PSY-GEO-PROVFLUX 2005 press release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

PROVFLUX 2005, Providence, RI May 27-29, 2005

Location and hours:

CUBE2, 230 Westminster St, Providence, RI 02903

THE STEEL YARD, 27 Sims Ave., Providence RI 02909

Friday May 27: 5-11 pm, CUBE2. Opening Reception 6p-10p

Saturday May 28: 12-9 pm, CUBE2 and The Steelyard

Sunday May 29: 12-7 pm, CUBE2 and The Steelyard

(For full schedule of events and locations visit www.pipsworks.com)

Contacts:

PIPS: Meredith Younger (pipsworks@gmail.com)

CUBE2: JohnJ McGurk (jjm@cubetwo.com), J Gabriel Lloyd (jgl@cubetwo.com )

THE STEEL YARD: David Allyn (davidallyn@gmail.com )

Statement:

Providence, RI --- The Providence Initiative for Psychogeographic Studies (PIPS) is pleased to announce its second annual Provflux, a weekend-long event dedicated to artistic and social investigations in psychogeography. Part festival and part conference, it brings together visual, performance, and new media artists, along with writers, urban adventurers and the general public. Events will take place throughout Providence to explore the physical and psychological landscape of the city. All events are free and open to the public.

An ever-growing schedule, plus current information, individual event details, and contact information is available at http://pipsworks.com/contact/provflux.html.

Partial list of events:

Opening Reception :: Keynote address by Glowlab founder Christina Ray and Dave Mandl. Film screenings, architectural designs, interactive media, and a gallery full of other artistic works kick off Provflux. Artists from all over the world will be represented with mapping projects, spatial reconstruction experiments, video/photographic documentaries and more. Reception is free and open to the public.

Provflux Lecture Series :: Roundtables, lectures, and other presentations on a range of topics and ideas will be brought to the table. Talks and discussions featuring architectural theories, green design, non-profit networking, creating public works, and other ideas to be exchanged will be held.

Yellow Arrow™ :: A global public art project, urban game, and tool for collaborative experimental travel - an interactive forum for people to leave and discover messages pointing out what counts. Participants place arrows to draw attention to different locations and objects -- a favorite view of the city, an odd fire hydrant, the local bar. By sending a text-message (SMS) from your mobile phone to 1.646.270.5537 beginning with your arrow's unique code you associate it with a short text -- messages can range from literary quotations to personal commentaries to game-like prompts to action. When another person encounters the arrow, he or she sends the code to 1.646.270.5537 and immediately receives your message on their mobile phone. http://global.yellowarrow.net/

“Making Changes” :: Lee Walton :: Lee Walton is an Experientialist whose projects and performances are full of humor, detailed planning, and interaction with the outside world. www.leewalton.com

“Corporate Commands” :: ikatun :: It is the hypothesis of the Institute for Infinitely Small Things that these commands, largely and consciously ignored by a public over-saturated with advertisements, function at the level of the infinitely small.

“Virtual Dinner Tour” :: Marc Horowitz and J Gabriel Lloyd :: Marc Horowitz, of San Francisco, and J Gabriel Lloyd, of Providence, are artists who utilize conversations with strangers for their performances. Using iChat AV, they will host a nation-wide dinner, yet all participants stay in their homes to eat with one another. This project combines Horowitz’s National Dinner Tour with Lloyd’s Conversational Location Project, each of which highlights the importance of conversations in everyday culture.

Bike Maintenance Workshop/ Tours :: Celebrate Recycle-A-Bike’s new and permanent relocation to the Steel Yard (27 Sims Ave) by taking part in helping rejuvenate bicycles from their collection (or yours). Learn and share skills with other local bikers, and test the freshly repaired bikes on bi-hourly tours of the city throughout the day. (Co-sponsored by the Neo-Luddite Foundation).

Progressive Runway Project :: In a fashion show with all clothing made of recycled goods, this highly anticipated event will travel through various consumer locales in the city and present a stunning display of haute couture design with found-object accessibility. This event was a favorite last year, and promises to be even better and full of more surprises this year!

City Scavenger (Hunt) :: This weekend-long competition leads any and all willing participants through the city on a race to collect items and experiences. Great prizes will be rewarded to those can collect all the items on the list in the shortest amount of time while interacting in the city like never before. Registration will begin and end with Friday night’s opening reception.

Urban Backyard Golf :: Stations of golf clubs, tennis balls, and score cards will be set up throughout the urban thoroughfares of Providence. We provide the materials for a 5-round game of backyard golf, and you decide where your course will take you in our city’s backyard.

Credits:

Produced by:

PIPS, (www.pipsworks.com)

CUBE2, (www.cubetwo.com)

Glowlab, (www.glowlab.com)