Mark your calendars for Flux Factory’s Not-so-silent Annual Art Auction & Gala
Date:
Tuesday, December 20th, 7 pm – 10 pm
Location:
Center 548: 548 West 22nd Street, NYC
Time:
Doors open at 7 pm, with silent bidding until 10 pm
Help us celebrate a colossal year at Flux Factory with a silent auction of over 100 works by artists from our extensive community. We will honor Nato Thompson of Creative Time and Paddy Johnson of Art Fag City for the lasting imprint their work has had on contemporary art. Entertainment provided by our emcee Matt Levy and DJ We Are Architects. Expect light food, libations, music, a timeline of our experimental programming, and a few surprises.
In addition to reveling in the company of innovative artists and bidding in the silent auction, there will be “knock-off” stations where you can commission artists to create an original artwork on demand. “Knock-off” Live Artists include Angela Washko, Daupo, Douglas Paulson, Emily Bunker, Eric Doeringer, Jon Burgerman, and Youjung Byun.
Committee Members: @museumnerd, Anita Durst, Barry Hoggard & James Wagner, Carin Kuoni, Carlo Lamagna, Chen Tamir, Claire Sexton, Deborah Fisher, Doreen Jakob, Ed Woodham, Elaine Bowen, Elizabeth Dee, Ewa Bartos, Hilary Bertisch, Jayne Drost, Julia Kaganskiy, Matthew Higgs, Morgan Meis, Melanie Cohn, Nathalie Anglès, Nick Griffin, Noni Pratt, Nora Gomez, Paul D. Miller, Perry Chen, Rado Petkov, Scott Hirst, Stephen S. Santo, Esq., and Veken Gueyikian.
Participating artists: the silent auction will include artworks by Bo Bartlett, Dana Sherwood, Dasha Shiskin, Ella Kruglyanskaya, Kristian Kozul, Mark Dion, Pablo Helguera, SWOON, The Yes Men, and many others. Click the arrow below to view the entire list. Participating Artists
Participating Artists: Adam Brent, Aida Sehovic, Alex Young, Alison Ward, Andres J. Laracuente, Angela Washko, Ann Hirsch, Anna Lise Jensen, Anne Percoco, Anthony Giannini, Antonio Ortuno, Aya Kakeda, Ben Wolf, Bernard Klevickas, Bo Bartlett, Brendan Coyle, Brian Dettmer, Brindalyn Webster, BroLab, Christopher Domenick, Christopher Robbins, Christopher Shane Heinemeier, Christopher Ulivo, Constance Hockaday, Dana Sherwood, Daniel Bejar, Darren Jones, Dasha Shiskin, Daupo, Derick Melander, Duke Riley, Elizabeth Hamby, Ella Kruglyanskaya, Emcee C.M. Master of None, Emily Stoddart, Eric Doeringer, eteam, Fredericks and Mae, Gabriela Vainsencher, Gae Savannah, Gisela Insuaste, Haley Hughes, Hannah Heilmann, Hatuey Ramos Fermin, Hiroshi Kumagai, Holly Coulis, Hope Ginsburg, Ian Cooper, Janelle Iglesias, Jason David Brown, Jer Thorp, Jesper Aabille, Jesse Bercowetz, Jo Q. Nelson, John Monteith, John Roach, Jonathan Kaiser, Jonathan Zimmerman, Jose Ruiz, Julia Solis, June Kosloff, Kai Vierstra, Karen Chan, Kerry Downey, Kristian Kozul, Las Hermanas Iglesias, Lázaro Valiente, Leonora Retsas, Lisa Iglesias, Lisi Raskin, Lori Field, Louise Barry, Man Bartlett, Manfred Mohr, Marius Watz, Mark Dion, Martina Mrongovius, Mary Mattingly, Matt Bua, Matthew Gribbon, Melissa Brown, Meng Hsuan-Wu, Meridith Pingree, Miatta Kawinzi, Michelle Levy, Miguel Luciano, Mike Hein, Miwa Koizumi, Molly Surno, Museum of Commerce (George Raggett), Nadia Awad, Naoko “Coppi” Kosugi, Natalia Porter, Natalie Beall, Nathaniel Sullivan, Nick Normal, Pablo Helguera, Paula Castro, Pilar Conde, Rachel Bacon, Randi Jorgensen and Katrine Malinovsky, Ranjit Bhatnagar, Richard Haley, Risa Puno, Saira McLaren, Sal Randolph, Sarah Julig, Scott Draves, Sebastien Sanz de Santamaria, Serra Victoria Bothwell Fels, Sunita Prasad, SWOON, The Yes Men, Theresa Marchetta, Tod Seelie, Tova Carlin, Vanessa Cronan, Ward Shelley, Wieteke Heldens, Yana Dimitrova, Yeni Mao, Yunmee Kyong, among others.
