- Morgan Adamson
- Mark Borrello
- Bruce Braun
- Andrea Carlson
- Jen Caruso
- Jodi Enos-Berlage
- Tia-Simone Gardner
- Monica Moses Haller
- Jane Hawley
- Simi Kang
- Anya Kaplan-Seem
- John Kim
- Boris Oicherman
- Roopali Phadke
- Max Ritts
- Daniela Sandler
- Jenny Schmid
- Joe Underhill
- Michael Winikoff
- Simona Zappas
Field Station 1: Sediment, Settlement, Sentiment
The Machinic River
Field Station 1 considers the stretch of land that extends from the Mississippi River’s headwaters at Lake Itasca, down to the unglaciated region that crosses southeastern Minnesota, southwestern Wisconsin, and northeastern Iowa known as the Driftless. This stretch of the Mississippi River marks both its “natural” and “anthropogenic” origin, where a small creek becomes a continental torrent, where the Dakota, Ojibwe, and many other native peoples centered their material and spiritual lives, and where the US Army Corps of Engineers has pursued its mandate to organize, manage, and direct the river’s flow for almost two centuries.
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- contributionAnya Kaplan-Seem, John Kim
Land Acknowledgement Statement
Acknowledging the historical legacy of violence and the ongoing struggle resulting from colonialism is essential before research work begins in the Mississippi River region.
Reflection, Future, Violence, Care, Settler Colonialism
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Listening to the Mississippi, 2019
There is no one correct way to listen to the river; there are multiple listenings, and multiple rivers.
Sound, Experiment, Field Work, Sensing, Aesthetics, Water
- contributionAndrea Carlson, Amina Harper
Anthropocene Refusal
The end of mankind is almost over: a short film on de-colonized futures.
Film, Experiment, Extinction, Race, Settler Colonialism, Imaginary, Speculative, Disaster, Anthropos, Future
- contributionJenny Schmid
The Micro World
An animated guide to life in the Mississippi mud.
Film, Experiment, Aesthetics, Scale, Computation
- contributionJohn Kim
Anthropocene and the Media
In the context of the seminar “Anthropocene and the Media,” students of new media theorist John Kim have developed diverse approaches and perspectives of examining the Mississippi River in relation to the Anthropocene.
Case Study, Reflection, Teaching, Representation, Aesthetics, Media
- contributionJohn Kim
Dam, Lock, Groyne
A short film focusing on the material and technical legacies of infrastructure in the headwaters region.
Film, Infrastructure
- contributionLouise Carver, Temporary continent.
Mater and Mattering the Mississippi: Mother River and Mother Tongues
Honing in on the “sentiment” that acts as one of the focuses of Field Station 1, in this text, Louise Carver for Temporary continent. considers how the Mississippi River can be read as an embodiment of matrilineal flow.
Film, Storytelling, Reflection, Biodiversity, Ecology, Sedimentation, Care
- contributionLouise Carver, Temporary continent.
When Doves Cry: Project Sweetie Pie
Temporary continent. on how the windows of “opportunity” that speculation focused on Minneapolis’ riverside has brought forth can also be understood as a source of hope in terms of environmental justice.
Reflection, Storytelling, Knowledge production, Ecology, Environmental Justice, Engagement
- contributionRegan Golden, Temporary continent.
Immersion from the Observation Deck
Regan Golden proposes the observation deck at the Visitor Center of St. Anthony as a space for thinking about one’s relationship with—and detachment from—landscape.
Sensing, Reflection, Field Work, Engineering, Infrastructure, Human-environment relations, Urbanism
- projectMorgan Adamson, Bruce Braun, Roopali Phadke
After the Industrial River: Essay Collection
An essay collection exploring the past and future infrastructural interventions into the Mississippi River.
Case Study, Reflection, Infrastructure, Model, Waste, Human-environment relations, History
- projectAndrea Carlson, Tia-Simone Gardner, John Kim, Jenny Schmid
An Aesthetics of Displacement
On dams, micro worlds and the end of humanity—four short films inspired by the Headwaters field station.
Storytelling, Aesthetics, Water, Human-environment relations, Environmental Justice, Film
- projectMorgan Adamson, Bruce Braun, Roopali Phadke
Contesting the De-industrial Futures of the Upper Mississippi
A multilayered project towards the de-regulation of nature.
Case Study, Intervention, Field Study, Urbanism, Water, Engineering, Capitalism, Human-environment relations, Industrialization
- projectMax Ritts
Katharine Ordway, Fall 2018
Katharine Ordway, Fall 2018 represents a stationary gesture amid the distanced movements comprising the Listening to the Mississippi project.
Sound, Field Work, Commodities, Transportation, Migration, Ecology, Infrastructure
- projectMonica Moses Haller, Sebastian Müllauer
Listening to the Mississippi
Using artistic underwater recordings, Listening to the Mississippi asks listeners to experience the river through sound.
Monitoring, Field Study, Experiment, Aesthetics, Water
- projectJen Caruso, Boris Oicherman
Mississippi, an Anthropocene Story
Does the river provide a structure for knowledge in the Anthropocene? The Twin Cities artist in residence dives in to find out.
Reflection, Storytelling, Aesthetics, Climate change, Water
