FW: PSY-GEO-CONFLUX: New York City, May 8-11

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PSY-GEO-CONFLUX
New York City, May 8-11, 2003 (exhibition runs through May 29)

Opening reception at ABC NO RIO, May 8, 6:00-9:00 p.m.
Closing party / music and video evening at SUBTONIC, May 11, 8:00 p.m.
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Please join us this weekend for Psy-Geo-Conflux, a four-day event
dedicated to current artistic and social investigations in
PSYCHOGEOGRAPHY ("the study of the effects of the geographic
environment on the emotions and behavior of individuals"). Part
festival and part conference, it brings together visual and sound
artists, writers, and urban adventurers to explore the physical and
psychological landscape of the city.

Events will include a life-sized chess match using humans as chess pieces, a
telephone message-guided walk, a walk using playing cards for navigation, a
tour of famous landmark buildings as seen from their service entrances, a
street art tour, a noise parade, an exhibition and other walks, talks and
gatherings.

Check the Psy-Geo-Con website for the latest news and the full schedule:
http://glowlab.com/psygeocon/pgc_index.html

The Conflux opening reception is Thursday, May 8 at 6:00 at ABC No Rio (156
Rivington St., on the Lower East Side). The exhibition at ABC No Rio
includes interactive map projects (Jeff Stark, Christina Ray) a video
documentary (Jake Barton), photographs (David Mandl), and additional
projects related to mapping and alternative uses of urban space. There will
also be a printed schedule, maps and information about the weekend's events.

The closing party on Sunday, May 11 at SubTonic will feature two
performances (Geoff Dugan/Sean Meehan and Jodi Shapiro), video work by Sal
Randolph, and several psychogeography-inspired dj sets (Krou, DJ Sal, Fabio
Roberti). SUBTONIC LOUNGE, 107 Norfolk St. (bet. Delancey and Rivington).

We hope to see you this weekend!

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Special Notice:
Please sign up if you'd like to participate in these two events:

URBAN CHESS
http://www.glowlab.com/psygeocon/pgc_events/pgc_evnt_nei.html

Volunteer to be a human chess piece on Sunday, May 11, 12:00 p.m.-2:00
p.m. The pieces will be moving from block to block on a grid in the
Lower East Side. Moves will be transmitted to them via mobile phone from
ABC No Rio, where two chess experts go head to head. If you have a
mobile phone and want to play, sign up! Contact Sharilyn Neidhardt:
[email protected]

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THE LOWER EAST SIDE SHUFFLE: a collaborative detective story
http://www.glowlab.com/psygeocon/pgc_events/pgc_evnt_ray.html

This project features a deck of cards, each depicting a different location
on the Lower East Side. Participants are invited to act as detectives in
finding and investigating these places over the course of the Conflux
weekend. When all locations have been found and documented with notes and
evidence, detective stories will be generated by shuffling and drawing the
cards to compose scenes. An interactive map in the ABC No Rio gallery will
chart the project's progress as participants add information, evidence, text
and photos.

50 decks are being produced for Psy-Geo-Conflux. Contact Glowlab at
[email protected] to reserve a Shuffle deck, and pick it up at the
reception on May 8th at ABC