credit Courtesy of Gene Pittman
A workshop participant builds his own radio transmitter.
credit Laszlo Pataki
Michelle Delio continues her drive south along the Great River Road toward Minneapolis.
credit Courtesy of Cameron Wittig
Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla, organizers of Radio Re-Volt.
credit Courtesy of Witt Siasoco
A Radio Re-Volt workshop participant shows off a miniature transmitter.
credit Laszlo Pataki
Caterpillar #5 juxtaposes medieval craftsmanship with machine-age technology. Constructed from laser-cut steel, the life-size replica of a Caterpillar excavator is perforated with Gothic filigree and features a circular rose window (a reference to Paris’ Notre Dame Cathedral). Belgian artist Wim Delvoye said it’s an "expression of ambivalence. It’s very steel, but then, it’s also very perforated."
credit Laszlo Pataki
The piece is one of many in the Walker Art Center’s outdoor sculpture garden.
credit Courtesy of the Walker Art Center
Many Radio Re-volt workshop participants build their radio stations inside quirky containers like cookie and cigar boxes, toy trucks or stuffed animals. One even used a brick.
credit Laszlo Pataki
Spoonbridge and Cherry, by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, consists of a 50-foot-long dessert spoon scooping up a giant, water-spewing cherry.
credit Laszlo Pataki
Minneapolis’ warehouse district.
credit Courtesy of Witt Siasoco
Participants dive into their work at a Radio Re-Volt workshop.
credit Courtesy of Guillermo Calzadilla
Radio Re-Volt transmitters are powered by four AA batteries. The entire setup can fit into a pocket, the palm of someone’s hand or inside an animal cracker box.
