Monthly Archives: October 2016

Radical Networks

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RADICAL NETWORKS
November 4-6, 2016
Chemistry Creative, 315 Ten Eyck Street, Brooklyn NY

Three days of speakers, panels, workshops, and an art exhibit designed to introduce the community to DIY networking. Learn how to create your own offline networks, portable web servers, mesh networks or internet gateways in hands on workshops. Attend panels where you can discuss your visions for how a localized network could support your school, your community, or your cause. Listen to speakers talk about the future of computer networks and why it’s important to understand how networks work in this age of hyper-connectivity.

The conference will be organized around the following questions and themes:

QUESTIONS

  • What would you do with your own network?
  • Why does it matter to understand how networks work?
  • Why do community networks matter?
  • How could free, open local networks benefit people?
  • What can networks be used for other than social networking and commercial use?

 

http://radicalnetworks.org/

Labyrinth Gives Way to Skin: Stolen Souls

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Labyrinth Gives Way to Skin: Stolen Souls
Friday & Saturday, October 21st & 22nd, 2016, 6:30 PM, 8 PM
The Kitchen, 512 W 19th St., New York, NY 10011 

 

Maryanne Amacher — Labyrinth Gives Way to Skin: Stolen Souls 

Seminar
Friday, October 21st, 2016, 6:30 – 9:30 PM

The Kitchen, 512 W 19th St, New York, NY 10011

Listening Session
Saturday, October 22nd, 2016, 8 – 9:30 PM
The Kitchen, 512 W 19th St, New York, NY 10011

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On Friday and Saturday, October 21st and 22nd, Blank Forms presents the third installment of Labyrinth Gives Way to Skin, our series of seminars on the late sound artist Maryanne Amacher’s life and work. TheStolen Souls seminar focuses on Amacher’s “Mini-Sound Series,” a multimedia form of the artist’s own invention that took inspiration from elements of sonic & sculptural installation and serialized forms like comic books & television. The listening session includes documents from her collaborations with John Cage, materials presented at The Kitchen in the late 1970s, materials from her never-produced but legendary 1967 Nonesuch Nonesuch album, and more.

Co-presented by The Kitchen and Blank Forms

. http://blankforms.org/events/maryanne-amacher-labyrinth-gives-way-skin-stolen-souls-seminar-event-double

inHarlem: Kevin Beasley

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inHarlem: Kevin Beasley
Morningside Park
Aug 25, 2016 – Jul 25, 2017

inHarlem: Kevin Beasley features Who’s Afraid to Listen to Red, Black and Green?, and transforms a section of Morningside Park into a stage. Beasley installed a trio of large-scale sculptures he refers to as “acoustic mirrors,” incorporating his signature found materials. Each sculpture features one of the colors of the African-American flag in the form of found red, black, or green T-shirts cast in resin. The acoustic mirrors enable a variety of planned performances and encourage impromptu use by members of the Harlem community. Who’s Afraid to Listen to Red, Black and Green? reflects the artist’s complementary interests in sculpture, sound and community-building, and will create a unique space for both contemplation and conversation.

inHarlem: Kevin Beasley is located in Morningside Park. The closest entrance is at 113th Street and Morningside Drive.

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Who’s Afraid to Listen to Red, Black and Green? (detail), 2016
Morningside Park, New York, NY, August 25, 2016–July 25, 2017
Photo: Liz Gwinn
http://www.studiomuseum.org/exhibition/inharlem-kevin-beasley-morningside-park