CONFLUX: the annual NYC festival for contemporary psychogeography where international artists, technologists, urban adventurers and the public put investigations of everyday city life into practice on the streets.
KEYWORDS: AMBIENT TECH, AUGMENTED REALITY, CONTEXT-AWARE MEDIA, DIGITAL ARTIFACTS, EXPERIMENTAL TRAVEL, EXPERIMENTAL URBANISM, FEEDS, GPS, IMMERSIVE NARRATIVE, INFORMATION SPACE, INTERACTION DESIGN, INTERACTIVE ART, LATITUDE/LONGITUDE TRACKING, LOCAL SEARCH, LOCATION-BASED SERVICES, MANY-TO-MANY, MAP-MAKING, MICRO-PERFORMANCE, MIXED-REALITY GAMING, MOBILITY, MULTIMEDIA, PERVASIVE TECHNOLOGY, PLACEMAKING, PLAY, PSYCHOGEOGRAPHY, PUBLIC SPACE, RFID, RICH MEDIA, SCRIPTED SPACE, SEMACODE, SMARTMOBS, SMS/MMS, SOCIAL CARTOGRAPHY, SOCIAL INTERVENTION, SOCIAL NETWORKING, SOUNDSCAPES, SPATIAL ANNOTATION, STORYTELLING, TAGGING, UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING, URBAN ECOLOGY, URBAN EXPERIENCE, WIFI
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PHOTOS AND POSTS ABOUT CONFLUX
View photos and blog posts about/from Conflux: http://confluxfestival.org/photosposts.php. To see your post about Conflux or one of the Conflux events on our website, simply tag it "conflux2006." To view your Conflux image on our site, upload it to Flickr and tag it "conflux2006."
SMELLING COMMITTEE IS ON RAIN OR SHINE!
Well, it's probably not going to shine today, but the smellers will be out smelling! Come down for the tour today, Friday, at 2pm. This one is not to be missed!
BOROUGH EDGES CANCELLED FOR TODAY
The Borough Edges bike tour is cancelled today due to rain, but it should be on for Saturday and Sunday!
WELCOME TO CONFLUX!
It's raining—but come out anyway! There's plenty to do at our HQ, and many events are still on rain or shine. We'll post any updates here…see you soon…
CONFLUX WI-FI
The wi-fi network at Conflux HQ will feature a community portal page offering Conflux info [including latest additions/changes], a chat 'backchannel,' real-time tagfeeds, rss feeds, and who-knows-what else. If you have ideas or stuff you'd like to share with other Confluxers, email gabe [at] pwd.ca.
TACTICAL SOUND GARDEN [TSG] TOOLKIT WORKSHOP
Come learn how to "grow your own" virtual sound garden in urban public space. What: A workshop walking you through the steps for setting up and configuring a Sound Garden in your area. Topics to be covered include: + Stumbling for WiFi access points and creating a location database. + Working with the Placelab API (http://www.placelab.org) for privacy-compliant location-based applications. + [...]
CONFLUX NIGHT EVENTS
Conflux starts in 4 days! Check out the schedule for daily events and come out to our parties each night, with DJs & presentations & films & performances: Thursday 09.14: Supreme Trading Friday 09.15: Larry Lawrence Saturday 09.16: Barcade Sunday 09.17: Iona
JOURNEY TO THE END OF THE NIGHT SITE LAUNCH
Journey to the End of the Night has just launched a mini-site for their Conflux project: sf0.org/journey. Play the game on Saturday night, starting at 7pm.
MAKE DO AND MEND CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS
Make Do and Mend is a project by UK-based artist Hilary Jack. During her stay in New York, Hilary will attempt to repair or rejuvenate discarded objects she has found around Williamsburg. Between 3 and 5pm on Saturday, September 15th, the resulting repaired objects can be viewed on a walking tour by collecting a map [...]
PANSY PROJECT CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
The Pansy Project is currently seeking locations where verbal homophobic abuse has been experienced in NYC. Please e-mail the artist with locations across New York where pansies can be planted, photographed, titled after the abuse received and then posted on the Pansy Project website. Come to Conflux HQ on Sunday 09.17, 11am–1pm to receive your [...]
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