Thursday, October 24
7:00PM – 9:00PM //
SUMMIT KICK-OFF PARTY
Judson Memorial Church
55 Washington Square Park South
Featuring a participatory urban-planning project created by Paul Ramírez-Jonas
Music by The Rude Dudes
Drinks provided by Lagunitas Brewing Co.
Friday, October 25 – Day One
10:00 AM //
INTRODUCTION & OPENING REMARKS
Anne Pasternak
Nato Thompson
10:15 AM //
PERFORMANCE
10:30 AM //
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
Neil Brenner, Place, Capitalism, and the Right to the City
10:50 AM //
SECTION 1: MAKING A PLACE
MODERATED BY GREGORY SHOLETTE
The term “placemaking” has swept grant- making organizations as well as city governments hoping to use the arts to make cities more vibrant. What are productive models to consider when thinking about the making of place through culture? What are its limitations?
Jenenne Whitfield on Detroit’s Heidelberg Project
John Fetterman on being the Mayor of Braddock, Pennsylvania
Anne Gadwa Nicodemus on placemaking
Lize Mogel
on the impact of world’s fairs and the Olympics
Roberto Bedoya on the issues of placemaking in Arizona
11:55 AM //
BREAK
12:00 PM //
IN CONVERSATION: THE CONTOURS OF PLACE AND ACTION
Rick Lowe and Nato Thompson
12:30 PM //
SHORT FILM
Occupy Gezi News, The First Week of Gezi Resistance in Istanbul
12:35 PM //
REGIONAL REPORT: TURKEY
1:00 PM //
“THE SIXTH BOROUGH” @ JUDSON CHURCH
Special ticketed lunch created by Stefani Bardin and Mihir Desai
2:30 PM //
WHAT’S NEW AT THE SUMMIT
Laura Raicovich
2:40 PM //
SECTION 2: MY BROOKLYN
MODERATED BY RISË WILSON
In the contentious debate on development in New York City, no borough is featured more prominently in the stories of gentrification than Brooklyn. This section uses the borough as a case study to consider the specifics of resistance, placemaking, and overall use of culture in the transformation of a place many call home.
Kelly Anderson on gentrification in Brooklyn
Michael Premo on activism and art
Steve Powers on leverage and public projects
Rylee Eterginoso & Elissa Blount-Moorhead on Weeksville Heritage Center
3:45 PM //
SHORT FILM
Beyza Boyacioglu and Sebastian Diaz, Toñitas
3:50 PM //
REGIONAL REPORT: SOUTH AFRICA
Marcus Neustetter, The Trinity Session
4:10 PM //
BREAK
4:25 PM //
SECTION 3: BUILT FROM THE GROUND UP
MODERATED BY JOSHUA DECTER
Urban development is not always “top down”—it can also be generated by the grassroots. This section features alternative forms of economy and social action that come out of local planning and movements.
Kenneth Bailey on Design Strategies for Social Intervention
Christoph Shaefer on Park Fiction
Chido Govera on the mushroom cultivation movement
Alfredo Brillembourg on Urban Think Tank’s Torre David project
5:20 PM //
SHORT FILM
5:30 PM //
SECTION 4: FLANEURS
MODERATED BY MARY JANE JACOB
Beyond its physical realities, the city is often a muse to its citizens. Flaneurs do not necessarily resist or build, but instead take inspiration from the evolving social conditions and innate tensions of the built environment.
Tony Chakar on protest and social media
Vito Acconci on shifting public spaces
Althea Thauberger on the politics of community and social space
The Amanda Weil Lecture Open Call Winner: Madeline Blount on the “no man’s land” in Cyprus
6:25 PM //
DAY ONE CLOSING REMARKS
Nato Thompson
7:00 PM //
SUMMIT DINNER CONVERSATIONS
Various locations, for dinner ticket holders only
SUMMIT SOCIALS
@ Judson Church featuring “The Shadow Summit”
by Works Progress
Beverages provided by Lagunitas Brewing Co.
Saturday, October 26 – Day Two
10:00 AM //
WAKE UP @ JUDSON CHURCH
Bagels and coffee by ‘Wichcraft
11:00 AM //
WELCOME
Laura Raicovich
11:10 AM //
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
Rebecca Solnit, A Thousand Stories in the Naked City
11:30 AM //
SECTION 5: ACCESSING THE GREEN CITY
MODERATED BY MEL CHIN
Questions of sustainability in the city must also confront the existing class dimensions in its composition. This section proposes successful models for contending with their confluence.
Emmanuel Pratt on urban gentrification
Lara Almarcegui on the life of urban detritus
Lucy Orta on food equity and sustainability
Raúl Cárdenas Osuna, on Torolab’s Farmlab
12:25 PM //
SHORT FILM
Storyboard P and the Bullitts, Close Your Eyes
12:30 PM //
REGIONAL REPORT: COLOMBIA
12:50 PM //
LUNCH BREAK
1:50 PM //
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
Lucy Lippard, Location/Dislocation
2:10 PM //
THE LEONORE ANNENBERG PRIZE FOR ART
AND SOCIAL CHANGE
Khaled Hourani and Laurie Jo Reynolds
Introduced by Elizabeth K. Sorensen
Sally Tallant in conversation with Khaled Hourani
John Forté in conversation with Laurie Jo Reynolds
3:20 PM //
SHORT FILM
Halil Altindere, Wonderland
3:30 PM //
BREAK
3:45 PM //
IN CONVERSATION: THE ABSURD AND URBAN TRANSFORMATION
Pedro Reyes & Antanas Mockus Šivickas
4:15 PM //
SECTION 6: RESISTORS
MODERATED BY IVET ĆURLIN, WHAT, HOW, AND FOR WHOM
Resisting the tide of urban development can at times feel like a Herculean task. Nevertheless, by looking at effective local strategies for resistance we can apply them to the transformation of metropolitan areas on a global scale.
Jimmy McMillan on the “Rent is Too Damn High Party”
Ann Messner on the Real Estate Show
Chen Shaoxiong on the Xijing Olympics
Levan Asabashvili on the Urban Reactor library
Rachel LaForest on Right to the City
5:10 PM //
PERFORMANCE
5:25 PM //
CLOSING REMARKS
Nato Thompson
5:45 PM //
SUMMIT SOCIALS
@ Judson Church featuring #ShadowSummit”
by Works Progress
Drinks provided by Lagunitas Brewing Co.
Sunday, October 27 – Summit Sunday
The Summit takes to the streets of New York City with a selection of related walks and workshops presented by local artists and organizations. Visit creativetime.org/summit/sunday for all the details.
