'T HAVE THAT VARIETY.

>> NORTHERN SPARK REALLY PROVIDES THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET THIS AMAZING AND EXTREMELY DIVERSE AUDIENCE OUT BUT ALSO SORT OF PRIMES PEOPLE TO BE ACCEPTED, RIGHT?

THEY'RE LIKE LOOKING FOR SOME KIND OF MAGICAL THING AROUND EVERY CORNER.

Applause Cheering >> IT WAS A PORCH THAT SANK.

NOT A FREIGHTER OR A STEAMER OR ONE OF PERRIES FLEET BUT A WHOLE PORT.

WITH SAIL BOATS, NOT LEISURE BUT MARITIME'S LATEST GALLIVANTING TECHNOLOGY, FEIT TEARING THE INTERIOR WITH METALED WHITES.

IT WAS A POINT ON THE WAY.

THAT WAS SO ANOINTED WITH FRENCH FLOWERS DELIS AND FATHER HENNEPIN WITH HIM AND TANTE WITH STEEL SPARKS IN THE GROUND.

THEY BLOSSOMED INTO A PORT CITY, ON THE SHALLOWEST LAKE OF THE WHOLE UNMARCH SHAWLD REGION, SOME SPOT IN THE MARCHES, BEFORE PORT DOVER AND STANLEY.

PERSONALLY, I BELIEVE IT WAS RONDO.

I THOUGHT A ALLEGE MINUTE OF MEMORIES THERE.

BUT -- A I FOUGHT A REGIMENT OF MEMORIES THERE, WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO RAISE WHEAT AND FERMENTING A TRADE ZONE THAT DRIED UP.

THAT FLOODED NEXT SPRING.

THE FISH LEAVE SOME ARTIFACTS ON THE LAKE BUT UNTOUCHED, SOME CONJECTURE.

SOME DIE.

A BOOK REPORT, A CANON, BOOKS WERE FOUND WITH DRAWINGS OF MARQUETTES OF THE HORSESHEE OF ANY AG GRAS, AND CALCULATED THE DISTANCE OF THE PORT'S FIRST WIGWAMS.

ZEALOUS DESTINATION.

SPECIOUSLY BARKED UP WHOLE WOODS OF MAPLE.

ABANDONED WHEN -- DIDN'T TAKE.

IT'S MURKY WHAT HAPPENED.

THE MISSION, THE LEAVING, THE LIVES AND WEAVING.

LAND ESCAPES.

TECHNO MUSIC IN THE BACKGROUND >> THANKS.

Applause >> THANK YOU.

>> THIS IS MOHAB, AND TELL US, WHAT WAS THIS ABOUT IS THIS HOW DID THIS GET INSPIRED FOR YOU?

>> THIS WAS FROM A LARGER PORT I.PROJECT THAT'S BASED ON THE GREAT LAKES BASED ON MY HAVING CIRCLED THE ENTIRE REGION FOR A PROJECT I'VE BEEN DOING AND IT'S BEEN TAKING A LONG TIME.

>> HOW LONG?

>> I'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT FOR YEARS AND IT'S THE DIFFERENT ITERATIONS, A PORTRY COLLECTION AND NOW A NIGHT-LONG INSTALLATION AT NORTHERN SPARK.

>> WHERE WILL YOU BE FOR NORTHERN SPARK?

>> RIGHT, I'M GOING TO BE MOBILE, I'M GOING TO HAVE A CART WITH A CAR BATTERY THAT IS RUNNING MY OVERHEAD AND I'LL BE BASICALLY ALL OVER THE FESTIVAL SO PLEASE LOOK FOR ME IN ALLEYS AND CORNERS.

>> VERY COOL.

Laughter >> SO WHY -- YOU TOOK THIS TRIP AROUND THE REGION.

WHY CREATE THIS?

WHAT LED YOU TO THIS MEDIUM?

