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SUMMARY:OPEN CALL: RUB
DESCRIPTION:Major Exhibition Open Call: RUB\nDeadline: Friday\, September 27th\, 11:59pm EST\nExhibition Dates: November 20th – December 15th\nCurated by: An-An Chen\, Cayla Lockwood\, Lulu Meng\, J Triangular\, and  Terrill Warrenburg \n*APPLY HERE* \nHow can artists communicate the necessary points of view and ideas in today’s world as a marginalized person? How can art change an oppressive society? \nRUB is\nan independent publication\nan exhibition at Flux Factory\nan invitation to collaborate\, learn and build community \n*APPLY HERE* \nOur curatorial team invites artists to submit works and proposals for RUB\, an upcoming Exhibition at Flux Factory in Queens\, NY. This one-month show will feature works of art that include\, but are not limited to: Drawings\, Collages\, Paintings\, Photography\, Poems\, Quotes\, Lists\, Printed materials\, Queer stories\, Performances and Video\, Sounds and New Media. \nRUB is centered around two major themes:\n1. NOW-WAVE: an evolution of the avant-garde\, NOW-WAVE is an expansion of cross-cultural\ncounterculture that has evolved to further break boundaries. DIY cultural productions of an\nalternative nature. Being an artist of the NOW WAVE implies being a catalyst to transform society. \n2. GRAPHIC ACTIVISM: (activism grafico): Artists with a special sensitivity for printed matter art and\npublishing as practice in order to communicate necessary points of view in today’s age to resist\nstructures of oppression in today’s society. Artists that use language in the processes of resistance. \nWorks of art will be mounted throughout the 1300 square foot gallery space in a playful fashion echoing\nRUB\, the publication and the inspiration for the show. Additionally\, there will be a constructed “reading\nroom” featuring zines from around the world as well as a number of programming events\, educational\nworkshops and more. \n*Please note this exhibition will have a strong focus on NYC-based artists. Queer\, POC\, and other marginalized artists/ groups/collectives are encouraged to apply. Artists will receive a stipend for participation. \nSUBMISSION GUIDELINES\n● By clicking on the “Apply” link\, you will be asked to send us examples of your work\n○ Visual artists: 4 images of your work\n○ Poets and Writers: 3 samples of their pieces\n○ Video Artists (2 videos – 5 minutes max\, each)\n○ or a Proposal / Idea / Collaboration\n● Additionally\, you will be asked to submit an artist statement (maximum 250 words)\, and answer how your art relates to one or both of the themes (listed above).\n● You will not be asked to upload a CV\, but feel free to add a link to your website\, if applicable. \n*APPLY HERE* \nFlux Factory is able to provide media\, audio\, and other materials. Please let us know if you have special needs. All artists will be expected to install and de-install their own work unless they have contacted us in advance. \nIf you have any questions\, please email RUB@fluxfactory.org \nFlux Factory\, This location is wheelchair accessible. Attendees are expected to adhere to our safer space policy\, which is posted throughout the space.
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/open-call-rub/
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SUMMARY:Amir Badawi and Maria Lulu Varona: Works in Thread
DESCRIPTION:Amir Badawi and Maria Lulu Varona: Works in Thread\nSeptember 27th to October 6th\nFree and Open to the Public \nOpen Hours:\nThursday – Sunday\, 1 – 6pm\nOpening Reception\nSeptember 27th\, 7 – 10pm \nThank you to our beer sponsor Big aLICe Brewing!! \nFlux Factory presents an exhibition of works by two current Artists-in-Residence\, Amir Badawi and María Lulu Varona. Each uses colorful embroidery thread to arrive at radically different ends. A quiet medium\, both in its delicacy and in the time it takes to produce an object from tiny strands\, it is a material that encourages deep looking. \nPuerto Rican artist\, María Lulu Varona works with a cross-stitch technique to produce short narratives\, done in an 8-bit style referencing classic video games and comic strips. Made of cotton thread and Aida cloth\, each work is made up of between three and 23 frames and is presented as a scroll\, table cloth or on clothes. \nVarona employs a sensitive curiosity to address themes of becoming\, transformation and human relations with our environment. She sees space and color as her main instruments for story telling; color as character and essence. These are works of love\, and in the meditative silent process of making them\, she finds comfort to think\, feel and envision possible futures. \nAmir Badawi‘s work on the other hand uses the language of abstraction to elicit contemplation and play; referencing the aesthetic lineage of Lee Bontecou\, Ernesto Neto\, Senga Nengudi\, and Roberto Matta. Made of thin metal wire and rods\, meticulously wrapped with cotton thread\, Badawi’s compositions are slight and airy\, and often seem to float against a white background. Playing with negative space\, and by using directed lights\, the sculptures make shadows that extend and double the compositions\, which shift and change as the viewer moves through the gallery. \nBadawi takes inspiration from nature\, mathematics\, and the background noise of every day life.  His artistic process is driven by improvisation and non-verbal thinking\, allowing an exploration of material to weave together with trains-of-thought to produce otherworldly skeletons\, plants\, micro-organisms and other tendrils of imagination.
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/works-in-thread/
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