[dorkbotnyc-blabber] Analogous Projects // Picky Sticky Pollen at Come Out and Play 2009

[Marie Evelyn]

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:









      "Picky Sticky Pollen" at Come Out and Play 2009

          Saturday June 13 at 5 p.m.

     Heckscher Fields in Central Park (near 65th St & CPW)

                      http://PickyStickyPollen.com







NEW YORK  --  Analogous Projects is pleased to announce a new
Analogous Project!  "Picky Sticky Pollen" is a fast-paced,
Calvinball-style lawn game performed by actors and attendees.  It will
debut in Central Park on Saturday June 13th as part of Come Out and
Play Festival 2009.



"Picky Sticky Pollen" is based on Phoenix Perry's "Honey", an
interactive video game exploring issues of survival and the
environment.  This analog adaptation centers around a cast of crazed
worker bees -- Amy Benson, Ben Margolis, Douglas Repetto, Jenny
Torino, and Melissa Gawlowski -- directed by "hives" of audience
members.



"Picky Sticky Pollen" will take place at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday June
13th at Heckscher Fields in Central Park (near 65th Street & Central
Park West).



This game is free and open to the public.  Pre-registration -- at
http://2009pickystickypollen.eventbrite.com -- is recommended.  (Space
is limited.)  All participants are invited to bring screen-printable
items to print for free on-site.



Visit PickyStickyPollen.com or ComeOutAndPlay.org for more information.





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ABOUT PICKY STICKY POLLEN



"Picky Sticky Pollen" is an adaptation of Phoenix Perry's "Honey", an
interactive video game exploring issues of survival and the
environment.  "Honey" demonstrates even the smallest creatures' vital
importance to their ecosystem as they struggle to survive in a unique
fantasy-world.  "Honey" was originally produced as part of a
HarvestWorks Residency in 2006.





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ABOUT PHOENIX PERRY



Perry's work has screened worldwide, at venues such as Lincoln Center,
SFMoma, Guggenheim, Transmediale, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts,
LACMA, European Media Arts Festive, GenArt, Seoul Film Festival, and
many others.  Her work explores gaming, environment, complexity, and
technology.





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ABOUT ANALOGOUS PROJECTS



Complexity theory is not new to art or to our culture. It migrated
from computer science and biology to economics and art and, with the
advent of the world wide web, it invaded our collective subconscious.
Analogous seeks to support complexity-driven art and artists playing
under this conceptual umbrella of "Interaction Art". Progress occurs
by metaphor and analogy: Their hope is (by bringing together people
and projects irrespective of media and genre) to enable philosophical
crosstalk.



Analogous events and performances have been reviewed in The Wire, Make
Magazine, Time Out New York, and The Village Voice. They received a
Village Voice Best-of-NYC Award in October 2008 for "Best Arts
Organization Centered Around Recycling". For more information about
Analogous and current Analogous projects, visit AnalogousProjects.org.





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ABOUT COME OUT AND PLAY



Since 2006, the world-renowned Come Out & Play Festival has coaxed New
Yorkers outside of their apartments to frolic and play together,
re-imagining their city streets as a playground.  We seek to provide a
forum for new types of public games and play. We want to bring
together a public eager to rediscover the world around them through
play with designers interested in producing innovative new games and
experiences. Oh yeah, and we want to have city-size fun.





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CONTACT ---> Marie Evelyn at PickyStickyPollen at gmail.com

WEBSITE ---> http://PickyStickyPollen.com

RELEASE ---> http://PickyStickyPollen.com/psp-PressRelease.pdf

SIGN-UP ---> http://2009pickystickypollen.eventbrite.com





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