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October  14 - 16, 2005
Curated by Caspar Stracke and Gabriela Monroy

FRIDAY - October  14th, 2005
7:30 NEW  YORK WATER TAXI - Live  Film by Owen O’Toole,  and Bradley Eros
9:00 Opening Party: “TAUCHBECKEN!”

Wild Walls New York

As an extended part of Wild Walls New York: A Series of Films in/on Architecture, which will take place October 6–11, 2005, Artists Space presents a selection of artists’ videos that investigate, document, and disturb urban spaces, both public and private, new and old.

Wild Walls New York is organized by Artists Space and the Center for Architecture, and includes film screenings at Anthology Film Archives, special events at Artists Space, Storefront for Art and Architecture, the Center for Architecture, and screenings in public spaces such as Columbus Circle and the former asphalt plant Asphalt Green.

Special Wild Walls NY Event at Artists Space: Thursday, October 6, 6–8pm

Kamal Aljafari: Visit Iraq (2003)
Carola Dertnig: A Room with a View at the Financial District (2001)
Eiko Grimberg: The Years to Come (2005)
Frank Oudeman: Time Warner (2004)
Judith Hopf, Natascha Sadr-Haghighian, Florian Zeyfang: Proprio aperto
(2004)

All films are on permanent view in the project space and will be
presented here in one individual screening.

other screenings:

Friday, October 7, 7-9pm, Anthology Film Archives
Ian Hugo: Jazz of Lights (1954)
Helen Levitt: In the Street (1952)
Shirley Clarke: Skyscraper (1959)
Stan Brakhage: The Wonder Ring (1955)
Shirley Clarke: Bridges Go Round (1958)
Francis Thomson: N.Y., N.Y. (1957)
Don Owen: High Steel (1965)

Saturday, October 8, 6:30-8:30pm, Anthology Film Archives
All films by Rudolph Burkhardt:
The Pursuit of Happiness (1940)
The Climate of New York (1948)
Under The Brooklyn Bridge (1953)
The Aviary /Nymphlight/A Fable For Fountains (1955/57)
What Mozart Saw on Mulberry Street (1956)
Mulberry Street (with Joseph Cornell) (1957/1965)
Eastside Summer (1959)

Sunday. October 9, 10am-4pm, Center for Architecture
Regular or Super - Views on Mies van der Rohe (2005)
Jakub Wagner: Profil—Jan Kaplicky (2005)
Bregtje van der Haak: Lagos (2005)
Jeffrey Kipnis: A Constructive Madness (2003)
S. Shahbazi & T. Zolghadr: Tehran 1380 (2002),
Thomas Wartmann & Stefan Tolz: Adobe Towns (2005)

Sunday, October 9, 6:30-8:30pm, Anthology Film Archives
All films by Rudolph Burkhardt:
Sodom and Gomorrah, New York 10036 (1976)
Dwellings (1975)
City Pasture (1975)
Tree Streets (1995)

Monday, October 10, all day, 2 Columbus Circle
Frank Oudeman: Time Warner (2004)

VENUES
Artists Space, 38 Greene Street, 3rd Floor, New York NY 10013
Anthology Film Archives, 32 Second Avenue, New York NY 10009
Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia Place, New York NY 10012
2 Columbus Circle, (the former Huntington Hartford's Gallery of Modern Art), New York NY

 

HIGH LINE PRE-GROUNDBREAKING OCTOBER EVENTS

October 8 and 9: High Line Viewing with Open House New York FREE
A rare chance to view the High Line up close, from a building directly adjacent to the High Line, as part of the third annual openhousenewyork weekend.

Viewing will take place from the loft gallery of the Phillips, de Pury & Company auction house, directly adjacent to the High Line. 450 West 15th Street, between 9th and 10th Aves. Saturday, October 8, from 11:00am to 4:00pm, Sunday, October 9, from 12:00 noon to 4:00pm.

Scheduled Presentations by Friends of the High Line will take place at Phillips, de Pury & Company (address above).

