WHAT’S SHOW AND TELL?

Show and Tell is an on-going multimedia performance-based salon for people committed to creative experimentation; to critical thinking and learning; and to grassroots artistic and social action.

Show and Tell is conceived for those of you who toil away as freelancers or individuals working on the fringe or outside of the corporate mainstream; it is also for those of you who even after a long day of work at your day job—come home and begin a labor of love on a idea or project to which you are committed.

WHAT HAPPENS AT SHOW AND TELL?

If you are a presenter/performer:
You are given the opportunity to show and tell (20 minutes max):
1) A completed performance, project, invention/ OR
2) A future project, a work-in-progress/OR
3) An examination or interpretation of visual and social culture (obviously 1&2 may blur into this category)

Show and Tell provides you with an intimate audience (no more than 35 people will be allowed at each event) where you will receive feedback for your project or idea, and the chance to meet future collaborators or widen your community and fan-base. When you make your presentation you will also have access to a projector, a laptop, and basic sound equipment.

If you are an audience participant:
You are given the opportunity to share in an inspirational experience, think about cool and interesting stuff, and join a community of people who love to learn, experiment, take action, and make things. If you are open-minded, you’ll learn something new while having a good time, and maybe next time, you’ll have something you’re itching to show and tell.

Show and Tell began with six friends invited to a potluck dinner at Ms. Wong’s residence, a spacious warehouse loft in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, in June 2004. By May 2006, up to 40 people were traveling from every borough to participate in Show and Tell and potluck dinner each month.

About Leejone Wong: Well, when I'm not working on my first fiction novel, Show and Tell, and UnfinishedProject, or going over to Fran's to see her Chairman Meow--I impersonate a Lecturer at New York University Tisch School of the Arts. When that happens, I get really into teaching the course called Art in the World, The World Through Art to drama, film, photography, and dance students. The course introduces the fundamentals of reading and interpreting sensory and visual culture, as well as, the techniques and skills of essay writing. My writing has been included in Future Cinema, a collection of essays on the work of international artists in digital and cinematic technology (MIT Press and ZKM).
 
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