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Arts Roundup, July 22

This week, Kansas City based artist Maria Park unveils a new installation at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art that is a colorful salute to historical landscape photography; and the improvisational collective called Text of Light performs to the silent films of the late avant garde filmmaker Stan Brakhage.By Steve Walker and Laura Spencer

Kansas City, Missouri – This week, Kansas City based artist Maria Park unveils a new installation at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art that is a colorful salute to historical landscape photography; and the improvisational collective called Text of Light (with Sonic Youth guitarist Lee Ranaldo) performs to the silent films of the late avant garde filmmaker Stan Brakhage. KCUR?s Steve Walker and Laura Spencer report.

Text of Light, Saturday, July 22 at the Fahrenheit Gallery Ballroom, 1717 W. 9th St, Kansas City, Missouri, (816)474-5477

Strange Passages: An Installation by Maria Park, July 15 - October 9, 2005, at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art.

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