Please join us for the opening performances of Shared Grounds, co-presented by Flux Factory and Finnish Cultural Institute in New York (FCINY) in Hunter’s Point South Park, featuring five newly commissioned performances by Carmen Baltzar, Kastehelmi Korpijaakko, Jodie Lyn-Kee-Chow, Jemila MacEwan, and Lotta Petronella — three Finnish artists and two New York-based Flux Factory artists. Performances take place from 3:00 – 8:00 PM and we warmly welcome you to an afters event at Flux IV, 8:00 pm ’til late!

Shared Grounds is curated by Elina Suoyrjö (FCINY) and Meghana Karnik (Flux Factory). For more information on the exhibition, visit Shared Grounds.

OPENING PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE

• 3:00 – 3:30 pm
  Lotta Petronella, sparrows & mystics 
  Location: Luminescence Sculpture (Center Blvd, between 54th & 55th Aves)
  
  A choir with neighbors of Hunter’s Point
  
• 3:45 – 4:15 pm
  Kastehelmi Korpijaakko, Negotiation (an attempt)
  Location: Salt Marsh in Hunter’s Point South Extension (Center Blvd, between 55th & 56th Aves)
  
  A press conference on the waterfront
  
• 4:30 – 5:00 pm
  Carmen Baltzar, nothing to be seen (a closed practice), accompanied by Sandy Williams IV
  Location: Backyard of Flux IV (56-21 2nd St) — audience views from public walkway behind venue
  
  when a child passes on young, a sapling can be planted in the place of their burial. this way, it’s possible to continue visiting your child and watch them grow. this is a burial event. 
  
• 5:15 – 6:00 pm
  Jemila MacEwan, ZERO//THE BIRTH OF VENIS with live music by ExquisiteCorp
  Location: Hunter’s Point South Kayak Ramp (near 2nd St & 56th Ave)
  
  A microbial awakening
  A eukaryotic extinction
  A molecular revenge
  
• 6:15 – 8:00 pm
  Jodie Lyn-Kee-Chow, Picnic: Harvest of the Soft Sweet Sound
  Location: The Park of Barnie in Hunter’s Point South Extension (near Center Blvd, between 55th & 56th Aves)
  Cast: Leopoldo Bloom, Justin Sterling, Fitzmore Prince Codogan, Vidho Lorville, Trasonia Abbott, Hsiao-Chu (Julia) Hsia, Gabriella Bornstein, Ronit Levin Delgado, Anna Ting Möller, and Rose Malenfant
  
  A procession-cum-picnic performance
  

Accessibility: All performances take place in Hunter’s Point South Park (Center Blvd, south of 54th Avenue). The closest subway station is the Vernon-Jackson stop on the 7 (purple) line. The nearest ferry stop is on the East River Ferry to Hunter’s Point South Park. There are public restrooms next door to Flux IV (56-21 2nd Street, LIC) and by the East River ferry stop.