• Saturday, 12:00 noon: High Line History
• Saturday, 2:00 pm: Project Overview (project history and design)
• Sunday, 12:00 noon: High Line Design (by design team members from Field Operations and Diller Scofidio + Renfro)
• Sunday, 2:00 pm: Project Overview (project history and design)

New High Line Merchandise will be for sale for the first time at OHNY, including new FHL posters by photographer Joel Sternfeld and graphic designer Paula Scher ($10), and new FHL T-shirts, designed by Michael de Feo ($10).

October 14 - November 20: Creative Time's Exhibition The Plain of Heaven FREE
 Creative Time presents an international exhibition of works inspired by the High Line's upcoming transformation. Artists include Sol LeWitt, Trisha Donnelly, Gordon Matta-Clark and many others. The exhibition will be displayed in an out-of-use meat-packing plant at the High Line's southern terminus. 820 Washington Street, at Gansevoort Street. Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, October 14 – November 20. 12 noon – 6:00 pm. Opening party: Friday, October 14, 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm.  FREE.  View the press release for more information.

Juan Cole and Markos Moulitsas Discuss the Middle East.
Full Length (90MB)

 Chapter 1: Introduction (10.5MB)
 Chapter 2: Media Bias (9.6MB)
 Chapter 3: Shiite Role in Iraq (15.9 MB)
 Chapter 4: Kurd/Sunni Role in Iraq (8.6 MB)
 Chapter 5: Iran's involvement in Iraq (15.6 MB)
 Chapter 6: The Blame Game (6 MB)

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ROBERT SMITHSON SYMPOSIUM

Saturday, September 24
 11am-6pm

 Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College, New York City

East 68th Street between Park & Lexington Avenues Entrance is closer to Lexington, on the North side of 68th St.

Admission is free, but registration is required. Please call (212) 570-7715, or e-mail public_programs@whitney.org to specify a session or sessions. Seats will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.

 

The First International Meeting
September 23-24 at Eyebeam New York
540 w 21st, New York, NY

Thanks to all the artists and curators who contributed to this event. Please join us next week to meet the  highly-motivated group of artists/curators who organize the gatherings in different locations around the  world (soon in Toronto, Istanbul and Sofia). The gatherings are often associated with art & technology  centers. By default this emerging network sustains open communication lines between these nodes.  We're meeting to develop a vision as a global network to highlight the creative work done in the field.

Show
September 16-24, 2005
Documentation of works by 131 artists who participate at Upgrades! around the world. Representing:  Boston, Chicago, Montreal, Munich, New York, Oklahoma City, Scotland, Seoul, Tel Aviv, Vancouver.

Gather
Friday, September 23: 7:30-9:00 pm
Sala-Manca Group performs Elephants on Metula's Nights and discusses their practice at our monthly  gathering. The Sala-Manca Group is comprised of Lea Mauas and Diego Rotman, Argentine-Israeli  artists who have been creating work in performance, video, installation and new media since 2000.  Sala-manca's works deal with the poetics of translation, Yiddish culture, the tensions between low-tech  and high-tech aesthetics, as well as social and political issues.

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Saturday, September 24: 12:00-7:00 pm
How does each Upgrade form its presence and community? What is the potential of the network?  Join artists, curators and organizers for two panels, lecture and party.

12:00 pm: Introduction and welcome.

12:10 pm: The New York Upgrade! story with media artist Yael Kanarek and director of education at Eyebeam Liz Slagus.

12:45 pm: Artist-Run Upgrades! with Tiffany Holmes, Chicago; Tamiko Thiel, Munich; Adam Brown,  Oklahoma  City; Mushon Zer-Aviv and Sala-Manca Group, Tel Aviv; Kate Armstrong, Vancouver.  Moderated by Yael Kanarek.

2:45-3:15 pm: Break

3:15 pm: Art + Tech Organizations Upgrades! with Jo-Anne Green and Catherine D'Ignazio, Boston;  Cezanne Charles and Robb Mitchell, Scotland;  Suhjung Hur, Seoul; Tobias C. Van Veen, Montreal.  Moderated by Liz Slagus.

5:15 pm: "NETWORKS, AGENCY, PROPERTY and POLICY: Practical thoughts on the emergence of  new global cultural formations" — closing talk by leading scholar of media arts Michael Century.

6:00 pm: After-party with music by artist/DJ Tobias  C. Van Veen.