JULY 22 SCHEDULE
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| 5:00pm |
The Flock House and a Dominican Schoolroom
Lonny Grafman
Leveraging local resources to build resilient school rooms, homes and communities.
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| 6:00pm |
Gardening, Cooking and Eating
Amanda McDonald Crowley
A cooking show with ingredients harvested straight from the Flock House gardens.
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JULY 14 SCHEDULE
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| 1:00pm |
The Flock House Project
Mary Mattingly
A group of self-contained ecosystems migrating around New York City's five boroughs. Site
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| 2:00pm |
Power and Water
Rand Weeks
A demonstration of power systems and a discussion of bio- and phyto-remediation, clean water and shoreline restoration.
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| 3:00pm |
The Rhythmanalysis Lab
Brian House
Flock House is collaborating with The Rhythmanalysis Lab on a sensor system that will monitor the activity of each habitat unit. Data are continuously recorded via a network of wireless, low-power sensors, and are mapped temporally to reveal diurnal patterns and the rhythmic counterpoint among the unit's living systems and the surrounding environment. Site
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| 4:00pm |
Introduction to the World of Groucho Fractal
Scott Beibin
Groucho Fractal is a live performance and webcast featuring eco-engineering, open source philosophies, and emerging technologies with silly dance moves and tasty raw vegan treats. We'll talk about the show's origin, and demonstrate a bike-powered video projector. Site
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| 5:00pm |
Signal Strength
Amelia Marzec
Signal Strength is a project to advance mobile democracy. It consists of modules for ad-hoc social networking that let people in an urban area interact offline, leveraging their mobile phones for untraceable communications. We'll discuss free networks and their place within a sustainable living system. Site
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| 6:00pm |
Moss
Jackson Moore
Moss is a musical pidgin language that has the potential to evolve into natural language, where the distinctive features are not phonetic, but melodic. We'll discuss how music is a practical instrument for communication, where the musician is not a performer but a musical citizen. Site
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JULY 13 SCHEDULE
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| 3:00pm |
NJ Expeditions and Salt
Jon Cohrs
A expedition into urban wetlands in New Jersey and a look at the recycled pharmaceuticals raises questions about how we define wilderness. We'll talk about these two projects, Chernobyl, the DMZ line and the experiences of working out in these questionable wilderness environments. Site
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On July 13th, 14th, and 22nd we set up a livestream from the Flock House installation in DUMBO. Artists, engineers, and environmentalists with alternative systems for living and working were invited to talk about their work and demonstrate the systems within the Flock House. Recording Flock House TV was an experiment where we used only sustainable energy to power the equipment, including solar power and bike generators to charge batteries. We used the free wireless in the park, and got access to a few wireless networks from nearby businesses as well for the livestream, which was broadcast on Huffpost Arts.