Clay Shirky on Open Source Principles in Art and Activism

Thursday, June 18, 6:30 - 8pm (free)
Please join us this Thursday, June 18 for the next installment of the 2009 Upgrade New York programming series.
This month’s featured speaker is internet theorist, consultant and author Clay Shirky. Clay will discuss the concepts of fork and failure in the open source process, and will open them [...]

Bhopal Survivors Tour and “The Yes Men Fix The World”

This Sunday survivors and activists from Bhopal will join us for a special screening of The Yes Men Fix The World (dir. Andy Bichlbaum, Mike Bonanno, Kurt Engfehr, 2009), a new film in which they appear.
The Yes Men Fix The World follows a couple of gonzo political activists as they infiltrate [...]

Video of Bifo / MacKenzie Wark Event

(1/2) Italian Media Theorist & Cultural Agitator “Bifo” w/ MacKenzie Wark from Not An Alternative on Vimeo
(2/2) Italian Media Theorist & Cultural Agitator “Bifo” w/ MacKenzie Wark from Not An Alternative on Vimeo

Italian Media Theorist & Cultural Agitator “Bifo” w/ MacKenzie Wark

Monday, March 30, 7:30pm (free)
Please join us for a conversation with renowned philosopher, media activist and cultural agitator Franco Berardi (aka Bifo) and media theorist MacKenzie Wark, author of Game Theory and A Hacker’s Manifesto.
Bifo has been a pivotal figure in Italian social movements for that past 40 years. He co-founded the legendary Radio Alice [...]

Fabrication of Blindness: Guantanamo Sewing Project

Thursday, January 29 7:30pm-10pm
Saturday, January 31 1pm-5pm
no crafting experience necessary
Please join us at Change You Want to See Gallery for an artists talk, screening and workshop led by J Mandle Performance. Julia Mandle’s installation Fabrication of Blindness attempts to give voice to the 700+ past and current detainees at Guantanamo Bay. [...]