Dear friends, as Not An Alternative is busy readying the new NO↔SPACE for public events and programming, we're teaming up with The Yes Lab to present a series of lectures and workshops this Fall at NYU. We hope to see you there. And stay tuned for...
Please join us on Saturday, August 6th for Slow Float. Sky Dog Projects, Electronic Music Foundation's Ear to the Earth, Not An Alternative, Mildred's Lane, Continental Drift, the Rude Mechanical Orchestra, Damascus Citizens for Sustainability, Ant Hill Farms, and many other groups, artists, musicians and activists...
Not An Alternative is participating in a panel on "precarious power" this Saturday, July 16, investigating the intersections of labor organizing, art, and direct action. The panel is part of an upcoming exhibition "The Making of the Chinese New Working Class", curated by the Culture...
Please join Picture The Homeless at NO↔SPACE in Williamsburg (and other meeting points around Brooklyn) as they lead a vacant property count aimed at confronting the City's division of real estate, property and space. Brooklyn has the highest density of vacant properties in New York...
I encountered the art group Not An Alternative for the first time about a month ago in Corona, Queens, where Tania Bruguera (featured last month in 5 Questions) had assembled a panel on “useful art.” What immediately impressed me was the group’s ability to articulate...
UPDATE: Brooklyn Coworking has CLOSED. New York City's first coworking space! Founded in 2006, we moved from Williamsburg to Greenpoint, Brooklyn a few years ago. RATES: $175-350 for dedicated desks with 24/7 access. LOCAL TRANSPORTATION: 15 minute walk to the Bedford L; 5 minute walk to the Greenpoint G;...
A Conversation on Useful Art Hosted by artist Tania Bruguera Presented by Creative Time and Queens Museum of Art At the Immigrant Movement International Headquarters Saturday, April 23, 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm The event, held in conjunction with the Useful Art Association, will feature an introduction by political performance...
Wed., Mar. 23rd, 6:30-8pm The New School Lang Auditorium 55 W 13th st. PANELISTS: Mark Herbst, Journal of Aesthetics and Protest Member from W.A.G.E. Beka Economopoulos from Not An Alternative Chris Mansour, Platypus This panel will focus on the aesthetic tropes that activists use to express political dissent. Theatrical gestures such as street art...
SnowFlow is a collaborative event between several organizations interested in creativity, sustainability and organizational awareness. Our shared concerns regarding environmental issues and the increasing frequency of global catastrophes have focused our efforts into establishing ongoing collaborative projects that raise public awareness and bring together artists,...