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In conjunction with Conflux 2007, New General Catalog presents a project curated by Trong G. Nguyen.

Sunday, September 16, in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Guy Debord’s 1st Situationist International, the gallery will host the Girls of the Third Situ8ionist International Summit (G3SIS). Similar to its G8 and WTO counterparts, this closed-door meeting brings together eight women from the art world who will discuss issues of mutual or global concern and make public their findings and recommendations by the end of the evening. The range of topics includes health, law enforcement, labor, economic and social development, energy, environment, foreign affairs, justice and interior, terrorism, theocracies, and trade.

The eight will consist of artists, curators, critics, and intellectuals who have been challenged to engage creative problem-solving through radical and redefined rules of engagement and present practical solutions to humankind’s most pressing concerns

While no one in New York will actually witness the event, half way across the globe the summit will be broadcast as a radio transmission to Berlin's super bien! (Greenhouse for Contemporary Art) as part of Nguyen's monthlong program there.