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Air Rights: a series of artist-made flags

Flux Factory 39-31 29th St, Long Island City, NY

Flag flying from July 5 - August 16th
In connection with Pintados: Portraits of Immigrants as Ancestors, Solo Exhibition by Jevijoe Vitug

This flag embodies solidarity with immigrants and the working class.

Free

Flux in Residence at ARoS Public

ARoS Public Aros Allé 2, Aarhus, Denmark

August 1st - September 30th, 2018

Over 30 Flux Factory artists from around the world will be Flux-in-Residence at ARoS Public in Aarhus, Denmark for all of August and September. Join us or follow our adventure online!

Going Sour: Flux Thursday, August

Thursday, August 9 at 7pm - Presentations at 8pm

Join us for a round table conversation and open mic addressing the metaphor of sour. We will talk about our friends and lovers whose relationships have gone sour or how to avoid them going sour.

ALBI AY! AY!

Flux Factory 39-31 29th St, Long Island City, NY

Join us on Friday 24​th​ of August ​for a night of performances and dancing!
Doors open at 7:30, performances start at 8pm

“Albi Ay! Ay!” is a party! (I mean immersive participatory multimedia installation)

Free

PASSAGES: Readings and Screenings

Flux Factory 39-31 29th St, Long Island City, NY

Apologies, this event had to be cancelled. Please join us for next week's Major Exhibition opening for S.T.E.P!

A series of readings and screenings, curated y Deloris O and Amia Yokoyama

Free

Saunter Trek Escort Parade (S.T.E.P….)

Flux Factory 39-31 29th St, Long Island City, NY

September 6 - 30th

Curated by Christina Freeman, Emireth Herrera & moira williams, S.T.E.P…. seeks to be an overlapping convergence & entanglement of walking, walk-based works & programming, mobilizing throughout New York.

Free

Dutch Kills Dérive

Septmeber 8 from 9:30AM - 12:30PM

Water is life... Until we shit in it... Join us for a morning dérive that begins inside Flux Factory’s plumbing and ends at Newton Creek center of hydro-geologic power.

Of Statues and Markers

Saturday September 8, 5:00pm

Of Statues and Markers walkshop begins 5pm then departs 7:30 pm. Of Statues and Markers also includes a night vision infrared camera hacking walkshop! Cameras will then be used on the walk.

The Invisible Wind 8

Flux Factory 39-31 29th St, Long Island City, NY

September 15th, 7:30 - September 16th, 1am

The Invisible Wind 8 is an ongoing series of suburban night walks. Strap on your hiking boots, bring water, snacks toshare, warm clothes, stamina, and an open heart.

Flux Thursday, S.T.E.P…

September 13th  7 - 10 pm

Please join us for our monthly community potluck! We invite you to meet walking artists, and ask: Who sets the pace of the world, what is the power of dreams and other questions.

Dream Yards

Flux Factory 39-31 29th St, Long Island City, NY

Friday, September 14th, 7:30pm

Dream Yards is a playful outdoor walking performance to specific locations around Long Island City; where the audience might find themselves in (old medieval) York!

Perambulator

Flux Factory 39-31 29th St, Long Island City, NY

September 15th, 11:30 am

The Perambulator walk invites stroller users to walk together en masse around the Long Island City neighborhood, collectively surveying its challenges.

pasaré:la pasarela me lleva pa’lla – O V A H

September 16, 6pm

ray’s walkshop aims to create an adjacent speculative space where bodies activate the site through their engagement with the space while disrupting the normative gaze by moving between spectator and actor.

Gallivanting! A walking tour of Little Manila, NYC

Saturday, September 22 / Gallivant begins 2 – 4pm
Event is FREE

Gallivanting! A walking tour of Little Manila, NYC. Please wear comfortable clothing, shoes, bottled water and bring your MetroCard.

Free

Closing Reception & a Device to Say Goodbye

Saturday, September 29th
6pm - 9pm S.T.E.P Closing Party // 9pm A Device to Say Goodbye

For the closing event, we will walk through the exhibition and exit Flux Factory and walk to a post box where we will mail our devices.

Mark For Redaction

October 11 - November 11 // Opening Reception, Oct 12, 6pm
Open Hours: Thursday - Sunday, 1 pm - 6pm or by appointment

Contemporary art from self-identified Kweer (queer) people with ties to the al-‘ālam al-‘arabī (S.W. Asia and N. Africa (SWANA)) and the diaspora.

Flux Thursday: hosted by Tarab NYC

Flux Factory 39-31 29th St, Long Island City, NY

October 11, 7pm meal // 8pm workshop begins
(National Coming Out Day)

Tarab NYC investigates the concept of "coming out" with Curator Hilal Khalil.