>> I THINK THIS IS A REALLY INTERESTING WAY TO KIND OF WORK WITH ALL THE SMALL PLACES THAT EXIST IN THIS GIGANTIC RENAL THAT'S KIND OF A BORDER LAND, KIND OF FOCUSING ON IMAGERY, PLACES, PICTURES FROM PLACES, I MEAN, THAT I'VE TANA LONG AND POETRY IS SUCH A SHORT, NON-NARRATIVE FORM THAT IT WORKS TO FOCUS ON THE DETAILS INSTEAD OF NARRATING.

>> IT DOES.

I LOVED WHEN YOU POURED THE WATER ON EACH ONE.

I HAD MY LITTLE FAN GIRLIE MOMENT.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK NOW AT TWO MORE REALLY INCREDIBLE PROJECTS FROM PAST NORTHERN SPARK FESTIVALS.

>> EVEN COLDER OUT AND HE DIDN'T KNOW -- AND HE KNEW HE WAS GOING TO PERISH AND HE SAID, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE I AM.

SO HE DID A TRICK, HE REMEMBERED -- TOOK OUT HIS BUCK KNIFE AND CUT THE BELLY OF THE MOOSE OPENED AND PULLED OUT THE INSIDES OF THAT MOOSE AND CRAWLED IN TO THE INSIDES OF THAT MOOSE, IN THE DEN AND CLOSED IT BACK DOWN AND I'M STAYING THERE ALL NIGHT LONG.

AND IN THE MORNING WHEN THE SUN CAME UP, HE WAS STILL ALIVE INSIDE THAT MOOSE.

THE ONLY PROBLEM IS, OVER THE NIGHT, THE MOOSE HAD FROZEN SHUT, SO NO I WAS STUCK INSIDE A FROZEN MOOSE AND HE COMES OUT AND HE KNEW HE WAS GOING TO FREEZE TO DEATHS INSIDE THE MOOSE AND HE KNEW WHAT HIS FRIENDS WOULD SAY...

Audio Indiscernible Laughter Applause >> YOU'VE JUST SEEN FOOTAGE FROM TWO OF THE MOST SPECTACULAR PROJECTS THAT HAVE EVER TAKEN PLACE AT NORTHERN SPARK.

HOWEVER, NOT EVERY PIECE NEEDS TO BE HUGE AND VISIBLE TO THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.

SOMETIMES, THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT IS PERFECT FOR QUIET, INTIMATE ENGAGEMENTS WITH ART, OTHER PEOPLE, AND A PARTICULAR PLACE, LIKE THIS PROJECT, FROM 2013.

SOUND OF AN ENGINE ENGINE SOUND CONTINUE >> ALL RIGHT.

WE ARE BACK.

I'M SO EXCITED TO GO IN THIS MYSTERY TENT TO SEE WHAT IS GOING ON.

COME ON IN.

OKAY.

WELL, WOW, THIS IS PRETTY AWESOME.

Laughter WE ARE HERE WITH THE ARTIST, THIS IS ERIC AVERY, AND A FRIEND OF MINE, I HAVE TO ADMIT, A LITTLE DISCLOSURE THERE, THIS IS TELEVISION, RIGHT?

ERIC, WHAT IS THIS PIECE?

TELL US ABOUT THIS -- WHAT IS THE NAME, WHAT IS THIS ABOUT?

>> SO MINNEAPOLIS CUBED IS AN EXPERIMENT IN PERFORMANCE, SO WE HAVE PUPPETRY, WE HAVE DANCE, WE HAVE DRAWING, WE HAVE PERFORMANCE ART, WE HAVE AUDIENCE INTERACTION AND WE HAVE LOTS OF THINGS THAT DEFY CATEGORIZATION.

>> YES.

>> IT'S GOING TO BE HAPPENING ALL NIGHT AND NO AUDIENCE GROUP WILL SEE THE SAME PERFORMANCE.

IT'S GOING TO BE MIXED UP AND RANDOM DIFFERENT PERFORMANCES MASHED TOGETHER.

