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http://confluxfestival.org/about.php Glowlab announces the third annual Conflux festival for contemporary
psychogeography, the investigation of everyday urban life through
emerging artistic, technological and social practice.Dates: September 14 - 17, 2006
Location: McCaig-Welles Gallery, 129 Roebling Street suite B
Brooklyn, NY 11211
telephone: 718.384.8729
Hours: 10am -- 7pm [evening event schedule and venues on festival
website]August 01, 2006, Brooklyn, NY -- Brooklyn-based arts lab Glowlab
announces Conflux 2006, the NYC festival where international artists,
technologists, urban adventurers and the public put investigations of
everyday urban life into practice on the streets. At Conflux, the city
becomes a playground, a nomadic laboratory and a space for the
development of creative communities. Events over the course of four
days include experimental walking, biking and public-transport tours;
street games and tech workshops; a film/video series; and mobile
broadcasts, performances, situations and installations.
Conflux is a hub for contemporary psychogeography, the exploration of
the physical and psychological landscape of cities. The Village Voice
has described Conflux as a "network of maverick artists and unorthodox
urban investigators…making fresh, if underground, contributions to
pedestrian life in New York City, and upping the ante on today’s fight
for the soul of high-density metropolises."[1]Conflux 2006 will feature a full program of events from Thursday
through Sunday, with projects from over 80 artists from across the US
and countries including Canada, UK, Spain, Germany, Finland, Sweden and
Australia.Highlights include an urban tourism "mash-up" recreating Baghdad in New
York; a PDA mapping project visualizing the wireless urban landscape;
roadside memorials to toxic spots on the Williamsburg/Greenpoint
waterfront; a large-scale urban game of Othello; a multimedia lecture
connecting street art with online social networking; a walk through
Brooklyn guided by smell; electronic clothing allowing wearers to
experience vibrations calculated by urban conditions; a bike tour of
the edges of the five boroughs; ecologically-oriented projects
featuring gardens both electronic and organic; and an audio tour of the
city subways.Conflux will be held for the first time in Brooklyn this year. Events
will take place at multiple locations in Williamsburg, with festival
headquarters at McCaig-Welles Gallery, 129 Roebling Street between
N.4th and N. 5th Streets, where maps and a schedule will be available.
We are proud to introduce the Village Voice as the exclusive media
sponsor of Conflux. All Conflux events will be free and open to the
public. A complete schedule with event details and additional
information is available online at http://confluxfestival.org.Conflux has previously been held in 2003 and 2004 on the Lower East
Side, and beginning in 2006 will become an annual event. Conflux is
produced by Glowlab [http://glowlab.com], a Brooklyn-based, artist-run
production and publishing lab engaging urban public space as the medium
for contemporary art and technology projects. In addition to the
Conflux festival, Glowlab produces an online magazine, exhibitions, a
lecture series and public-space projects. Glowlab was founded in 2002
by Brooklyn-based artist and curator Christina Ray.For additional information about Conflux, please contact Christina Ray,
Glowlab Director and Conflux Festival Producer [ray@glowlab.com] or
Sarah Pace, Glowlab Associate Director and Conflux Festival Assistant
Producer [pace@glowlab.com] by email, or by phone at 718.388.5911. For
media inquiries regarding the Village Voice, contact Joe Holladay at
212.475.7294. Complete festival information may be found on the Conflux
website at http://confluxfestival.org.
