FWD: ABC No Rio Announces...

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ABC No Rio Announces
psy-geo-conflux
ABC No Rio Record Fair
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PSY-GEO-CONFLUX
Thursday May 8 thru Sunday May 11
(exhibition runs through May 29)

Opening reception at ABC NO RIO, May 8, 6:00-9:00pm
Closing party / music and video evening at SUBTONIC,
May 11, 8:00pm

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
6:00pm at ABC No
Rio.
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!

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 No Rio.
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ABC No Rio Record Fair
SATURDAY MAY 31 from 11:00am to 6:000pm
2 measly bucks gets you in!

JADED SCENESTERS! ENTHUSIASTIC YOUNGSTERS! RECORD
COLLECTING WINGNUTS!
MUSICAL OUTCASTS! LOVERS OF THE VINYL! PURVEYORS OF
THE MUSICALLY
UNDER-APPRECIATED!

You KNOW you don't want to miss the 4th Ever ABC No
Rio RECORD FAIR!
(yes…it's on!)

Featuring the best & cheapest in new, used, rare,
obscure and
forgotten…

hardcore/punk - ska/reggae - jazz/blues -
industrial/noise - new
wave/garage - miscellaneous underground nonsense of
the musical sort!
(really ANYTHING godamnit!! what are we, some sorta
frickin' genre
cops!?)

vinyl - CDs - cassettes - videos - fanzines - etc.
("etc." may =
memorabilia, used instruments, whatever's in yer
closet, etc.)

live DJs (this means YOU) will spin for the collective
consuming
pleasure!!

VENDORS: full tables are $30, half tables $15, smaller
and larger sizes
available.

For more info or to book space, contact Dave at (718)
238-3928 or
[email protected].
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ABC No Rio
156 Rivington Street
New York, NY 10002
(212) 254-3697

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