Purchase Tax-Deductible Tickets Today!
I Love Flux
$50.00 individual ticket
General Admission
Look At Me, I’m a VIP
$125.00 individual ticket
Receive one auction ticket, limited edition silk screen print by former Flux Artist-in-Residence Man Bartlett, and extreme appreciation from Fluxers.
Greatest Love of All
$500 pair of tickets
Receive two auction tickets, limited edition artwork by Man Bartlett, recognition at the event for your generous contribution, and a private dinner with Fluxers in 2012.
Tickets can also be purchased by check to:
Flux Factory
39-31 29th Street
Long Island City, NY 11101
If you have any questions or would like to participate, please email auction@fluxfactory.org
Flux Factory’s 2011 Not-So-Silent Auction & Gala is supported by our sponsors, with an especially generous donation from our main sponsor, AT&T.
Conversations are casual, but interviewing someone takes skill. It doesn’t have to be intimidating and you don’t have to be a journalist to interview like one. Whether you’re a scientist, criminal sleuth, student, or professional networking at a party, you’ll learn how to ask anyone for information in this workshop taught by writer Pauline Pechin.
Pauline Pechin is a freelance journalist and the editor of All That We’ve Met, a blog and weekly interview series on the Nonsense list. Her work has appeared in publications like the Village Voice, BlackBook Magazine and New York’s Daily Intel.
This class is a beginner to intermediate workshop. Students will receive study materials and homework prior to class. Please come prepared for fun conversation.
Students may sign up via the Skillshare website here. Class fee is $15.
November 10th, 8pm+
Join us for Flux Thursday, our monthly potluck dinner and art salon! Dinner starts at 8 in the kitchen, and then around 9:30 we’ll head to the gallery for an all past and present Fluxer presentation.
Nick Normal will present about Proto-Gonzo, a special program based on collaboration, interdisciplinarity and experiment, a three-week residency in July 2011 for 6 artists. Alex Wolkowicz will discuss her projects at Art in Odd Places, ISE Cultural Foundation, and MarinArt that have coincided with her Flux artist residency. Jesper Aabille will talk about art, food, and his latest work Egg Frying Log. Douglas Paulson and Gretta Louw will collaborate on a combination live feed/live action performance that will be part of Louw’s project in Berlin, Controlling_Connectivity. Residency Unlimited/Flux Factory resident Karol Radziszewski will discuss his recent work.
Flux Factory has been awarded the DIVA grant by the Danish Arts Council to create a site-specific installation at Spanien 19C in Aarhus, Denmark! In spring, 2012, eight artists will create a temporary Consulate of Flux Factory titled The Infamous and Only Somewhat Ambassadorial Outpost of the Semi-Legitimate Nation of Flux.
We will construct a miniature version of our space within the gallery as a representation of ourselves on foreign soil while inhabiting and space and performing “business as usual,” and in doing so exploring the nature of cultural exchange and mutual pedagogy.
November 11th, 7 pm – 1 am
Something NEW is coming. Brace yourself!
Please join us for the launch of New York’s newest entertainment magazine. The launch party promises to be a great evening for networking and celebrating fashion, style, music and everything entertainment-related. No one knows the name of the magazine, as the name will be revealed at the launch event. Be among the first to know – be a part of history!
Music, light fare, and libations will be provided.
View the Facebook event page here. RSVP to elitepr.nyc@gmail.com.
The event is organized by current Flux Artist-in-Residence Lawman Lynch, a grant recipient of the Edward and Salley Van Lier Fund of The New York Community Trust.
Step right up! Come one! Come all! To the fabulous emporium of delights!
Flux Factory invites you to submit a proposal for Banquet for America, a 3-week long experiment in building a utopian village. We’re looking for builders, chefs, sideshow barkers, and performers to construct and inhabit our town within a gallery, complete with a theater, banquet hall, specialized shops, and more.
Each week the village will celebrate with a banquet. The preparation of food and ritual of communal eating has been enormously formative in shaping American culture. Banquet for America will explore food as a way to gain a deeper awareness of oneself within a larger community. Different chef/artists manage the hall, from the food to servers, performances, and structural installation. Each weekend will revolve around a cohesive theme, determined by the host; ideas include the classic German beer hall, the year 1928, and the ubiquitous American diner.
Banquet for America is a response to the decline of the traditional town structure in the face of box stores, malls, and chain restaurants. These structures attempt to replace the commercial enterprises of the traditional downtown district, and in doing so, subvert the viability of family-owned businesses. These changes are more visible in small towns, where change is more tangible, but are of vital importance to the larger economy and the fabric of the nation.
