From 2010–2016, Elastic City produced over 130 new sets of participatory walks, talks, ways and performances by over 100 artists.

2010:
Elastic City launched with a walk in Orangeburg, New York and monthly promotional stints at Brooklyn Flea. Eleven artists led walks through New York City, with one set of walks in Buenos Aires. Elastic City formed its first partnership with Residency Unlimited.

2011:
Twenty-one artists led walks throughout New York City, with one walk in São Paulo and a fifty-six hour walk by Niegel Smith that flew from New York to Detroit. Students from Pratt Institute began leading walks as part of their course, "The Walk as Poem" by Todd Shalom. In September 2011, Elastic City was cartooned in a two-page feature by Roz Chast in The New Yorker.

2012:
Elastic City started its educational program, consisting of artist-led participatory workshops (a.k.a. "ways"). Twenty-eight artists led walks and ways throughout New York City, with sets of walks in San Francisco, Berlin, Buenos Aires, Paris, and Reykjavik. Elastic City ramped up its partnerships with organizations -- 2012 partners included: Friends of the High Line, Museum of the City of New York and Printed Matter. Elastic City became a 501(c)(3)non-profit organization.

2013:
Twenty artists led walks and ways throughout New York City, with sets of walks in Wilmington, Mexico City, Montreal and Tokyo. Elastic City launched its poetic activist arm, Willing Participant with support from The New Museum's Education Department. Willing Participant whips up urgent poetic responses to crazy shit that happens. Elastic City held its first-ever in-person benefit with 150 attendees at EFA Project Space. Elastic City received commissions from various organizations and institutions, including: Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation, The Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, The Museum of Modern Art, The New Museum, Performance Space 122, Prelude Festival, River to River Festival and Stanford University.

2014:
First-ever free 12 day New York City-based participatory walk festival in September. We featured walks by ten artists throughout New York City and four talks on the walk form co-presented by Pratt Institute’s MFA in Writing. Elastic City received commissions from various organizations and institutions, including: Brooklyn Museum and Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP). Throughout the year, we also produced a series of artist-led ways.

2015:
Six-week free festival in New York City featuring walks by eight artists, four talks re-framing the 'artist talk,' and four ways. The talks were developed during our Process Space residency in spring with Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. We debuted a scored, participatory performance at The Invisible Dog Art Center and were commissioned for a new walk by deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum. Two Elastic City walks were featured in Group Efforts: Changing Public Space, edited by Gavin Browning (Columbia University GSAPP Books on Architecture).

2016:
Our final three-week free festival throughout New York City featured walks by seven artists/groups. "The Last Walk" was given seven times over two days in Prospect Park and featured cameo appearances by past walk artists.

2019:
A book detailing artists' prompts from Elastic City walks along with a guide for creating your own participatory walks was released.

Elastic City was directed by Todd Shalom. He realized the idea while suffering from altitude sickness in Cusco, Peru.

Thanks:

Thanks to all the artists who have led walks, talks and/or ways with Elastic City: Adam Weinert, Aki Sasamoto, Alexis Petty, Amichai Lau-Lavie, Andrea Polli, Andrea Williams, Andrés Andreani, Andrew Beccone, Andrew Mount, Andrew Zarou, Anna Azrieli, Anne Percoco, Anthony Goicolea, Aseman Sabet, Ayesha Jordan, Becca Blackwell, Ben Weber, Betsey Biggs, Caleb Hammons, Chiara Bernasconi, Cristian Carracedo, Daniel Neumann, Edmund Mooney, Einat Manoff, Emily Tepper, Erin Markey, Eve Mosher, Felipe Meres, Freddie Scelsa, Hayal Pozanti, Isabella Bruno, Jacob Gaboury, Jeffrey Hogrefe, Jillian Steinhauer, John Dixon, Jon Cotner, Jose de Diego, Josely Carvalho, Juan Betancurth, Julian Fleisher, K.J. Holmes, Kamomi Solidum, Karen Finley, Kate Colby, Kate Scelsa, Kristin Geneve Young, Leandro Tartaglia, Lee Sunday Evans, Leon Fleisher, LoVid, luciana achugar, Lynn Marie Kirby, Maria Chavez, Matt Green, Matthew Jensen, Matthew Radune, Michel Groisman, Michelle Boulé, Miguel Gutierrez, Mimi Lien, Moira Williams, MoMA workshop participants, N.D. Austin, Nancy Nowacek, Neil Freeman, Neil Goldberg, Niegel Smith, Nina Katchadourian, Nisan Almog Haymian, Office of Recuperative Strategies (featuring Christian Hawkey & Rachel Levitsky), Okwui Okpokwasili, Pamela Z, Pratt Institute students, Riley Hooker, Robert Mauksch, Ryan Tracy, Sarah Owens, Sarah Schulman, Shawn Shafner, Stephen Winter, Tania Bruguera and Mujeres en Movimiento, The Alpine Rooster (Dannielle Tegeder & Pablo Helguera), Todd Shalom, Tomaz Hipólito, Tracie Morris, Vadis Turner, Veit Stratmann, Vin Scelsa, Violet Overn, Wayne Koestenbaum, and Xavier Acarin

