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by Karine Rupp-Stanko

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Month: May 2019

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“Swarm B” was successfully installed today @foodbldg in North-east #Minneapolis !! The pristine white wall was a bit intimidating at first but the junk mail bees soon took over, dancing and buzzing away. If you come have a coffee and a (scrumptious) pastry at Kieran’s kitchen, ask to see the swarm in the event hall! Or come see it on August 25th Pollination Festival! #pollinators #installationart #junkmail #upcycled #origami

“Know your own heart.” Large flower prototype for an installation at Gallery 801 in 2020. I thought I knew my own heart but expatriation shuffled all the cards. I’ve had to learn a whole new vocabulary of self and question everything I believed I was. I’ve been modifying my practice, alternating inquisitive printmaking sessions with meditative folding sessions. When printing, I’m trying to grasp foreign words and concepts referring to “categories” I apparently belong to. Once I see them in black ink, it is easier to distance myself from them. When folding, I let go of all these words as I look deep under their many layers of meaning. And of course, I’m documenting all the way, hoping this “system” of mine can help other migrants and expatriates, somewhere, someday. #installationart #meditation #introspection #knowyourownheart #origami

Washi paper bees in entomology boxes to thank the hard working volunteers of @pollinationfestival (on August 25, get your free tickets soon!!) The word #respect was printed using water based ink on a poster press. #pollinators #letterpress #origami #typographie #savethebees #minneapolis

Switching from morning folding to night. Thinking of the many layers that constitute a person. Serene, shiny, proper outsides. Complex, tortured, secret insides. #handmadepaper dyed with blue pea flower tea. #folding #meditation #paperart #origami #paper #ecodye

4th of July Self-portrait. This is what I am here. These official words make me a privileged individual. I can’t be separated from my US citizen child. Not unless I commit a crime worthy of deportation. My thoughts go today to all the parents who don’t have that privilege, at the border and elsewhere in the country. #nokidsincages #privileged #selfportrait #letterpress #jeans

Happy July!! Lots and lots of single sheet blooms will be folded this month across the twin cities. Learn how flowers=better food justice at the Como pollinator garden tour on July 13, at the Pollinator party on July 25, and at Market in the valley on July 28. @racmarwar and me would love to see you there! You will find all the details in my (succinct) newsletter, now online, see link in bio. #handmadepaper #recycledjeans #origami #paperfolding #papermaking #socialfolding #foodjustice #minnesota #twincities

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