Glowlab presents: Conflux 2006

By Aaron Naparstek

10:13 PM EDT on September 12, 2006

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14

McCaig-Welles Gallery

129 Roebling Street, Suite B, Williamsburg, Brooklyn

10 am-7 pm; $ free

Continues through SUNDAY

718 384 8729

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Glowlab presents:

Conflux 2006

Glowlab announces the third annual Conflux festival for contemporary

psychogeography, the investigation of everyday urban life through

emerging artistic, technological and social practice.

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 unorthodox urban investigatorsâ€¦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.

Check website for complete listings

McCaig-Welles Gallery

129 Roebling Street, Suite B, Williamsburg, Brooklyn

10a-7p; $free

Continues through SUNDAY

718 384 8729

http://upcoming.org/event/93234

http://eventful.com/events/E0-001-001270807-0

http://confluxfestival.org/about.php

Contact:

Christina Ray, Conflux Festival Producer: ray@glowlab.com

Sarah Pace, Conflux Festival Assistant Producer: pace@glowlab.com

telephone: 718.388.5911

website: confluxfestival.org

Aaron Naparstek

AARON NAPARSTEK is the founder and former editor-in-chief of Streetsblog. Based in Brooklyn, New York, Naparsteks journalism, advocacy and community organizing work has been instrumental in growing the bicycle network, removing motor vehicles from parks, and developing new public plazas, car-free streets and life-saving traffic-calming measures across all five boroughs. Naparstek is the author of "Honku: The Zen Antidote for Road Rage" (Villard, 2003), a book of humorous haiku poetry inspired by the endless motorist sociopathy observed from his apartment window. Prior to launching Streetsblog, Naparstek worked as an interactive media producer, pioneering some of the Web's first music web sites, online communities, live webcasts and social networking services. Naparstek is currently in Cambridge with his wife and two young sons where he is enjoying a Loeb Fellowship at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design. He has a master's degree from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism and a bachelor's degree from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. Naparstek is a co-founder of the Park Slope Neighbors community group and the Grand Army Plaza Coalition. You can find more of his work here: http://www.naparstek.com.

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