NEW GEOGRAPHIES #1: AFTER ZERO
Guest Speakers: Neyran Turan, Stephen Ramos, Hashim Sarkis

Edited by Neyran Turan and Stephen Ramos
Contributors: Albert Pope, Ulrich Beck, Pier Vittorio Aureli, Martino Tattara, Erik Swyngedouw, Keller Easterling, Thomas J. Campanella, Francois Blanciak, Yasser Elsheshtawy, Matthew Gandy, Behrang Behin, Lola Sheppard, Mason White, Joseph Grima, Peter Hall.

Design disciplines are challenged by the condition of the zero point. “Zero-context,” “cities from scratch,” and “zero-carbon” developments all force designers to address important questions regarding the strategic relevance and impact of a design intervention. As much as the zero point presents naïve innocence and embodies contradictory notions-such as crisis versus abundance or context versus model-it also creates a ground for doubt, self-critique, and rejuvenation for architecture and urbanism. As projects, indeed entire “new” cities, are built before they can even be imagined and then repackaged and replicated as models for any context, what do these projects suggest for the design disciplines? Beyond a focus on the vast scales and ambitions of these projects, it is important to see them as symptomatic of a much broader condition within contemporary architecture and urbanism. Along with the challenges inherent in the zero point, perhaps more meaningful are the provocations of the AFTER following the ZERO condition. The idea of an AFTER ZERO is crucial for us; not only to assert the need to reflect on the future following the zero condition but also in acknowledgment of the release of this volume after our previous Volume No. 0. If the zero condition presents crises of form, context, and social relevance for architecture and urbanism, perhaps one way to deal with this is “to redefine crisis, not as crisis but more simply as symptoms of larger urban trends whose logic is revealed only when judgment is suspended,” as Albert Pope writes in the volume. If we assess the current moment of crisis as a zero point, how can we think about the social, political, and formal significance of design after the Meltdown? After an era of reality mapping or iconic formalism, the volume aims to investigate possibilities AFTER crises, AFTER mapping, and AFTER signature architectures. Without relying on totalizing narratives, naïve morality, or escapism, AFTER ZERO is an opportunity to imagine alternative futures and a revitalized project for the city.

Launch: TUESDAY JULY 7, 7-9pm Refreshments will be served.
@ Storefront for Art and Architecture: 97 Kenmare Street

Benefit for SafeWalk and RightRides

Featuring Lady Bright, the Rude Mechanical Orchestra, Old Hat, and the Eskalators! There will be music, baked goods (vegan and non), beverages, informational tables, and dancing.
All funds will go towards RightRides’ operational costs. SafeWalk is a program of RightRides for Women’s Safety that offers anyone a free, safe walk to any destination in northern Brooklyn on Friday nights.

Wednesday, July 8, 2009 from 8 pm - midnight
Entry: $6-10 sliding scale, all ages
@ Silent Barn: 915 Wyckoff Ave. in Bushwick/Ridgewood
L to Halsey or M to Myrtle-Wyckoff

they call it “collectibles”

i call it swag

for zak

ramalamafafafa:MILANO FIXED - transformers

THEY’RE BACK.

So over the past few months, the emails have been piling up and everyone’s been asking, “dude, what’s up with the Pool Parties?” Well DUDE, so sorry to keep you waiting, but here at JELLY we’ve been working our asses off to bring you one of the greatest free concert series in history: the Pool Parties.

The Pool Parties are going to be extremely crucial this year, “epic” or “amazing” as you people say these days. Seriously, eight weeks of FREE shows on the waterfront of Williamsburg? Does it get any better? You might be thinking “waterfront”? Yeah, in case you didn’t hear the McCarren Pool’s closed so get over it, and yeah we kept the name Pool Parties even though the East River’s not at a pool, so what?
We’ve still got DODGEBALL, basketball, DJ’s, bands, burgers the works!

We love you more than your parents ever could.

JELLY presents THE POOL PARTIES 2009
at the Williamsburg Waterfront - aka the East River State Park
90 Kent Ave. @ N9th, Brooklyn

in partnership with: Converse, Bud Light, SPIN, MySpace Music, Gibson,
Café Bustello, SESAC, KEXP, The Open Space Alliance, New York State Parks

JULY 12
Mission of Burma
F***ed Up
Ponytail
Jemina Pearl (of Be your Own Pet)

JULY 19
Dirty Projectors
Magnolia Electric Company
White Denim

JULY 26
And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
The Black Lips
HEALTH
Grupo Fantasma

AUGUST 2
Round Robin show w/
Deerhunter
No Age
Dan Deacon

AUGUST 9
Simian Mobile Disco (DJ set)
Fiery Furnaces
Dark Meat
The Netherlands

AUGUST 16
Del tha Funky Homosapien
Prince Paul
Gravytrain!!!!
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Kenan Bell

AUGUST 23
Girl Talk
Max Tundra
Wiz Khalifa

AUGUST 30
Grizzly Bear
Beach House

FOR MORE INFO:
www.thepoolparties.com
myspace.com/thepoolparties
twitter.com/thepoolparties