[Brooklyn, NY]

Spontaneous Society (BKLYN) with Jon Cotner
June 17, 2011, 7:00 pm
at Brooklyn

SPONTANEOUS SOCIETY (BKLYN) / Jon Cotner Elastic City commissions artists to lead conceptual walks through the New York (and beyond). UDP author Jon Cotner will lead a walk in June called "Spontaneous Society". For this walk, poet Jon Cotner will give each participant two sentences to repeat to strangers on the sidewalk. The sentences are ordinary (“That carriage looks pretty cozy”; “That’s a good-looking dog”; etc.), and focused on ordinary scenarios. These lines shatter –open up – daily reality. Anonymity dissolves. Spontaneous societies arise. There are 4 walks by Jon Cotner, each in a different part of town. Each walk holds 5 people. http://elastic-city.com/walks/spontaneous-society-uws Thursday, 6/9 at 7pm http://elastic-city.com/walks/spontaneous-society-wv Friday, 6/10 at 7pm http://elastic-city.com/walks/spontaneous-society-ev Thursday, 6/16 at 7pm http://elastic-city.com/walks/spontaneous-society-bklyn Friday, 6/17 at 7pm Elastic City would like to offer one lucky UDP reader 2 free spots on the walk of your choice. The first to respond to info@elastic-city.com will receive two spots on your preferred date/time of "Spontaneous Society". For all other UDP fans, please use the code "twentyp" after you click the pink checkout button for a 20% discount. Jon Cotner is co-author, with Andy Fitch, of Ten Walks/Two Talks (UDP 2010).