>> I LOVE THIS.

SO WHY WOULD YOU DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS?

NOT TO SAY IT LIKE THAT BUT WHY, WHAT'S THE INSPIRATION FOR YOU?

>> YOU KNOW, FOR ME, I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN THE SORT OF -- ALL THE DIFFERENT VIEWS AND PERSPECTIVES AND EMOTIONS AND EXPERIENCES THAT MINNEAPOLIS HAS, AND I JUST DON'T THINK THAT CAN BE CAPTURED IN ONE SORT OF COGENT THING.

SO I GATHERED LOTS OF IMAGES AND IDEA AND THOUGHTS AND SMASHED THEM ALL TOGETHER TO TRY TO REPRESENT OUR COMPLICATED, WONDERFUL CITY.

>> IT IS VERY COMPLICATED.

I SEE PEOPLE LIKE POKING THEIR HAND THROUGH AND DRAWING BACK WARDS OVER THERE.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> THAT'S GREAT.

AND THEN SOME SAD DO PUPPETRY GOING ON OVER HERE.

YEAH.

HOW MANY PEOPLE DO YOU THINK CAN FIT IN THIS THING?

WE'LL HAVE TO FIND OUT TONIGHT, WE'LL OPEN IT UP TO THE AUDIENCE IN THE STUDIO.

>> AWESOME.

LET'S LOOK AT THE OUTSIDE.

Laughter SO, ERIC, WHERE CAN WE FIND AT NORTHERN SPARK?

>> WE'RE GOING TO BE IN FRONT OF THE CONVENTION CENTER IN THAT LITTLE GRASSY AREA, IT WILL BE WHERE THE OPENING CEREMONY IS AND WHERE THE BOUNCING GROUNDS PIECE IS, AS WELL.

>> I'M SO EXCITED.

ALL RIGHT.

MANY OF THE PROJECTS YOU'LL EXPERIENCE AT NORTHERN SPARK HELP US BOTH REFLECT ON AND IMAGINE THE COMMUNITY AROUND US.

WE'RE ABOUT TO SHOW YOU AN INTERVIEW WITH AN ARTIST WHOSE WORK YOU CAN SEE AT THIS YEAR'S NORTHERN SPARK FESTIVAL, COMING UP NEXT SATURDAY.

HIS NAME IS JEFFERSON PINDER, AND HIS PERFORMANCES AND VIDEOS OFTEN INVOLVE PEOPLE WORKING PHYSICALLY TO ACCOMPLISH A GOAL.

AFTER GETTING A SPECIAL SNEAK PEAK AT HIS UPCOMING PIECE, WE'LL THEN TAKE A LOOK AT A VIDEO HE CREATED A FEW YEARS AGO WHICH ALSO HIGHLIGHTS HIS INTEREST IN THE QUIET HEROICS OF A COMMUNITY.

>> MY NAME IS JEFFERSON PINDER, AN ARTIST, WORKING PRIMARILY IN VIDEO PERFORMANCE WORK.

WHAT I FOCUS ON IN PARTICULAR IS MOVEMENT AND CONSTANT MOTION AND HOW IT RELATES TO STRUGGLE AND PREDICAMENT.

RELAY, PART OF THE INERTIA CYCLE WHICH IS A GROUP OF ART VIDEO PIECES THAT DEAL WITH, YOU KNOW, MOVEMENT AND FRENETIC MOVEMENT, INTENSE MOVEMENT AND AMBITIOUS, YOU KNOW, FOCUS ON THE -- YOU KNOW, ATTAINING A GOAL.

ALL OF THESE PERFORMANCE PIECES THAT I'VE DONE IN THE PAST ALL HAVE TO DO WITH ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THIS INTENSE MOVEMENT BUT, REALLY, STAYING IN THE SAME SPOT.

YOU KNOW, LIKE ALL THE ENERGY TO MOVE FORWARD BUT BEING STATIC.

