Wandering House and Kooka Star June 29 at RMF!
Music by Kooka Star, Jewelry, Art and Fine Crafts, Local Produce and Artisan Foods 
at the June 29th Riverwalk Market Fair
NORTHFIELD, MN (June 29, 2019). Music from favorites Kooka Star 10am-12pm; fresh local produce and artisan foods, the area’s finest art and crafts, all at Riverwalk Market Fair, Saturday June 29th from 9 am to 1 pm, rain or shine, in historic downtown Northfield’s Bridge Square.
Riverwalk Market Fair Hosts Special Project: Wandering House
June 29, July 13 & 27, August 10, 24 & 31
Project Overview
The Wandering House features a fish house retrofitted as a mobile audio-recording studio. It is a multidisciplinary project and a process-oriented exploration of who we are as a community. With support from partners throughout Northfield, Cecilia Cornejo Sotelo—originally from Chile and a long-time resident of Northfield—invites community members to record their oral testimonies as they reflect on the significance of home, a multi-layered concept in a constant state of flux as more people around the globe become displaced. The gathering process extends from June to December 2019 at which point the project’s findings will be shared with the community at a public event. The Wandering House is designed to encourage curiosity and reflection, engaging Northfielders in the production of collective, mutual knowledge, while challenging the prevailing representations of rural people and immigrants alike.
The Wandering House has received support from the National Association of Latino Arts and Culture, the Public Works Initiative from Carleton College as well as enthusiastic support from key city organizations such as the City of Northfield, the Human Rights Commission, the Arts and Culture Commission, the Northfield Arts Guild, the Northfield Public Library, and Riverwalk Market Fair.
Artist Bio
Cecilia Cornejo Sotelo is a nonfiction filmmaker, artist, and Northfield resident who has been using the moving image to unpack community issues since she moved to Northfield in 2010. Her work is known for placing community members at the center of the creative process, engaging them as active participants, co-creators of meaning, and architects of their representation. She is the recipient of a National Association of Latino Arts and Culture Grant, an Artist Initiative Grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board (2016 and 2018), a Jerome Foundation Film, Video, and Digital Media Grant (2016), and an Established Artist Grant from the Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council (2014). Her work has shown locally and abroad at venues such as MoMA’s Documentary Fortnight, L’Alternativa (Spain), Arsenale (Germany), InVideo (Italy), Melbourne Latin American Film Festival, Puerto Vallarta International Film Festival (Mexico), Festival Internacional de Documentales de Santiago (Chile), Cine las Américas (Texas), National Museum of Women in the Arts, Athens International Film Festival, Tucson Underground Film Festival, Gene Siskel Film Center, Miami International Film Festival, Minneapolis/St. Paul International Film Festival, and Frozen River Film Festival. She teaches in the Cinema and Media Studies Department at Carleton College.
We invite you down to Bridge Square to experience and participate in this unique opportunity to experience “Live Art” in its creation!
