BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Flux Factory - ECPv6.17.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Flux Factory X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Flux Factory REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230219T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230219T140000 DTSTAMP:20231023T183349Z CREATED:20230214T213546Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231023T183349Z UID:31949-1676811600-1676815200@www.fluxfactory.org SUMMARY:The Autonomous Artist - An Artist Talk with Yon Mi Kim & Ariel Mercado DESCRIPTION:An Artist Talk with Yon Mi Kim & Ariel Mercado\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nAn afternoon conversation with Yon Mi Kim and Ariel Mercado two of the founding members of The Salon a New York City based cooperative. \n\n\n\nJoin us on Sunday February 19th for an afternoon conversation with Yon Mi Kim and Ariel Mercado two of the founding members of The Salon a New York City based cooperative comprised of working class artists of color. Together they will discuss the content of their featured work within the “The Voice of Many\, The Voice of One: Collective Actions for Resistance and Mutual Aid” show and the urgency of The Salon’s “The Autonomous Artist Manifesto” co-written together.  \n\n\n\nThe afternoon discussion will answer “what role does arts criticism play in creating a more equitable art world?”\, “in what ways does collectivizing support the survival of working class artists of color?” and “What effect does ontological warfare have on continued cultural production? How does contemporary artists combat it?” \n\n\n\nAriel Mercado is a Queer Black Nuyorican conceptual artist from the Bronx who explores the intersections of poetry and visual arts. Their work centers around the domestic space\, transcendental psychology\, consciousness\, the diaspora and ontology. They utilize ritual/performance work to highlight the responsibilities of audiences to artists\, consent\, and trust.  \n\n\n\nTheir work as a program designer & arts administrator is an extension of their arts practice.  \n\n\n\nYon Mi Kim is a first-generation Korean-American artist\, writer\, and educator from Queens\, NY. She uses photography\, sculpture\, poetry\, and installation to explore ideas around domesticity\, family\, memory\, and trauma – weaving together the chasm between intimacy and alienation; love and grief. \n\n\n\nRSVPs to this event on Eventbrite URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/the-autonomous-artist-an-artist-talk-with-yon-mi-kim-ariel-mercado/ LOCATION:The Clemente Center\, 107 Suffolk Street\, Manhattan CATEGORIES:Homepage Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.fluxfactory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Autonomous-Artists-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230204T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230204T140000 DTSTAMP:20231020T163520Z CREATED:20230202T191801Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231020T163520Z UID:31934-1675515600-1675519200@www.fluxfactory.org SUMMARY:Chrysalis Kali: Pay Salutation DESCRIPTION:Join us for an artist talk and performance with Caroline Garcia and the Chrysalis Kali Collective.  \n\n\n\nPay Salutation is a somatic exploration of Kali – the national martial art of the Philippines\, also known as Arnis/Escrima/Eskrima. It is a system that emphasizes weapon-based fighting with sticks\, knives\, bladed weapons\, and various improvised weapons\, as well as “open hand” techniques. \n\n\n\nThis performance opens up a deeper dive into the potentials of Kali when one is not operating in the reactive modes of fight\, flight\, or freeze. It offers slowness as an aesthetic platform for somatic curiosity and assessment\, as well as offensive drills and combinations to demonstrate the importance of repetition and practice\, all useful techniques in the spectrum of healing collective trauma. \n\n\n\nPerformed by members of the Chrysalis Kali Collective (including Katrina Cabanban\, Caroline Garcia\, Kimberly Tate\, and founder\, Kristen Cabildo)\, they define themselves as “a group of Filipina/x women redefining power\, reclaiming ancestral wisdom\, and restoring resilience through the practice of Kali\, Filipino Martial Arts.”  \n\n\n\nThe program will start at 1:00PM with a 15 min performance followed by a conversation between Caroline Garcia\, the Chrysalis Kali Collective members and curator Natalia Nakazawa.  \n\n\n\nPerformers: Caroline Garcia\, Kristen Cabildo\, Katrina Cabanban\, Kimberly Tate \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRSVP for the event on Eventbrite URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/chrysalis-kali-pay-salutation/ LOCATION:The Clemente Center\, 107 Suffolk Street\, Manhattan CATEGORIES:Homepage Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.fluxfactory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/photo_2023-02-02-2.10.53-ПП.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230128T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230128T150000 DTSTAMP:20231023T183238Z CREATED:20230126T202748Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231023T183238Z UID:31925-1674910800-1674918000@www.fluxfactory.org SUMMARY:Ceremony: Self-Care for Collective Liberation by Rebecca KellyG DESCRIPTION:Ceremony is a an interactive sound experience for releasing limitations and cultivating inner abundance. \n\n\n\nIn this workshop we will start to disentangle from the ideas of “self” given to us by the oppressive systems we live within and begin tapping into our own gold. Through live soundscapes\, self-reflection\, and intuitive movement\, we access our bodies and imagination in order to act on purpose\, serve our collective in our fullest integrity\, and joyfully step into the sun.  \n\n\n\nNo materials are needed\, but feel free to bring supplies to write/draw with\, if that supports your process of integrating information. For more confort you are encourage to bring your own mats\, towels and pillows.  \n\n\n\nRebecca KellyG is a sound artist\, equity strategist\, and facilitator supporting individuals and groups to challenge oppressive conditioned beliefs\, embrace accountability\, and cultivate self-love for our personal and collective liberation. Rebecca weaves intricate vocal harmonies and percussive sounds to create meditative soundscapes\, which are often accompanied with story-telling and affirmations in a unique blend of public speaking and performance. As a former civil rights attorney\, Rebecca’s approach is informed by experience in structural and institutional advocacy and understanding of oppression. As an artist and facilitator\, her methods are led by heart\, inquiry\, and intuitive communication. With over a decade of experience in the arts and social change\, she engages in this work through workshops\, immersive sound experiences\, consulting\, and retreats. Connect with Rebecca at www.rebeccakellyg.com\, on Instagram @rebeccakelly_g\, or through her sounds available on all streaming platforms.  \n\n\n\nThis program is part of the current exhibition in our LES gallery The Voice of Many\, The Voice of One: Collective Actions for Resistance and Mutual Aid \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRSVP to this event on Eventbrite URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/ceremony-self-care-for-collective-liberation-by-rebecca-kellyg/ LOCATION:The Clemente Center\, 107 Suffolk Street\, Manhattan CATEGORIES:Homepage Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.fluxfactory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Ceremony-Self-Care-for-Collective-Liberation-by-Rebecca-KellyG.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230119T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230119T200000 DTSTAMP:20240116T172102Z CREATED:20230104T230148Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240116T172102Z UID:31887-1674151200-1674158400@www.fluxfactory.org SUMMARY:The Voice of Many\, The Voice of One: Collective Actions for Resistance and Mutual Aid DESCRIPTION:Public Closing: Sunday\, February 26\, 2023 \n\n\n\nLES Gallery \n\n\n\nCurated by Haiba Hamilton and Natalia Nakazawa  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nThe Clemente and The Flux Factory Rhizome Project present visionary work from a range of artists working in and through collective action\, creating solidarity networks that facilitate different ways of being with one another. We asked the artists to respond to the following set of questions: How\, as a collective\, do you center the work of building and sustaining communities? In what ways does your collective support others to surThrive? How have you activated creativity in your world? Who are the people of your collective and community? \n\n\n\nThis exhibition will include works from collectives: The Salon / DayonesArt Collective / and The Chrysalis Kali Collective\, including artists: \n\n\n\nYVETTE MOLINA CAROLINE GARCIA DANAE HOWARD / Artschoolscammer DENNIS REDMOON MAKEBA RAINEY YANNI YOUNG AnAkA RHONDA L. HAYNES ARIEL MERCADO NAOMI MOMOH YON MI KIM MELIKA DAVE HECTOR GOMEZ DOUGLASS HENRY ANDINA OSORIO \n\n\n\nMeet the Artists \n\n\n\nYvette Molina is a Mexican-American artist focused on the relationship between justice and caring. Her work incorporates processional banners\, ritual\, storytelling\, costumes\, action figures\, collage\, and painting. Current projects include New Pantheon\, a series of reimagined gods born to confront the world’s challenges\, and Big Bang Votive\, a communal storytelling project where participants are invited to share a personal story of love or delight. Yvette memorializes each story with a painted symbol on a starry backdrop to create an expanding constellation of our collective joy and love.  \n\n\n\nYvette has exhibited across the US and internationally at venues such as the Stockholm Fringe Festival\, the American Embassies in Uruguay and Latvia\, Brattleboro Museum in Vermont\, the Visual Art Center of New Jersey\, Arsenal Contemporary\, Spring Break Art Show\, NADA Art Fair\, and the Legion of Honor and de Young Museums of California as an AIR awardee. Other residency fellowships include the Vermont Studio Center\, Jentel Foundation\, UC Berkeley Worth Ryder Gallery\, and the Edward F. Albee Foundation. Born in Kansas City\, Yvette currently splits her time between Oakland\, CA and Brooklyn\, NY.  https://www.yvettemolina.com/ \n\n\n\nAriel Mercado is a concept-based artist\, independent arts educator\, founder and lead programmer for The Salon. arielmercado.art \n\n\n\nMelika Davé is a multimedia artist and organizer working in the realms of audio\, poetry\, painting and design. offeringrain.com \n\n\n\nHector Gomez is an interdisciplinary artist working with photography\, photogrammetry\, binary code and weaving. Hectorgomez.net \n\n\n\nNaomi Momoh is a Fiber artist working in sculpture\, textile and furniture.  \n\n\n\nDouglass Henry is an interdisciplinary artist working in dance\, sculpture\, and animation. douglasshenry.com/ \n\n\n\nYon Mi Kim is an artist who works with photography\, sculpture\, poetry\, and installation to explore ideas around domesticity\, family\, memory\, and trauma. yonmikim.com \n\n\n\nAndina Marie Osorio is a photography based artist who uses her practice to examine family lineage and lived experiences as a Nuyorican to investigate the duality inherent within matriarchy and its relationship to domestic space. andinamarie.com \n\n\n\nRhonnda Haynes is an executive producer/co-producer\, director and writer for the award-winning  documentary  film “Bringin’ In Da Spirit.”  She has garnered nearly 30 years of experience in the technical aspects of film and television production. She has worked behind the scenes on productions\, such as The Cosby Show\, Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?