AND I STARTED THINKING ABOUT THE RELAY EVENT WHERE, YOU KNOW, THE THE BATON IS PASSED FROM ONE RUNNER TO THE NEXT TO KIND OF SYMBOL AYE THE EVOLUTION OF EXHAUSTION, YOU KNOW, STARTING OUT, LIKE SOMEBODY WHO'S READY TO TAKE THAT BATON AND READY TO MOVE BUT YOU'RE WATCHING THROUGH THIS LABOR DETERIORATION AND AT THE LAST MOMENT, WHEN YOU CAN A PERSON IS GOING THE GET OUT, SOMEBODY ELSE COMES IN, SO LIKE THIS CYCLE AND EACH PARTICIPANT, HOW EACH, LIKE, RUNNER IS A PART OF THIS BIGGER UNIT, AND IN THIS PIECE, I WANT TO CONVEY THE IDEA THAT YOU'RE NOT REALLY SURE WHAT THE OBJECTIVE IS BUT YOU KNOW THEY'RE MOVING FORWARD.

WHAT'S CLEAR IS THE FOCUS TO THE OBJECTIVE IN THAT THERE IS THIS EXCHANGE OF ENERGY FROM ONE PERSON TO THE NEXT MUCH.

AND I BEGAN THINKING ABOUT WHAT WOULD BE AN APPROPRIATE PIECE TO DO IN MINNESOTA, IN PARTICULAR, MINNEAPOLIS.

ONCE I STARTED THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY HERE IN MINNESOTA, I COULDN'T GET BEYOND WORKING WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE FROM -- OF SOMALI OR EAST AFTERNOON CANDY SCENT.

THE AFRICAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE TO ME ALWAYS SEEMED TO BE ABOUT HISTORY AND THE PAST BUT I THOUGHT THIS WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO THINK ABOUT THE EMERGING AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY OR ABOUT THE NEW DIFFICULT AS IMPORTANT RAH OF PEOPLE WHO ARE -- DIASPORA OF PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING FROM AFRICA AND WHAT THEY HAD TO COULD NOT.

IT SEEMED LIKE A GREAT POINT TO DO SOMETHING TOTALLY DIFFERENT BUT STILL CONNECT IT WITH MY OTHER WORK MUCH SINGING IN NATIVE LANGUAGE SINGING IN NATIVE LANGUAGE SINGING IN NATIVE LANGUAGE SILENCE >> NORTHERNLIGHTS.MN SUPPORTS ARTISTS IN MAKING TEMPORARY PLACES FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

THE ARTISTS YOU'LL SEE NEXT ARE THE WINNERS OF THIS YEAR'S CREATIVE CITY CHALLENGE, AN ANNUAL COMPETITION FOR ARTISTS TO CREATE A SUMMER-LONG INSTALLATION.

NORTHERNLIGHTS.MN WORKS WITH THE MINNEAPOLIS CONVENTION CENTER AND THE ARTS, CULTURE, AND CREATIVE ECONOMY PROGRAM OF THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS TO CREATE THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR ARTISTS TO EXPLORE NEW WAYS OF ENGAGING PEOPLE.

>> THIS IS A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO BELONG.

SO THE OPPORTUNITY CAME UP FOR THE CREATIVE CITY CHALLENGE, I WAS REALLY EXCITED TO CREATE A SPACE WHERE RESIDENTS CAN BELONG AND WHERE THEY FEEL OWNERSHIP OVER THE SPACE AS IF IT IS THEIRS.

>> I THINK WHAT REALLY DREW US TO THIS PROJECT WAS THIS IDEA THAT BEING A LARGE-SCALE PROJECT BUT ALSO BEING TEMPORARY AND WHEN SOMETHING BECOMES PERMANENT, ALL THE RULES AND REGULATIONS CHANGE AND THE STRUCTURE WOULD CHANGE IF WE NEEDED IT TO BE PERMANENT BUT BECAUSE IT ONLY IS GOING TO EXIST FOR THESE FOUR MONTHS SHE BUT, YET, WE HAD A PRETTY LARGE-SCALE BUDGET, WE REALLY GOT TO DO SOMETHING THAT IN OUR MIND IS KIND OF A DREAM PROJECT.

