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Local
links, Providence, Rhode Island
The Steel Yard : http://www.thesteelyard.org/
A really great project in the heart of the old industrial district of Providence.
Always looking for good people to help out in getting projects off the ground.
Puente
:
http://www.puenteprovidence.org
A mixed developement project on 60 Valley street outside of downtown Providence,
looking to be an excellent opportunity for community building and micro buisness
developement.
Monohasset
Mill Project :
http://www.millproject.org
The adaptive reuse of an old mill building on the edge of Olneyville and Smith
Hill. A project that emerged from the Eagle Square debate.
Art
In Ruins :
http://www.artinruins.com/
For current events and a ton of info on Providence's urban environment, check
these guys out.
AS220
:
http://www.as220.org The premiere venue
for contemporary music and events in Providence, we tip our hats to the continued
success of this organization...
Greenway
Project :
http://www.provplan.org/river/index.html
The Woonasquatucket River Greenway Project will include a 5.7-mile greenway,
paths, and green spaces stretching from the Johnston/Providence line toWaterplace
Park in downtown Providence.
Firehouse13
:
http://www.firehouse13.com/ We are
excited to see what happens with this organization, there has been talk of new
things happening at this space, we wait patiently.
New
Urban Arts :
http://www.newurbanarts.org/
In the heart of the Westminster Revitalization on the west side, this is a great
organization.
American Psychogeography,
Experimental Art and Architecture
Glowlab : http://glowlab.blogs.com
New York based group of urban experimenters. These folks have created an amazing
clearinghouse for information on the urban experience.
Free
Cooperation :
http://freecooperation.org/
Check this out for some visionary thinking on the future state of collaboration
and networks in the arts and society.
Archinect
:
http://archinect.com/ The goal of Archinect
is to make architecture more connected and open-minded, and bring together designers
from around the world to introduce new ideas from all disciplines.
Institute
for Advanced Architecture(IAA)
http://institute.advancedarchitecture.org/
The Institute for Advanced Architecture is an independent, private
institution dedicated to advancing Architecture through research, exchange,
and exhibition.
Deconstruction
:
http://www.decon04.com/ A Deconstruction
and Building Materials Reuse Conference in Oakland, California, with the Annual
Conference and Meeting of the Used Building Materials Association.
Texts, Essays,
and Small Press Sites
AnArchitektur : http://www.anarchitektur.com
Sponsors of the CFOA, the Berlin based quarterly is one not to miss, that
is, if you can read German.
306090
:
http://306090.org/
Always looking for submissions and dedicated to young architects and professionals.
Looking to get published
Autonomedia
:
http://www.autonomedia.org/ If your
looking for an excellent source for critical and political essays and articles,
these guys are top notch. From NYC, the book selection is quite impressive.
Derive
:
http://www.derive.at/
A German magazine about urbanism and exploration. It looks really great, but
they don't put enough on the web, you have to order them to read everything.
Subsol
:
http://subsol.c3.hu/ For text and essays
on the role of the public in art and everyday life, this is a great resource
of recent texts on all kinds of critical and experimental cultural practices.
International
Psychogeography, Experimental Art and Architecture
Social Fiction : http://www.socialfiction.org/
Maybe in Amsterdam, maybe not, we are not sure, but Wilfried Hou Je Bek is
doing some interesting work in the realm of far out psychogeegraphic practices
and techniques.
Longitude
:
http://www.heartfineart.com/ If
you are trying to find art work from every obscure avant-garde movement ever,
this is a must visit site.
Club
Real :
http://www.clubreal.de/
Berlin based performance group, blurring the lines between fantasy and
reality on the fringes of the city.
