*Okay, it's a gig and not really "architecture fiction," but those are some kinda star lineups
for those panels.
Festival of Ideas for the New City
Conference: May 4–7
The Festival of Ideas for the New City, May 4–8, 2011, is a major new collaborative initiative in New York involving scores of Manhattan organizations, from universities to arts institutions and community groups, working together to effect change.
A first for New York, the Festival will harness the power of the creative community to imagine the future city and explore the ideas destined to shape it. It is organized around three central programs: a conference; a StreetFest along the Bowery; and hundreds of independent projects and public events throughout Downtown.
The eleven Organizing Partners are: The Architectural League; Bowery Poetry Club; C-Lab/ Columbia University; Center for Architecture; The Cooper Union; The Drawing Center; New Museum (Founding Partner); New York University Wagner; PARC Foundation; Storefront for Art and Architecture; and Swiss Institute.
A conference will address the Festival themes: The Heterogeneous City, The Networked City, The Reconfigured City, and The Sustainable City.
Tickets for each event may be purchased at: festivalofideasnyc.com.
A Festival Conference Pass is available, guaranteeing entry to all events May 4-6. Workshops on May 7 are not included in the Festival Conference Pass.
Wednesday, May 4, 7:00pm
Keynote Address: Rem Koolhaas
Rosenthal Pavilion, Kimmel Center, NYU
Note: individual tickets to this event are sold out (((that figures))); seats are still available with the purchase of a Conference Pass.
Thursday, May 5, 1:00–3:00pm
The Heterogeneous City: Panel Discussion with Vito Acconci, (((!))) Jonathan Bowles, Suketu Mehta, Rosanne Haggerty, and Moderator: Jonathan F.P. Rose
The Great Hall at Cooper Union
Thursday, May 5, 4:00–6:00pm
The Networked City: Panel Discussion with Adam Greenfield, Natalie Jeremijenko, Anthony Townsend, McKenzie Wark, and Moderator: Joseph Grima (((holy cow)))
The Great Hall at Cooper Union
Thursday, May 5, 7:00pm
The Networked City: Keynote Address: Jaron Lanier
The Great Hall at Cooper Union
Author of the best-selling You Are Not A Gadget: A Manifesto, Lanier has long been associated with Virtual Reality research and he currently acts as the Partner Architect for Microsoft. (((gosh)))
Friday, May 6, 2:00–4:30pm
The Reconfigured City: Discussion with Robin Chase, Elizabeth Diller, Frank Duffy, Pedro Reyes and Moderator Rogan Kersh (((gee whiz)))
The Great Hall at Cooper Union
Friday May, 6, 5:00–6:00pm
The Sustainable City: Keynote Address: Antanas Mockus
The Great Hall at Cooper Union
Antanas Mockus served two terms as the Mayor of Bogotá. Under Mockus's leadership, water usage dropped 40 percent; 7,000 community security groups were formed; the homicide rate fell 70 percent; and traffic fatalities dropped by over 50 percent. In 2010, he ran for President of Colombia (with Sergio Fajardo as his running mate) on the Green Party ticket.
Friday, May 6, 7:00–8:30pm
The Sustainable City: Mayoral Panel
The Great Hall at Cooper Union
A group of leading Mayors discusses their work on making their cities ready and open for the long-term future.
Prologue: David Byrne (((
