49 Waltzes for the Five Boroughs: Grand Finale

This is an off-site project occurring throughout the weekend at different locations. At each of the following spots, look for the signs reading “what do you see?”:
Waltz I
Adam Lerman (performance)
114th Place (Queens)
A simple frame invites people to stop and look at the Queens streetscape as a piece of visual art, and asks them to describe [...]

Public Amplifier

This project will appear in the area around Conflux HQ for the duration of the festival. For information on location updates, please see hideousbeast.com.
Project Description::
The current slew of audio devices are designed and marketed for individual use and solitary experience. Aside from the rogue train passenger ‘blasting beats’ from his or her cell phone, most [...]

Inquisitive Devices

This self-guided project will be presented at the BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) event on Thursday, September 11, from 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM.
Project Description::
“Inquisitive Devices” is a networked sound installation that examines the
transition from public to personal broadcasting, and the present day usage of the
radio spectrum through the proliferation of ‘Bluetooth’ enabled personal
communication devices [...]

Brooklyn Plant Walk

Project Description::

This self-guided 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.
A park by the East River is an evocative site for a dérive into a psychic zone created by vestiges of the industrial past, present construction [...]

Apparatus for Orchestral Knitting

This scheduled event will occur at Conflux HQ on Saturday, September 13, from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM.
Project Description:: Knitting Jam!
Participants at the Conflux Festival are cordially invited to knit and become a part of a musical knitting orchestra. Both knitters and non-knitters alike are welcome to play/knit on Laure Drogoul’s souped-up, amplified knitting instrument. [...]