It’s the Time of the Season is an interactive public event presented by Prem Krishnamurthy and Sam Rauch: Department of Transformation (DOT). Amid a deepening crisis of isolation and loneliness, how might art and design function as ways of reconnecting at both individual and communal scales? In this participatory talk, *Prem & Sam frame how art and design can prototype new formats for togetherness, learning, and collective healing.
Save the date and join us for the Deported U.S. Veterans Immersive Exhibit at Baruch College on November 13th, from 11 AM to 3 PM. The event is open to all ages, and no RSVP is needed.
OUR STUDIES SHOW stages philosophy of mind as experimental processes of social mapping and modal operations. Considering our inhabitation of our own body-minds as legitimate empirical study (e.g. “instances of human thinking”) and our intuitions and ideas as important philosophical contributions, we practice thinking together.
OUR STUDIES SHOW stages philosophy of mind as experimental processes of social mapping and modal operations. Considering our inhabitation of our own body-minds as legitimate empirical study (e.g. “instances of human thinking”) and our intuitions and ideas as important philosophical contributions, we practice thinking together.
“The Making of Corona Plaza, Queens” documents the process of making a unique public plaza in the predominantly immigrant neighborhood of Corona, Queens through the voices of some of the main protagonists, be it community members and organizers, activists, street vendors, artists and designers, NYC officials, as well as the Queens Museum leadership. This special screening is presented by the Parsons School of Design Strategies, the Public Space Lab and the MS Design and Urban Ecologies and co-organized by Social Practice CUNY.
OUR STUDIES SHOW stages philosophy of mind as experimental processes of social mapping and modal operations. Considering our inhabitation of our own body-minds as legitimate empirical study (e.g. “instances of human thinking”) and our intuitions and ideas as important philosophical contributions, we practice thinking together.
Mourning Machine is a low-stakes participatory ritual designed to honor the history and resilience of the NYC theater community/ies during a time of uncertainty and reconfiguration. The event will feature Coffin Karaoke, open mic eulogies, lasagna, drinks, clown-tears, and more.
Join SPCUNY Faculty Fellow Tao Leigh Goffe as she presents her new book, a groundbreaking investigation of the Caribbean as both an idyll in the American imagination and a dark laboratory of Western experimentation, revealing secrets to racial and environmental progress that impact how we live today.
What Else? is a series of co-created solidarity economy themed comedy shows. the shows will hold a practice of shared laughter as we answer the questions: what can the solidarity economy offer us, after and instead of capitalism, humorously, breathfully? how can humor make the solidarity economy compelling, inviting, appealing? what's funny and beautiful about it?
The current exhibition Flight Into Egypt at the Metropolitan Museum of Art features several artists whose works can be experienced throughout the MTA system. Join Akili Tommasino, curator of the Flight into Egypt exhibition, contemporary artists Damien Davis and (SPCUNY co-director) Chloë Bass who have artwork in system, and Yaling Chen, Deputy Director of MTA Arts & Design to discuss how artists have been commissioned to make meaningful connections to transit stations and to the neighborhoods, communities, and riders they serve.
Organized by SPCUNY Alum Alexandra Juhasz and featuring Nishant Shah, this talk draws from collaborative community workshops in Hong Kong and New Delhi to combine storytelling, contextualization, and re-mediation of the global experiences of the COVID19 pandemic.
A day-long workshop facilitated by Nishant Shah and SPCUNY Alum Alexandra Juhasz in partnership with the Digital Narratives Studio at the School of Journalism & Communication, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. This workshop explores the technological shifts experienced during the management of the COVID19 pandemic, profoundly altering how we come together as groups, collectives, communities, and people. Registration required.
