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Cypher on Urban Affairs

May 15th: Sketch 120 – Temporary Publics

Registration is still open for the Sketch 120 Cypher with the Architectural League May 15! One winning design will get built for a public program in the backyard of the Brooklyn gallery. The competitive charette is produced in partnership with Design in 5, a program of the Architectural League NY.

Jury: DJ /rupture, nArchitects, Slade Architecture
Saturday, May 15 | 2:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. SUPERFRONT | 1432 Atlantic Avenue | Brooklyn

Participants will be randomly assigned a detailed program brief, submitted by one of ten community organizations through a SUPERFRONT open-call, with parameters for a semi-outdoor space to be managed for public activity in Brooklyn. The selected team will have the opportunity to construct their design in a 1,000 square foot outdoor space behind the SUPERFRONT gallery in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, in collaboration with SUPERFRONT. Construction will be supported through donated materials from Materials For The Arts, other partners, and novice construction volunteers. Winners will be given a budget of $500 for additional supplies. The temporary outdoor installation will open on June 26th and will run until August 15th.

This is the final program within SUPERFRONT’s spring series, “Cypher on Urban Affairs“. More info here.

The Cypher on Urban Affairs public program has been partly enabled by a generous grant from the Brooklyn Arts Council.

May 1st: Mixtape on Architecture as Activism 4pm – 6pm

Discussion panel with Jim Morgan (NYU), Yolande Daniels (studioSUMO), and Giovanni Piovene (Salottobuono), hosted by DJ /rupture and Mitch McEwen (SUPERFRONT).

Choose to participate in 1 of 2 thirty minute teach-ins after the panel: 1) Peace and justice walking tour of the SUPERFRONT neighborhood with Jim Morgan or 2) critical play of the board game “Ghetto” with Yolande Daniels.

See more info and bios here. This event is part of the Cypher on Urban Affairs, a public program at SUPERFRONT partly funded by the Brooklyn Arts Council.

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Mar 10

Summer at SUPERFRONT: Community Call for Entries

Your organization could inhabit this space for FREE!!

Fill out this form to be considered. Click here.

SUPERFRONT BK is accepting proposals from local non-profits, community groups, arts programs, or other civic-minded groups that could use a semi-outdoor space this summer. The 1,000 sq ft space is located behind a storefront on Atlantic Avenue in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn and will be free to the chosen organization. SUPERFRONT will orchestrate the design and construction of this temporary space in the beginning of July for the winning organization’s use, and the space will open to the public from July 9 through August 15, 2010.

DEADLINE for entries: May 8, 2010

All proposals will be posted for public review on the superfront.org website. A group of emerging architects will be invited to develop designs for the most feasible and innovative public programs. Preference will be given to central Brooklyn-based entities that have been operating for at least one year. After a public design charrette on May 15th, the winning design-program combination will be selected for construction.

The winning organization must operate this space alongside SUPERFRONT staff during gallery hours which are every Saturday and Sunday from 1-6 pm, from July 9 through August 15, 2010.

Fill out this quick form to qualify!

Please email cypher@brooklyn.superfront.org with additional proposal materials or questions.

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