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MANUAL CITIES Tools You Can Use to Improve Your City

Sun, 26 Aug 2012 17:13:17 -0400

MANUAL CITIES

Tools You Can Use to Improve Your City

Learn more at Ciudad Emergente

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 00:43:00 -0400

Learn more at Ciudad Emergente

Urban migration patterns: 1950 - 2040

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 22:07:00 -0400

Urban migration patterns: 1950 - 2040

The Springmavera project was kicked off today at Immigrant...

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 21:45:00 -0400

The Springmavera project was kicked off today at Immigrant Movement International (IMI) by Marco Antonio Castro and crew. This was the first workshop in the 7 month project, which will develop a mobile/local food growing system that will be managed by the immigrant community in Jackson Heights, and eventually moved to the Hall of Science in Queens.

There’s so much more to this amazing project. Follow Marco, IMI, and the Queens Museumfor more info. And look for DoTank collabos wiht Marco et al in the future.

Collaborating organization, Tomorrow Lab, is up to some...

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 21:41:48 -0400

Collaborating organization, Tomorrow Lab, is up to some goodness. Make sure you follow them.

tomorrowlab:

Prototyping a digital graffiti device from inexpensive off-the-shelf parts and a custom Makerbot housing. The device will mount to a street pole / sign pole, and allow anyone to deposit voice recordings into it by holding down a button on the device and speaking, singing, professing. The files are instantly available via connecting a USB cable to a computer. More to come soon.

Group Listening Alone Update

Sat, 19 Feb 2011 21:33:00 -0500

Finally posted a project description/musing on the Grand Central listening experiment! Take a look at it here.

We are looking to plan another Group Listening Alone meeting for the spring. Let us know if you have any ideas about places and pieces to pair up.

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Group Listening Alone

Wed, 08 Dec 2010 22:03:00 -0500

For those interested in spaces and sounds, we’ll be holding a listening experiment in the Main Concourse at Grand Central Terminal Friday, December 10th, at 7pm. A group of us will listen to Steve Reich’s seminal piece Music for 18 Musicians at the same time on our ipods, phones, whatevers while wandering/observing/experiencing this iconic space. The experience looks to examine parallels in micro and macro aspects of the piece and the place. Also, through simultaneously listening to the same piece in our own earbud worlds, we will be exploring tensions surrounding the creation of a personal identity in a social space.

The only thing you have to do is get ahold of an mp3 of Music for 18 Musicians (email us if you are interested and maybe we can figure something out). The piece is 57 minutes long so be prepared!

We will meet at the info kiosk in the center of the hall at 7.

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Spotted in Williamsburg, Brooklyn early today.

Sun, 05 Dec 2010 17:05:00 -0500

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GOLDEN BLUEPRINTS Show

Sun, 05 Dec 2010 14:26:44 -0500

DoTank:Brooklyn wrapped-up its participation in the Golden Blueprints show at WG Gallery in Greenpoint. Thanks to the organizers for getting us involved!

The show’s theme asked local artists to envision and present plans for improvements of the neighborhood. While adressing the theme of the show, DoTank presented the results of actually doing something to improve the neighborhood: ’chairbombing’ in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn. Both a video and an artifact were presented.

DoTank supports artists that make our communities stronger by removing mental pollution from our atmosphere. Here's an example.

Wed, 17 Nov 2010 21:57:40 -0500

On April 25, 2009, more than 120 illegal billboards were whitewashed and replaced with art as part of the New York Street Advertising Takeover, a demonstration against illegal billboards in NYC. I followed street artists I Am, Posterchild, and Teeth as they installed their work.

Learn more about NYSAT at publicadcampaign.com

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Urban Agriculture Skillshare

Sun, 24 Oct 2010 22:12:58 -0400

Video by Michael Doherty

DoTank:Brooklyn organized and hosted an Urban Agriculture Skillshare at the Change You Want to See Gallery on June 5 2010.

This event was focused on getting our hands dirty by sharing urban agriculture skills with the community to teach methods of physical action. Three activities were covered: Vermiculture (indoor worm composting), Windowfarming (indoor Do-It-Yourself hydroponic farming) and Seedbombing (guerilla beautification of abandoned lots). Carina Molnar from CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities partnered with DoTank:Brooklyn to make the event a success.

Photo by Vishwadeep Deo

Partners:

Not an Alternative. http://www.notanalternative.net/
Michael Zick Doherty. http://neufuture.com/
Carina Molnar
Marco Antonio Castro

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I (along with some very talented friends) did my best to...

