Conflux Workshops Begin!
Join us at the Conflux Headquarters in NYU Steinhardt’s Barney Building (34 Stuyvesant Street) beginning Friday (9.18) at 12:00pm for two full days of workshops!
© Photo by Tod Seelie
In keeping with the DIY spirit of urban artistic experimentation and shared knowledge generation, all Conflux sessions on Friday the 18th and Saturday the 19th have been labeled as “workshops.” Sessions will be presented every two hours at the headquarters with multiple workshops running concurrently.
Highlights will include a sermon and discussion about democracy and public space by performance artists Reverend Billy (2009 Green Party Mayoral Candidate for NYC) and Savitri D of the Church of Life After Shopping. Natalie Jeremijenko and her xClinic, the Environmental Health Clinic and Lab, will present Fish n’ Microchips, a project where participants can communicate with fish via text messaging, and Marc Horowitz and Peter Baldes will lead participants on a live virtual trip of NYC using Google Maps. The College of Tactical Culture will present their think tank on creative activism led by Steve Lambert and Stephen Duncombe.
Other highlights will include Transportation Alternatives’ prefabricated parks in a box, a Demolition Drugstore that exposes and destroys toxic chemicals lurking in everyday products, a human scale chess game on the streets of Greenwich Village, a presentation by Jeff Stark, the creator of Subway Theater (a Tragedy in Three Stations), an urban golf game played using iPhones, and a workshop for turning your windows into productive farms. Additional featured presenters include Elizabeth Streb, and Ricardo Miranda Zúñiga.
