Photos from art festival held on a frozen lake in Minnesota

(Kite aerial photo of dICEHOUSES by MNkitemnan. More of his stupendous photos of the art shanties here.)

Where can one go to pedal up a pot of fresh brewed coffee on a bicycle, take a healthy sauna in a functioning distillery, liberate Poutine and French-Canadians through absurdo-political-mercantilism, hitch a ride in an art car taxi, listen to Chilly Willy pound out a drum solo, confess one's sins in a Norse church, and spend three hours playing the world’s largest cribbage board? Why, on the frozen Medicine Lake in beautiful Plymouth, Minnesota, of course.
These are just a few of the artist built ice fishing shacks and programmed events that are a part of the 2009 Art Shanty Projects.
This is the sixth year for the event that challenges artists to create outside of their disciplines and traditional studio-to-gallery environment and to make art accessible and engaging to the bundled up, general public.
The citizenry of Mt. Holly experienced the Art Shanty Projects for the first time last year and we were so inspired, that we submitted our own shanty idea this year; 5 giant, Oldenburg-esque dice stocked with dice, cards, and board games. We call them The dICEHOUSES Shanty. They reintroduce families, friends and strangers to to the conversation, warmth, and closeness fostered by the cadence of table games.
You can follow our building and updates at the dICEHOUSES bLOG.

Discussion

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#1 posted by TheChickenAndTheRice , January 21, 2009 2:56 PM

Hey man check out that thing man!

What do want to do with it?

Let's launch over it!

#2 posted by elisd , January 21, 2009 2:56 PM

Sounds like they should call it "freezing man".

#3 posted by Curtiss , January 21, 2009 3:27 PM

Friends of mine through the Elsewhere Artist Collaborative in Greensboro, NC have a shanty called The Imperial TransAntarctic Expedition, based upon the story of Ernest Shackleton and his ill-fated journey to the South Pole.

Expedition members are Molly Goldberg, Mary Rothlisberger and Amber Phelps Bondaroff.

The description of their shanty is as follows:

From 1914-1917, Ernest Shackleton and his crew were stranded in the South Pole. For an entire Antarctic winter, 28 men lived under an overturned rowboat. What saved them from sure death? Optimism, storytelling, music, community, and a playful thirst for adventure. Survive with us through pageants, icecapades, lanternside chats, storytime, sing-alongs, & other adventures to boost morale on the frozen lake!

They have a blog set up, as well as a flickr set detailing their exploits.

Please send firewood & warm thoughts to:

attn: IMPERIAL TRANSANTARCTIC EXPEDITION
care of ARTPOST SHANTY
PO BOX 7345
minneapolis, minnesota 55407

Good luck gals!!

#4 posted by Anonymous , January 21, 2009 4:16 PM

That picture looks pretty good when run through the tilt-shift generator you posted a week or so ago.

#5 posted by Antinous / Moderator , January 21, 2009 4:19 PM

Hello? Link?

#6 posted by abhik

, January 21, 2009 4:33 PM

No discussion of ginormous red dice at an art festival can be complete without mentioning Amazing Larry's Luck 7: http://www.fluxdesign.com/lucky7/index.html

#7 posted by AOPJR , January 21, 2009 5:31 PM

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#8 posted by semiotix , January 21, 2009 7:57 PM

Hey, five fives. YAHTZEE!

#9 posted by Cowicide

, January 21, 2009 11:36 PM

@Hello? Link?

I don't think it came out that good, really...

http://tiltshiftmaker.com/download.php?filename=8dcb20ef70666868aee6c919e887fffb-out&downloadname=200901211442-tiltshift

#10 posted by elliot winner , January 22, 2009 6:35 AM

I'm glad Mayor Mike sent this in! I nearly forgot it was happening, and I'd hate to miss it again this year.

#11 posted by flipmytext , January 22, 2009 1:23 PM

HAHA How Cool is that!

#12 posted by Frau Blucher , January 23, 2009 9:14 AM

Not even a single d20? tsk tsk

#13 posted by Takuan , January 23, 2009 9:18 AM

whinnnneyyy!

#14 posted by Cochituate , January 26, 2009 11:16 AM

Jeez Louise, what are the odds of rolling that many fives, fer petes sake! Come on! Livin' in Saint Paul, I'm gonna be goin' over the the Winter Carnival Ice Sculpture display this week.

[it's hard to keep the FARGO accent up like this, in print]

I just moved my mom up to Min-nah-soh-tah this weekend from Florida. She was born in Nova Scotia, so she's all ready for the cold, but doesn't have all the gear you need to really enjoy yourself outside, yet.

Here's the link to the event http://www.winter-carnival.com/, and I hope they have some nice pictures up already. We saw some pictures on the Weather Channel, on the drive up, and needless to say, the folks in Atlanta are not really up on getting out when it's cold, and having a good time like this. These are the same people who think they can't report from a hurricane without standing outside, getting buffeted by the wind and rain. Idiots.