Congress of Collectives
Curated by Douglas Paulson & Christina Vassallo
October 2 - 21, 2011
Flux Factory + throughout NYC

Congress of Collectives is designed to unite collectives, individuals who choose to work collaboratively, and audience members. The three week-long series of events will examine the many forms of collaboration, participation, and self-organization and will provide a platform to generate new works, discussions, and enduring relationships. Congress of Collectives will include formal programming such as panels, talks, screenings, and performances, and informal programing, including dinners, impromptu discussions and actions.

Initiated by Flux Factory, the Congress has been planned and developed collaboratively by artists, city planners, architects, arts administrators, film makers, and activists representing over 24 collectives from the US, Europe, and the Middle East.

With Flux Factory in Long Island City as the central hub, the Congress’ many events and projects will also take place in various venues including Creative Time’s ‘Living As Form’ project space at the Essex Street Market (Manhattan), Silvershed (Manhattan), Union Docs (Brooklyn), NurtureArt (Brooklyn) and Bronx River Art Center (Bronx).

Participating art collectives: Aabille (DK), AAS (UK), Action Club (US), Bhome (US), Birds’ Ear View (UK/US), BroLab (US), Bronx River Art Center (US), BROODWORK (US), DePave (US), DoTank:Brooklyn (US), Flux Factory (US), Gaengeviertel (DE), Ghana Think Tank (US), Hotel Bar Club (US), Little Berlin (US), Madagascar Institute (US), Makan (JO), Meow Wolf(US), Openhagen (DK), Paper Tiger Television (US), Parfyme (DK/NO/US), Pie Lab (US), Play Lab (US), Raketa (SE), Reactor (UK), Red Channels (US), Social Practices Art Network (SPAN) (US), Spaceship (IL), SP Weather Station (US), Street Plans (US), The Work Office (US), Tomorrow Lab (US), ULTRAFUTURO (Bulgaria/Russia), Union Docs, Urban Layers (US), Voina (RU), Wooloo (DK)

RELATED EVENTS

  • An evening with BROODWORK and Meow Wolf Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony, Flux Factory: 39-31 29th Street, Long Island City 11101
  • Crash Course on Collective Process Screening organized by Paper Tiger Television, Red Channels and Union Docs, Union Docs: 322 Union Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11211
  • Pecha Kucha, Nurture Art: 910 Grand Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211
  • Bench Press Redux by BroLab, Flux Factory: 39-31 29th Street, Long Island City 11101 & along the Q39 and B57 bus routes
  • Collective Lock-in with public panel discussions, Flux Factory: 39-31 29th Street, Long Island City 11101
  • SP Weather Station presents EARTH / FUTURE: Utopia—Dystopia—Ecotopia? , Flux Factory: 39-31 29th Street, Long Island City 11101
  • Hotel Bar Club, La Piscine rooftop pool bar at Hotel Americano: 518 W27th Street, NYC
  • Struggle with Gentrification panel discussion, Flux Factory: 39-31 29th Street, Long Island City 11101
  • Manifesto Bookstorm during Creative Time’s Living As Form, Essex Street Market: 120 Essex Street, NYC 10002
  • Flux Thursday, Flux Factory: 39-31 29th Street, Long Island City 11101
  • Greatest Love of All: An Impromptu Collective by Angela Beallor, Kerry Downey & Niknaz Tavakolian, Holiday Inn Skyline Suite: 39-05 29th Street, 17th Floor, Long Island City 11101
  • Tactical Urbanism Salon hosted by DoTank:Brooklyn, Street Plans, and Tomorrow Lab, Flux Factory: 39-31 29th Street, Long Island City, Queens 11101
  • Lentils Beyond Control Restaurant by Makan, Flux Factory: 39-31 29th Street, Long Island City 11101
  • Williamsburg Waterfront Walking Tour with Lacey Tauber and Gaengeviertel, meet at East River State Park, Kent Avenue at North 8th Street
  • The Confederation of Spaceships First Unconvention, Flux Factory: 39-31 29th Street, Long Island City 11101
  • Resistance Walk hosted by Frank Morales and Gaengeviertel, Thompkins Square Park, corner of Avenue A & 7th Street, NYC 11226
  • Collaborative Means, Flux Factory: 39-31 29th Street, Long Island City, Queens 11101