New York Conversations: June 26-28

Daily food and conversation sessions 26-27-28 June, 2008
1pm till 3 pm and 8pm till 10pm
41 Essex Street*

On the occasion of the making of A Prior Magazine #18 and the opening of the new e-flux' space, A Prior Magazine is happy to present The New York Conversations with Nico Dockx, Rirkrit Tiravanija and Anton Vidokle. Partcipants include: Liam Gillick, Martha Rosler, Louwrien Wijers, Jan Verwoert, Miwon Kwon, Marti Peran, Sis Matthé, Egon Hanfstingl and A Prior editors Anders Kreuger, Dieter Roelstraete, Monika Szewczyk, Andrea Wiarda and Els Roelandt. The New York Conversations will be followed by the production of A Prior Magazine #18 and its festive presentation at Beursschouwburg Brussels (10-11 october 2008) . http://www.beursschouwburg.be

*This event is free but there is limited seating so please make your reservation by sending an email to els@aprior.org . (Please also state what day and hour you want to come, please only enlist for one session so to give others a chance to join too). A limited number of seats is available the days of the event.

http://www.e-flux.com/shows/view/5590

Buckminster Fuller Events: June 23-28

In conjunction with the conferring of the first Buckminster Fuller Challenge Prize and the opening of "Starting with the Universe" at the Whitney June 23rd-28th, the Buckminster Fuller Institute announces a week of gallery openings, panel sessions, film screenings, and celebrations in New York. The full schedule is available here.

Patty Chang: June 24

Tuesday, June 24, 2008, 6:30 pm
Guggenheim Museum, 1071 Fifth Ave

Chang's early performance pieces, which often tested the limits of endurance and taste, and her more recent video and photographic projects have focused on the conflation of the real and the imagined in various cultural contexts.

http://www.guggenheim.org/education/tours_lectures.shtml#category_10

Public Art + Architecture: June 24

Dangerous Liaisons: Public Art and Architecture
Tuesday, June 24, 2008, 6:30 p.m.
Storefront for Art and Architecture
97 Kenmare Street

Panelists:
• Dan Graham, Artist
• Susan Herrington, University of British Columbia
• Yasmeen Siddiqui, Moderator, Curator, Storefront for Art and Architecture

Guests will consider the intersection of art and architecture within the development and transformation of public spaces in global cities.

http://as.americas-society.org/calevent.php?id=307

Night School: Public Seminar 6: June 19-21

Thursday, June 19, 7:30pm
Hu Fang and Zhang Wei
Space within space within space

Friday, June 20, 7:30pm
Zhang Wei and Hu Fang
Things to do while you’re alive

Saturday, June 21, 3pm
Hu Fang, Zhang Wei, and Xu Tan
Keywords School

Night School is an artist's project by Anton Vidokle in the form of a temporary school. A yearlong program of monthly seminars and workshops, Night School draws upon a group of local and international artists, writers, and theorists to conceptualize and conduct the program.

http://www.newmuseum.org/event_series/night_school

Michael Smith: Baby Ikki Birthday Party: June 18

Baby Ikki Birthday Party
EAI
535 West 22nd Street, Fifth Floor
Wednesday, June 18, 2008, 6:30 pm

For the first time in more than a decade, Michael Smith will stage a birthday party for his legendary character, Baby Ikki, in New York City at EAI. Conceived as a mute, ambiguous character fixed neither by age nor gender, Baby Ikki is an archetype with an unclear mission, onto which spectators project their own interpretations.

Guests attending the birthday party are encouraged to bring appropriate gifts for Baby Ikki. http://www.eai.org/eai/currentPrograms.htm

Michael Smith + Joshua White: June 17

Artist Talk and Screening
EAI
535 West 22nd Street, Fifth Floor
Tuesday, June 17, 2008, 6:30 pm

EAI presents a special evening with Michael Smith and Joshua White. Smith and White will screen works that they have produced together and speak about their long collaboration.

Over the last 11 years, Michael Smith and Joshua White have collaborated on a series of increasingly sophisticated videos and installations that incorporate Smith's deadpan and wide-eyed alter-ego, "Mike." Gullible and ever-hopeful, Smith's eponymous character is an Everyman living in a media-saturated hyper-ordinary world that he

http://www.eai.org/eai/publicProgramArtists.htm?id=102

Ghada Amer: June 7

Saturday, June 7, 2008, 6pm
Brooklyn Museum
Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Forum, 4th Floor
200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn

Egyptian-born American feminist artist Ghada Amer discusses her exhibition Love Has No End. Free tickets (30) are available at the Visitor Center at 5 p.m.

http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/calendar/index.php?event_type=Talks%20and%20Tours

Net Aesthetics 2.0: June 6

Friday, Jun 6, 2008, 7:30 PM
New Museum 235 Bowery
$6 Members, $8 general public

Convening leading artists, critics, and curators, this panel looks at the state of Internet art today, in light of the expansion of the Web and the increasing prevalence of new technologies. For the second in a series of Net Aesthetics 2.0 events, panelists explore the newest directions and greatest challenges faced by a field that is uniquely situated between contemporary art and creative technology. The panel is organized by Rhizome.org, a leading organization dedicated to art engaged with the Internet and new technologies, and will be held at the New Museum. Net Aesthetics 2.0 is moderated by curator, author, and Rhizome staff writer Ed Halter and features artists Petra Cortright, Jennifer and Kevin McCoy, Tom Moody, Tim Whidden, and Damon Zucconi. Presented in conjunction with Internet Week.

http://www.newmuseum.org/events/190