The New York Neo-Futurists
June 27th, 2010 at 4:52 pm ETI’ll have plenty to say about the conference that’s just concluded over the next few days, but right now, I want to call your attention to one of the most colorful threads that ran throughout the entire event: the New York Neo-Futurists.
The Neo-Futurists were part of the opening, a feature of the closing, and ever-present throughout the long middle of the event. They were waggish tweeters, made a spectacle of themselves at tables in the banquet hall, closed down the bar at the Saturday night networking party, and generally served to lighten the mood of an event that, at times — despite the fact that we are, after all, artists and arts administrators and arts service professionals — tended at times toward the serious. I was blown away by their energy — and I didn’t even see their closing performance!
I want to thank all the Neo-Futurists who participated in this year’s conference, and promise that I’ll be seeing you real soon at a performance of “Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind” in the East Village.
Below are some of my photos from their participatory afternoon break on Saturday:
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June 28th, 2010 at 12:03 pm
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