Monday Night 03.14.05 — Field trip — Artists and the City
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Please Note:
the following events do not
take place @ 16Beaver!
1. About this Monday night
first event
2. About Artists and Extreme Events
3. About the Vera List Center
second event(s)
4. About Defend Brooklyn @ Lucky Cat
5. creative community fights back — 031705
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1. About this Monday night
What: roundtable discussion and meeting
Where: 2 different locations (not @ 16beaver!)
When: Monday Night 03.14.05
the first #2 is a roundtable discussion that draws on the recent experiences of two metropolises, Mumbai (formerly Bombay) and New York. In March of 1992,
Mumbai suffered bomb blasts after the demolition of a mosque by militant
Hindus in northern India. On September 11th, 2001, New York City
experienced the destruction of the World Trade Center Towers and the
death of thousands.
the second event(s) #4#5 is in relation to the so called bloomberg rezoning plan of the waterfront in Williamsburg. a group of activists and cultural workers are meeting to discuss and organize. the event is organized by Not and Alternative and the Change You Want to See!
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2. About Artists and Extreme Events
Artists and Extreme Events:
March ’92 Bombay / September ’01 New York
A Roundtable Discussion on
How Acts of Unprecedented Violence Tear a City’s Fabric
Monday, March 14, 6PM
The New School
66 West 12th Street, 5th floor
New York City
Admission free
“Progress and catastrophe are the opposite faces of the same coin.”
— Hannah Arendt
Cities have been the focus of societal upheavals since the dawn of
human history, and the twentieth century was no exception. Urban
catastrophes in this bloodiest of centuries disrupted and destroyed
their conviviality, their security as places of dwelling and commerce.
Cities continue to be the object and subject of extreme events-bomb
blasts, forced mass movements of minorities and the poor, and
catastrophic accidents resulting from careless juxtaposition of
residential and industrial structures, such as petrochemical and nuclear
plants or waste management facilities. Chernobyl, Bhopal and Toulouse
are such cities. As these urban catastrophes get repeated in
ever-changing variations, how are we to understand these patterns?
This roundtable discussion draws on the recent experiences of two
metropolises, Mumbai (formerly Bombay) and New York. In March of 1992,
Mumbai suffered bomb blasts after the demolition of a mosque by militant
Hindus in northern India. On September 11th, 2001, New York City
experienced the destruction of the World Trade Center Towers and the
death of thousands.
Mumbai- and New York-based artists reflect on these urban catastrophes
and the ways they impinge on their work.
Session I: 6:00 to 7:00 “Cracks in Mondrian”
Artist Atul Dodiya in conversation with anthropologist Vyjayanthi Rao
(New School University)
Session II: 7:00 – 7:15 “The Cities Blotted into Wilderness: Adrienne
Rich After Ghalib”
Presentation by artist Zarina Hashmi
Session III: 7:15 – 8:00
Artist Julian LaVerdiere, co-creator of the “Towers of Light” that
illuminated the WTC site post 9/11, in conversation with Tom
Finkelpearl, Director, Queens Museum of Art
The panel is co-sponsored by The South Asia Forum and The Vera List
Center for Art and Politics at The New School.
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3. About the Vera List Center
Established in 1992 by a generous grant from the late Vera List, a Life
Trustee of New School University, The Vera List Center explores the role
of the arts in developing a culture of pluralism in the United States.
In public lectures and symposia, through research activities and
publications, and in programs associated with the University’s art
collection, a wide array of visual and performance artists, scholars,
curators, and political leaders come together to investigate the
intersection of art and politics.
During the year 2004-05, the Center’s programming includes an
interdisciplinary exploration of the theme of “homeland.” For a current
listing of programs, please visit www.nsu.newschool.edu/vlc or call
212.229.2436.
The Vera List Center for Art and Politics
The New School
66 West 12th Street, 9th Floor
New York, NY 10011
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4. About Defend Brooklyn @ Lucky Cat
Monday, March 14th, 7pm
PUBLIC INFO SESSION AND Q&A
The Lucky Cat, 245 Grand btw Driggs and Roebling
Don’t know much about the campaign?
Wondering how a gated community of luxury high-rises along the waterfront might affect you, your business, your rent?
Think McCarren Park needs some help?? Think we need more park space?
Don’t like strip malls of chain stores in your back yard?
Not sure about the difference between the community plan and Bloomberg’s plan?
Come get your questions answered. Guest speakers from the North Brooklyn Alliance will offer a presentation on the history of the campaign and will respond to questions.
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5. creative community fights back — 031705
Thursday, March 17th, 7pm
EMERGENCY ORGANIZING/VOLUNTEER MEETING
THE CREATIVE COMMUNITY FIGHTS BACK
WHEN: Thursday, March 17, 7pm-9pm
WHERE: Funhouse Bar, 160 n. 4th, btw Bedford and Driggs
WHAT: Plug in to the campaign to save our neighborhood!
A short info session and a meeting to organize visibility projects, events, plan creative actions, tell Bloomberg what’s up…
Come pick up stickers, stencils, fliers, etc. Plot, scheme, and sign up to help out!
This is the second meeting of artists and groups representing the “creative industries”. It’s open to the public.
Invitees Include Reps From:
16 Beaver
Art Hijack
Art is Permitted Everywhere
Autonomedia
AWAG (Anti-War Action Group)
Axis of Eve
Black Label Bike Club
Blacked Out Media
Block Magazine
Bowery Poetry Club
Breaking in Style
Cinders
Circus Amok
Complacent.org
Deitch Projects
Flavorpill
Glassbead Video Collective
Greene Dragon
HOWL Festival
Hungry March Band
Independent Media Center
L Magazine
Madagascar Institute
Music for America
NoRNC Bike Project
North Brooklyn Alliance
Not an Alternative
Oh De Twirlette
Ohms Video Collective
Repo History
Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping Gospel Choir
Ring Out
Rubulad
THAW (Theaters Against the War)
The Change You Want to See Gallery
The City Reliquary
The Eh Team
The Lucky Cat
The Roundtable
The Williamsburg Warriors
Toyshop Collective
Visual Resistance
Vomitorium
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN:
http://www.northbrooklynalliance.org
http://www.williamsburgwarriors.org
http://www.notanalternative.net