Opening this Sunday at the Sculpture Center in Long Island City, Queens is a summer long project called The University of Trash by Michael Cataldi and Nils Norman. Drawing from utopian ideals and radical urban projects undertaken since the 1960s, the artists will create an installation that functions as a temporary, makeshift University – hosting courses, lectures, presentations, and workshops. A Free Skool program will operate within the University, offering the public the opportunity to propose their own courses – open and free for all sign up and attend throughout the duration of the exhibition.
Throughout the exhibition there will be a mix of workshops, screenings, and presentations focusing on grass roots, self-organized urbanism, DIY architecture and the evolving aesthetics and politics of public space. Scheduled programs include a low-power radio transmitter building workshop, and presentations and film programs by collaborators including Free 103.9 & Prometheus Radio, Neurotransmitter, CUP (Center for Urban Pedagogy), Build it Green, NYC, and Alastair Gordon. Max Goldfarb’s M49 mobile radio truck will broadcast Summer Sessions, a series of outdoor concerts on weekend evenings in June and July.
The opening reception is this Sunday May 10th from 5-7pm
Sculpture Center
44-19 Purves Street
Long Island City NYC
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what a great idea! Not sure how many will attend, though. Sadly, trash always seems to put people off more than attract them.
May 7th, 2009 at 8:12 am
Very cool idea!
May 10th, 2009 at 8:26 pm