UPON ENGINEERING THE PLAZA WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS A 20-FOOT HIGH WHAT WOULD LOOK LIKE THE FRAMING OF A HOUSE, SO A HOUSE OR CATHEDRAL OR HUGE STRUCTURE WITHOUT ANY WALLS AND SO IT'S JUST THE FRAME, AND AT ANY POINT, IF YOU LOOK UP INTO THE RAFTERS OF THE STRUCTURE, YOU'LL BE WOVEN THROUGH WIRE THESE PRISMS THAT IN OUR MIND KIND OF REFERENCE STAINED GLASS AND WILL CATCH THE LIGHT OF THE SUN AND WILL CREATE DIFFERENT COLORS ACROSS THE FLOOR AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF DAY.

WE WANTED THIS PIECE TO BE HERE SO AS THE SUN MOVES ACROSS THE SKY IN THE DAY, THE SHADOWS WILL REACH ACROSS THE ENTIRE PLAZA AND KIND OF CUT THAT INTERIOR PATH SO IF PEOPLE WALK THE PATH, THEY'LL BE WALKING THROUGH THE SHADOWS OF OUR STRUCTURE.

>> THE ENTIRE TOP HALF OF THE SPACE WILL BE A STAGE BUT A STAGE THAT WILL EXTEND ALMOST 40 FEET OUT TO THE SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE SO THAT THE STAGE BEING A WAY TO ENTER INTO THE PLAZA.

>> AS WELL CONSIDER OUR PIECE TO BE SUCCESSFUL IF PEOPLE USED IT AND IF IT BECAME PART OF THE PRACTICE AIN A WAY THAT IT FELT WELCOMING AND THAT PEOPLE DIDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO THINK OF IT AS A PIECE OF ART BUT AS A PLACE TO GATHER.

WE WOULD LOVE IF YOGA JUST STARTED HAPPENING HERE ONCE A WEEK OR IF PEOPLE HAD A MEETING THAT STARTED JUST HAPPENING IN THE SPACE, IF IT BECAME A PLACE LIKE A EUROPEAN SQUARE JUST STARTED TO HAVE THIS INFORMAL GATHERING.

WE WANT IT TO FEEL LIKE A SPACE THAT COULD BE BOTH ACTIVE AND CALM AND BOTH PLAYFUL, YET A PLACE TO SIT AND THINK, BECOME REFLECTIVE FOR THE PEOPLE WITHIN THE SPACE TO OFTEN THINK ABOUT BALANCE IN THEIR OWN LIFE AND WORK.

Cheers & Applause >> THAT'S IT FOR TV TAKEOVER THIS WEEK.

BE SURE TO JOIN US NEXT WEEK FOR MPLS.TV!

REMEMBER TO JOIN STEVE AND SARAH HERE FOR A NIGHT OF WONDER AT NORTHERN SPARK ON SATURDAY, JUNE 14TH!

BEFORE WE GO, LET'S LIGHT UP THE NIGHT WITH OUR NORTHERN SPARK SPARKERS!

ONE, TWO, THREE...

Cheers & Applause >> THANKS, EVERYBODY.

READY?

NEW SECOND AND CHEERING MUSIC AND CHEERING Captioned by: Paradigm Reporting & Captioning www.paradigmreporting.com HORNS HOCKING HORNS HONKING >> TV TAKEOVER IS SUPPORTED IN PART BY AN AWARD FROM THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS, ART WORKS, THE NIGHT FOUNDATION AND THE BLANDIN FUND.

PROUDLY SUPPORTING THE ARTS IN MINNESOTA.