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SUMMARY:Wicket Leeks
DESCRIPTION:Wicket Leeks \nCurated by Abdul Dube\, Illesha Khandelwal and Will Owen\nAssistant Curator Fiona Mccormac \nJune 22 – July 13 \nExhibition Hours:\nThursday – Sunday 1 – 6 pm\n \nUsing the lenses of food and sports\, Wicket Leeks showcases cooks\, athletes\, researchers\, artists\, coaches\, and makers to help investigate the unsavory histories of nationalist\, religious\, and corporate colonialism in a palatable way\, while not sugar-coating its effects\, in order to help us better digest our present and cook up a healthier future. \nThe title Wicket Leeks refers to the wicket– a part of the equipment for the sport of Cricket spread by the British Empire\, and Leeks– one of the most common and ancient edible plants in the onion family. It is also in reference to WikiLeaks– the international investigative journalism non-profit. \n\nEVENTS\n\nOpening Reception\nJune 22nd\, 6 – 10pm \nA View From Above: The Pre-Game Meal by Nathaniel Sullivan\nTuesday June 25th\, 7:30pm\nEvent is free\, but requires RSVP! \nWicket Leeks / আড্ডা Adda Featuring A Collaborative Beer Brewing Workshop\nThursday June 27th\, 6-11pm \nA conversation and food-based hang out with artists Jess Rolls and Zaid Islam around their 2+ year collaboration around shared histories. \nSpecially Processed American Me: SPAM\, War\, and Cuisine Workshop\nSaturday June 29th\, 1 – 3pm \nOver a communal meal\, artist and playwright Jaime Sunwoo will discuss the history of SPAM\, the canned meat\, in the Asia-Pacific and its connection to war\, class\, imperialism\, and nostalgia. \nWrestling as Ancient and Contemporary Decentralized Sport History\nSaturday June 29th\, 3-4:30pm\nA participatory\, body positive lecture and demonstration.\nParticipation is optional and requires no former knowledge of wrestling. \n– CLOSED July 4th weekend –\n \nFlux Thursday\nJuly 11th\, 7:30 – 10 pm\nPotluck + Wicket Leeks Artist Talks \nDrinking Beer at the End of the World: A Booze Cruise in the Anthroposcene Shane Farrell\nJuly 12th\, 3:00pm-5:30pm \nMeet at the Smith – 9th Street G Station. Look for Death. \n\nFeatured Artists \nEpicurean Endocrinology (Liz Flyntz & Byron Rich)\nFay Sanders\nHande Sever\nJanine Georgette (Hamilton)\nJaime Sunwoo\nJevijoe Vitug\nJordany Geao\nDr. Joshua D. Phillips\nJess Rolls\nJulian Louis Phillips\nKacie Lyn Martinez\nLexy Ho-Tai \nMiss Expanding Universe (Ashley Yang-Thompson)  & Zehra Khan\nNathaniel Sullivan\nNick Whittock\nShane Farrell\nSneha Mehta & Mallika Chandra\nZaid Islam
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SUMMARY:Wicket Leeks আড্ডা / Adda & Collaborative Beer Making Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Wicket Leeks আড্ডা / Adda & Collaborative Beer Making Workshop\nThursday June 27th\n6pm – midnight\nPlease let us know you’re coming on Facebook \nThis event is part of the Exhibition Wicket Leeks\, in the Flux Gallery from June 22nd to July 13th\n \nWicket Leeks আড্ডা / Adda with Jess Rolls and Zaid Islam  \nআড্ডা / Adda is a Bangla word. Its closest translation would be to hangout\, typically with cups of teas\, and can go on for hours without end\, sitting around and talking. During this আড্ডা / Adda we will hear from Jess and Zaid about their 2+ year collaboration exploring the complexities of corporate and national empire explored through the histories of tea\, cricket\, and chilis. \nCollaborative Beer Making Workshop  with Gil Lopez and Jonathan Sims \nA homebrewing beer workshop with both theory and philosophy of collectivity and living cultures. The beermaking workshop will happen concurrently with the Wicket Leeks আড্ডা / Adda. \n  \nRun of Activities\nFLUX GALLERY \nStarting 6pm – throughout\nCollaborative beer Making workshop with Gil Lopez and Jonathan Sims \nStarting 6pm – throughout\nFood tastings: teas\, kheer\, jhal muri\, chanachur\, aloo gobi and eton mess with Leila\, Jess and Zaid \n6pm – 7:30pm\nZaid Islam\, No Appointment Necessary tea and snacks \n6pm – 7:30pm\nJess Rolls\, Open Studio clay-making \n8pm – 8:45pm\nConversation between Zaid Islam and Jess Rolls chaired by Will Owen \n\nFLUX ROOFTOP\nFlux on the Floor\n8pm – 12am\nThese events will be followed by a special edition of Flux on the Floor\, a monthly dance party DJ’d by PlayPlay\, Vinyl Richie + Wicket Leeks guest DJ(s) On the roof*. \n*The Wicket Leeks আড্ডা / Adda and Beer Making workshop will happen in the gallery\, which is wheelchair accessible and has an ADA bathroom\, however\, Flux on the Floor will happen on the roof which is up several flights of stairs. \n\nZaid Islam is a Queens based artist working with exchange economies including snacks and beverages. He is also interested in the requirements around food safety\, and what we do when asked to engage with an “unsafe” food\, investigating ideas of trust and intimacy. Zaid shares his food table\, which offers homemade food and drink\, or items prepared in Bangladesh which the artist carried to New York\, in exchange for a negotiated offer. \nJess Rolls is an independent public art curator and artist with a social practice making in ceramics\, printmaking and painting. At her clay talking-making table Open Studio\, Jess explores food and taste memories with participants to produce ceramic pinch pots and tableware. Alongside\, Jess creates a mixed-media map that moves back and forth along Jess’ family histories and geographies and her experience of moving to New York.. \nGil Lopez is a Community Cultivator\, Artist\, Eco-Educator\, Landscape Designer/Builder and Urban Farmer. Gil is one of the co-founders of Smiling Hogshead Ranch\, an urban farm collective fostering healthy culture and community\, and food and environmental justice in Long Island City. \nJonathan Sims is a New York City based visual artist who originally hails from Texas. His visual arts practice is characterized by brightly colored geometric abstractions and simple\, minimalist symbology that evokes language and universal\, ancient design.
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/wicket-leeks-adda/
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