\, MTV\, the John McEnroe Talk Show for CNBC as well as independent features and short films. \n\n\n\nThrough the alchemy of intention\, AnAkA’s multimedia practice reconnects the Self to ancient wisdoms severed from personal and collective bloodlines. Since 2012\, AnAkA has cultivated an ethnographic project entitled AKTIV8: an original archive of photos\, films\, music\, dance\, tattoos and herbal creations. AKTIV8 is created with the intention to document and strengthen the heartbeat of the Afro Indigenous movements\, practices and rituals of our current time. In order to share and exchange this cultivation of sacred wisdom\, AKTIV8 archive presents itself as shapeshifting experiential portals: a physical space woven with AKTIV8 sounds\, movement and visuals. \n\n\n\nDenae Howard is A Brooklyn-based Conceptual artist\, educator\, curator and advisor. At the moment she is solely a collaborative artist. Working with her cooperative #Dayonesart and other Black creatives invested in making work that forces necessary conversation. Her work is a coded-guide that promotes discussions that reveal the similarities and differences in the way individuals’ experience systems. Her practice stems from a need to create space and conversation around the systems that govern our natural existence. As a visual artist and contributor to culture she feels it is imperative to create art that reflects cognitive\, emotional and social pedagogy. Her works are re-appropriations of negative archetypes and stereotypes to reclaim and transcend positive meaning for Black people. But also re-imaginings of the limitless opportunities of Black Existence. \n\n\n\nDennis RedMoon Darkeem is inspired to create artwork based on the familiar objects he views through his daily travels. He discovers elements in existing architecture and among everyday items found within the home. Darkeem ultimately set out to express a meaningful story about events in his life and the lives of people in the communities where he lives and works. Darkeem utilizes multiple mediums in his work. This creates a rich viewer experience as the eye uncovers the multiple layers. Dennis was the 2020 Black Utopian Fellow. \n\n\n\nYanni Young is a Black\, queer\, multi-disciplinary artist born and raised in Harlem\, NYC. For two years Yanni had a podcast called “Soul Rebel Podcast” centering Black artists\, healers\, and grassroots organizers\, allowing them to speak on their work and their life journey that led to where they are in the present. Yanni is the 2022- 2023 Black Utopian Fellow. \n\n\n\nMakeba Rainy is a self-taught artist from Harlem best known for her digital collage portraits of contemporary and historical Black icons. Makeba an internationally-exhibited artist\, a 2017 Create Change Fellow with the Laundromat Project\, a 2018 member of Vox Populi gallery in Philadelphia\, a 2018 CFEVA Fellow\, a 2018 Season III NARS resident Artist\, and an Absolut Art artist. Makeba is also the Co-Founder for #DayonesArt \n\n\n\nCOLLECTIVE DESCRIPTIONS: \n\n\n\nThe Salon was founded in 2019 as a crit group for working class artists of color using an originally developed crit model. Its function has been to provide nuanced feedback (from peers) in order to combat implicit bias within criticism in institutional spaces and its resulting effect on cultural production. Through their “salon style” critiques participants practice the politics of seeing/experiencing in order to support their peers in becoming confident and autonomous cultural engineers. \n\n\n\nSince its founding The Salon has experimented with various forms of organization and programming in order to support the practice of its participants. Currently The Salon is an artist cooperative with six(6) core members developing programs that are utilized by their respective networks and the public. \n\n\n\nThe Chrysalis Kali Collective is a group for Filipina/x women (and non-binary folk) to explore Filipino Martial Arts (Kali) as an empowering mind/body/spirit practice. In our group\, we delve into how historical trauma impacts our physical\, mental\, emotional\, and spiritual health from a global perspective down to the cellular level. We unpack what it means to “decolonize\,” but we don’t stay stuck here. We bear witness to our struggles\, but we also celebrate our resilience. We question dominant paradigms and let go of what isn’t working for us any more. We deeply listen to our bodies as sacred guides to help us navigate life. We make space for emerging potential. \n\n\n\nThe sole purpose of #DayOnesArt is to promote and support independent artists coming out of urban meccas. Through collaboration we generate a bridge to further growth within our shared communities. We are a collective of working Artists and Cultural Consultants – here as an amenity. We are project developers who serve Artists and Creative leaders with intention building – establishing cultural equity and resilience within Institutions and Corporate entities. We began with pop-ups and now have created outreach in the form of our fellowship “BUF”.The Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center Inc. is a Puerto Rican/Latinx multi-arts cultural institution that has demonstrated a broad-minded cultural vision and inclusive philosophy rooted in NYC’s Lower East Side/Loisaida. While focused on the cultivation\, presentation\, and preservation of Puerto Rican and Latinx culture\, we are equally committed to a multi-ethnic / international latitude\, determined to operate in a polyphonic manner that provides affordable working space and venues to artists\, small arts organizations\, emergent and independent community producers that reflect the cultural diversity of the LES and our City. \n\n\n\nThe Flux Factory Rhizome Project is a commitment to give intentional space to Black voices\, and provide a platform for Black narratives by offering the support needed to help these narratives thrive and evolve. The Rhizome Project is an evolving entity. As it grows\, we will add programs focused on professional development and other forms of support. We commit to listening to the leadership of Black artists with an ongoing commitment both economically and through action. Many roots support the plant. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nRSVP to Attend the Public Opening URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/the-voice-of-many-the-voice-of-one-collective-actions-for-resistance-and-mutual-aid/ LOCATION:The Clemente Center\, 107 Suffolk Street\, Manhattan CATEGORIES:Homepage Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.fluxfactory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Voice.of_.Many_.flier_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230115T003000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230115T170000 DTSTAMP:20240116T172218Z CREATED:20230111T182619Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240116T172218Z UID:31905-1673742600-1673802000@www.fluxfactory.org SUMMARY:Soft Opening: The Voice of Many\, The Voice of One: Collective Actions for Resistance and Mutual Aid DESCRIPTION:You’re invited to the Soft Opening and Artist Reception on Sunday\, January 15th: \n\n\n\n12:30 – 2 pm: There will be food and Yvette Molina’s volcano dress activation  \n\n\n\n2 – 4 pm: The Art of Land panel with MoMA PS1 (all are welcome) \n\n\n\n4 – 5 pm: Beverages served and more time to just meet one another \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nLES Gallery is open 10 – 6pm\, 7 days a week. \n\n\n\nCurated by Haiba Hamilton and Natalia Nakazawa  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nThe Clemente and The Flux Factory Rhizome Project present visionary work from a range of artists working in and through collective action\, creating solidarity networks that facilitate different ways of being with one another. We asked the artists to respond to the following set of questions: How\, as a collective\, do you center the work of building and sustaining communities? In what ways does your collective support others to surThrive?  How have you activated creativity in your world? Who are the people of your collective and community? \n\n\n\nFrom 12:30-2pm\, join artist Yvette Molina for an activation of her open experience work Volcano Goddess Outfit. \n\n\n\nMeet the Artists \n\n\n\nYvette Molina is a Mexican-American artist focused on the relationship between justice and caring. Her work incorporates processional banners\, ritual\, storytelling\, costumes\, action figures\, collage\, and painting. Current projects include New Pantheon\, a series of reimagined gods born to confront the world’s challenges\, and Big Bang Votive\, a communal storytelling project where participants are invited to share a personal story of love or delight. Yvette memorializes each story with a painted symbol on a starry backdrop to create an expanding constellation of our collective joy and love.  \n\n\n\nYvette has exhibited across the US and internationally at venues such as the Stockholm Fringe Festival\, the American Embassies in Uruguay and Latvia\, Brattleboro Museum in Vermont\, the Visual Art Center of New Jersey\, Arsenal Contemporary\, Spring Break Art Show\, NADA Art Fair\, and the Legion of Honor and de Young Museums of California as an AIR awardee. Other residency fellowships include the Vermont Studio Center\, Jentel Foundation\, UC Berkeley Worth Ryder Gallery\, and the Edward F. Albee Foundation. Born in Kansas City\, Yvette currently splits her time between Oakland\, CA and Brooklyn\, NY.  https://www.yvettemolina.com/ \n\n\n\nAriel Mercado is a concept-based artist\, independent arts educator\, founder and lead programmer for The Salon. arielmercado.art \n\n\n\nMelika Davé is a multimedia artist and organizer working in the realms of audio\, poetry\, painting and design. offeringrain.com \n\n\n\nHector Gomez is an interdisciplinary artist working with photography\, photogrammetry\, binary code and weaving. Hectorgomez.net \n\n\n\nNaomi Momoh is a Fiber artist working in sculpture\, textile and furniture.  \n\n\n\nDouglass Henry is an interdisciplinary artist working in dance\, sculpture\, and animation. douglasshenry.com/ \n\n\n\nYon Mi Kim is an artist who works with photography\, sculpture\, poetry\, and installation to explore ideas around domesticity\, family\, memory\, and trauma. yonmikim.com \n\n\n\nAndina Marie Osorio is a photography based artist who uses her practice to examine family lineage and lived experiences as a Nuyorican to investigate the duality inherent within matriarchy and its relationship to domestic space. andinamarie.com \n\n\n\nRhonnda Haynes is an executive producer/co-producer\, director and writer for the award-winning  documentary  film “Bringin’ In Da Spirit.”  She has garnered nearly 30 years of experience in the technical aspects of film and television production. She has worked behind the scenes on productions\, such as The Cosby Show\, Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?\, MTV\, the John McEnroe Talk Show for CNBC as well as independent features and short films. \n\n\n\nThrough the alchemy of intention\, AnAkA’s multimedia practice reconnects the Self to ancient wisdoms severed from personal and collective bloodlines. Since 2012\, AnAkA has cultivated an ethnographic project entitled AKTIV8: an original archive of photos\, films\, music\, dance\, tattoos and herbal creations. AKTIV8 is created with the intention to document and strengthen the heartbeat of the Afro Indigenous movements\, practices and rituals of our current time. In order to share and exchange this cultivation of sacred wisdom\, AKTIV8 archive presents itself as shapeshifting experiential portals: a physical space woven with AKTIV8 sounds\, movement and visuals. \n\n\n\nDenae Howard is A Brooklyn-based Conceptual artist\, educator\, curator and advisor. At the moment she is solely a collaborative artist. Working with her cooperative #Dayonesart and other Black creatives invested in making work that forces necessary conversation. Her work is a coded-guide that promotes discussions that reveal the similarities and differences in the way individuals’ experience systems. Her practice stems from a need to create space and conversation around the systems that govern our natural existence. As a visual artist and contributor to culture she feels it is imperative to create art that reflects cognitive\, emotional and social pedagogy. Her works are re-appropriations of negative archetypes and stereotypes to reclaim and transcend positive meaning for Black people. But also re-imaginings of the limitless opportunities of Black Existence. \n\n\n\nDennis RedMoon Darkeem is inspired to create artwork based on the familiar objects he views through his daily travels. He discovers elements in existing architecture and among everyday items found within the home. Darkeem ultimately set out to express a meaningful story about events in his life and