Conflux Festival

Support Conflux

Partners

Ongoing Event

  • 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 […]

  • Digital Wilt | Posted by Leah Wechsler on May 11 2007

    Environmental audio for black and white television screen.

    “I can hardly hear you over the noise.” This project explores the audio levels of site specific locations. Environmental recordings are translated into abstract visualizations for black and white television screen using microchips, offering a comparison of locations through their audio levels. The louder the noise, the […]

  • CIA Mind Control Cell Tower | Posted by Travis Lindquist on May 10 2007

    “CIA CELL TOWER” MONITORS LOCAL INTERNET USERS’ WIRELESS TRANSMISSIONS
    NYC Residents Launching High-Tech Post 9-11 Neighborhood Watch Program
    September 11, 2007
    Brooklyn NY- Capla Kesting Fine Art announced plans to build a 10-foot-tall cell tower designed to capture, monitor and rebroadcast wireless signals were announced today in the internet-savvy neighborhood of Williamsburg Brooklyn. The tower, named “CIA Cell […]

  • Urban Camouflage: Taking Shelter | Posted by Katherine Behar on May 10 2007

    When the city rubs you raw, let the city rub off on you. Take shelter by taking a shelter apart and decorating yourself with a scrap of the city’s fabric: a piece of urban camouflage.

  • Follow the Receiver | Posted by Rebecca Nagle on May 10 2007

    Two people navigating different spaces connect their bodies’ movements through a cell phone conversation. Person A describes their actions (i.e. ‘I am stepping with my Left foot’?) to person B, who reenacts the described movements.

  • Hard/Soft | Posted by Heather L. Johnson on May 10 2007

    An emotional response to an expressway overpass in Brooklyn and the tenacity of the neighborhood surrounding it.