Tue, 19 Oct 2010 10:17:00 -0400

I (along with some very talented friends) did my best to properly represent DoTank at Conflux a couple of weekends ago with Fire Escapes, a site-specific percussion performance. The basic composition was the same as the Play Grounds piece we performed at Bring to Light, but Fire Escapes inherently had a much different character due to the physical environment in which it was played. Check out video and photos courtesy of Aurash as well as a recording of the 6pm performance and other info here: http://fireescapes.tumblr.com/

Fire Escapes

Sat, 09 Oct 2010 22:12:28 -0400

Fire Escapes, performed as a part of Conflux 2010, revealed and reveled in the timbre of one of the most ubiquitous structures in New York City. A unique and enveloping soundtrack was generated through a fundamental element of the urban fabric. 6 drummers played two fire escapes on E. 7th as instruments. Performers were positioned on two levels of the exterior of the building. Utilizing interlocking patterns, Fire Escapes accentuated the dynamic spatial characteristics of the vertically positioned ensemble. Fire Escapes was cyclical, patient, kinetic, and bombastic.

Video by Aurash Khawarzad

The project expands on the existing exploration of New York residents into how fire escapes can serve everyday social purposes beyond their intended function. Currently, fire escapes become terraces, reading rooms, and sunbathing decks. Fire Escapes redefines these structures as performance spaces. Also, the spatial relationship between performer and audience reconfigures pedestrians’ relationship to the street. By looking up, urban dwellers are offered a new, participatory perspective on the built environment.

Photos by Aurash Khawarzad

Location:

E. 7th St. between 1st Ave. and Ave. A

Partners:
Conflux Festival

Audio:
Fire Escapes Performance Audio

More Photos:
Flickr Set

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Thank You New York for supporting Bring to Light! And thank you...

Tue, 05 Oct 2010 13:17:56 -0400

Thank You New York for supporting Bring to Light! And thank you to Max Tiberi for the great video.

Photo by Hrag Vartanian 10/02/10 We brought Nuit Blanche to...

Mon, 04 Oct 2010 13:32:00 -0400

Photo by Hrag Vartanian

10/02/10

We brought Nuit Blanche to New York City

http://bringtolightnyc.org

TONIGHT

Sat, 02 Oct 2010 03:31:00 -0400

TONIGHT

DoTank:Brooklyn - September Newsletter

Mon, 20 Sep 2010 20:40:57 -0400

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Mon, 20 Sep 2010 20:39:24 -0400

DoTank:Brooklyn partnered with Transportation Alternatives,...

Sat, 18 Sep 2010 03:59:46 -0400

DoTank:Brooklyn partnered with Transportation Alternatives, MARP, Design Trust for Public Space and Architecture for Humanity NY to host this NYC’s official Park(ing) Day Afterparty, transforming the unlikely site of a parking lot underneath the BQE into a community potluck event.

The event took place at Washington and Park Ave., near the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The Brooklyn Navy Yard was the source for all the pallets used in the project.

DoTank:Brooklyn led the construction of one 40 foot table and 5 chairs made from used shipping pallets. Thanks to all the volunteers who helped build over the past few weekends!

B.Y.O. at the B.Q.E.

Fri, 17 Sep 2010 22:11:17 -0400

Video by Aurash Khawarzad

BYO at the BQE, which stands for Bring Your Own at the Brooklyn Queens Expressway, was a catalytic event for the purpose of transforming the underutilized public space underneath the BQE in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, into a community-serving space that is vibrant, sustainable, and one-of-a-kind.

DoTank:Brooklyn worked with Design Trust for Public Space, Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership, Transportation Alternatives, and Architecture for Humanity, among others, to create the vision and hold the nighttime event, which also served as the location for post Park(ing) Day celebration for New York City. The event was a community potluck that featured a 50’ long dinner table that was created by repurposing shipping pallets that had been discarded at the nearby Brooklyn Navy Yard.

The shipping pallet table and potluck provided a forum for community-members, local businesses, and activists to gather and discuss how the space can be transformed from being a physical and social barrier for Ft. Greene and Clinton Hill, into a place where people can comfortably gather and share constructive experiences. The methods by which the table was constructed – upcycling – also demonstrate how local resources can be leveraged to improve public space with a small ecological footprint.

DoTank:Brooklyn will continue to work with community members and local groups to implement the creative ideas and passion that they have for improving this significant place.

Photos by Aurash Khawarzad

Location: http://goo.gl/maps/YI5q

Partners:

http://designtrust.blogspot.com/2010/09/potluck-recap-bqe-byo.html
http://newyork.architectureforhumanity.org/

http://designingyen.wordpress.com/
http://www.myrtleavenue.org/
http://www.transalt.org/

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