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23 October - 29 October 2008
In Brief: A Dialectical Picture Puzzle, the Desiring Body, an Art of the 90s, Thomas Hirschhorn on the Political, Hannah Arendt on Modern Birth, a Biomechanics Dectective, Spinoza in Our Time, Francesco Casetti on Film and Modern Art. |
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Thursday, 23 October | |
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Future Fashion: Connecting an Industry to Sustainable Practices American Museum of Natural History, Kaufmann Theater - Central Park West at 79th St. 6:30pm, $15. |
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From the Shadows: Immigrant Writing in the Americas, Europe, and Africa Americas Society - 680 Park Ave 7pm, $0, Rsvp. |
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"kluge": The Haphazard Construction of the Human Mind, an Evening with Gary Marcus Salmagundi Club - 47 5th Ave between 11 and 12th Sts. 7 - 9pm, $20/$10. |
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Sleepwalking in a dialectical picture puzzle: Natascha Sadr Haghighian with Thomas Keenan and Avery Gordon New Museum - 235 Bowery 7:30pm, $0. |
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Dialogues with Design Legends: Architects Peter Eisenman and Greg Lynn 92nd St Y - Lexington Ave at 92nd St. 8:15pm, $27. |
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Friday, 24 October | |
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Catalysts and Critics: The Art of the 1990s Columbia University, School of the Arts - Broadway at 116th St, Havemeyer Hall, Room 309 9:30am-5:30pm, $15/212 423 3587. |
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Bosnia and Herzegovina: Moving Forward (Day 1) New School, Tishman Auditorium, Johnson/Kaplan Hall - 66 W 12th St. 10:30am - 7:30pm, $0, Rsvp required. |
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Contemporary Artists' Books Conference (Hans Ulrich Obrist, Joseph Grigely, Rirkrit Tiravanija) Museum of Modern Art, Titus Theater 2 - 11 W 53rd St. 4 - 5:30pm, $5/$10. |
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What Does it Mean to be Born Today? Arendt on Birth in the Modern Age CUNY Graduate Center - 365 5th Ave, Rm C201. 4:30 - 6:30pm, $0. |
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African Textiles Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Auditorium - 1000 5th Ave at 82nd St. 6pm, $23. |
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Thomas Hirschhorn - Doing Art Politically: What Does This Mean? Cooper Union, The Great Hall - 7 East 7th Street at Third Avenue 6:30pm, $0. |
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Sleepwalking in a dialectical picture puzzle: Natascha Sadr Haghighian with Thomas Keenan and Avery Gordon New Museum - 235 Bowery 7:30pm, $12. |
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Saturday, 25 October | |
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Bosnia and Herzegovina: Moving Forward (Day 2) New School, Lang Community and Student Center, Arnhold Hall - 55 W 13th St, 2nd fl. 10am - 1pm, $0, Rsvp required. |
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The Art of the Violin: Yuri Beliavsky on Fritz Kreisler NYPL Riverdale - 5540 Mosholu Avenue, Bronx 2pm, $0. |
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Sleepwalking in a dialectical picture puzzle: Natascha Sadr Haghighian with Thomas Keenan and Avery Gordon New Museum - 235 Bowery 3:00pm, $12. |
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Sunday, 26 October | |
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Monday, 27 October | |
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Causalgia: Disability, Metaphor, and the Desiring Body NYU - 41-51 East 11th St, 7th Fl, Rm 709 (between University Place and Broadway) 12:30 - 1:45pm, $0. |
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Finding my Voice as a Scientist: A Personal Odyssey - Adventures of a Biomechanics Dectective in the Big Apple City College - 25 Broadway, 7th Fl. 6pm, $0. |
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Spinoza in His Time and Ours Columbia University, Heyman Center for the Humanities - W 116 St and Amsterdam, Second Fl. 6:15-8:15pm, $0. |
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Tuesday, 28 October | |
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Politics, Pundits & Polls: Election 2008 Baruch College, Newman LIbrary Building Conference Center - 151 E 25th St, 7th Fl. 5 - 7pm, $0. |
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Wednesday, 29 October | |
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Francesco Casetti: Is Film a Modern Art? The Humanities Initiative - 20 Cooper Square, 5th Fl. 6 - 8pm, $0. |
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I am Going to Speak of Hope: Symposium Celebrating the Work of César Vallejo Americas Society - 680 Park Ave 7pm, $0, Rsvp. |
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Physics for Future Presidents, with Richard A. Muller American Museum of Natural History, Hayden Planetarium Theater - Central Park West at 79th St. 7:30pm, $15. |
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