Thoughts Prior to the Listening Tour
Sunday morning at 6 a.m. at Grand Army Plaza, Prospect Park, I will be leading a Listening Tour for Proteus Gowanus, as part of Proteus’ year-long series of events, exhibits, and performances centered around the theme of Migration. The birds do it, some of the butterflies and dragonflies do it, and so do the sea turtles, and […]
Battle Pass Liberty Pole Goes Up at Smith and Bergen
Proteus Gowanus is pleased to announce a new public art installation located at the corner of Smith Street and Bergen Street in partnership with the NYC Department of Transportion’s Urban Art Program and the Boerum Hill Association. This is the second in a series of public art installations, performances and workshops called Battle Pass, a […]
From the Bureau of Unknown Destinations: How to Unknow
It’s ideal to start from a central station or one that has as many lines as possible. Your goal is to assign yourself a destination in a way that keeps it a surprise. Here are a few ways you might go about doing that. adjust, remix, & invent as you desire. All of these techniques […]
An Excerpt: Psychogeographic Destination Kit
Why Unknow? All around us is a mysterious landscape which occupies the same spatial dimensions as the one we are intimately familiar with. The unknown is everywhere intertwined with the known; to see it, we only need break our own habits. Take a wrong turning one day. Navigate by mismatched maps. Get on a train without […]
Unknown Destination Kits Are Here
The Bureau of Unknown Destinations’ “Psychogeographic Destination Kits” are ready at last. Having given away over a hundred rail trips to the adventurous, The Bureau now expands operations by giving travelers the means to unknow their own destinations. Everyone is invited to download a kit and test it out. The Psychogeographic Destination Kit is offered […]
The Wayfarers: Films on Solitary Migration
On Tuesday evening, Proteus Gowanus featured three filmmakers in our screening, “The Wayfarers: Films on Solitary Migration“, part of the ongoing series based on Proteus’ year-long theme of Migration. All three films documented the diverse American landscape in their own way while revealing the directors’ intentions for embarking on their trips. Kevin Gallagher’s piece about […]
100 Tickets, 100 Unknown Destinations: a New Phase Begins
Since January 12, the Bureau of Unknown Destinations has offered temporary displacements to members of the public seeking to experiment with their migratory impulses, as part of our yearlong Migration theme. We are now delighted to announce that the Bureau has given away its 100th free round-trip ticket for a daylong train adventure. You may wish to […]
ELLIS ISLAND (Now & Then): A Review
On Tuesday, January 3rd, Proteus Gowanus hosted their first event of the New Year: a film exploration of Ellis Island. The evening began with a special magic lantern show guided by Barbara Mathé of the American Museum of Natural History. The Museum has a collection of magnificent glass slide photographs taken on Ellis Island by […]
Borderland Crossings & Liminal Zones with Duke Riley
On November 14, Proteus Gowanus hosted a talk by artist Duke Riley. This Migration event was held in conjunction with Portland State University’s Art and Social Practice program. For these two groups of interest, Duke chose to speak in depth about the research and process of two of recent works, “Reclaiming the Lost Kingdom of […]