the lives of people in the communities where he lives and works. Darkeem utilizes multiple mediums in his work. This creates a rich viewer experience as the eye uncovers the multiple layers. Dennis was the 2020 Black Utopian Fellow. \n\n\n\nYanni Young is a Black\, queer\, multi-disciplinary artist born and raised in Harlem\, NYC. For two years Yanni had a podcast called “Soul Rebel Podcast” centering Black artists\, healers\, and grassroots organizers\, allowing them to speak on their work and their life journey that led to where they are in the present. Yanni is the 2022- 2023 Black Utopian Fellow. \n\n\n\nMakeba Rainy is a self-taught artist from Harlem best known for her digital collage portraits of contemporary and historical Black icons. Makeba an internationally-exhibited artist\, a 2017 Create Change Fellow with the Laundromat Project\, a 2018 member of Vox Populi gallery in Philadelphia\, a 2018 CFEVA Fellow\, a 2018 Season III NARS resident Artist\, and an Absolut Art artist. Makeba is also the Co-Founder for #DayonesArt \n\n\n\nCOLLECTIVE DESCRIPTIONS: \n\n\n\nThe Salon was founded in 2019 as a crit group for working class artists of color using an originally developed crit model. Its function has been to provide nuanced feedback (from peers) in order to combat implicit bias within criticism in institutional spaces and its resulting effect on cultural production. Through their “salon style” critiques participants practice the politics of seeing/experiencing in order to support their peers in becoming confident and autonomous cultural engineers. \n\n\n\nSince its founding The Salon has experimented with various forms of organization and programming in order to support the practice of its participants. Currently The Salon is an artist cooperative with six(6) core members developing programs that are utilized by their respective networks and the public.  \n\n\n\nThe Chrysalis Kali Collective is a group for Filipina/x women (and non-binary folk) to explore Filipino Martial Arts (Kali) as an empowering mind/body/spirit practice. In our group\, we delve into how historical trauma impacts our physical\, mental\, emotional\, and spiritual health from a global perspective down to the cellular level. We unpack what it means to “decolonize\,” but we don’t stay stuck here. We bear witness to our struggles\, but we also celebrate our resilience. We question dominant paradigms and let go of what isn’t working for us any more. We deeply listen to our bodies as sacred guides to help us navigate life. We make space for emerging potential. \n\n\n\nThe sole purpose of #DayOnesArt is to promote and support independent artists coming out of urban meccas. Through collaboration we generate a bridge to further growth within our shared communities. We are a collective of working Artists and Cultural Consultants – here as an amenity. We are project developers who serve Artists and Creative leaders with intention building – establishing cultural equity and resilience within Institutions and Corporate entities. We began with pop-ups and now have created outreach in the form of our fellowship “BUF”.The Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center Inc. is a Puerto Rican/Latinx multi-arts cultural institution that has demonstrated a broad-minded cultural vision and inclusive philosophy rooted in NYC’s Lower East Side/Loisaida. While focused on the cultivation\, presentation\, and preservation of Puerto Rican and Latinx culture\, we are equally committed to a multi-ethnic / international latitude\, determined to operate in a polyphonic manner that provides affordable working space and venues to artists\, small arts organizations\, emergent and independent community producers that reflect the cultural diversity of the LES and our City. \n\n\n\nThe Flux Factory Rhizome Project is a commitment to give intentional space to Black voices\, and provide a platform for Black narratives by offering the support needed to help these narratives thrive and evolve. The Rhizome Project is an evolving entity. As it grows\, we will add programs focused on professional development and other forms of support. We commit to listening to the leadership of Black artists with an ongoing commitment both economically and through action. Many roots support the plant. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nSoft Opening / Artist Reception: 1 – 5 pm\, Sunday\, January 15\, 2023 \n\n\n\nRSVP to Attend the Soft Opening. Feel free to invite friends and fam. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nThere is also another public opening on Thursday\, January 19th\, 6 – 8pm. \n\n\n\nPublic Closing: Sunday\, February 26\, 2023 URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/soft-opening-the-voice-of-many-the-voice-of-one-collective-actions-for-resistance-and-mutual-aid/ LOCATION:The Clemente Center\, 107 Suffolk Street\, Manhattan CATEGORIES:Homepage Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.fluxfactory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Voice.of_.Many_.flier_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221029T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221029T170000 DTSTAMP:20231023T183843Z CREATED:20221011T162533Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231023T183843Z UID:31604-1667055600-1667062800@www.fluxfactory.org SUMMARY:Spooky Sound Effect Community Orchestra DESCRIPTION:Join us in playing a spooky sound composition live!  \n\n\n\nWe will have various instruments\, objects\, and microphones set up to create our own live haunted house soundtrack for Colonels Row on Governors Island! Everyone of all ages are welcome to participate in creating sound effects. \n\n\n\nThis durational performance will feature live synthesizer performances by will owen and Eugene Lew with many special guests! \n\n\n\nWe plan to be performing outdoors with everyone\, but in case of inclimate weather we will move inside. Hot cocoa and cider provided.   \n\n\n\nWill owen originally from North Carolina\, US is an artist\, composer\, and curator currently based in Philadelphia\, PA. Will works mainly with Sound\, Sculpture\, and Food. Will loves to collaborate and either solo or in collaboration has exhibited internationally in China\, France\, Iceland\, Freetown Christiania\, Wales\, Pakistan\, and most recently in ARoS Public part of the ARoS Museum in Denmark in the summer of 2022 with Flux Factory. \n\n\n\n@weeowie \n\n\n\nRSVPs on Facebook on this event URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/spooky-sound-effect-community-orchestra/ LOCATION:Governors Island\, Colonels Row House 404A CATEGORIES:Homepage Events,Welcome to Flux Island Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.fluxfactory.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Flux-Saturday-Flier-instagram.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221022T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221030T170000 DTSTAMP:20231023T183527Z CREATED:20221020T201800Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231023T183527Z UID:31646-1666440000-1667149200@www.fluxfactory.org SUMMARY:Double Foreign New Zealand Chinese Kitchen DESCRIPTION:Weekends 12-5 pm \n\n\n\nOctober 22-23 \n\n\n\nOctober 29-30 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAn installation by Li-Ming Hu \n\n\n\nPart of the Mama’s Augmented Reality exhibition series\, where artists are asked to create/interpret their mother’s kitchens as they exist in memory with whatever materials they have at their disposal. Curated by Eleni Zaharopolous. \n\n\n\nLi-Ming Hu hails from Aotearoa New Zealand\, where her parents landed in the 70s\, from Singapore and Taiwan\, where their parents in turn\, had fled to from China due to war and other awfulness. Her parents prioritized cultural assimilation\, so she was not taught any of the Chinese languages\, or introduced to many elements of the cultures they were brought up in. This approach extended less to food\, so the kitchen was a place to be (kind-of) Chinese\, to make dishes whose names she could not pronounce\, with ingredients out of packages she could not read\, while also learning to bake out of the Edmonds Cookery Book. \n\n\n\nRSVPs on Facebook on this event URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/double-foreign-new-zealand-chinese-kitchen/ LOCATION:Governors Island\, Colonels Row House 404A CATEGORIES:Homepage Events,Welcome to Flux Island Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.fluxfactory.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Double-Foreign-NZ-Chinese-Kitchen-Li-Ming-Hu.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221022T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221030T170000 DTSTAMP:20231023T183741Z CREATED:20221020T200156Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231023T183741Z UID:31643-1666440000-1667149200@www.fluxfactory.org SUMMARY:UltraViolet Archive (Censorship is Spooky) DESCRIPTION:Christina Freeman\, UltraVioletArchive\n\n\n\nOctober 21-23\, October 29-30\,12-5pm \n\n\n\nUltraViolet Archive is a nomadic collection of endangered creative works including films\, graphic novels\, music\, literature\, visual and performing arts that were banned\, challenged\, or partially censored.  \n\n\n\nThe Flux Island installation will feature a Halloween-themed collection of frequently censored works. \n\n\n\nVisitors are invited to conduct research using the reference materials provided and recommend additional works to expand the archive. 
 \n\n\n\nThis event is free and open to the public. \n\n\n\nChristina Freeman (she/her) is an artist and curator based in Brooklyn. Her participatory installation\, UltraViolet Archive was exhibited in the Queens International Volumes (Queens Museum)\, with mentions in Artforum and Vulture. She is a 2022 Bronx Museum AIM Fellow. Her projects have received support from Creative Time (2019)\, Culture Push (2018-2019)\, National Coalition Against Censorship (2018-2019)\, Danish Arts Foundation (2018)\, and Red House\, Sofia\, Bulgaria (2012). Her previous residencies include: ARoS Public\, Aarhus\, Denmark; Flux Factory\, Queens\, NY; and SOMA\, Mexico City. As part of ABC No Rio’s Visual Arts Collective\, Christina organizes exhibitions in noncommercial spaces in NYC.  \n\n\n\nwww.christinafreeman.net/ \n\n\n\n@freeman_christina \n\n\n\nRSVPs on Facebook on this event URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/ultraviolet-archive-censorship-is-spooky/ LOCATION:Governors Island\, Colonels Row House 404A CATEGORIES:Homepage Events,Welcome to Flux Island Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.fluxfactory.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/01_Christina_Freeman_UltraVioletArchive.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221021T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221023T170000 DTSTAMP:20231023T184205Z CREATED:20221003T211609Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231023T184205Z UID:31586-1666346400-1666544400@www.fluxfactory.org SUMMARY:Flux Treasure Island DESCRIPTION:Hours:10am-5pm Friday & Weekends \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nFlux Treasure Island is an island-wide scavenger hunt\, taking place over Friday October 21 through Sunday October 23. Artworks will be hidden all across Governors Island in secret unexpected locations. \n\n\n\nStrange nooks\, wooded groves\, long-disused forts: anywhere! \n\n\n\nCryptic clues on a treasure map will guide visitors to their destinations. Works will include site-specific sculpture\, performance\, video\, AR\, and more. They might respond to the local area and its history\, or maybe they will play with viewer’s perceptions. Some pieces will only be visible at certain times\, so everyone’s experience will be different. \n\n\n\nAdditionally\, we’ll have performances by different artists. Treasure Island is a bit of a last hurrah before Flux Factory’s collective residency closes at the end of October. \n\n\n\nCome to Flux HQ at 404a Colonels Row and pick up a treasure map. From there\, the island is yours to explore. Remember: unless an artist says otherwise\, look with your eyes\, not so much with your hands! \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nCurated by Georgia Muenster \n\n\n\nParticipants: \n\n\n\nItala Aguilera\, Sally Beauty Twin\, Ranjit Bhatnagar\, Yen Yen Chou\, Thea Cohen\, Julie Evanoff\, Gui.dance\, Dew Igworia\, Ryan Oskin\, Magnus Pind\, John Pugh XI\, Theda Sandiford\, Sabrina Sims & Jeong Lee\, Zachary Sun\, Hannah Lutz Winkler & Katy Brett\, and Andrew Yoon \n\n\n\nThe Center for Psychic Technology – John Pugh XI  \n\n\n\nRSVPs on Facebook on this event URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/flux-treasure-island/ LOCATION:Governors Island\, Colonels Row House 404A CATEGORIES:Homepage Events,Welcome to Flux Island Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.fluxfactory.