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THE FIFTH PLACE

A ROOM WITH NEW RULES

The Fifth Place is an absurdist behavioral experiment disguised as a party – a nightspace for antic joy, experimental communication, and self-mutating interactions. 

When you enter The Fifth Place, you arrive alone. You're individually assigned new rules, designed to scramble and recompose your encounters with a carefully curated group of strangers. 

Attendance is free. Manhattan location disclosed to participants.

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ABOUT

Founded in 2023, The Fifth Place was created to explore the limits of social behavior through invented architectures of interaction and higher forms of irrationality. Each gathering is shaped by a behavioral design of custom rules, roles, and linguistic distortions — developed by the Director of Behavior in collaboration with invited artists, writers, psychologists, and others. Events unfold inside selected Manhattan spaces — often without the venue’s awareness.

Director of Behavior: Michael Portnoy

Inquiries: director@thefifthplace.org

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