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Archive for July, 2008
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We’ve finished curating and have sent notifications to all who submitted proposals this year. Soon we’ll announce the participants - stay tuned!
Historia y Gastronomia en el Chorro de Quevedo
This scheduled event will take place Sunday, September 14, from 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM. It will begin at Conflux HQ - Zone C.
Project Description::
Our intention was to create an urban narrative departing from the taste as way to do it, the select place was the chorro de Quevedo and his surroundings, located in the [...]
Ugly New York
Website: http://uglycity.net/
Contact: info@uglycity.net
This outdoor installation will appear in the area around Conflux HQ for the duration of the festival.
Project Description::
“Ugly New York” is an alternative souvenir shop promoting ugly spaces in the city. We vend postcards, keychains, magnets and other products that will enable you to keep the real memory of New York and see [...]
TourIna Box
This project will appear in the gallery space of Conflux HQ for the duration of the festival.
Project Description::
TourIna Box is a multimedia, interactive tool used to map a series of destinations that narrate a personal experience. Using audio recording, maps and artifacts the user tells a story that can be passed on and experienced by [...]
Tactile Mapping
This project will take place in the area around Conflux HQ on Saturday, September 13, from 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM.
Project Description::
The walking/chin loom provides a new way to map city surfaces by gathering and ordering found materials into a woven document. A found material will be taken from each city block that is walked [...]
People are Nature Too
This scheduled event will take place from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM on Sunday, September 14, at Conflux HQ - Zone A.
Project Description::
“The Mackerels, when they see others crouching in the net, are fain to enter the many-meshed snare of destruction- such delight possesses them when they behold: like untried children who, when they see [...]
I’ll Always Have Time For You
This outdoor installation will appear near Conflux headquarters throughout the weekend; look for the sidewalk chalk clocks to lead the way.
Project Description::
I’ll Always Have Time For You is an outdoor installation of clocks–a plethora of timepieces collected from garage sales, thrift stores, dollar stores, and freecycle. The installation invites passers by to set a clock [...]
Back-to-Back Massager (Free Mobile Massage)
This project will take place near Conflux headquarters throughout the weekend.
Project Description::
The Back-to-Back Massager is a battery powered mobile massaging vest. Instead of massaging the wearer, the electric massagers are pointed outward in order to massage others. The wearer is able to give a massage to others by pressing her back against theirs. [...]
Broadway Dreams
This project will be presented at the BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) event at Conflux HQ on Thursday, September 11, from 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM. In addition, the artist will present a walking tour on Sunday, September 14 from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM starting at Conflux HQ - Zone A.
Come down & join [...]
Public Exhibition Space
This off-site project will take place in various locations in the Financial District for the duration of the festival.
Artist: Artists Meeting (AM)
Location: Downtown District 1, Financial District
http://artistsmeeting.org
Title: Public Exhibition Space
Collaborative Interventions in Privately Owned Public Space (POPS)
Manhattan Downtown District 1.
Since 1961 the City of New York’s incentive zoning program has helped establish 3.5 million [...]
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