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goodbye waterpod
Posted: September 24 2009
If you didn't get to check this out, now is the time.
SEPTEMBER 2009: WATERPOD™'S FINAL WEEKEND AND GOODBYE PARTY
We will celebrate the closing of our amazing four-month journey with "Future of Mobility, Urbanity, and Water(pods)" at the World's Fair Marina Pier 1 in Flushing, Queens from September 24 - 27th.
On Sunday September 27th we will conclude with an all day "I Remember Future" goodbye Waterpod party from 11am-11pm in conjunction with the Queens Museum of Art, featuring Natalie Jeremijenko's Environmental Response Systems, a sea sound and film installation curated by Lauren Rosati, "Ascend" a pirate television broadcast/ planetarium installation by artist James Case Leal, and DJ Trent from WFMU.
Live Performances by Black Swan Green and MNDR, with Waterpod™ inspired drinks and memorabilia for sale.
Come and party like there's no tomorrow on the Waterpod's final night 8pm-11pm
Trolley service from the Queens Museum of Art to the Waterpod on Sunday the 27th starting at Noon from Willets Point Ave and going until 6pm.
Saturday, September 26
1 PM Christopher Robbins & Douglas Paulson: Jerry-Rigging 101: Build your own boat from urban detritus / Knot tying-(bring stuff that might float)
2 PM - 5 PM Artist Hector Canonge's Latitude S. public workshop. Latitude S. media projections at 7pm
3 PM Secret School and the K.I.D.S. host a "Wild Tea Party": A workshop on making jam and tea from foraged wild edible fruit
4 PM Lecture with Terreform founders Maria Aiolova and Mitchell Joachim discusing The Future of the Carborexic City
6 PM - 8 PM Jérémie Gindre and Frédéric Post, special art ceremony in-progress sculpture with sound performance, co-curated by Espace Kugler
Saturday, September 26
1 PM Christopher Robbins & Douglas Paulson: Jerry-Rigging 101: Build your own boat from urban detritus / Knot tying-(bring stuff that might float)
2 PM - 5 PM Artist Hector Canonge's Latitude S. public workshop. Latitude S. media projections at 7pm
3 PM Secret School and the K.I.D.S. host a "Wild Tea Party": A workshop on making jam and tea from foraged wild edible fruit
4 PM Lecture with Terreform founders Maria Aiolova and Mitchell Joachim discusing The Future of the Carborexic City
6 PM - 8 PM Jérémie Gindre and Frédéric Post, special art ceremony in-progress sculpture with sound performance, co-curated by Espace Kugler
Sunday, September 27: Goodbye Waterpod
11 AM - 11 PM "I Remember Future": All day Goodbye Waterpod™ Party in conjunction with the Queens Museum of Art (Trolley Service from QMA to Waterpod™)
12 PM Barbara Flanagan talks about the future of water and her new book Flanagan’s Smart Home: 98 Essentials for Starting Out, Starting Over, or Scaling Back. (Workman, 2009) lecture and book signing
1 PM Christopher Robbins & Ian Warren: Making portable gardens, cereal banks (D.I.Y. protectionism) and food preservation
3 PM Cassie Thornton presents Barter System Beauty Salon: Get your palm read and your nails did
4 PM Natalie Jeremijenko's Environmental Response Systems
6 PM - 8 PM Lauren Rosati organizes an evening of sound and sea vessels with artist Dylan Gauthier and artist David Gatten
4 PM - 11 PM James Case Leal's Ascend Planetarium video installation in the great dome and broadcast installation at the Queens Museum of Art
8 PM - 11 PM Live Performances by Black Swan Green and MNDR and DJ Trent of WFMU
11 AM - 11 PM "I Remember Future": All day Goodbye Waterpod™ Party in conjunction with the Queens Museum of Art (Trolley Service from QMA to Waterpod™)
12 PM Barbara Flanagan talks about the future of water and her new book Flanagan’s Smart Home: 98 Essentials for Starting Out, Starting Over, or Scaling Back. (Workman, 2009) lecture and book signing
1 PM Christopher Robbins & Ian Warren: Making portable gardens, cereal banks (D.I.Y. protectionism) and food preservation
3 PM Cassie Thornton presents Barter System Beauty Salon: Get your palm read and your nails did
4 PM Natalie Jeremijenko's Environmental Response Systems
6 PM - 8 PM Lauren Rosati organizes an evening of sound and sea vessels with artist Dylan Gauthier and artist David Gatten
4 PM - 11 PM James Case Leal's Ascend Planetarium video installation in the great dome and broadcast installation at the Queens Museum of Art
8 PM - 11 PM Live Performances by Black Swan Green and MNDR and DJ Trent of WFMU
Subway Directions: From Grand Central Station take the 7 train to Willets Point Blvd - Mets Station. Head towards Citi Field. Take the sidewalk to the left of Citi Field until it ends. Cross the Whitestone Expressway and the World’s Fair Marina Pier 1 is across the street and to the right. Waterpod™ is located at the end of Pier 1.