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• “Water, Water Everywhere” by Jennifer Treuting | Posted by Jennifer Treuting on Sep 12 2007

  On one clear September day, Sonia’s life is about to change. A strong hurricane is headed towards New York City and a myriad of choices suddenly face her. Does she evacuate? What about her dog, Charley? An interactive audio walking tour, “Water, Water Everywhere” weaves Williamsburg’s past, present and not-so-distant future together, exploring how […]

• Ageotropic | Posted by Cathleen Grado on Sep 10 2007

  PLEASE NOTE: This event is ongoing between the hours of 10:00am and 4:30pm each day of the Conflux festival. Pick up a map at the HQ.
  A walking tour through Ridgewood to Middle Village, guided by both the elevated M train Line (which covers and preserves antiquated open land and forgotten architecture) as well as a […]

• 300 Yards | Posted by Kevin Slavin on Aug 24 2007

  A recently published map of Sheffield, England, showed an alarming trend. In 1919, at 8 years old, George Thomas was free to walk 6 miles to go fishing. 88 years later, his great-grandson Ed can only roam 300 yards on his own. Something’s happened, and not just in Sheffield.

• Guy Debord’s “The Game of War” | Posted by RSG [Radical Software Group] on Aug 24 2007

  In 1978 the French Situationist Guy Debord designed and fabricated a board game called “The Game of War.” Thirty years later RSG is resurrecting this largely forgotten game, translating the game instructions from French to Java and releasing it as an online computer game. We explore the contradiction between Debord, a symbol of radical politics […]

• Never Lost | Posted by Tod Seelie on Aug 20 2007

  Traveler and photographer Tod Seelie presents work from recent trips down the Mississippi River, through China, and Brazil among others.

• PMP’s Silkscreen sMAPdown{TOWN} | Posted by Peripheral Media Projects on Aug 16 2007

  The secret agents ZERO & ZERO ZERO from PMP and AHA have teamed up on some top-secret missions to bring some super-top-secret maps to the Conflux festival.

  These visual treats represent the hood from back in the truly old-school days. Bring a shirt, fabric, piece of clothing, paper, whatever, and we’ll drop the MAP meme […]