Network: A River Connected

2024

In 2019, artist and choreographer Victoria Bradford Styrbicki embarked on a journey on foot from the headwaters of the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico, visiting 104 towns and cities to gather landscapes, voices, and communities through their stories. Her project, Relay of Voices, explored the intersection of language and movement, as well as her personal connection to the river through family history. Learning traditional fishing net-making, she used this skill to preserve a disappearing art and to process stories through movement, transforming performance into a tangible artifact with political, social, and personal significance. Her exhibit, Network: a River Connected, showcases a collection of these fishing nets, along with photos, stories, and videos from her journey, illustrating the rich network that connects communities along the Mississippi River.

Date

September 16, 2024 – January 10, 2025

Artist “in Residence” at the Gallery

Mondays 10am-3pm: Sept 30, Oct 21, Nov 4, Dec 16, Jan 6

Artist Talk

@ AWE September Social (Art + Water + Ecology Network)
5:30-7:00pm, hosted by Sarah Nassif and Abby Moore

Net-making Workshop

November 2, 9:30am – Noon

Place

MWMO Stormwater Park and Learning Center
2522 Marshall St. NE
Minneapolis, MN 55418-3329

Lead Artist

Victoria Bradford Styrbicki

Collaborating Artists

Tom Styrbicki, Janice Salminen

Photo

© A House Unbuilt