Conflux Festival » Features http://confluxfestival.org/conflux2008 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:40:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Center for Architecture to Host Conflux 2008 http://confluxfestival.org/conflux2008/center-for-architecture-to-host-conflux-2008/ http://confluxfestival.org/conflux2008/center-for-architecture-to-host-conflux-2008/#comments Wed, 21 May 2008 00:49:32 +0000 Mike Brown http://confluxfestival.org/conflux2008/?p=129 Center for Architecture for the festival's 5th anniversary. It was love at first sight with CFA, and we're so excited that they are accommodating Conflux this year!]]> Yes, its true!  Despite the fact that we absolutely love Brooklyn we’re pleased to announce that Conflux will be heading back to Manhattan this year to the Center for Architecture for the festival’s 5th anniversary.  It was love at first sight with CFA, and we’re so excited that they are accommodating Conflux this year and sharing in our vision.   Check out their calendar for upcoming events throughout the year - they have a great program.  We’ll have more updates as we get closer to the date but in a nutshell our lectures, panels, lounge and general check-in will all be at the Center this year.  Yipee! (Photo by Esto)

]]> http://confluxfestival.org/conflux2008/center-for-architecture-to-host-conflux-2008/feed/ Now Accepting Submissions for Conflux 2008! http://confluxfestival.org/conflux2008/now-accepting-submissions-for-conflux-2008/ http://confluxfestival.org/conflux2008/now-accepting-submissions-for-conflux-2008/#comments Thu, 01 May 2008 13:21:51 +0000 Mike Brown http://confluxfestival.org/conflux2008/?p=52 Greetings—A friendly shout out to let you all know that we are finally open for business and accepting submissions for Conflux 2008. We have a stellar list of curators for this year's festival who are looking forward to reviewing everything you send our way. Please go to the submissions tab on our site and follow the directions there to send us your proposal. A quick word on the $5 application fee—obviously we'd rather not charge this and we try and keep Conflux as cheap as possible (it's mostly free) but to be fair, the costs of development work and putting on this festival aren't cheap by any stretch! We think it's reasonable, but feel free to reach out to us if you have any serious concern. Thanks!

]]> http://confluxfestival.org/conflux2008/now-accepting-submissions-for-conflux-2008/feed/ Sousveillance Culture Conference http://confluxfestival.org/conflux2008/sousveillance-culture-conference/ http://confluxfestival.org/conflux2008/sousveillance-culture-conference/#comments Mon, 21 Apr 2008 02:50:01 +0000 Mike Brown http://confluxfestival.org/conflux2008/?p=11 As many of you know from last year’s Conflux Festival, we are big fans of the culture of surveillance and contemporary protest art. Below is a cool event from our friend Marisa Olson, who created last year’s panel on Surveillance Culture at Conflux and also moderated it. If you are in Brooklyn next Saturday we’d recommend attending - ITP is a great program.

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SOUSVEILLANCE CULTURE CONFERENCE

Saturday, April 26, 2008

Presentations on the theory & practice of surveillance and contemporary protest art, by graduate students in the ITP program at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. The presenters’ talks will be grouped into four panels, to be moderated by their Professor, Marisa Olson (Curator at Large, Rhizome), on topics ranging from voyeurism and play to intervention and networks of control. These panels will consist of both artist talks and critical essays, and audience members will be invited to give feedback on a few works in progress.

 

Venue: The Change You Want to See Gallery (84 Havemeyer @ Metropolitan, Brooklyn, NY 11211)

L to Bedford or Lorimer, G to Metropolitan, J/M/Z to Marcy

http://www.thechangeyouwanttosee.org

Hours: 12-5 pm, Saturday, April 26, 2008

Program:

11:45 Open Seating

12:00 Welcome & Introduction, Marisa Olson

12:05-1:15 Voyeurism vs. Exhibitionism: Online and In the Streets. Panelists: Allistar Peters and Meng Li, Ana Maria Gutierrez, Heather Rasley

 

1:15-2:00 Watchful Intervening: From Scientologists to Spy Shops. Panelists: Amanda Bernsohn and Kacie Kinzer, Syed Salahuddin

2-3:30 Playtime: Games, Toys, and Entertainment. Panelists: Oscar Torres, Scott Hoffer, Shlomit Lehavi and Leah Gilliam

 

3:30-5 Looking at Control: From Candidate Self-Surveillance to Wireless Subversion. Panelists: Michael Clemow and Tom Jenkins, Alberto Tafoya, Emery Martin

]]> http://confluxfestival.org/conflux2008/sousveillance-culture-conference/feed/ We Love The Pickup Artist… http://confluxfestival.org/conflux2008/pickup-artist/ http://confluxfestival.org/conflux2008/pickup-artist/#comments Thu, 17 Apr 2008 02:42:23 +0000 Christina Ray http://confluxfestival.org/conflux2008/?p=8 A special thanks to our friend Gertrude Berg who sent us a video of her 2007 Conflux project titled “The Pickup Artist.” Check it out - it’s quite hilarious. She also had some nice things to say about Conflux. In her words “Conflux is a great place that provides space for artistic exploration outside already defined borders.” We couldn’t agree more!

]]> http://confluxfestival.org/conflux2008/pickup-artist/feed/ Christina Interviewed by DigiMag http://confluxfestival.org/conflux2008/christina-interviewed-by-digimag/ http://confluxfestival.org/conflux2008/christina-interviewed-by-digimag/#comments Thu, 17 Apr 2008 02:39:37 +0000 Mike Brown http://confluxfestival.org/conflux2008/?p=9 Conflux Festival Director Christina Ray is now officially famous. Check our her most recent interview in the Italian digital culture mag DigiMag. She sounds really intelligent…even borderline geeky. Monica Ponzini interviewed Christina recently in the March edition and they discussed psychogeography and its relationship to Conflux. If you haven’t heard of our favorite Italian publication you should definitely check out everything they have to offer. You won’t be disappointed!

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