Conflux 2008
This year’s Conflux Festival kicks off tomorrow in Greenwich Village and will run throughout the weekend. There will be a ton of exhibits, presentations, and activities, and nearly all of them are free. Many of you may remember last year’s Conflux, with its epicenter on Havemeyer and Metropolitan. Quite a few Williamsburg-based galleries participated in ’07 (and who could forget the infamous lock-picking tutorial booth!?!). Although they’ve switched neighborhoods this year, it still promises to be an exciting weekend.
From Conflux:
‚”Conflux is the annual New York festival for contemporary psychogeography, the investigation of everyday urban life through emerging artistic, technological and social practice. At Conflux, visual and sound artists, writers, urban adventurers and the public gather for four days to explore their urban environment……
‚”From architects to skateboarders, Conflux participants have an enthusiasm for the city that’s contagious. Over the course of the long weekend the sidewalks are literally transformed into a mobile laboratory for creative action. With tools ranging from traditional paper maps to high-tech mobile devices, artists present walking tours, public installations and interactive performance, as well as bike and subway expeditions, workshops, a lecture series, a film program and live music performances at night.”
The festival will take place at the Center for Architecture:
map c/o Conflux
