brooklyn NEW YORK

May 1: Mixtape on Architecture as Activism 4pm – 6pm
$5 suggested donation for the panel and workshops, but no one turned away.

Discussion panel with Jim Morgan (NYU), Yolande Daniels (studioSUMO), and Giovanni Piovene (Salottobuono), hosted by Mitch McEwen (SUPERFRONT).

Choose to participate in 1 of 2 thirty minute teach-ins after the panel: 1) Justice and peace walking tour of the SUPERFRONT neighborhood with Jim Morgan or 2) critical play of the board game “Ghetto” with Yolande Daniels.

This event is part of the Cypher on Urban Affairs, a public program at SUPERFRONT partly funded by the Brooklyn Arts Council.

rsvp on facebook for $3 admission

brooklyn NEW YORK

superhero: a pop-up exhibit with jimenez LAI

6pm – 8pm superfront presents superhero: a pop-up exhibit with jimenez LAI, curated by assistant curator jackie KOENIG, with additional installation coordination by maryana GRINSHPUN and seth LAUCKS.

the exhibit will open with a reception on april 10th at 6pm – 8pm immediately following the third mixtape workshop of the series presented at SUPERFRONT BK. artist talk facilitated by mitch MCEWEN at 6:30pm.

superhero will be on view from april 10 to may 9, 2010.

brooklyn NEW YORK

04.10.10 4pm – 6pm mixtape on diy (do it yourself) public space-making

$5 suggested donation for the 4pm panel and workshops, but no one turned away.
discussion panel with cristina GOBERNA (fake industries | architectural agonism), justin MOORE, (new york city planning, brooklyn), ena MCPHERSON (parks, arts & culture, community board 3), jordan SEILER (new york street advertising takeover), hosted by dj /rupture and mitch MCEWEN (SUPERFRONT).
choose to participate in 1 of 3 teach-ins after the panel: 1) community zoning basics 2) spring gardening tactics 3) property disobedience and public dialogue.

this event is part of the cypher on urban affairs, a public program at superfront partly funded by the brooklyn arts council.

new york NEW YORK

pier 94
march 4-7, 2010

the armory show is america’s leading fine art fair devoted to the most important art of the 20th and 21st centuries. in its eleven years, the fair has become an international institution. every march, artists, galleries, collectors, critics and curators from all over the world make new york their destination during armory arts week.

image: susan COLLIS, rock bottom riser, 2007; mother-of-pearl gemstone

london UNITED KINGDOM

unconventional computing & architecture
friday 26 february, 9.00am – 6.00pm
this one-day conference explores new materials for architectural practice in the 21st century. international architects and scientists will explore the decision-making properties of matter and how this may be applied to create increasingly life-like buildings.

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new york NEW YORK

in “ufo (unified fashion objectives),” albert WATSON unveils a collection of his best fashion photographs from 40 years as one of the world’s leading artists in the field. selected from his massive archives, WATSON presents some of his most well-known fashion work alongside images that have never been presented to the public before.

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madrid SPAIN

expanding the field. or, 8 good reasons to talk about new media (in an art fair)

director: domenico QUARANTA
lecturers: ubermorgen.com, marius WATZ, trevor PAGLEN, oron CATTS, auriea HARVEY & michael SAMYN, paul d. MILLER / dj sPOOKY
arco art fair, forum auditorium 2, hall 6.
february 18, 2010, from 12.30 to 2.30 p.m. and from 4 to 8 p.m.

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