CaLL/WALKS SCHEDULE and TOUR SYNOPSES
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TIME
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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 10
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Ellen Driscoll & Benjamin Miller / Juliette Spertus
The density of commercial activity in stark contrast to the bucolic greenery of Madison Sq. Park provides a compelling area to discuss the ramifications of our trash and disposable culture.
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23rd Street & Broadway - Madison Sq. Park
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Noon- 1:15
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Marco Antonio Castro & Franco Montalto
Will demonstrate and provide an analysis of Castro's proposed Bus Roots, a plan to outfit MTA busses with green roofs to mitigate storm-water runoff and the heat-island effect.
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173rd Street & Broadway
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1:45 - 2:45
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Matthew Jensen & Patrick Kinney / Robin Whyatt Will discuss the environmental factors that affect air quality and health on a route that begins at NY Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center, continues along to the George Washington Bridge and on to the bus terminal at 178th Street and its surrounding residences, and ends at highest point in Manhattan.
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NW Corner Broadway & 168th Street
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2:45-4:00
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BROADWAY: 1000 Steps (B/CaLL), a project by Mary Miss / City as Living Laboratory (MM/CaLL), is an initiative to make sustainability tangible through the arts by means of collaborations between artists / designers, scientists and citizens.
PANEL:
Shifting Domains: Artists Respond to the Threatened Ecological Commons
Tuesday, November 19, 6PM at the Robert Rauschenberg Project Space (455 West 19th Street)
Including: Moderator Suzaan Boettger, art historian and critic, Julie Reiss, author of From Margins to Center, The Spaces of Installation Art., artist Matthew Jensen, scientist Patrick Kinney, and artist Mary Miss.
For reservations and more information contact: Olivia Georgia
E: olivia@marymiss.com / P: (212) 966-4287 / M: 917-886-4735
The CaLL/WALKS have been made possible with support by the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation in partnership with Marfa Dialogues/NY, an examination of climate change science, environmental activism and artistic practice taking place this October and November 2013 in New York City. Marfa Dialogues/NY is a collaboration between the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, Ballroom Marfa and the Public Concern Foundation and will feature more than 20 Program Partners, including MM/CaLL ~ BROADWAY: 1000 Steps, and a spectrum of exhibitions, performance, and interdisciplinary discussions at the intersection of the arts and climate change. www.marfadialogues.org
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