Free

El3aza [al-azaa] by Noura Ballout

Flux Factory 39-31 29th St, Long Island City, NY

October 13, 8pm
El3aza  by Noura Ballout

El3aza is a funeral, we morn the people and things we have lost. Noura Ballout is a Detroit based Artist, Curator, and Entrepreneur

Free

Mark For Redaction Film (Shorts)

Flux Factory 39-31 29th St, Long Island City, NY

Sunday, October 21st 5pm- 9pm

Shorts Program
A screening of selected short films and videos
Followed by a conversation by Lily Hook

Free

Mark For Redaction Film (deseos)

Flux Factory 39-31 29th St, Long Island City, NY

Film Screenings
October 28th, 5pm

Film by Carlos Motta
followed by a discussionwith Maya Mikdashi

Free

Mark for Redaction performance: NAXÖ

Flux Factory 39-31 29th St, Long Island City, NY

October 28, 6:30pm, Musical performance by NAXÖ
Following the screening of deseos / رغبة  at 5pm

NAXÖ, is a queer Egyptian musician and singer, who's work conjures a magical concoction of beats, folklore and eastern classical music.

Free

Mark For Redaction Film (Salam and Eccomi … Eccoti)

Flux Factory 39-31 29th St, Long Island City, NY

November 3, 5pm, & 7pm
Select works by Raed Rafei
Tripoli Stonewall (work in progress) 

Followed by a discussion with Raed Rafei

Free

Maktuv*: An Afternoon of Islamic and Jewish Calligraphy

Flux Factory 39-31 29th St, Long Island City, NY

Sunday, November 4
3pm - 5pm // Free

Join us for an interactive calligraphy workshop led by experiential educator, community organizer, and artist Ruben Shimonov.

Free

Mark For Redaction Film and Workshop

Flux Factory 39-31 29th St, Long Island City, NY

November 4, 3pm-8:30pm
74 (The Reconstitution of a Struggle) and Workshop

A political docu-fiction work about the occupation of AUB in 74 seen from the modern lens of current Arab uprisings.

Free

Flux Iron Chef 2018 (Flux Thursday)

Flux Factory 39-31 29th St, Long Island City, NY

Flux Thursday, November 8th // Competition starts at 8pm

Join us for Flux Factory’s annual Iron Chef competition! Chef's face off against one another to prepare spectacular dishes for an esteemed panel of judges in front of a live audience.

Free

Mark for Redaction: The Ride, Performance by Ramy El-Etreby

Flux Factory 39-31 29th St, Long Island City, NY

Saturday, November 10th @ 8pm 
Free

The Ride is a live solo theatre performance, written and performed by Ramy El-Etreby and directed by Zahra Noorbakhsh.

Migration in Transition: Residency Exhibition by Open Place

Flux Factory 39-31 29th St, Long Island City, NY

November 15 – 20th // Opening Reception, November 15, 6 – 9PM
Closing Reception, Nov 20, 6 – 9PM

The exhibition Migration in Transition presents two volumes of research by the Ukrainian collaborative duo Open Place.

Free

World Puzzle: Performance by Jaime Iglehart

Flux Factory 39-31 29th St, Long Island City, NY

World Puzzle
November 29th, 7–10 pm

World Puzzle is an interactive performance which gathers people together in a place of calm after storms both internal and external.

Flux Factory Annual Auction: December 4, 2018

Plaxall Gallery 5-25 46th Avenue, Long Island City, United States

Tuesday, December 4th
VIP Hour 6pm - 7pm
General Admission 7pm - 10pm
LICA Gallery, 5-25 46th Avenue in Long Island City
Buy your tickets now!!

Flux Thursday: Opening for Sniff Out by Bruno Silva

Flux Factory 39-31 29th St, Long Island City, NY

December 13th
Opening Reception for SNIFF OUT by Bruno Silva
Dinner at 7pm - Exhibition ongoing

The event is free, but please do bring food or drink to share!

Free

Sniff Out: Residency Exhibition by Bruno Silva

December 13-16th
Opening Reception & Flux Thursday: December 13th, 7pm - 10pm

Sniff Out is an exhibition from Bruno Silva, inviting the visitor to stroll around Flux Factory.

Open Call: Flux Factory Accessibility Fellowship

Flux Factory Art and Accessibility Open Call
Deadline, Monday, December 17th, 11:59

Flux Factory and the DCLA Create NYC Disability Forward Fund are offering an inaugural Flux Factory Accessibility Fellowship

Free

Anton Lapov presents lap0fvw

Flux Factory 39-31 29th St, Long Island City, NY

Anton Lapov presents lap0fvw
Artist talk and audiovisual performance
December 17th 7 pm - 10 pm
Flux Factory Gallery

Free

Flux Thursday: Act Up. Sound Out.

Thursday, January 10th
7pm meal // 8pm presentations

Roundtable? Join us on the Sofreh, a traditional Iranian backdrop that holds a feast, a gathering, a place to come together.

Free

Auto-Pilot: Solo exhibition by Paddy O’Dwyer

Flux Factory 39-31 29th St, Long Island City, NY

January 18th - 20th
OPENING HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FOR FRIDAY JANUARY 18th, 6pm

Please join us for Flux Factory's Gallery Management Intern, Paddy O'Dwyer's first solo exhibition.

Free

Radio Shack: a new sound installation by Daniel Fishkin

Flux Factory 39-31 29th St, Long Island City, NY

January 25th - 27th
gallery hours: January 25th - 27th, 1pm - 6pm

A cabin in the woods, emanating electronic music. Installation and performances.

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