Selected artists will be requested to build the structures of Banquet for America from reclaimed materials, and occupy their booths for the duration of the project. They will interact with the public and produce an array of inventory, luring in visitors with their handmade goods.
The exhibition will be on display from February 3 – 12, 2012, with the opening reception on Friday, February 3, a special Flux Thursday on Thursday, February 9, and a closing banquet on Sunday, February 12. Installation will be from January 26 – February 2.
Send entries to Georgia@fluxfactory.org by 5 pm EST on November 15. Artists will be notified by December 1.
Interested parties should submit:
I.) A brief letter explaining your motivation for taking part in this project (250 words). Please title your document in this format: LAST NAME_FIRST NAME_LETTER.PDF).
II.) A short project proposal (500 words). Please include any applicable sketches, designs, brief texts describing the project, instructions, etc. in JPG, or PDF format (or as a website).
III) Documentation of previous work that connects directly with the project you are submitting, maximum 2 pages.
-Or- 5 images in JPEG of PDF format only. Maximum 72 dpi. Please title your document in this format: LAST NAME_FIRST NAME_IMAGE#).
-Or- 5 minutes of video. (Please send a URL/link to your video work, no DVDs will be accepted.)
IV) Resumé or bio (Maximum 2 pages. Titled LAST NAME_FIRST NAME_BIO.PDF).
If you have any questions, please email Georgia[at]fluxfactory[dot]org.
Come on down to support the Habitable Spaces project. The evening will feature a colorful mix of bands, djs, performance artists, and of course – tacos and tasty cocktails. A silent art auction will be held throughout the night.
The Habitable Spaces project is a series of visionary structures that will be built in rural Texas. It will stretch the notion of sculpture, livable space, and “home” by incorporating a self-sustaining approach to every aspect of living, building, and creating.
The combination of art and self-sustainability will merge together as the artists live off the land and experience how everyday life affects artistic practice. Harvesting and producing food will spill into collaborative ideas within each artist’s habitable space creating a larger dynamic installation piece that changes and flows with its inhabitants and community throughout the seasons.
The Habitable Space project is organized by current Flux Artists-in-Residence Alison Ward and Shane Heinemeier.
Karol Radziszewski lives and works in Warsaw, Poland where he received his MFA from the Academy of Fine Arts in 2004. A multimedia artist, painter, author of installations, photographs, videos and interdisciplinary projects. Publisher and editor-in-chief of “DIK Fagazine”. In his work, he questions the neo-avant-garde tradition and the stereotypes present in contemporary culture.
Radziszewski has exhibited at institutions including The National Museum in Warsaw; Zacheta – National Gallery of Art, Warsaw; Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna; Museum Of Contemporary Art Vojvodina, Novi Sad; Muzeum Sztuki in Lodz; The National Brukenthal Museum, Sibiu; Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig; CCA Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw; 4 Prague Biennale; New York Photo Festival; Bat-Yam International Biennale of Landscape Urbanism; Biennale of Young Artists, Tallinn; Real Art Ways, Hartford; New Museum, New York; Cobra Museum, Amsterdam. Karol Radziszewski’s residency functions within the framework of the Residency Unlimited/Flux Factory partnership and is made possible with support from the Polish Cultural Institute, New York.
Meg Keys is not only the Managing Director at Flux Factory but is also our in-house pinata maker. She is the founder of Llaves Designs, a full service pinata making company and has a diverse background in development for both non-profits and corporations alike working as a grant writer to event coordinator to marketing professional.
Part of Congress of Collectives, Collaborative Means brings together a series of artists working both collaboratively and collectively, relying on cooperative strategies for the realization of ambitious projects. Artists included have practices that exist on the streets of densely populated cities, on Twitter, on boats, at factory parties, in video works and films, and in a variety of academic, DIY, and artistic institutions. Through talks, screenings, and live performances, artists in Collaborative Means will be addressing the notion of ownership in collaborations, how to unify masses, audience as collaborators, and the distinction between working as a collaboration and as a collective.
Viewers can expect to participate in a performance by gorgeousTaps and the Reality Show, see collectively-produced video works, built objects and performance documentation from Flux Factory and Madagascar Institute, and experience presentations by artists who have abandoned or expanded traditional alone-in-the-studio artist practices. This event is organized by Angela Washko in conjunction with Congress of the Collectives at Flux Factory. Participating artists include: Man Bartlett, Genevieve Belleveau aka gorgeousTaps, Flux Factory, Jaime Iglehart,Madagascar Institute, Oleg Mavromati and Boryana Rossa, Jeff Stark, and Angela Washko.