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Treasure-Island-PR-Image-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221016T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221016T160000 DTSTAMP:20221011T150553Z CREATED:20221011T145131Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221011T150553Z UID:31591-1665928800-1665936000@www.fluxfactory.org SUMMARY:Conflict / Resolution DESCRIPTION:image by Lee Tusman\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nAn event at Harvestworks on Governor’s Island\, focusing on sound art and new media works-in-progress from the Flux Factory community. We will consider how being part of a group of socially engaged artists working as a collective contributes to the development of creative technology practices. \n\n\n\nRoopa Vasudevan \n\n\n\n“Slow Response” is an ongoing series in which I laboriously attempt to render working quick response (QR) codes through a variety of materials\, methods\, and configurations. In each code\, I attempt to re-create a process that is typically done within milliseconds by computational systems; the techniques I use take much\, much longer than that.Unlike computer-generated codes — and maybe contrary to the intent of the format — the QR codes I create are fickle\, inconsistent and do not always scan. They also often contain technical imperfections due to distractions\, miscounting/miscalculating\, and other errors that can only be described as human.The series\, as a whole\, addresses the ubiquity of these digital artifacts that never quite seem to fit within everyday life or appeal to our aesthetic standards\, yet have so quickly engendered automatic responses and expectations from those who regularly use mobile devices.  \n\n\n\nimage by Roopa Vasudevan\n\n\n\nDario Mohr \n\n\n\nThis is a recorded conversation regarding the spiritual practices of West Africa that I had with brothers from Nigeria that I traveled across West Africa with. This took place during a personalized tour with Ucomeafrik tour company. It was an honest conversation I had as a First Generation Grenadian\, U.S. citizen\, visiting West Africa (Ghana\, Benin\, Togo and Nigeria) to learn about my Akan and Ga tribal ancestry. I would consider myself agnostic with pantheist beliefs\, and they (Confidence and Evans) practice a version of Christianity with some Vodun beliefs. I struggled to find videos\, podcasts and articles online answering the questions that I had regarding ancestral West African spirituality\, and found this to be an important conversation. My hopes are that it answers some questions and that people of African descent may have but don’t have the opportunity to ask about. I was blessed to have had the opportunity to meet these men and hope that it expands other’s understanding of West African spiritual practices.  \n\n\n\nLee Tusman \n\n\n\nDuring the pandemic I have been creating experimental interactive autobiographical stories presented within game engines\, websites or computer operating systems. These works use my own drawings\, audio recordings and writing\, stitched together with custom software I write that makes them ‘playable’ in a manner similar to a video game in an attempt to create new forms of poesis and personal narrative. Despite my emphasis on writing code\, my background in zinemaking\, collage and electronic music production drive the aesthetic in ways that feel more beholden to DIY arts cultures than the current crop of Machine Learning-driven artworks.In my current body of work I am designing autonomous generative systems to present abstract narratives\, dream diaries\, and new unfolding simulations. In these works\, a story is presented non-linearly. They appear as abstract animated stories where even I the creator are uncertain what may happen next. There is a tension in these two different ways of working between finding new and surprising narratives and the ‘authentic’ and personal\, and a risk of algorithms to produce ‘sameness’ that permeates most AI-driven artworks.  \n\n\n\nAmelia Marzec \n\n\n\nAll That Is Seen And Unseen examines the relationship of queerness and Catholicism within the Central/Eastern European diaspora. It includes a series of sculptures based on roadside shrines\, such that one would find in liminal spaces where people need to feel protected\, like at the edge of a marsh. Ironically\, these are often situated in rural areas of Poland that are present-day LGBT-free zones. The sculptures contain an electronic communication system which broadcasts stories collected from the community. I also include software for projection mapping\, where imagery based on traditional Slavic papercutting techniques is generated and projected onto churches. The images depict women’s bodies\, weapons\, and pre-Christian symbols.  \n\n\n\nHeidi Neilson \n\n\n\nRemote Magnetometer is a quasi-replica of an actual magnetometer scientific instrument on the NOAA-NASA geostationary weather satellite GOES-16. Remote Magnetometer is in a sense paired with the actual magnetometer instrument in near-real time\, expressing here on earth the data collected by the satellite instrument in orbit.The satellites we place in Earth’s orbit are in essence our robot avatars—we experience alien\, deadly\, distant orbital space through their sensor-based eyes\, ears\, and skin. This project is intended to convey the reality and activity of a particular sensor instrument aboard an operational satellite to have a way of directly sensing-by-proxy what it detects: the energy of the Sun and its interaction with the Earth’s protective magnetosphere. The project mission is to inspire an appreciation for infrastructure systems we rely on and the protective nature of Earth as a whole for life. \n\n\n\nimage by Heidi Neilson\n\n\n\nFull artists Bios are here \n\n\n\nRSVPs on Facebook on the event URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/conflict-resolution/ LOCATION:Governors Island\, Nolan Park\, Building 10a CATEGORIES:Homepage Events,Welcome to Flux Island Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.fluxfactory.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/lee_tusman_image.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220924T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220924T170000 DTSTAMP:20220920T154734Z CREATED:20220916T220926Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220920T154734Z UID:31558-1664028000-1664038800@www.fluxfactory.org SUMMARY:September Flux Saturday: Help Wanted! DESCRIPTION:Performance by Kahori Kamiya 3-5 pmScreening performances by Brendan Fernandes\, and Jevijoe Vitug & Maureen Catbagan as the Abang-guard Duo (Performances will be on loop) 3-5 pmPoetry by Alyssa Andrews\n\n\n\nHelp Wanted! Features the screening of performances by Brendan Fernandes\, and Jevijoe Vitug & Maureen Catbagan as the Abang-guard Duo\, poetry by Alyssa Andrews and in situ performance by Kahori Kamiya. \n\n\n\nThis project explores the invisibility of immigrant domestic workers by analyzing the relationship between dominance and resistance\, their social isolation\, and how they organize in solidarity. How is it possible to reflect on migrant workers as both a commodity and as an essential labor force? Domestic workers are part of an invisible community rejected by society for different reasons\, such as their ethnicity\, and their social and immigration status. This category of work includes but is not limited to nannies\, cleaning services\, direct caretakers\, doormen\, gardeners\, maids\, and security guards\, among other activities. \n\n\n\nHelp Wanted! centers domestic workers and how they fortify themselves in an unjust and unequal system by inciting resistance and solidarity. Domestic workers are the focal point to be seen\, heard\, and appreciated. They are portrayed as a vital element in the labor market.  \n\n\n\nSeptember Flux Thursday is the first of a series of events organized by curator Emireth Herrera\, in which she invites participants to discuss the resilience and empowerment necessary for domestic workers to navigate their roles in a capitalist labor force.  \n\n\n\n3:00 pm – 4:30 pm Performance by Kahori Kamiya  \n\n\n\nKahori Kamiya Performance\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n3:00 – 5:00 pm Screening: Performances by Brendan Fernandes\, and Jevijoe Vitug & Maureen Catbagan as the Abang-guard Duo (Performances will be on loop)  \n\n\n\nThis event is free and open to the public. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nBios: \n\n\n\nBrendan Fernandes (b. 1979\, Nairobi\, Kenya) is an internationally recognized Canadian artist  working at the intersection of dance and visual arts. Currently based out of Chicago\, Brendan’s  projects address issues of race\, queer culture\, migration\, protest and other forms of collective  movement. Always looking to create new spaces and new forms of agency\, Brendan’s projects  take on hybrid forms: part Ballet\, part queer dance hall\, part political protest…always rooted in  collaboration and fostering solidarity. Brendan is a graduate of the Whitney Independent Study  Program (2007) and a recipient of a Robert Rauschenberg Fellowship (2014). In 2010\, he was  shortlisted for the Sobey Art Award\, and is the recipient of a prestigious 2017 Canada Council  New Chapters grant. Brendan is also the recipient of the Artadia Award (2019)\, a Smithsonian  Artist Research Fellowship (2020) and a Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation grant (2019). His  projects have shown at the 2019 Whitney Biennial (New York); the Solomon R. Guggenheim  Museum (New York); the Museum of Modern Art (New York); The Getty Museum (Los Angeles);  the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa); MAC (Montreal); among a great many others. He is  currently Assistant Professor at Northwestern University and represented by Monique Meloche  Gallery in Chicago. Recent and upcoming projects include performances and solo presentations  at the Noguchi Museum\, New York\, NY; The Richmond Art  Gallery\, Richmond\, BC; The National Gallery of Canada and new commissions with The DR Vocal Ensemble\, Copenhagen\, Denmark and a new dance performance with Munch Museum\, Oslo\, Norway. \n\n\n\nKahori Kamiya makes art to heal human trauma. All of her works are visceral and rooted in her memories and experiences. Using diverse materials and hybrid techniques she explores opposing themes of suffering and healing. \n\n\n\nKamiya was born in Nagoya\, Japan and moved to New York\, where she received her second MFA in Fine Art from the School of Visual Arts. She is a recipient of the Face mask Award from Hudson Valley MOCA in 2020\, the ISCP Residency Program (upcoming) in 2021\, and Puffin Foundation Grant in 2022. Recently her works are featured by Art Spiel (Art Review)\,  WMHT Public Media TV\, and Ever Emerging Magazine. \n\n\n\nKamiya has been participating in both national as well as international exhibitions including Woodstock Artists Association Museum in NY\, Amos Eno Gallery in Brooklyn\, Van Der Plas Gallery in NY\, Oculus Westfield World Trade Center in NY\, Carrie Able Gallery in Brooklyn\, DIY Cultures in London\, Prospect Gallery in Australia\, Dumbo Arts Festival in Brooklyn\, the 14th Media Art Biennale Alternative Now in Poland\, and Pärnu International Film & Video Festival in Estonia. \n\n\n\nEmireth Herrera Valdés (b. Saltillo\, Mexico) is an independent curator and writer based in New York City. Herrera’s curatorial and writing practice reflects her commitment to socially-engaged projects and the contextualization of issues of migration\, mobility\, dislocation\, refugees\, and indigenous culture within the development of Latin and American art. Herrera has curated exhibitions at Queens Museum\, Flux Factory in NYC\, the Sinaloa Museum of Art in Mexico\, and the Institute of Fine Arts\, NYU. Her articles have been published by Arte Fuse\, Brooklyn Rail\, VISTAS by ISLAA\, and LAR magazine. \n\n\n\nThe Abang-guard duo is a collaboration between New York-based Filipinx artists Maureen Catbagan and Jevijoe Vitug. Utilizing avant-garde concepts and practices\, they visibilize hidden and forgotten histories of labor and migration while infusing their personal narratives with humor and wit as museum workers. They have exhibited and performed in New York\, San Francisco\, Denmark and Philippines which include Daydreamer’s Manifestation at Socrates Park\, NY (2019)\, Abang-guard Manifesto at PS 122 Gallery\, NY\, Abang-guard Work Habits at ARoS Museum\, Denmark (2018)\, Geary Contemporary\, NY (2019)\, UP Vargas Museum\, Philippines (2019)\, San Francisco Art Institute\, CA (2021)\, and Center for Book Arts\, NY (2021). \n\n\n\nAlyssa Andrews (b.1993\, Reno\, NV) is a multidisciplinary artist originally from the American Southwest. Through sculpture\, drawing\, performative installations\, film photography and poetry she explores the identity of the human form and its relation to the natural environment. She has worked as an artist\, art educator and ceramic fabricator in Tucson\, Arizona\, New York City and Miami\, FL. She currently lives and works in Miami\, Fl. \n\n\n\n RSVP on Facebook for this event URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/september-flux-saturday-help-wanted/ LOCATION:Governors Island\, Colonels Row House 404A CATEGORIES:Homepage Events,Welcome to Flux Island Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.fluxfactory.