EXPLORING THE THEME OF “UNTAPPED CAPITAL”
VAST NETWORK OF PARTICIPANTS WILL TRANSFORM DOWNTOWN MANHATTAN INTO A HUB OF CREATIVE THINKING AND ACTION VIA A GLOBAL CONFERENCE OF LEADERS, SCORES OF PUBLIC PROJECTS, WORKSHOPS, EXHIBITIONS, AND A STREET FESTIVAL DEVOTED TO URBAN INNOVATION AND IDEAS FOR THE FUTURE.
IDEAS CITY is a biennial Festival in New York City with additional annual Global Conferences organized in key urban centers around the world. IDEAS CITY: Istanbul took place in the fall of 2012 and IDEAS CITY: São Paulo will be held in fall 2013. These global events help to identify urgent issues and invite an ever-growing number of international thought leaders to participate in the initiative. This year, the overarching theme is Untapped Capital—under-recognized and underutilized resources and surpluses that can be harnessed as catalysts for change.
The IDEAS CITY Festival in New York begins on Wednesday May 1 with a Keynote address by Joi Ito, Director of MIT Media Lab, followed by a daylong Conference on Thursday May 2, with mayors and visionary leaders representing a range of disciplines. A series of participatory Workshops will take place on Friday May 3 followed by several evening events. On Saturday May 4, an innovative StreetFest along the Bowery features 125 local artists, architects, poets, technologists, historians, community activists, entrepreneurs, and ecologists who will share their ideas of Untapped Capital and will encourage the public to actively shape their city. Throughout the entire Festival (May 1–4), over one hundred independent projects, large-scale installations, murals, site-specific projections, exhibitions, and public programs, will be presented around downtown Manhattan, many of which will enliven unexpected areas of the neighborhood.
More information, visit.- IDEAS CITY
Venue.- New Museum. 235 Bowery Street. New York, NY 10002. Downtown Manhattan, New York City.
Dates.- May 1–4, 2013.
