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The Prompt is a conceptual social club under the influence of Futurist Variety Theater. Sessions held nightly November 11-15, 2009. Cues and propositions are offered each night in the form of conversation pieces, rules, performances and soundtracks, transforming this destination into a pressure cooker for ideas and intimacies. Curated by Kunstverein. November 13th session: RULES: Michael Portnoy CONVERSATION PIECE: The Bruce High Quality Foundation FILM: Marianne Vitale, Sylvie Fleury PERFORMANCES: Joan Juliet Buck, Patrick Cleandenim, Joseph Grigely, Cassie Terman, Benjamin Heller CURATORS/HOSTS: Michael Portnoy, Sarina Basta, Mary Rinebold, Jamie Hook -- shot & edited by Emily Chen

Jeff Crouse and Aaron Meyers present The World Series of 'Tubing at Eyebeam. An augmented reality card game, players compete against one another by selecting and presenting their "best" YouTube video clips. The audience then choose their favorite videos with a cleverly conceived audience response system using laser pointers. By blurring the distinctions between performer, audience, and participant, their work builds upon the inherent qualities of shared culture as it exists online. shot & edited by Emily Chen

Felicia Ballos and Amy Granat are both founding members of Cinema Zero in Brooklyn. Granat has worked on the restoration of the films of Maya Deren and has presented her films in New York and Europe. Ballos trained with Trisha Brown and Min Tanaka and has danced with Yvonne Rainer. Both have ties to extreme underground music. Curated by Liutauras Psibilskis. shot & edited by Emily Chen

Dragan Živadinov, Dunja Zupančič , and Miha Turšič take the audience on a 50 hour journey through the concepts of "theatre in zero-gravity", at Eyebeam. shot & edited by Emily Chen

A conceptual social club under the influence of Futurist Variety Theater, cues and propositions are offered each night in the form of conversation pieces, rules, performances and soundtracks, transforming this destination into a pressure cooker for ideas and intimacies.

For designer Martí Guixé, the word “mealing” describes the act of eating a meal, as well as the social concept of a relational meal. Mealing is a three-hour performance and meal-in-motion for approximately 80 people. Participants will be given ceramic glasses with “edible microsnacks” adhered to their surface and instructions for eating them while performing small gestures that will require each person to interact with their fellow diners. shot & edited by Emily Chen

How, why, and when did my child become an artist? The goal of this social interaction is not to solve this mystery, but rather to explore the generational move backward as a creative forward-looking exercise. Darius Miksys presents this conversation between parents of artists, hosted at e-flux project space. Curated by Raimundas Malasauskas, with production support by Sarah Demeuse. Special thanks to PERFORMA's Defne Ayas. shot & edited by Emily Chen

Israeli visual artist Cytter’s first evening-length theatrical production combines dance, video, and music to tell the story of liberal activist John Webber and graphic designer Linda Schultz, who are each unexpectedly transformed into the opposite sex in a performance that uses the artist’s trademark “kitchen-sink existentialism” to wittily address the frustrations and confines of social roles.

The artist will present a special lecture on the history of art in the Grand Gallery of the Tilden Mansion, home of the National Arts Club.