Rhizome is a proud media partner of New York's annual psychogeographic festival Conflux, which kicked off yesterday evening. See below for the festival's jam-packed schedule this weekend, you can also download a pdf version here or check out their interactive schedule here. All the events are open to the public, and they suggest a $5 donation.
Friday, September 18 11:30am-8:30pm
Unless otherwise noted, all workshops begin in NYU Steinhardt’s Barney building (34 Stuyvesant Street).
11:30am
Christina Ray & David Darts . Opening Remarks (Commons Gallery, Barney building)
12:00pm
Tianna Kennedy . Swimming Cities of Serenissima
Jessica Thompson . mobile performance device
Marc Horowitz . NYCommercial
Jeff Stark . Subway Theater
Joseph Grima . Storefront for Art and Architecture
Transportation Alternatives . POP.Park: Reclaim Your Street
College of Tactical Culture (CTC) . College of Tactical Culture
Leon Reid IV . An Afternoon With Leon IV
What We Know So Far . Probability
Waterpod . The Waterpod: Life afloat, on the edge of the grid *Begins off-site
4:00pm
Caroline Woolard . OurGoods
Not an Alternative . Occupations and interventions on the urban/cultural landscape
Eve Mosher . Insert _____ here
6:00pm
Theodore Bouloukos . Memes and Temes
Mark Shepard . Sentient City Survival Kit
7:00pm
Elizabeth Streb . PopAction
Andrea Reynosa & Kevin Vertrees . Time Based Landscape Studies *Begins off-site
7:30pm
Carlos J. Gómez de Llarena . Urballoon *Begins off-site
8:30pm
Starting at Conflux headquarters in the Barney Building, Conflux and Foursquare present Foursquare @ Conflux, an interactive iPhone-driven social networking event that will lead participants on a tour of hidden East Village locations.
Saturday, September 19 10:00am-6:00pm
All workshops begin in NYU Steinhardt’s Barney building (34 Stuyvesant Street).
10:00am
Dara Greenwald, Olivia Robinson and Josh MacPhee . Spectres of Liberty
Julia kaganskiy & An Xiao . E-Derive: Psychogeography and the Digital Landscape
Matt Knutzen . Rebuilding the Historical City
Meredith Johnson . Creative Time
12:00pm
Natalie Jeremijenko . Fish ‘n microChips
Sal Randolph . Free Money & Other Urban Money Actions
Brooke Singer . Demolition Drugstore!
Kurt Braunohler . Urban Disorientation Game
Britta Riley & Rebecca Bray . Windowfarms and R&D-I-Y
Sharilyn Neidhardt . Human Scale Chess Game
Ricardo Miranda Zúñiga, L.M.Bogad & Andrew Boyd . Fantastic Politics: Art as Political Campaign
Marc Horowitz & Peter Baldes . Google Maps Roadtrip (NYC)
Andrea Reynosa & Kevin Vertrees . Time Based Landscape Studies
Jason Eppink . Adventures in Urban Alchemy
Greg Trefry . Gigaputt: The City is Your Golf Course
Reverend Billy & Savitri D. . Breaking in to Public Space
Tom Angotti . Reclaiming the City, Community Organizing, and Planning
Moses Gates . What’s Your City Horoscope?
Cassim Shepard . Urban Omnibus
From 7-10pm Conflux Founder and Producer Glowlab hosts a party at their 30 Grand Street location in SoHo to coincide with a related exhibition entitled Modern Ruins by artist Emily Henretta.
Sunday, September 20 10:00am-6:00pm
ConfluxCity - city-wide!
Sunday, September 20 from 6-10pm at the Delancey Lounge (168 Delancey St, www.thedelancey.com), a chance to unwind, connect with other Conflux participants and reflect on the weekend’s happenings.