Washington Square Park: New York City’s Intervention On a Perfect Public Space

This project will be presented at Conflux HQ Friday, September 12, from 1:45 PM to 2:30 PM as part of the Friday Presentation Series. Tickets can be purchased here.
Project Description::
Privatization of space. Reduction of public space. Commodification of public space. These issues are happening across New York City. Why is public space so important [...]

Tickets for Conflux

Our Presentation Series on Thursday, Sept. 11th and Friday, Sept. 12th features artist lectures and panels. You’ll need tickets to attend (FYI, prices are $30/day). We’re set to open tickets sales real soon so please hang on just a bit longer. A few events are free but have limited capacity, and are noted with an RSVP symbol on the schedule. You’ll be able to register for these at the same time as we open ticket sales. All other events are FREE and all you need to do is show up at the HQ to participate!

Conflux Countdown

Starting September 11th, over one hundred local and international artists will transform New York City streets into a laboratory for exploring the urban environment at the Conflux Festival. Located in Greenwich Village at the Center for Architecture (a.k.a. Conflux HQ), the four-day event includes art installations, street art interventions, interactive performance, walking tours, bicycle and public-transit expeditions, DIY media workshops, lectures, films and music.

Hosted by Christina Ray (founder of New York art space Glowlab) and a team of New York-based curators, the 5th anniversary of the festival will feature projects including the “$1k Giveaway” by the Federation of Students and Nominally Unemployed Artists; botanical walking tours of Manhattan “narrated” by plants; an iPod video and cell-phone-instructed scavenger hunt through the East Village; an expedition to discover the underground rivers and streams of New York; an interactive installation of New York City trash; solar-powered Morse Code workshops; and London-based collective CutUp, returning for a second year to create fresh work throughout the city. The festival’s keynote speaker is Chris Carlsson, author of the recently-published book: ‘Nowtopia: How pirate programmers, outlaw bicyclists, and vacant-lot gardeners are inventing the future today.’ Be sure to check out all the projects, and see you at Conflux!

Conflux Podcast . Jessica Thompson

Listen in on Conflux Curator Jessica Thompson’s interview. Keep an eye on Justin Grotelueschen’sConflux podcast site for upcoming interviews, or better yet, subscribe to the RSS feed here.

Conflux Podcast . Brian House

Listen in on Conflux Curator Brian House’s interview. Brian will moderate the “BYOD” panel discussion during the festival.

Conflux Podcast . Odin Cappello

Listen in on Conflux Curator Odin Cappello’s interview.

Non-linear Harbinger Systems

Project Description::
For the installation at Centre for Architecture, CutUp will be installing a full sized billboard into the space, awkwardly wedged into one side. The billboard, hard to view from close up, will be viewed though a television monitor connected to a CCTV camera installed on the opposite wall.
The billboard is a reassembled advertisement poster [...]

Persuasive Ecologies: New Interaction Partners for Environmental Governance

This panel discussion will take place Thursday, September 11, from 2:30 PM to 3:45 PM as part of the Thursday Presentation Series. Tickets can be purchased here.
Project Description:
Recent interest in mapping environmental conditions, particularly those of cities, has led to a veritable explosion in the number of information visualization projects that attempt to raise awareness [...]

The School of Panamerican Unrest

This project will be presented Friday, September 12, from 10:00 AM to 10:45 AM as part of the Friday Presentation Series. Tickets can be purchased here.
Project Description::
The School of Panamerican Unrest is a public art project that sought to create networks of cultural communities in the discussion of common topics relating to the historical legacy [...]

Reinventing Grand Army Plaza

This off-site event will take place Saturday, September 13, from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM in Grand Army Plaza. A performance by the STREB Lab will take place at 3:00 PM.
Project Description::
Grand Army Plaza should be one of the world’s great urban spaces. Designed in 1867 by Olmsted and Vaux, this magnificent 11-acre plaza is [...]