4 - maggio 2011, New York
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. Info: www.festivalofideasnyc.com