Boing Boing: Every two years, Minnesota artists build a temporary village on a frozen lake near Minneapolis, crafting colorful, creative parodies of traditional ice fishing shanties that are open to the public for four weekends. The event is juried. Dozens of groups submit proposals for shanties, but only 20 are chosen.
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This is so cool!!!!! The final product is so interesting in the way that it moves and in how it requires human interaction. What I find to be more fascinating is how it was built. I don't mean the physical doing, but how it really brought the whole community together. This truly is public art.
Minneapolis Art Shanty is like a mini-frozen Burning Man! Kind of sort of a little bit. I agree with Jason, this is a wonderful example of public art galvanizing a community. When reading the article/photo captions, I recognized Sami as being the people of northern Scandinavia, but I did not know the term Lavvu. I found an interesting Minnesota site, explaining that the Lavvu is “more centered to the ground” than a Tipi, thus “better able to endure the fierce winds of the Scaninavian tundra.” You can read more here: http://lavvu.com
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