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Below is the line-up for this week’s events organized as part of the exhibition Re:Group: Beyond Models of Consensus, which examines participation as a model and models of participation in art and activism. Re:Group proposes that with participation now a dominant paradigm, structuring social interaction, art, activism, the architecture of the city, the internet, and [...]
Thursday, July 8, 7:30pm-9pm (free)
Eyebeam Art & Technology Center
540 W 23rd St, btw 10th & 11th
Organized by Not An Alternative, moderated by Astra Taylor
Discussants:
Professor/author Jodi Dean; non-profit organization Not An Alternative; artist John Hawke
Today everyone sings the praises of participation: leading academics hail active audiences who remix commercial culture, established curators wax poetic about relational [...]
Re:Group: Beyond Models of Consensus proposes that with participation now a dominant paradigm, structuring social interaction, art, activism, the architecture of the city, and the economy, we are all integrated into participatory structures whether we want to be or not. The exhibition showcases work that subverts existing systems or envisions new alternatives to the ways [...]
Please join Not An Alternative, Eyebeam Art and Technology Center, and Upgrade NY! this Thursday, June 10 for the opening of Re:Group: Beyond Models of Consensus, an exhibition which examines models of participation and participation as a model in art and activism.
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