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Clean-Labour-Brendan-Fernandes-Photo-by-Chester-Toye.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220910T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220910T220000 DTSTAMP:20220830T162101Z CREATED:20220824T132825Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220830T162101Z UID:31408-1662825600-1662847200@www.fluxfactory.org SUMMARY:Newtown Odyssey Public Workshop DESCRIPTION:In conjunction with our ongoing Creekworthy series of events on and around the Newtown Creek\, Flux Factory is happy collaborate with Newtown Odyssey and the Newtown Creek Alliance. Join early for a shore cleanup\, with Newtown Odyssey’s waterborne opera at 6:30 – with Flux hosting an afterparty with live DJs and refreshments. \n\n\n\nSchedule of events:4-6 shore cleanup with NCA6:30-7:30 GIA/GUIDE Public workshop with Newtown Odyssey8-? Afterparty at Plank Road Public Shoreline with Flux Factory \n\n\n\nThis public workshop by Newtown Odyssey presents two scenes from the upcoming floating opera Newtown Odyssey\, a collaborative project with Marie Lorenz (artist)\, Dana Spiotta (writer)\, Kurt Rohde (musician)\, with support from the Newtown Creek Alliance. The workshop will feature singer Charlotte Mundy\, singer/horn player Kyra Sims\, and percussionist Josh Perry\, with an additional performance element by Melissa Brown. \n\n\n\nThe workshop builds on their Summer 2022 performance in Riverside Park as part of Re:Growth Riverside. This year\, we bring together two contrasting scenes from Spiotta’s libretto: The Tour Guides and The Creek Being. In Sept. 2023\, the full opera will be produced on moving vessels at Plank Road.  \n\n\n\nNewtown Creek lies at a critical intersection between vibrant growth\, chaotic collapse\, and utter neglect\, and thus becomes a perfect place to contemplate our current age. Through storytelling\, sound\, and our presence here\, we hope to find paths forward. \n\n\n\nRSVP on Facebook for this event as well URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/newtown-odyssey-public-workshop/ LOCATION:Plank Road Ecological Park\, 50-0-50-98 58th Rd\, Maspeth CATEGORIES:Homepage Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.fluxfactory.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/LorenzProposalImage-copy.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220827T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220827T180000 DTSTAMP:20221011T151210Z CREATED:20220811T150244Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221011T151210Z UID:31328-1661558400-1661623200@www.fluxfactory.org SUMMARY:August Flux Saturday DESCRIPTION:Flux Factory hosts Flux Saturdays\, a monthly public program\, on the last Saturday each month through October. August Flux Saturday’s program features the exhibition opening of Julio José Austria\, open studios with Amelia Marzec and Itala Aguilera\, and outdoor performances by Jemila MacEwan\, Jack Helfrich\, Erica Mancini\, Reverend Billy & The Stop Shopping Choir\, Jevijoe Vitug\, and Maureen Catbagan. \n\n\n\nSchedule: \n\n\n\n12-6 pm Julio José Austria “Woodside Story” exhibition opening \n\n\n\n12-5 pm Open studios “All That is Seen is Unseen” by Amelia Marzec \n\n\n\n12-5 pm   “Mama’s Augmented Reality” installation open studios with Itala Aguilera \n\n\n\n2-3 pm “Metamorphic Meditation” performance by Jemila MacEwan\, Erica Mancini\, Jack Helfrich \n\n\n\n3-4 pm Performance by Reverend Billy of the Stop Shopping Choir \n\n\n\n4-5 pm Abang-guard: Life Drawing\, Working Class \n\n\n\nProject Descriptions: \n\n\n\nJulio José Austria’s “Woodside Story” is a storytelling visual project that celebrates the love and relationships of Filipino immigrant couples in their changing neighborhood in Woodside\, Queens. Comprised of paintings\, sound installation\, and videos. Woodside Story is a multi-disciplinary project that focuses on the lives of Filipino immigrant couples in Woodside. Woodside Story is inspired by West Side Story\, an American musical romantic drama that talks about love and the determination to strive above racial prejudice and discrimination. Austria’s work is about the story of immigrants who found love in Woodside\, Queens. Love speaks of romantic relationships and also love as a passionate endeavor for cultural heritage and community in the big city. Designed to support exhibition opportunities for art workers\, this project is part of a curatorial initiative by La Guardia Agency and has been made possible through the New Work Grant from the Queens Council of the Arts. \n\n\n\n“Metamorphic Meditation” builds mythological language into our planet’s rich geological history\, guiding participants into a multi-sensorial soundscape experience as geologically-transformable bodies. ‘Ecomorphic Meditations’ are an ongoing series of performances created by a network of collaborators directed by artist Jemila MacEwan. These meditations facilitate a process of ‘species ego-death’ to release participants from the habits of monospecies thinking extending their experiences of self into that of mollusk\, mushroom\, mineral\, and beyond.  \n\n\n\nOpen Studios: “All That Is Seen And Unseen” by Amelia Marzec examines the relationship of queerness and Catholicism within the social structures of the Polish American diaspora. It considers the history of migrations and occupations in Eastern Europe\, family stories that have gone untold\, and transgressions embedded in pre-Christian cultural practices. The project uses computer generated imagery based on traditional paper cutting techniques for projections\, and includes roadside shrines which contain a functional communication system\, allowing people who are excluded to communicate through the symbolic objects.  \n\n\n\nIn collaboration with itinerant research institute\, The Institute for Diasporic Yearning and Longing (IDYL)\, Mama’s Augmented Reality is a series of installations created by three artists reflecting on their mother’s kitchens. Works will be installed in the first floor kitchen of Flux Factory’s house on Governors Island from August-October. Curated by Eleni Zaharopoulos with participating artists Itala Aguilera\, Abby Cheney\, and Li-Ming Hu. \n\n\n\nThe unstoppable theatricality of Reverend Billy & the Stop Shopping Choir of singing-activists bring audiences of all ages and backgrounds together. A church service with a roof-shaking cry meets a call to action in an ever-evolving survey of personal awareness and responsibility\, rededicating ourselves to the politicizing of survival\, pitting our freedom against the financiers of climate change.  \n\n\n\nAbang-guard duo Maureen Catbagan and Jevijoe Vitug invite Governors Island visitors to drop-in for a life drawing class with museum guards as models. Participants will have an opportunity to develop their drawing and observation skills through examining Abang-guard’s form and uniform\, highlighting the visibility of essential workers. Other workers are welcome to drop by to sit and model. All drawings will be shown at the Flux Factory gallery space and all skill levels are appreciated. Blankets and drawing materials will be provided and the event is free and open to the public.   \n\n\n\nArtist Bios: \n\n\n\nJulio José Austria is a Filipino-American visual artist who lives and works in New York City. His works mainly focused on migration and urbanization which provides a visual portrayal of his profound life experiences and narratives based on his observations and absorption of the environment he is in. His practice includes painting\, mixed media\, video\, and installation. For Governors Island\, Austria conducted interviews of Filipino couples to capture a sense of intimacy and focus on the storytelling part. \n\n\n\nAmelia Marzec is a Brooklyn-based artist focused on rebuilding and engaging with local communications infrastructure to prepare for an uncertain future. Her work has been exhibited at SIGGRAPH\, MIT\, ISEA (Canada)\, University of the Arts Helsinki (Finland)\, ONCE Foundation Contemporary Art Biennial (Spain)\, NODE Forum for Digital Arts Biennial (Germany)\, and is part of the Rhizome ArtBase. She has been a resident at Eyebeam\, Ox-Bow\, and Harvestworks\, a fellow at NYSCA/NYFA\, A.I.R. Gallery\, and Columbia University\, a visiting artist at CalArts\, a grantee of the Research Foundation of CUNY\, and a nominee for the World Technology Awards for Art. \n\n\n\nJack\, Jemila\, and Erica have existed in human form for some time\, playing in the realms of visual art\, music\, and multi-media experimentation. Prior to becoming the mortal human bodies they now inhabit the artists existed as mineral particles disperced through geological and atmospheric bodies across the cosmos.  \n\n\n\nReverend Billy and The Stop Shopping Choir have performed all over the world\, on stages and in the streets. Their work lies at the unique intersection between art\, activism and spirit. They are committed environmental activists and have campaigned for 20 years against militarism\, pesticides\, extractive industry and the overwhelming threat of consumerism to the life systems of Earth. In 2016 they opened for Neil Young on his Rebel Content tour and recently attended the COP26 Climate Conference in Glasgow. Their highly original content is prescient and moving\, addressing the complexities we all carry with us during this time of climate crisis. \n\n\n\nJevijoe Vitug and Maureen Catbagan met as museum guards and have been collaborating since 2017. As Abang-guard\, they explore the intersections of immigration\, labor\, and visibility. Reflecting on the artistic strategies of the avant-garde\, they infuse personal history and art practice to convey with theoretical humor the complexity and nuances between cultural production\, institutional structures\, and the role of labor. Performance venues include ARoS Museum in Denmark\, The Metropolitan Museum of Art\, Abrons Art Center Amphitheater\, PS 122 Gallery\, Socrates Park\, and Flux Factory.  \n\n\n\nRSVP on Facebook for this event URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/august-flux-saturday/ LOCATION:Governors Island\, Colonels Row House 404A CATEGORIES:Homepage Events,Welcome to Flux Island Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.fluxfactory.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/mail.