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ConfluxCity – Sunday, September 20
Welcome to ConfluxCity 2009 – our user-generated city-wide event with over 70 public-space events all over NYC! more…
You can start by checking out our ConfluxCity Directory of projects or by viewing our Shared Google Map below.
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And feel free to visit the Conflux HQ in NYU Steinhardt’s Barney Building (34 Stuyvesant Street) from 10am-6pm for additional information, project fliers, directions, and more!
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Conflux Workshops Begin!
Join us at the Conflux Headquarters in NYU Steinhardt’s Barney Building (34 Stuyvesant Street) beginning Friday (9.18) at 12:00pm for two full days of workshops!
© Photo by Tod Seelie
In keeping with the DIY spirit of urban artistic experimentation and shared knowledge generation, all Conflux sessions on Friday the 18th and Saturday the 19th have been labeled as “workshops.” Sessions will be presented every two hours at the headquarters with multiple workshops running concurrently.
Highlights will include a sermon and discussion about democracy and public space by performance artists Reverend Billy (2009 Green Party Mayoral Candidate for NYC) and Savitri D of the Church of Life After Shopping. Natalie Jeremijenko and her xClinic, the Environmental Health Clinic and Lab, will present Fish n’ Microchips, a project where participants can communicate with fish via text messaging, and Marc Horowitz and Peter Baldes will lead participants on a live virtual trip of NYC using Google Maps. The College of Tactical Culture will present their think tank on creative activism led by Steve Lambert and Stephen Duncombe.
Other highlights will include Transportation Alternatives’ prefabricated parks in a box, a Demolition Drugstore that exposes and destroys toxic chemicals lurking in everyday products, a human scale chess game on the streets of Greenwich Village, a presentation by Jeff Stark, the creator of Subway Theater (a Tragedy in Three Stations), an urban golf game played using iPhones, and a workshop for turning your windows into productive farms. Additional featured presenters include Elizabeth Streb, and Ricardo Miranda Zúñiga.
Conflux begins this Thursday, Sept. 17!
NEW LOCATION! Due to inclement weather, our Public Space Potluck scheduled for Thursday, September 17 in Battery Park has been moved indoors to Conflux Festival headquarters: the East Village’s historic Barney Building located at 34 Stuyvesant Street on the NYU campus.
Join us starting at 6:30pm as we celebrate the start of the Conflux Festival. This is a joint event hosted by the Design Trust for Public Space and Conflux – two eco-minded groups committed to improving, exploring and sustaining New York City’s public spaces.
In the spirit of creative collaboration, we invite you to bring food and drinks to share with your fellow public space explorers for this communal meal in one of New York City’s most beautiful parks. The Design Trust will provide the essentials (plates, napkins, utensils, etc).
Pick up a guide to the festival and meet the presenters, fellow attendees and the Conflux team. All are welcome and the Public Space Potluck is free!
What: Design Trust Public Space Potluck: Conflux Kick-Off
When: Thursday, September 17th, 6:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Where: Conflux HQ in NYU Steinhardt’s Barney building (34 Stuyvesant St.)
Who: Everyone is welcome!
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