Thanks to individual supporters! Thanks to institutional supporters: Asylum Arts, Brooklyn Museum, Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP), Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Geary Contemporary, The Lily Auchincloss Foundation, Pratt Institute’s MFA in Writing, and The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with The City Council Thanks to all the partner institutions who helped produce and/or present the work: The Abrons Art Center, Aerial Arts, American Realness, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn Flea, Brooklyn Museum, California College of the Arts, Clark Gallery (Montreal), Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation, Consulate General of Spain in New York, The Container (Tokyo), deCordova Sculpture Park & Museum, The Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, EFA Project Space, The Flea Theater, Friends of the High Line, Geary Contemporary, Gibney Dance, The Invisible Dog Art Center, JACK, Lab/Shul, Le Petit Versailles, The Library at the Public, Museum of the City of New York, The Museum of Modern Art, The New Museum, NY Art Book Fair, Open House NY, Performance Space 122, The Poetry Project, Pratt Institute MFA in Writing, Prelude Festival, Printed Matter, Reanimation Library, Residency Unlimited, River to River Festival, San Francisco Arts Commission, SculptureCenter, Staten Island Museum, Sunview Luncheonette, Times Square Arts, UnionDocs, Urban Design Week, Visual AIDS, Wave Hill, White Spider (Mexico City), and The Wild Project

Thanks to all the press that featured Elastic City: American Theater Magazine, Artforum, Artinfo, Artnet, ARTPHAIRE, Artslant, Bedford + Bowery (New York Magazine), Bookforum, Boston Globe, Brokelyn, Brooklyn (The Borough), Brooklyn Based, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn Rail, Capital New York, City Arts, Clarín (Argentina), Culturebot, The Dance Enthusiast, Downtown Express, The Economist, Extended Play, Financial Times, France 24, Gothamist, Group Efforts: Changing Public Space, The Hairpin, Hyperallergic, KQED, L Magazine, Le Devoir (Montreal), Metro NY, Michigan Quarterly Review, New York Daily News, The New Yorker, New York Post, New York Press, New York Theater, New York Times, Next Magazine, Odyssey Works, Out Magazine, Radical History Review, San Francisco Bay Guardian, Staten Island Advance, Teatro Independiente La Plata Argentina, Tedx Fort Greene Salon, Theater Magazine, Thirteen/WNET Sunday Arts, Time Out New York, Toronto Star, Untapped Cities, Urban Omnibus, Village Voice, The Wall Street Journal, and WNYC

Thanks to Elastic City’s Board of Directors: Ben Weber, Heather Janoff Johnson, John DeCicco, Niegel Smith, Nora Hennessy, Peter Shankman (2014-16), Robert Mauksch (2010-11)

Staff:
Director/Founder: Todd Shalom
Associate Artistic Director (2015-16): Niegel Smith
Production Manager (2015-16): Carla Kasumi
Coordinator (2012-13): Caitlin Ruttle
Emissaries (2010-16): Algirdas Sabaliauskas, Amélie Hoffmann, Angel Jiang, Anna Firth, Ariel Rivera, Carla Kasumi, Courtney Surmanek, Jen Plaskowitz, Keith Paul Medelis, Nick Robles, Pauline Bourgogne, Vanessa Cuervo Forero

Design:
Original Elastic City Identity & Design (2010-11): Russell Austin, Luis Bravo & Agi Morawska
EC Design (2012-13): Riley Hooker
EC Design (2014-15) & Willing Participant: Asad Pervaiz
EC Design (2016): Agi Morawska

Publicity (2010-16): Blake Zidell & Associates

Videography (2011-16): Danya Abt
Videography (2011): Xavier Marrades

Web development (Elastic City): Benjamin Haas
Web development (Willing Participant): Alexander Gutierrez

To see all things Elastic City, please visit: http://www.elastic-city.org