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220814T213000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220815T020000 DTSTAMP:20220811T154951Z CREATED:20220807T213713Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220811T154951Z UID:31268-1660512600-1660528800@www.fluxfactory.org SUMMARY:Pink Flamingo: Clubs in Flux Closing Party DESCRIPTION:Join us for our final closing party\, featuring DJs muse(o)fire and Anton Lapov in the gallery + karaoke in the chillout room by Jevijoe Vitug. Also last chance to check out our archives space! \n\n\n\nThis event is part of the Pink Flamingo: Clubs In Flux Group Exhibition at the cell theatre. \n\n\n\nTHE SPACE \n\n\n\nFounded in 2006\, the cell has provided a developmental home in the heart of Chelsea for works in progress by artists ranging from early career to established staples of the New York community. Originally established as a theatre space\, the cell has gradually restructured into a cultural hub for food artists\, cyborg theatre artists\, musicians\, installation artists\, choreographers and more. \n\n\n\nA note on accessibility: Unfortunately\, the cell is not wheelchair-accessible and visitors must go up a flight of stairs to access the space on the second floor. \n\n\n\nTHE CURATORS: \n\n\n\nJess Dilday\, aka PlayPlay (NYC) is a DJ\, producer\, writer\, teacher and music scholar. They have been a long-term artist-in-residence at Flux Factory and a teaching artist through NYC’s Building Beats and through the Next Level US Hip Hop diplomacy program in Peru. They have previously taught “The Art and Culture of the DJ” through the UNC-Chapel Hill Department of Music. With a particular investment in mentoring those who are not traditionally represented in the music industry\, PlayPlay has held DJ workshops at festivals\, museums and universities worldwide. As a music scholar\, Jess is particulaly interested in local music scenes\, queer theory\, media studies\, nostalgia\, dance floor dynamics and creating safer spaces in collective environments. And as a DJ and music producer\, their experience as a lifelong music nerd and mainstay at underground clubs for over 20 years is constantly informing their encyclopedic sets\, weaving together new underground club tracks with the classics. \n\n\n\nAnton Lapov (Ukraine/USA) is an artist\, musician\, independent curator and museologist. His practice follows a multidisciplinary approach based on his interest in new media\, sound-art\, creative coding\, digital humanities and experimental museology. He is constantly in search of non-conventional forms of exhibitional representation and seeks to avoid the logic of instrumentalisation through the creation of procedural communicative situations. In addition to being involved in the sphere of artistic/curatorial production he also conducts research into the history of sound-art/electronic music and local artistic communities of Eastern Ukraine.  \n\n\n\nRSVP on Facebook for this event URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/pink-flamingo-clubs-in-flux-closing-party/ LOCATION:Nancy Manocherian’s the cell theatre\, 338 W 23rd St\, New York\, New York\, United States CATEGORIES:Homepage Events,Pink Flamingo Misc ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.fluxfactory.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Closing-Pink-Flamingo-1920-×-1080-px.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220813T220000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220814T020000 DTSTAMP:20220730T190234Z CREATED:20220709T042939Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220730T190234Z UID:30867-1660428000-1660442400@www.fluxfactory.org SUMMARY:Into the Limelight Club Event DESCRIPTION:This club night pays homage to NYC’s Limelight nightclub of the 1990s. Held on the second floor of the cell theatre\, it will feature a dancefloor with disco balls\, colorful lighting and live DJs playing dance music from the period. The walls will be adorned with paintings by artist Andrew Fish\, depicting scenes of the original club\, and video projection of archival footage. Two large stained glass window reproductions will enhance the nostalgic feel of the space while DJ’s PlayPlay\, Andy Pry\, and more will take turns spinning music of the era\, keeping the dance floor active all night. A chillout room on the third floor will be available for those who need a break. There is no cover charge but admission is at the sole discretion of a discerning door person so dress to impress! \n\n\n\nOther details: \n\n\n\nThe Cell’s second and third floor spaces are only accessible by stairs. \n\n\n\nThere will be some lite refreshments available but feel free to bring your own water. \n\n\n\nBathrooms will be available. \n\n\n\nThis event is part of the Pink Flamingo: Clubs In Flux Group Exhibition at the cell theatre. \n\n\n\nA note on accessibility: Unfortunately\, the cell is not wheelchair-accessible and visitors must go up a flight of stairs to access the space on the second floor. URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/into-the-limelight-main-event/ LOCATION:Nancy Manocherian’s the cell theatre\, 338 W 23rd St\, New York\, New York\, United States CATEGORIES:Homepage Events,Into the Limelight ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.fluxfactory.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/AndrewFish_Limelight-1-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220812T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220812T190000 DTSTAMP:20220730T190205Z CREATED:20220710T005703Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220730T190205Z UID:30916-1660312800-1660330800@www.fluxfactory.org SUMMARY:Into the Limelight Workshop Hours DESCRIPTION:During these workshop hours guests are invited to come to The Cell to share stories\, photographs\, and memorabilia from their past experiences in nightclubs. Audio recordings and video or photos will be taken to preserve and archive those stories with permission from the narrator. All are welcome!   \n\n\n\nThis event is part of the Pink Flamingo: Clubs In Flux Group Exhibition at the cell theatre. \n\n\n\nA note on accessibility: Unfortunately\, the cell is not wheelchair-accessible and visitors must go up a flight of stairs to access the space on the second floor. URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/into-the-limelight-open-studio-hours/ LOCATION:Nancy Manocherian’s the cell theatre\, 338 W 23rd St\, New York\, New York\, United States CATEGORIES:Homepage Events,Into the Limelight ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.fluxfactory.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/AndrewFish_Limelight-3-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220811T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220811T190000 DTSTAMP:20220730T185753Z CREATED:20220710T010957Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220730T185753Z UID:30913-1660226400-1660244400@www.fluxfactory.org SUMMARY:Into the Limelight Workshop Hours DESCRIPTION:During these workshop hours guests are invited to come to the cell to share stories\, photographs\, and memorabilia from their past experiences in nightclubs. Audio recordings and video or photos will be taken to preserve and archive those stories with permission from the narrator. All are welcome!   \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis event is part of the Pink Flamingo: Clubs In Flux Group Exhibition at the cell theatre. \n\n\n\nA note on accessibility: Unfortunately\, the cell is not wheelchair-accessible and visitors must go up a flight of stairs to access the space on the second floor. URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/into-the-limelight-open-studio-hours-2/ LOCATION:Nancy Manocherian’s the cell theatre\, 338 W 23rd St\, New York\, New York\, United States CATEGORIES:Homepage Events,Into the Limelight ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.fluxfactory.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/AndrewFish_Limelight-3-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220807T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220807T180000 DTSTAMP:20220730T182707Z CREATED:20220710T011354Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220730T182707Z UID:30927-1659880800-1659895200@www.fluxfactory.org SUMMARY:Black Bliss Rave Open Studio Hours DESCRIPTION:Open Studio Hours with the Black Bliss Rangers. \n\n\n\n***We center Black people and Black joy. With this in mind\, this space is designated as a BIPOC-folx only social experience.*** \n\n\n\nThis event is part of the Pink Flamingo: Clubs In Flux Group Exhibition at the cell theatre. \n\n\n\nA note on accessibility: Unfortunately\, the cell is not wheelchair-accessible and visitors must go up a flight of stairs to access the space on the second floor. URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/black-bliss-rave-open-studio-hours/ LOCATION:Nancy Manocherian’s the cell theatre\, 338 W 23rd St\, New York\, New York\, United States CATEGORIES:Black Bliss Rave,Homepage Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.fluxfactory.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Screen-Shot-2022-07-07-at-1.00.23-AM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220806T220000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220807T020000 DTSTAMP:20220806T002319Z CREATED:20220711T223030Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220806T002319Z UID:30903-1659823200-1659837600@www.fluxfactory.org SUMMARY:Every Nigga Is A Star Trek Club Event DESCRIPTION:This is the main club event for the Black Bliss Rave Exhibition. **Update – this event is limited capacity and invite only. For the general public\, please come by for the open studio hours on Sunday. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSo what is Every Nigga Is A Star Trek about? \n\n\n\nEvery Nigga Is A Star Trek is a dreamscape that exists to connect Black people to the bliss we so rightly deserve. It is a meeting ground to reclaim and reimagine our accessibility to bliss. It is beyond the physical realm\, and instead a portal of the senses experienced through community. \n\n\n\nWhat does the night look/feel like? \n\n\n\nEvery Nigga Is A Star Trek invites its passengers to journey through varying galaxies of Black bliss. Through experiential design\, visual imagery\, and creative production the dreamscape will offer multiple opportunities for guests to engage in bliss autonomously. All activities stations have been intentionally designed to follow a gradual progression of participation and stamina as the night moves. It is our hope that every Black person who experiences the dreamscape will feel empowered to create and sustain their own portal of joy. \n\n\n\n***Every Nigga Is A Star Trek centers Black people and Black joy. With this in mind\, we’d like to distinguish the space as a BIPOC-folx only social experience. \n\n\n\nMain Nightclub Event \n\n\n\n***Note: There will be a playlist on throughout the night until the live DJ set.  \n\n\n\n10 PM Start Time \n\n\n\n10 PM-11 PM  \n\n\n\nArrivalMingleExploration of Space\n\n\n\n11:30 PM-12:15 AM \n\n\n\nArrival Chill Zone Activity (Meditation Sound Bath)Exploration of Space\n\n\n\n12:30 AM-1:30 AM \n\n\n\nDance/Vogue PerformanceCallouts\n\n\n\n1:30 AM-3:30 AM \n\n\n\nDJ SetSoul Train Line\n\n\n\nThis event is part of the Pink Flamingo: Clubs In Flux Group Exhibition at the cell theatre. \n\n\n\nA note on accessibility: Unfortunately\, the cell is not wheelchair-accessible and visitors must go up a flight of stairs to access the space on the second floor. URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/every-nigga-is-a-star-trek/ LOCATION:Nancy Manocherian’s the cell theatre\, 338 W 23rd St\, New York\, New York\, United States CATEGORIES:Black Bliss Rave,Homepage Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.fluxfactory.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Screen-Shot-2022-07-07-at-1.00.23-AM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220806T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220806T210000 DTSTAMP:20220802T032350Z CREATED:20220802T032145Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220802T032350Z UID:31234-1659801600-1659819600@www.fluxfactory.org SUMMARY:Benefit for Trans Justice Funding Project DESCRIPTION:Songs from some of the biggest trans music stars in a fundraiser for Trans Justice Funding Project played in the beautiful lawn at Colonels Row House 404A featuring short solo music sets by Erica Dawn Lyle (Bikini Kill\, Art in America)\, Gavilán Rayna Russom (LCD Soundsystem)\, Erica Freas\, Sulynn Hago\, Worm Mother\, Amelia Jackie\, Starly Bri\, and Kate Slauter. \n\n\n\nDonations will be gathered for the Trans Justice Funding Project.  \n\n\n\n$10-20 suggested donation for fundraiser. No one will be turned away for lack of funds. \n\n\n\nSally Beauty Twin is a trans-woman artist living in New York City. Her practice includes creation and curation of visual art\, music\, and theater. For Governors Island\, in June 2022 she made a 60 person art ecological parade and art show…and in October 2021\, she curated a three day performance art festival both with Flux Factory at Colonels Row 404A. Included was a three weekend fine arts show which she curated. Hundreds of events she has curated can be seen at www.amphoranewyork.com. Her art has recently been shown at Tomato Mouse Gallery\, Spring/Break Art Fair\, and right this moment at Mizuma and Kips. She received her arts education at Tulane University.  \n\n\n\nErica Dawn Lyle writes for Art in America and is guitarist for Bikini Kill. Gavilan Rayna Russom runs Voluminous Arts and was a keyboardist for LCD Soundsystem.  \n\n\n\n@thesallybeauty \n\n\n\n@sallybeautitwin URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/benefit-for-trans-justice-funding-project/ LOCATION:Governors Island\, Colonels Row House 404A CATEGORIES:Homepage Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.fluxfactory.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Aug6Claire2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220806T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220806T150000 DTSTAMP:20220802T031302Z CREATED:20220802T030634Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220802T031302Z UID:31230-1659787200-1659798000@www.fluxfactory.org SUMMARY:Meal8: Open Kitchen with Red Flower Collective DESCRIPTION:Meal8: Open Kitchen is centered around dishes that can be cooked in the absence of fire. With the limitations of the available kitchen in mind\, we explore in this menu propositions for a kitchen without heat: cooking without a stove or oven; operating with limited access to water; and focusing on fermented\, cured\, macerated\, preserved\, and pickled ingredients. \n\n\n\nWe know it’s going to be late-summer hot\, so we’ll be serving up a medley of specialty drinks and cool\, fresh\, restoring courses. The meal will be picnic-style\, with floor seating in a shaded\, grassy area. The location is wheelchair accessible and we can provide chair seating upon request. \n\n\n\nRSVP here \n\n\n\nRed Flower Collective is a food research and eating collective organized by art historian and researcher\, Erin Montanez; artist and art worker\, Jenna Hamed\, and artist-homemaker\, Tsohil Bhatia. In the year since its inception\, the collective has hosted free\, open meals out of borrowed kitchens loaned by friends and institutions. With a rotating membership of artists\, chefs and homecooks\, and community organizers\, the collective is interested in sharing food and cooking together through community meals\, installations\, and programs. The project takes food and the labors of cooking as key tools in forgoing the sterility of the gallery exhibition space\, collaborating with practitioners to center generational culinary histories and affirm diasporic identities.  \n\n\n\nRed Flower Collective was born during COVID 19\, out of the desire to eat with people\, to counter the taboo of being together and sharing home space\, and to assert that food is a primary issue of public concern. We are drawn to the idea of a porous home\, one that is malleable based on both individual and collective need. The provision of a meal and the meal as an event invites a group of people unfamiliar to one another to assemble. The collective aims to break the transactional nature of food consumption and instead encourage communal eating. The nature of care is at the center of the collective’s project. \n\n\n\nInstagram: @redflowercollective URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/meal8-open-kitchen-with-red-flower-collective/ LOCATION:Governors Island\, Colonels Row House 404A CATEGORIES:Homepage Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.fluxfactory.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/TBhatia-EMontanez_Meal8-Open-Kitchen.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220730T213000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220731T020000 DTSTAMP:20220713T212940Z CREATED:20220704T172927Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220713T212940Z UID:30828-1659216600-1659232800@www.fluxfactory.org SUMMARY:Algoclub: Light Mode/Dark Mode Club Event DESCRIPTION:Join LiveCode.NYC for livecode visual and music performances during their main club event. \n\n\n\nPerformers: \n\n\n\nVisuals \n\n\n\nNicole Schwartz (schwaz) \n\n\n\nCameron Alexander (emptyflash) \n\n\n\nGwen Pasquarello (gwenprime) \n\n\n\nSidney San Martín (s4y) \n\n\n\nShelly Xiong (shellylynnx) \n\n\n\nMusic \n\n\n\nSabrina Sims (starlybri) \n\n\n\nAzhad Syed (azhadsyed) \n\n\n\nRoxanne Harris (alsoknownasrox) \n\n\n\nCin Ramsay (Luciform) \n\n\n\nDiego Guimarães (diegodukao) \n\n\n\nMichael Simpson (mgs) \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nThis event is part of the Pink Flamingo: Clubs In Flux Group Exhibition at the cell theatre. \n\n\n\nA note on accessibility: Unfortunately\, the cell is not wheelchair-accessible and visitors must go up a flight of stairs to access the space on the second floor. URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/algoclub-light-mode-dark-mode/ LOCATION:Nancy Manocherian’s the cell theatre\, 338 W 23rd St\, New York\, New York\, United States CATEGORIES:Algoclub,Homepage Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.fluxfactory.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/AlgoClub.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220730T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220730T200000 DTSTAMP:20220713T184328Z CREATED:20220713T183327Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220713T184328Z UID:31020-1659186000-1659211200@www.fluxfactory.org SUMMARY:July Flux Saturday: Dirty Time on Governors Island DESCRIPTION:Join Dirty Time for a day full of activities celebrating dirt and dirtyness!We’ll start with a dirt collecting session from 1-3pm: Bring soil from somewhere in your life that isimportant to you or that has a good story behind it. We’ll accession your dirt into our travelingDirty Library and you can tell its story on our Dirty Library Hotline. You can also listen to otherpeople’s Dirty Stories. \n\n\n\nAt 3pm we’ll begin meandering. Join Dirty Time on a guided meditation/Dirty Walk where we’llget up close and personal with Governors Island’s dirt\, and eventually make our way to theGovernors Island Dirtball Court and play a little Dirtball (bring a ball–any ball–if you’ve got one)together to warm up/get our juices flowing for…. \n\n\n\nDirty Karaoke at 5:30pm! This is when we sing our hearts out\, railing against the impendingdoom of climate change. Bring your favorite song about dirt\, death or destruction and we’ll helpeach other keep our spirits up. \n\n\n\nDirty Time is Walker Tufts (@jw4lker) & Heather Kapplow (@heather_kapplow).Dirt is a time capsule – it holds a record of everything that’s ever happened. And it’s a timemachine – it breaks you down and shoots you into the future. But it’s here right now too. It feedsyou and it eats you. \n\n\n\nDirty Time is here to guide you on a journey. You have been taught that dirty is bad\, but it’s nottrue. Dirty is good. It’s very\, very good. Dirt is your companion\, your portal to the past and thefuture. And here’s a dirty little secret: there is no clean that’s not dirty. Not the cloud\, not theMetaverse\, and definitely not the screen. Dirty Time is here to help you recognize your glorious\,delicious dirtiness – your connection to all time through dirt. To help you feel your rootedness andto get you sprouting. Join us on the journey! URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/july-flux-saturday-dirty-time-on-governors-island/ LOCATION:Governors Island\, Colonels Row House 404A CATEGORIES:Homepage Events,Welcome to Flux Island Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.fluxfactory.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Dirty-Karaoke-lips-Instagram-rbow.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220730T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220730T190000 DTSTAMP:20220719T004735Z CREATED:20220711T225543Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220719T004735Z UID:30929-1659178800-1659207600@www.fluxfactory.org SUMMARY:Algoclub Workshops DESCRIPTION:Join us for the following coding workshops from LiveCode.NYC:\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n-Sound as Collage: Mixed Media Zine Making by Sabrina Sims \n\n\n\n-Intro to Digital Video Synthesis with Hydra by Cameron Alexander \n\n\n\n-Beatmaking w/ Sonic Pi by Roxanne Harris \n\n\n\n-Enough Music Theory For Live Coding by Azhad Syed \n\n\n\n-Intro to Shaders for Programers by Char Stiles \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n**(suggested donation of $15/20\, with no one turned away for lack of funds): \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nThis event is part of the Pink Flamingo: Clubs In Flux Group Exhibition at the cell theatre. \n\n\n\nA note on accessibility: Unfortunately\, the cell is not wheelchair-accessible and visitors must go up a flight of stairs to access the space on the second floor. URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/algoclub-workshops/ LOCATION:Nancy Manocherian’s the cell theatre\, 338 W 23rd St\, New York\, New York\, United States CATEGORIES:Algoclub,Homepage Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.fluxfactory.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/image0-7.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220729T213000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220730T020000 DTSTAMP:20220720T005045Z CREATED:20220720T004611Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220720T005045Z UID:31114-1659130200-1659146400@www.fluxfactory.org SUMMARY:Pink Flamingo: Clubs in Flux Grand Opening DESCRIPTION:Join us for the grand opening of our group show on temporary nightclub spaces\, Pink Flamingo: Clubs in Flux! After a talk with the curators\, warm up the dancefloor with DJs Yo! Vinyl Richie\, Kamari Carter and PlayPlay. Also\, get a sneak peak of what’s in store for the first exhibition\, Algoclub: Light Mode/Dark Mode\, with live visuals by schwaz and more! \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nThis event is part of the Pink Flamingo: Clubs In Flux Group Exhibition at the cell theatre. \n\n\n\nA note on accessibility: Unfortunately\, the cell is not wheelchair-accessible and visitors must go up a flight of stairs to access the space on the second floor. URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/pink-flamingo-clubs-in-flux-grand-opening/ LOCATION:Nancy Manocherian’s the cell theatre\, 338 W 23rd St\, New York\, New York\, United States CATEGORIES:Clubs in Flux,Homepage Events,Pink Flamingo Misc ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.fluxfactory.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Opening-event.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220723T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220723T210000 DTSTAMP:20220908T203239Z CREATED:20220706T023906Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220908T203239Z UID:30859-1658599200-1658610000@www.fluxfactory.org SUMMARY:Creekworthy: Unfiltered DESCRIPTION:Find our group at this pin! \n\n\n\nFor the second installment of Flux Factory’s Creekworthy series\, which takes place on the water/waterfront near Hunters Point South park\, Flux presents artists who educate and reflect on water contamination. \n\n\n\nJocelyn Beausire‘s “SLOW/DEEP a project in unbuilding” is a solo performance taking place from 6:30-8:30pm along the waters edge. In the artist’s words\, “(Re)introducing intimacy between the site’s human inhabitants and the now long-distrusted waterways of the East River and Newtown Creek\, I initiate a reparation. As a form of embodied archival practice\, I unearth the site’s history – from Lenape territory to Dutch cornfields to industrial wasteland\, to parkland surrounded by high-rise developments. Dragging bricks from my waist by white cloth lines and casting them into the water\, I trace the edge path. Corn-based and completely biodegradable\, their materiality presents an offering\, a generative irony which undermines the brick’s symbolic violence and rewrites the relationships between builder\, building\, and place.” \n\n\n\nMeanwhile\, NYseaweed (Shanjana Mahmud and Luke Eddins) and Cody Herrmann will lead educational tabling. \n\n\n\nMahmud and Eddins are producing “an array of habitat panels for ribbed mussels that will be mounted along the bulkheads of Newtown Creek. The panels will be made of fiber reinforced cement with a coating of crushed oyster shells. As part of the fabrication process\, on the 23rd the artists will invite the public “to put their fingers and hands in the wet and hardening cement surface to make the little recesses and grooves that give the mussel spat sheltered spots to settle in.” \n\n\n\nHerrmann will set up a temporary tattoo station offering passer-bys free temporary tattoos\, adhered with water from the Creek. The tattoos depict Citizens Water Quality Testing data\, measuring levels of enterococcus bacteria\, which reflect the presence of combined sewage overflows and times when people should avoid touching the water. URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/creekworthy-unfiltered/ LOCATION:Hunters Point South Park Extension\, https://goo.gl/maps/QmuDfLjeQLbDRskm9 CATEGORIES:Homepage Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.fluxfactory.