Three things coming up later this week in NYC:
Funny, the last time I posted about events here I mentioned how infrequently I post about events here. At least this time it’s not about Open Studios. With that out of the way, there are five exhibitions and a record release that I want to point out:
Looks like the last time I posted events here was in 2010, just before Bushwick Open Studios. Well it’s that time of year again!
This weekend is going to be busy! I’m participating in Bushwick Open Studios (with two shows!) and I’m also teaching a session at ITP Camp.
Tomorrow Mushon and Laila will be giving a talk about You Are Not Here at an event called Radars & Fences at NYU.
On Saturday Trade School will be having a potluck dinner at The Fragmental Museum, at 107 Suffolk Street room 415.
On Sunday we either lose an hour of sleep or gain an extra hour of sunlight, depending on your outlook.
In addition to the other things I mentioned earlier there is also this:
Update: I had the wrong day for IgniteNYC. It’s tomorrow night!
On Thursday, March 4th I will be a contestant on geek Jeopardy at IgniteNYC. I’ll be over here brushing up on my “knowledge of the entire internet.” It’s at Galapagos art space in DUMBO, doors open at 6:30pm. The other contestants are Megan MacMurray and Baratunde Thurston, hosted by Gabe as Fake Alex Trebek.
This weekend is SITE fest! Come out to Bushwick for live music/dance/theater/performance. The program is available as a PDF download. I’ll be at the opening party at Beauty Bar on Friday night.
Tonight I’ll be going to the final workshop at Trade School. The topic being the future of the school itself:
As people with creative projects, we understand the value of creative labor regardless of its market value. Why don’t we share our resources? What happens when we decide how much our work is worth to each other? Let’s trade our skills, spaces, and objects.
It says there aren’t any seats available, but I’m going to swing by anyway. Starts at 7pm.
On Thursday Mushon and Michael are giving a talk and launching their book at Eyebeam. I completely forgot about this when I agreed to be a contestant on geek Jeopardy.
Friday through Sunday there’s the Social Media Art Camp (or “SMartCAMP”) conference that I’ll be attending.
In no particular order:
Ellie is co-teaching a class at Trade School tomorrow night called Drawing for Pleasure and Relaxation. My (non-keyboard) hand coordination is kind of pathetic and I’d like some practice. It is full, unfortunately, but if you’re really into the idea it’d probably be fine to just show up.
Another one I’ll be going to on Thursday is Art Work: A Discussion about Art, Labor, and Economics, which has a companion newspaper edition and website. There are 3 seats left as of right now.
Also, in case you missed it, there’s a free lecture tonight by CLUI‘s Matthew Coolidge out at Pratt (although, not on the main campus).
I’m kind of annoyed I missed the sold out Will Wright lecture last night. I had tickets and just totally forgot about it. But there’s a lot happening this weekend in my little sphere of interest, so maybe it’s good that I conserved some “going out energy.”
And of course there are a few workshops with space left at Trade School including “Caviar: Demystified,” “Collecting amidst disaster” and “Accidental Pornographies: Developing Underground Health Magazines and Stealth Distribution Models.”