April 24 - 25, 2015 | 7pm - 7am
Cultural Services of the French Embassy
Ukrainian Institute of America
Fifth Avenue and 79th Street
After tremendous success in Paris, London and Berlin, A Night of Philosophy
premieres in New York on April 24. From 7 pm to 7 am, come and experience an innovative and original nocturnal happening like any other in New York with over 80 events, ranging from philosophy lectures, to artistic performances, from theatre to video art, from songs to dance and DJ sets. A NIGHT OF PHILOSOPHY: A 12-HOUR NOCTURNAL HAPPENING IN NYC featuring talks with 61 PHILOSOPHERS
including Anthony Appiah, Emily Apter, Monique Canto-Sperber, Barbara Cassin, Simon Critchley, Daniel Garber, Bruno Karsenti, Sandra Laugier, Alexander Rosenberg, Francis Wolff, on issues such as « Freedom of Speech », « Can you decide to believe in God? », « Must intellectual Life Be Boring? », « Do We Really Want to Be Equal? », « I Think, Therefore I Can »; 12 ARTISTIC PERFORMANCES with Eve Bailey, Trisha Bauman, Julien Bismuth, Ofri Cnaani, Clifford Owens, and more; A MARATHON READING of Marquis de Sade’s « Philosophy in the Boudoir »; A MUSICAL SPACECRAFT by Stéphane Thidet; PIANO IMPROVISATIONS by composer Karol Beffa;
A PHILOSOPHICAL DISCOTHÈQUE; VIDEO SCREENINGS... FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. NIGHTOFPHILOSOPHY.COM
#NIGHTOFPHILOSOPHY Created and staged by Mériam Korichi. Presented by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, FACE Foundation, Onassis Cultural Center, NY and the Ukrainian Institute of America. A NIGHT OF PHILOSOPHY is made possible by The Florence Gould Foundation, Institut Français, PSL Research University, and Centre national des arts plastiques, France. Major support is provided by Air France, Babeth's Feast, Holiday Inn NYC–Lower East Side, and La Rêveuse. Generous support is provided by Columbia University Philosophy Department, The Alliance Program, Institut Jean Nicod, Princeton University, Department of Philosophy at Princeton University, CNRS GDRI PLOCO, École Normale Supérieure-Paris; ENS de
Lyon (Anthropos; Labex COMOD), Centre Atlantique de Philosophie, The City University of New York, University of Maryland, University of California, Riverside, University of Michigan, Residency Unlimited, OFF (Ostrovsky Family Fund), French-American Foundation, Laurence Bernard Gallery, Galerie Aline Vidal, Classic & Vintage, and D'Artagnan. Visual identity by La Rêveuse. READ MORE |