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/JBeausire_Promo1-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220709T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220709T200000 DTSTAMP:20220629T164026Z CREATED:20220628T210657Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220629T164026Z UID:30776-1657382400-1657396800@www.fluxfactory.org SUMMARY:Art During War: Fundraiser for Ukraine DESCRIPTION:Flux Factory together with BIRUCHIY contemporary art project and SPILKA NGO is hosting a fundraising event in support of the people of Ukraine affected by the full-scale Russian invasion. We invite you to learn about the Ukrainian art and music scene and how they are finding new meaning and urgency for their work in the face of genocide and war atrocities. Together\, we will discuss how the international art community can work in solidarity with anti oppressive and anti colonial resistance. This is a special opportunity to engage with representatives of Ukrainian culture\, learn about recent artworks of Ukrainian artists\, listen and dance to electronic music by Ukrainian producers\, and purchase some merch to support Ukraine.  \n\n\n\nAll proceeds from the event will go to the Charity foundation “East-SOS” and other Ukrainian charities. \n\n\n\nProgram:Presentation (and sale) from SPILKA \n\n\n\nSPILKA NGO is a mutual aid organization founded by Ukrainian creatives and allies that has been organizing fundraising efforts for the people of Ukraine since February 2022\, the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. SPILKA co-founder Betty Roytburd and other representatives from Spilka will talk about how their organization  came together and about some of the work they have been doing.  \n\n\n\n“BIRUCHIY Transcarpathia 022. War time”: presentation by Olena Speranska \n\n\n\nIn her presentation Olena will introduce BIRUCHIY – the largest and longest-running international contemporary art residency in Ukraine. She will talk about the history\, and development of BIRUCHIY which is an institutional partner of Flux Factory. In particular Olena will focus on the presentation of artworks created this summer during the residency in Transcarpathia\, Ukraine.  There Ukrainian artists and artists from the other countries were  participating in mutual projects reflecting times of war.  \n\n\n\n“Intro to Ukrainian Electronic Music”: presentation and DJ set by Anton Lapov  \n\n\n\nAnton Lapov will give a brief introduction to the history and harsh contemporary reality of Ukrainian electronic music scene. During the presentation you will learn more about key moments in the development of the freedom-loving and powerful Ukrainian electronic music\, sound-art\, and listen to the best music videos. After the presentation Lapov will play a DJ set exclusively consisting of tracks by Ukrainian producers. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nAbout participants: \n\n\n\nSPILKA  \n\n\n\nSpilka NGO is a rapid response coalition consisting of over thirty volunteers\, founded by artists and creatives in NYC\, during the first days of Russian invasion of Ukraine. Together we function as an inclusive mutual aid relief network\, redistributing resources to those most impacted in times of crisis. Spilka has cumulatively raised and redistributed over $120k having organized and participated in fundraising events such as film screenings\, music shows and dinners in support of Ukraine. \n\n\n\nOlena Speranska \n\n\n\nOlena Speranska is an art manager\, curator\, Vice-President of nonprofit organization CONTEMPORARY ART RESEARCHES UNION\, and Director of BIRUCHIY contemporary art project – the international art residency founded in 2006 and for 17 years of its existence united more than 300 artists and 14 art groups from 19 countries worldwide. \n\n\n\nAnton Lapov \n\n\n\nAnton Lapov is an artist\, musician and curator from Ukraine. His practice combines methodologies of humanities with computational aesthetics. Recently Lapov develops interactive sound environments. \n\n\n\n🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 \n\n\n\nAlso\, in continuation of a Flux Factory Ukrainian weekend we invite you to join a fundraiser party at Home Sweet Home July 10\, 9pm-late. DJ PlayPlay and Anton Lapov behind the decks! URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/art-during-war-fundraiser-for-ukraine/ LOCATION:Governors Island\, Colonels Row House 404A CATEGORIES:Homepage Events,Welcome to Flux Island Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.fluxfactory.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Artboard-square.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220706T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220706T220000 DTSTAMP:20220629T001806Z CREATED:20220621T223611Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220629T001806Z UID:30769-1657137600-1657144800@www.fluxfactory.org SUMMARY:Remember Last Night? Archiving 50 Years of NYC Club History DESCRIPTION:Find visiting and accessibility information for Nowadays. \n\n\n\nOur community has been around for five decades\, but little of our history has been preserved. Curator\, researcher and NYC-based DJ PlayPlay will lead an intergenerational\, multimedia panel discussion of this collective memory\, before opening the floor to a conversation on nostalgia\, shared knowledge\, and the importance of documenting the legacy of our short-lived spaces. Guests are encouraged to bring memories and ephemera from their personal archives (flyers\, records\, objects\, etc) to share.This event also serves as a preview of “Pink Flamingo: Clubs In Flux\,” a series of three temporary nightclub installations with archival components\, presented July 25-August 14 by PlayPlay (Jess Dilday) and Anton Lapov at Nancy Manocherian’s the cell theatre by Flux Factory. URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/remember-last-night-archiving-50-years-of-nyc-club-history/ LOCATION:Nowadays\, 56-06 Cooper Ave. Ridgewood\, NY CATEGORIES:Homepage Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.fluxfactory.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/WED_0706_RLN-1.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220630T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220630T203000 DTSTAMP:20220603T203333Z CREATED:20220603T203330Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220603T203333Z UID:30718-1656617400-1656621000@www.fluxfactory.org SUMMARY:Place People at Spectacle Theater DESCRIPTION:Fluxers filmmakers Patrick Topitschnig and Catalina Alvarez will present a selection of films at Williamsburg’s cooperatively led Spectacle Theater.Purchase tickets at this link. \n\n\n\nPLACEwherethereisawill\, 2005\, Video\, 2:42\, Austria\, Patrick TopitschnigCarusel\, 2017\, Video\, 5:47\, Romania\, Patrick TopitschnigKRIPPE/CRIB\, 2012\, Video\, 6:06\, Austria\, Patrick TopitschnigMark&Garry\, 2013\, Video\, 7:20\, Australia\, Patrick TopitschnigFELD\, 2019\, Video\, 5:21\, Mexico\, Patrick Topitschnig \n\n\n\nPEOPLESound Spring Seq. #3\, 2020\, Video\, 10:50\, USA\, Catalina AlvarezSound Spring Seq. #6\, 2020\, Video\, 11:03\, USA\, Catalina AlvarezPaco 2016\, 16mm film transferred to Video\, 12 min\, USA\, Catalina AlvarezRUMOR MACCHINA\, 2009\, Video\, 2:44\, Austria\, Patrick Topitschnigschnitzl\, 2006\, 15sec\, Video\, Austria\, Patrick Topitschnig \n\n\n\nApproximate runtime: 65 minutes. \n\n\n\nCo-Presented by Flux Factory \n\n\n\nCatalina Alvarez makes choreographed films and experimental musicals. In her anthology documentary\, Sound Spring\, residents of Yellow Springs\, Ohio become actors lip-syncing to their own interviews\, narrating their village’s role in American history over hundreds of years. Her 16mm shorts include Paco\, the story of a man who wants you to bounce on his lap. With this film and all her others\, Catalina Alvarez gets to know her neighbors. \n\n\n\nPatrick Topitschnig is an Austrian filmmaker and audio artist whose works also include collaborations with theatre projects. \n\n\n\n“A kind of black humor pervades Patrick Topitschnig’s videos. Like in the horror-movie genre he works with audiovisual situations which affect the bodies of the spectators\, provoking an uncertainty\, sometimes a slight restlessness. Precisely composed images expose their own constructedness and testify to the artist’s interest in cinematic duration. Occasionally\, this duration becomes a metaphor for the literal “lifetime” of protagonists\, objects\, and buildings. All aspects of cinematic sound – a composed score\, music\, spoken language – are used to reflect the connections between image and narration creating a very specific atmosphere\, whereas the “real“ backstory of a work is often revealed much later\, be it the history of an abandoned salt mine in Romania or a portrait of a high-tech funeral home in Australia.“ – Claudia Slanar URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/place-people-at-spectacle-theater/ LOCATION:Spectacle Theater\, 124 S 3rd St\, Brooklyn CATEGORIES:Homepage Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.fluxfactory.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/PP_banner.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220618T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220626T235959 DTSTAMP:20220608T185604Z CREATED:20220608T185513Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220608T185604Z UID:30731-1655510400-1656287999@www.fluxfactory.org SUMMARY:Solstice Pop-Up Group Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Exhibition open hours are on Saturdays (June 18 & 25) 12pm-8pm\, Sundays (June 19 & 26) 11am-5pm \n\n\n\n\n\nLearn more about Flux Factory’s projects on Governors Island. \n\n\n\n\n\nSolstice is a convening of eleven artists in celebration of the Summer Solstice\, the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere\, and the first day of summer. Each of these artists engages with light as a central component of their work\, and this exhibition celebrates the sun and the energy that makes all life possible on Earth. Artists in this show use a multitude of light sources\, which are then reflected\, refracted\, gathered\, captured\, directed\, shattered\, lensed\, and bent into new form. \n\n\n\nParticipating artists include: Valeria Divinorum – @valeriadivinorum | Magali Duzant – @magaliduzant | Rita Jimenez – @iritadescent | Night Shining – @_nightshining | Camilla Padgitt-Coles – @ivymeadows | Steven Pestana – @stevenpestana | Sophia Sobers – @sobers__ | Jonathan Sims – @chromadetic | George Stadnik – @geostadnik | Testu Collecathantive – @testucollective | Anika Todd – @anikatodd \n\n\n\nSolstice is curated by Jonathan Sims\, a New York City based visual artist. ​​His visual arts practice is characterized by geometric abstractions and light. A consistent premise underlying his work is that a modern human’s relationship with the very ancient past is mirrored in their relationship with the distant future. URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/solstice-pop-up-group-exhibition/ LOCATION:Governors Island\, Colonels Row House 404A CATEGORIES:Homepage Events,Welcome to Flux Island Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.fluxfactory.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/summer-solstice-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR