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SUMMARY:Flux Thursday: At the Twelfth Hour\, Confessions of a Hong Konger
DESCRIPTION:Flux Thursday: At the Twelfth Hour: Confessions of a Hongkonger by Tse Fei\nSeptember 12th\n7 – 10pm\n \n  \nFlux Thursdays are Flux Factory’s longest-running program\, and takes place on the second Thursday of each month. \nFlux Thursday started in 1994 and is a monthly potluck and artists salon where artists present their work and gather for food and socializing. \nThis event is free but please bring food or drink to share! \nSeptember’s Flux Thursday will be in tandem with Tse Fei’s Residency Exhibition. Tse will address the current protests in Hong Kong in response to the 2019 extradition bill. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf the idiom “the eleventh hour” refers to the final moment\, then “the twelfth hour” means that it is too late. For the artist Tse Fei\,the twelfth hour references a feeling of guilt that he may be missing out. \n\nLet us know you’re coming on Facebook \nMost Flux Thursday events take place in the ground floor Gallery\, which is ADA accessible. The event information will specify if the event takes place in the kitchen on the 2nd floor. \nUpcoming Flux Thursday 2019 \nOctober 11th\, 2019\nNovember 14th\, 2019\nDecember 12th\, 2019
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/flux-thursday/
CATEGORIES:Residency Shows
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SUMMARY:At the Twelfth Hour: Confessions of a Hongkonger by Tse Fei
DESCRIPTION:At the Twelfth Hour: Confessions of a Hongkonger \nby Tse Fei \nSeptember 12th\, 7pm – 10pm\nSeptember 13th – 15th\, 10am – 6pm \nOpening Reception: Flux Thursday\, September 12th\, 7-10 pm  \nLet us know you’re coming on Facebook\n \n\nIf the idiom “the eleventh hour” refers to the final moment\, then “the twelfth hour” means that it is too late. For the artist Tse Fei\, the twelfth hour references a feeling of guilt that he may be missing out. \nMessage from Tse Fei\nHong Kong has been in political chaos since June 2019. As the anti-extradition bill movement continues to intensify\, the local government has stayed brutally blind to the demands of the public. As untimely a career move as it was\, I chose to leave my hometown for New York City to become an Artist-in-Residence at Flux Factory. \nDespite more than a month’s stay in NYC\, I failed to adapt to my daily life – I could not refrain from binge-watching live videos of the demonstrations in Hong Kong. The exhibition At the Twelfth Hour uses the 12-hour time difference between Hong Kong and NYC to highlight my desperation and homesickness while wrestling with both the physical distance and a virtual network. \n\nI hope that when I return to Hong Kong\, I do not regret that I was away from my city during this historic moment. \nBiography\nTse Fei is a conceptual artist and a secondary school Visual Arts teacher. Tse Fei was a janitor\, was a security guard\, was a designer; was a worker in a construction site; was an architecture student. As Shakespeare said\, “We know what we are\, but know not what we may be.” He believes that the possibility of a man and his art should be unlimited. \n(Hong Kong viewers who are unable to visit the site can go to www.facebook.com/fei.tse.3/videos_by during the exhibition to watch the live broadcast of one of my works.) \n\n\n《第十二小時：一個香港人的告白》\n謝斐 個展如果俚語「第十一小時」的意思是最後的一刻，那麼「第十二小時」所表達的，就是錯過之後的內疚。香港自2019年6月起陷入政治亂局，一方面反對修訂逃犯條例的示威越趨激烈，另一方面政府一直對市民的訴求無動於衷。而我卻在此時，要無奈離開故鄉，前來紐約，作駐留藝術家。\n由於總是無法自控地觀看示威直播，我在這一個多月來一直未能適應紐約的生活。是次展覽借助香港和紐約的十二小時時差，向觀眾訴說我在異地的無力感與鄉愁，並探討物理距離與虛擬網絡之間的角力。但願我回港之時，並無錯過太多，未致後悔莫及。（未能現場參觀的香港觀眾可於展覽期間前往 https://www.facebook.com/fei.tse.3/videos_by 觀看其中一件作品的直播。)鳴謝：\nFlux Factory\n英華書院
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/at-the-twelfth-hour-confessions-of-a-hongkonger-by-tse-fei/
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SUMMARY:Rebuilding Work: Open Studio and Artist Talk with Hunter Creel
DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, September 8th\n Open Studios\, noon – 8pm\nArtist Talk\, 6pm \nPlease visit Hunter Creel on Sunday\, August 8th in the Flux Factory Gallery\, while he rebuilds a coffin as part of his ongoing work\, Gate to the Multi-Verse. At 6pm join him for an artist talk and discussion about the project. \nThe work explores the life and death of an individual in correlation to a coffin he exhumed from a parallel world\, and his attempt to re-gain access to the multi-verse. Creel builds fictional narratives around his sculptural works\, below is an excerpt from Gate to the Multi-Verse. \n\n“I have come back from the dimensional travel with my own coffin. I found my gravestone\, dug it up\, and found it empty. I can’t explain this yet\, but I can say that the realization was not a surprise to me. I felt as though the Hunter Creel of this dimension\, or another one\, was guiding my hand in the excavation. One of us has been here before. \nIn transporting my coffin through the portal\, it was changed. I can only assume then that I was changed as well\, though not so visibly. The coffin is in parts unfinished wood\, as I would expect a carpenter’s coffin to be\, and other parts it is stripped yellow and orange. It is striped like the ambulance on the way to the hospital. It is stripped like the scar that runs though my chest and\, at time\, itches like a low flow of electricity through my body.” \n Bio\nHunter Creel is an artist whose practice revolves around his unique access to the multi-verse in\nattempt to discover\, collect\, observe new forms of technology\, information\, energy\, and\nresources. His work produced is a combination of the materials of our world in combination with\nones in parallel. Hunter is building new machines and narratives in an attempt to improve our\nrelationship with each other and our environment. He is also consumed by observing himself in\nanother context as a form of parallel reflection. Problems do occur and mistakes and setbacks\nhave been made\, but he is hopeful through the research of new forms of energy\, we as a species\ncan learn to coexist with our environment and each other.
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/rebuilding-work-open-studio-and-artist-talk-with-hunter-creel/
LOCATION:Flux Factory\, 39-31 29th St\, Long Island City\, NY
CATEGORIES:Residency Shows
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SUMMARY:Diving Into The Surface: Solo Exhibition by Marta Masternak
DESCRIPTION:Diving Into The Surface\nA solo exhibition by Marta Masternak  \nAugust 23rd – 26th\nGallery Hours: 1pm – 6pm\nOpening Reception: August 23rd\, 7:00pm \n  \nLet us know you’re coming on Facebook \n\n\n\n\n\non the edge where the outside ends and the interior begins\, \nfrom tomorrow to today\, from today to yesterday\, today\, yesterday\, tomorrow\,\nnon stop\,\nthe same movement\,\nthe same bread\,\nthe same taste of coffee\,\nthe same set\,\nof societal punctuation marks on our lives\, everything melting into one surface\,\nform one place to another\,\nform one text to another\,\nfrom one word to another\,\nwe know something\,\nwe don’t know all\,\nwe are a copy of our copies\,\nbuilding on our parents feelings\,\nto create a world on the rules of our grandparents\, breaking what is right\,\nbreaking what was bad\,\nbuilding what is good\,\nbuilding what was false\,\nliving on the surface\,\nmelting with the lines\,\ngathering points form place to non-place\,\nfinding utopia\,\ncreating dystopia\,\nuploading pictures\,\ntyping feelings\,\nnot knowing anything\,\nknowing everything\,\nposting\, copying\, recording\, processing\, deleting\, moving\, postponing\, saving\, forgetting\,\nbecoming a surface\,\nwithout any significant points\,\njust diving\,\nfrom utopia to dystopia\,\ninto blurred boundaries \n\n\n\n\nMarta Masternak was born in Poznan\, Poland and now lives and works in Berlin. She studied Painting\, Sculpture\, and Multimedia at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna and Fine Art at Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam. Before she studied Architecture\, which was natural pre-development of her current artistic activities.\nMasternak´s work oscillates mostly between sculpture\, film\, sound\, and drawing and it is presented in site-specific arrangements\, that intend to evoke a mood rather than telling a story. Her installations are built from mixed media and are based on research into shapes\, the fluid transition of material and color from one form to another\, and how this impacts the viewer´s perception. Her compositions strike an odd balance between spontaneous expressions and precise calculations\, often relating to elements of forms and lines\, it creates a visual rhythm and fluid continuity\, which exposes the phantom of time\, the fragility of movement and the present-day human condition. Another important subject in her works is the processing of memory and how this has shifted through engagement with digital media. She is also a member of the experimental jazz/noise/punk band: permanenterror. Marta’s Residency at Flux Factory is supported by the Trust for Mutual Understanding.
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/diving-into-the-surface/
LOCATION:Flux Factory\, 39-31 29th St\, Long Island City\, NY
CATEGORIES:Residency Shows
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190816T000000
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SUMMARY:OPEN CALL: RUB
DESCRIPTION:Major Exhibition Open Call: RUB\nDeadline: Friday\, September 27th\, 11:59pm EST\nExhibition Dates: November 20th – December 15th\nCurated by: An-An Chen\, Cayla Lockwood\, Lulu Meng\, J Triangular\, and  Terrill Warrenburg \n*APPLY HERE* \nHow can artists communicate the necessary points of view and ideas in today’s world as a marginalized person? How can art change an oppressive society? \nRUB is\nan independent publication\nan exhibition at Flux Factory\nan invitation to collaborate\, learn and build community \n*APPLY HERE* \nOur curatorial team invites artists to submit works and proposals for RUB\, an upcoming Exhibition at Flux Factory in Queens\, NY. This one-month show will feature works of art that include\, but are not limited to: Drawings\, Collages\, Paintings\, Photography\, Poems\, Quotes\, Lists\, Printed materials\, Queer stories\, Performances and Video\, Sounds and New Media. \nRUB is centered around two major themes:\n1. NOW-WAVE: an evolution of the avant-garde\, NOW-WAVE is an expansion of cross-cultural\ncounterculture that has evolved to further break boundaries. DIY cultural productions of an\nalternative nature. Being an artist of the NOW WAVE implies being a catalyst to transform society. \n2. GRAPHIC ACTIVISM: (activism grafico): Artists with a special sensitivity for printed matter art and\npublishing as practice in order to communicate necessary points of view in today’s age to resist\nstructures of oppression in today’s society. Artists that use language in the processes of resistance. \nWorks of art will be mounted throughout the 1300 square foot gallery space in a playful fashion echoing\nRUB\, the publication and the inspiration for the show. Additionally\, there will be a constructed “reading\nroom” featuring zines from around the world as well as a number of programming events\, educational\nworkshops and more. \n*Please note this exhibition will have a strong focus on NYC-based artists. Queer\, POC\, and other marginalized artists/ groups/collectives are encouraged to apply. Artists will receive a stipend for participation. \nSUBMISSION GUIDELINES\n● By clicking on the “Apply” link\, you will be asked to send us examples of your work\n○ Visual artists: 4 images of your work\n○ Poets and Writers: 3 samples of their pieces\n○ Video Artists (2 videos – 5 minutes max\, each)\n○ or a Proposal / Idea / Collaboration\n● Additionally\, you will be asked to submit an artist statement (maximum 250 words)\, and answer how your art relates to one or both of the themes (listed above).\n● You will not be asked to upload a CV\, but feel free to add a link to your website\, if applicable. \n*APPLY HERE* \nFlux Factory is able to provide media\, audio\, and other materials. Please let us know if you have special needs. All artists will be expected to install and de-install their own work unless they have contacted us in advance. \nIf you have any questions\, please email RUB@fluxfactory.org \nFlux Factory\, This location is wheelchair accessible. Attendees are expected to adhere to our safer space policy\, which is posted throughout the space.
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/open-call-rub/
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SUMMARY:Jargon: Solo Exhibition by Catalina J. Alvarez
DESCRIPTION:Jargon \nby Catalina J. Alvarez \nAugust 9th – 11th\nFriday to Sunday 1-6pm\n\nSalon (with coffee) 1-4pm Saturday August 10th \nThe main trait that distinguishes Jargon from other language is specialized vocabulary. Filmmaker Catalina exhibits her word drawings. \nCLICK HERE to learn more about Catalina and her future events! \n\nLet us know you’re coming on Facebook \n\nCatalina J. Alvarez\nBiography \nCatalina J. Alvarez grew up in rural Tennessee with a Colombian mother and an American father. Her work across video\, performance\, and text often highlights strange elements of cultural norms and movements of the human body. Her films have screened at festivals including New Orleans\, Los Angeles\, Slamdance\, Fantastic Fest\, Edinburgh Short\, Oxford\, and Palm Springs. She is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor of Media Arts at Antioch College in Yellow Springs\, OH and a resident artist at Flux Factory in Queens\, NY.
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/jargon-exhibition/
CATEGORIES:Residency Shows
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SUMMARY:OPEN CALL: Must They Also Be Gods
DESCRIPTION:Major Exhibition Open Call: Must They Also Be Gods \nDeadline: August 12th\, 11:59pm \nCo-curated by Kalon Hayward and Brie Free \nApply Here \nMust They Also Be Gods will be presented at Flux Factory from October 11th to November 3rd\, 2019. All invited artists will receive a stipend. \nMust They Also Be Gods will highlight the power of black community and movement\, as a celebration of divinity\, love\, and ascension. The selection of works will present an inter-sectional way of looking at possible futures and alternate realities through a black cultural lens. \nThe curators are looking for artists that use their black imagination to consider mysticism\, metaphysics\, identity and liberation; artists that offer a way to see black beauty in the future\, the past and the present. \nMust They Also Be Gods is a safe place for non-linear artists to use their imagination and spirituality to uplift the beauty of Blackness. This exhibition will feature artists from the African Diaspora that work in all forms of art\, and will showcase artists with a cosmic point of view centered around journeys of self-discovery.  \nOver the course of one month Must They Also Be Gods will house installations and visual arts in the Flux Factory Gallery\, and host magikal dance parties\, performances\, healing workshops\, and a marketplace. \nPlease email gods@fluxfactory.org with any questions \nApply Here
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/open-call-must-they-also-be-gods/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190718T130000
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SUMMARY:Everyday Practice – Dual Solo Exhibition by Sai-lok Chan and Tzu-an Ko
DESCRIPTION:Everyday Practice – Dual Solo Exhibition by Sai-lok Chan and Tzu-an Ko \nJuly 19 – 29\nThursday to Sunday 1-6pm\nOpening Reception and Performance on July 19 at 6pm \nOr by appointment at annhikali@gmail.com\n \nTwo Asian artists meet at Flux Factory at the height of this summer. \nTzu-an Ko\, a Taiwan based artist\, searches for employment as her alter-ego Super Perfect Working Robot\, which intervenes with the alienated nature of existence under Capitalism. While Hong Kong based artist and art critic Sai-lok Chan continues his reflections on the relationship between painting and text\, and explores issues surrounding cultural identity. \n*The Exhibition by Sai-lok Chan is presented by United Overseas Bank (UOB). \n\nARTIST TALK AND WORKSHOP: Have a Bit of Culture\, and Write Your Own Queerness\n27 July\n2:30pm – 4:30pm \nThis event combines an experiential Artist Talk and Workshop\, and is divided into two parts. \nThe first part will include learning how to make delicious marinated eggs\, using tea leaves\, red dye and a potpourri of spices. Tzu-an Ko will take you on a journey of cultural metamorphosis. \nIn the second part of the event\, participants will create their own written character or calligraphic symbol. How would you create a script for a queer word that is difficult to define? If typography is more than to please the eye\, then writing can be a process of introspection into ones own identity. \n\nExhibition Statement: Sai-lok Chan \nFor Chan\, winner of the 2017 UOB Art in Ink Awards\, taking time to be an Artist-in-Residence at Flux Factory allows for a mid-career moment of introspection\, and an opportunity to clarify his conceptual framework and plan his future trajectory. \nIn Chan’s recent body of work\, he returns to the roots of his artistic journey holding a dialogue with Chinese ink painting. The works ask questions about the nature of narrative in painting\, and the use of material in service of meaning. On top of its delicate materiality\, (painting on) silk has also become a cultural symbol in an Asian context. While text is a familiar motif in Contemporary Art\, how are Chinese characters interpreted in the context of the New York art scene? \nNew York City is extraordinarily culturally diverse\, and Chan roots his practice in adapting to such diversity and connecting with people. His work\, which includes writing on exercise books and painting on canvas frames\, are both physical exercises but also a process of discovery\, clarification and an acceptance of values. The work produces a meandering journey\, emotional and full of self-doubt. \n  \nExhibition Statement Tzu-an Ko \nRepeat the same thing every day: put on the pale robot makeup\, move stiffly\, interact with human society\, and observe the outcome. The chameleon senses its environment and changes color in 5 seconds. Super Perfect Working Robot needs to do the same thing every day to learn how to adapt to its environment. Part of that process has been changing genders. \nKo has been doing Super Perfect Working Robot since 2013. Dressed as a robot she goes to different countries looking for work to explore the existential experience of capitalist employment. She wants to know the feelings and stories of immigrants when they are working. \nFor this exhibition\, Super Perfect Working Robot exhibits more of its cyborg side\, with installed mannequin arms and legs representing Robot’s days spent walking around New York City handing out flyers. The installation will also include photographs and excerpts of Robot’s diary. Each individual piece is like a pixel in an image or scene from a film; when viewed altogether they show the experience of Super Perfect Working Robot’s life.\n \n\nArtist Bios Tzu-an Ko \nAs an artist and writer\, Chan Sai-lok glides across the fields of art and literary practice\, education\, art criticism and gender studies. He has always taken text and literature as points of departure in his artistic endeavor\, through which he contemplates the intimate relationship between painting and literariness. There is a certain queerness in his paintings\, as his aesthetics and use of material often convey a sense of ambiguity\, while the positioning in form between Asian or European styles rejects simple categorization. Chan is a freelance artist\, part-time lecturer in universities\, and co-founder of an art critic group Art Appraisal Club. He has published exhibition catalogues One Way Ticket\, Future\, at Variance with Memories\, Writing Painting\, and The Countenance of Text. \nIn 2017\, Chan Sai-lok won the UOB Ink Art of the Year Award and was entitled to a residency program at Flux Factory in NYC in autumn 2018 as part of the prize sponsored by Regal Hotels. With the support of UOB\, Chan organized a solo exhibition titled Land of Longing and Exile in February in 2019 summarizing his response to the New York experience. As the Lead Partner of Art Central\, UOB exhibited Chan’s award-winning artwork titled Sealed at the 2018 and 2019 Art Central in Hong Kong. \nTzu-an Ko is concerned with popular culture and the conflict between personal identities and social values. Since 2013\, Super Perfect Work Robot – Rich Ann program series has been developed and shown in various cities such as New York\, Paris\, Tokyo\, Singapore\, and Cambodia. Through the program series\, she invites audiences to contemplate new and different perspectives\, to think about the relationships between people and the robots of existential labor. \n 
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/everyday-practice/
CATEGORIES:Residency Shows
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SUMMARY:WORKSHOP: Cross-Stitch with María Lulú Varona
DESCRIPTION:WORKSHOP: Cross-Stitch with María Lulú Varona\nSunday\, July 14th\n1pm – 4pm \nMaterials and instructional manual included\nSuggested donation\, $20\nNo one turned away for lack of funds.\n\nThis location will be in the Flux Factory office and is not wheelchair accessible \nPlease tell us that you’ll be coming on Facebook \nParticipants will learn the basics of cross-stitch and other basic embroidery techniques\, such as how to follow a chart and translate a pre-designed image to fabric. This workshop offers an opportunity to practice your skills with guidance from visual art María Lulú Varona.
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/workshop-cross-stitch-with-maria-lulu-varona/
CATEGORIES:Residency Shows
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190712T150000
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SUMMARY:Drinking Beer at the End of the World: A Booze Cruise in the Anthroposcene
DESCRIPTION:Drinking Beer at the End of the World: A Booze Cruise in the Anthroposcene\nWith Shane Farrell\nJuly 12th\, 3:00pm-5:30pm\nPlease RSVP on Facebook \nMeet at Smith & 9th street Brooklyn G stop. Look for Death\, our guide. \nThis event is part of the Exhibition Wicket Leeks\, in the Flux Gallery from June 22nd to July 13th \n\nIn “The Bloody Latte” Ian Svenonius figures our beverage consumption as a type of colonialist bloodsucking. Vodka comes to represent the United States’ victory over Russia in the cold war\, and\, even further\, the totalizing power of capitalism. Coffee represents colonial dominion over Africa. In this manner we drink the blood of our “enemies.” My project “Drinking Beer at the End of the World” is somewhere between a Situationist derive (Debord\, an infamous drunk who oft bemoaned the homogenizing effect of capital on local styles of drink\, once remarked “I have written much less than most people who write; but I have drunk much more than most people who drink”)\, a Speed Levitch tour (or “cruise”) of NYC\, and the recently popular “beer run” events in which health conscious imbibers sprint from bar to bar to guzzle pints. But wait\, you’re saying\, beer isn’t food! Wrong! Just ask the monks of Paulner\, who developed the doppelbock in the 1600s as a “liquid bread” on which they sustained themselves for the 40 days of lent. Or perhaps ask your average English field laborer circa 1400 or so\, for whom a glass of ale was a critical source of calories at both breakfast and lunch (until coffee\, with cream and sugar for calories\, became widely available\, radically transforming the productive capacity of the workforce). Ok\, but what does beer have to do with sports? Well I’m sorry but if you really have to ask that question you must be quite dense. Beer and sports of course go hand in hand. Many a television screen has been destroyed by a half empty Labatt Blue can haphazardly chucked by a intoxicated and long suffering Buffalo Bills fan. Americans even go so far as to make drinking a competitive sport unto itself\, the grand prize being a case of cirrhosis (a tendency that has been particularly amplified by social media\, see accounts such as: @officialusadrinkingteam on instagram). Ok ok\, but WHAT is this piece exactly? Well its simply a kind of marathon performance lecture and beer tour through New York City\, hosted by Death (played by yours truly). Participants will start out jogging to their first destination and are encouraged to dress in athletic wear. We will bounce from brewery to bar\, sampling local styles and probably slowing to a stroll as the day wears on\, discussing topics from the role of craft beer in gentrifying neighborhoods and re-invigorating disused industrial spaces to how climate change threatens to destroy the art of lambic brewing. Along the way we might find ourselves playing surreal versions of classic pub games\, or seeing who can kick a proper field goal after a pint or two. I’m hoping to rope in friends from the beer and art worlds to help me along the way (and give me a chance to catch my breath). The event will\, of course\, be designed to discourage intemperance and be safe and fun for anyone of drinking age. Teetotalers are begrudgingly welcome. \n 
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/drinking-beer-at-the-end-of-the-world/
LOCATION:Smith and 9th Street G Train\, Smith - 9th Street G Train Station 9th St\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11231\, United States
CATEGORIES:Residency Shows
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190711T193000
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SUMMARY:Flux Thursday: Wicket Leeks Potluck & Artist Salon
DESCRIPTION:Flux Thursday\nJuly 11\n7:30 pm Potluck\n8:30 – 9:30 pm Salon Style Presentations in the Flux Factory Gallery\nPlease let us know you’re coming on Facebook \nThis event is part of the Exhibition Wicket Leeks\, in the Flux Gallery from June 22nd to July 13th \nFlux Thursday is a monthly potluck and artists salon for people to present their work and gather together for food and socializing. The event is free\, but please do bring food or drink to share!\n \n\nMiss Expanding Universe – “Jane Fonda’s Original Workout” \nA simple daily Jane Fonda Workout for Flux residents and beyond. With costumes\, improvisation\, memoir\, poetry and self-help collaged into the workout experience. Why appropriate Eastern Religions when you could do Jane Fonda’s Original Workout? The workout is easy to fit into a busy schedule and appropriate for all levels of fitness. Jane Fonda’s Original Work began as a subtle\, yet orgasmic revolution; it was created at a time when gyms were primarily for men. It subverts capitalism because it is free\, can be done from the convenience of one’s home\, and requires only a towel. Miss Expanding Universe has been on tour with Jane Fonda’s Original Workout for two years and has introduced a healthy\, moderate\, convenient and fun exercise discipline into the lives of people all over the world (however\, she can’t take any credit; she is but a humble vessel for the gospel of Jane). Slogans include: “If Jane can do it\, you can do it!”\, “WORK DEEP!” \, “What would Jane Fonda Do?” and “Cosmic Destiny is Real.” Universe began her personal journey with Jane Fonda in the midst of a debilitating and unmanageable eating disorder (Jane Fonda is also in recovery for an eating disorder)\, and it has been an indispensable part of her path towards a balanced life. She has been doing the workout nearly every day for three years and it has revealed itself to be a complete metaphor for her life. Jane Fonda’s Original Workout is more than just a workout\, it is a spiritual journey. \nJevijoe Vitug – “Kaldereta” \nAs a continuation of his “HOT DOG DAYS” work as part of Wicket Leeks\, Jevijoe Vitug will prepare a vegan Kaldereta and give a presentation on his research and work.
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/flux-thursday-wicket-leeks/
LOCATION:Flux Factory\, 39-31 29th St\, Long Island City\, NY
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190709T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190709T210000
DTSTAMP:20260411T140638
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SUMMARY:Artists & Creatives Money Skills
DESCRIPTION:Image Credit: Mark Wagner currency collage (Photo via thisiscolossal.com). Image Description: Three George Washington figures\, just like on the dollar bill\, are sitting in a small boat\, surrounded by waves made up of dollars. Behind them is a digital texture. The whole image is the black and green colors of the dollar.\nArtists & Creatives Money Skills \n\nLearn financial practices that support artists and creatives to make smart decisions about money in your practice and personal life.  \nTuesday July 9\n7pm – 9pm \nRSVP Required\, please buy tickets in advance\nFee: Sliding scale $20 – $40\nClick RSVP link above to reserve a space \n\nThis two-hour class (with handouts + practical exercises + Q&A!) is created to give you a basic\, crucial grounding in the financial aspects of being “in business” as a creative\, artist\, and cultural worker. \nThis workshop will take place in the Flux Factory office which is up a flight of stairs. If you cannot go up stairs\, email maya@fluxfactory.org and we can move the event into the gallery. \n\nThe workshop will cover: \n 1) What is a small business – as an artist\, am I one? \n2) Making the Money: reality of getting paid for gigs \n3) debrief / exercise \n4) Four steps to legitimize and track the money in and out \n5) Make it easier by managing the pieces: contracts\, automation\, planning \nBio:\n Hadassah Damien is a Brooklyn-based award-winning queer artist\, technologist\, and educator at Ride Free Fearless Money\, the iconoclastic blog and finance classes she founded in 2015. Her mission with Ride Free is to stabilize progressive communities by empowering folks’ relationship to their money\, to help people hack capitalism\, and to give people time and energy back! \nLearn more: www.ridefreefearlessmoney.com
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/money-skills/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190630T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190630T190000
DTSTAMP:20260411T140638
CREATED:20190526T213030Z
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SUMMARY:Eco-communities in Dialogue: NY responds to Europe
DESCRIPTION:Cotyledon Community & Flux Factory present: Eco-communities in Dialogue: NY responds to Europe \nSunday\, June 30\n5pm – 7pm\nThis discussion will be happening in the context of the Flux Exhibition\, Wicket Leeks.\nPlease RSVP on Facebook \nThis discussion will feature Jan Blažek of the Czech Republic who will speak on European Eco-communities followed by a panel discussion with representatives from local communes Cotyledon\, Ganas\, and Arc 38. \nJan Blazek is a PhD student working on the topic of eco-communities and in general on socio-environmental transformations\, visiting from Masaryk University Brno in the Czech Republic. Jan will present the current trends in European eco-communities with examples of urban cohousings and rural ecovillages\, housing coops\, all-sharing communes\, autonomous colonies\, syndicates and regional cooperatives. He brings the voice of communities from Portugal\, Catalonia\, Austria\, Germany\, Denmark and the UK. \nCotyledon is a small but ambitious income sharing\, egalitarian commune formed in late 2017 in Western Queens. With a focus on food justice Cotyledon demonstrates a collaborative approach to life and work within NYC. \nGanas was founded in 1979 on Staten Island. This non-egalitarian community utilizes 10–12 core group members plus 60 to 70 members of varying involvement. The community runs three reuse businesses\, including a clothing\, furniture and bookstore-cafe. \nArc 38 is a 501c3 nonprofit project occupying 188 acres in upstate New York. Rooted in activism\, sustainability\, agriculture\, building networks\, spirituality\, philosophy and radical pacifism\, ARC 38 strives to embody a living experiment in community building.
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/eco-communities/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190629T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190629T183000
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CREATED:20190628T190438Z
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SUMMARY:Julian Louis Phillips Performing "1518" and Post-Performance Dialogue
DESCRIPTION:Julian Louis Phillips Performing “1518” and Post-performance Dialogue \nSaturday June 29th\n4:30 – 5:30pm\n \nThis event is part of the Exhibition Wicket Leeks\, in the Flux Gallery from June 22nd to July 13th \nPlease RSVP on Facebook. \n\n“1518” is a performance inspired by the struggle that the first of a demographic must endure when they break social barriers. The title is taken from Jackie Robinson’s career hits\, totaling 1\,518. Robinson\, who faced vile hatred when he was chosen to integrate baseball\, has become a symbol of racial tolerance and justice. Today as racial injustice persist\, “1518” questions the mechanisms associated with social change through sports and other capitalist structures. \nAfter this durational performance Julian will talk about his process and work. \nJulian Louis Phillips was born in Brooklyn\, NY and grew up in New Jersey and Philadelphia. After graduating from Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia\, studying Art and Psychology\, he attended Social Practice Queens at Queens college where he received his MFA. He has been a More Art Engaging Artist Fellow\, JCAL Jerome Foundation Resident Artist\, and NARS Foundation Resident. He has exhibited and performed throughout New York and the Northeast. Phillips resides and makes work in Brooklyn.
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/julian-louis-phillips-performing-1518-and-post-performance-dialogue/
LOCATION:Flux Factory\, 39-31 29th St\, Long Island City\, NY
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190629T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190629T163000
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SUMMARY:Wrestling as Ancient and Contemporary Decentralized Sport History
DESCRIPTION:Wrestling as Ancient and Contemporary Decentralized Sport History\nSaturday June 29th\n3 – 4:30pm\nPlease RSVP on Facebook \nThis event is part of the Exhibition Wicket Leeks\, in the Flux Gallery from June 22nd to July 13th \n\nIn 2013\, the International Olympic Committee dropped wrestling as a core sport from the 2020 Olympic games. In the wake of this decision\, wrestlers and their supporters from all over the world rallied to reinstitute what is commonly referred to as “the world’s oldest sport.” \n“As a wrestler and coach for over 20 years\, I had an obvious biased perspective on this issue. However\, as an academic who values world cultures\, I was interested in understanding how and why the Olympics would cancel such an inclusive and diverse sport as wrestling.” – Dr. Joshua D. Phillips \nJoshua D. Phillips (PhD\, Southern Illinois University) is an assistant teaching professor in the Department of Communication Arts and Sciences at Pennsylvania State University\, Brandywine. His main research and teaching focus is rhetoric and intercultural communication where he explores how narratives shape culture. \nHe is also a local high school wrestling coach and has been involved with the sport for over 20 years. Recently he has taken an interest in how the sport of wrestling has shaped cultures around the world and how it has encouraged positive intercultural relationships between people and countries from diverse backgrounds.
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/wrestling/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190629T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190629T150000
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SUMMARY:Specially Processed American Me: SPAM\, War\, and Cuisine Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Specially Processed American Me: SPAM\, War\, and Cuisine Workshop\nSaturday June 29th\n1 – 3pm\nPlease RSVP and spread the word on Facebook \nThis event is part of the Exhibition Wicket Leeks\, in the Flux Gallery from June 22nd to July 13th \nOver a communal meal\, artist and playwright Jaime Sunwoo will discuss the history of SPAM\, the canned meat\, in the Asia-Pacific and its connection to war\, class\, imperialism\, and nostalgia. You’ll also learn about her writing and design process for her performance project\, Specially Processed American Me\, and why she uses SPAM as a metaphor for the Asian American experience. Feel free to bring a SPAM dish to share! Attendees are welcome to share their own SPAM-related stories and recipes. \nTo learn more about Specially Processed American Me\, visit speciallyprocessed.com and follow @speciallyprocessed on Facebook and Instagram. \nJaime Sunwoo is a Korean American multidisciplinary artist from Brooklyn\, New York. She combines video\, audio\, sculpture\, and storytelling to create sensory performances in galleries\, theaters\, and public spaces. Her works are part playful\, part tragic\, and often examine food as a way to discuss identity\, history\, and death. She studied art at Yale University\, and is an alum of the Laundromat Project for socially engaged art. Her site-specific projects include ‘The Creature’ at DUMBO Arts Festival\, and interactive radio drama ‘Earshot’. She has collaborated with Whoop Dee Doo\, and appeared on PBS’s Art21. Her public works were presented by STooPS Art Crawl and Art in Odd Places. She is currently working on ‘Specially Processed American Me’\, a performance and community workshop series exploring the history of SPAM\, the canned meat\, in the Asia-Pacific and its place in the Asian American experience. ‘Specially Processed American Me’ has been presented by the FailSafe Festival\, OYE! Avant Garde Festival at JACK\, Asian American Arts Alliance\, Gallery Madison Park\, Open Source Gallery\, New York University\, the Charles B Wang Center at Stony Brook University\, Brooklyn Arts Exchange Upstart Program\, and Leviathan Lab at The Tank.
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/spam/
LOCATION:Flux Factory\, 39-31 29th St\, Long Island City\, NY
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190627T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190627T230000
DTSTAMP:20260411T140638
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SUMMARY:Wicket Leeks আড্ডা / Adda & Collaborative Beer Making Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Wicket Leeks আড্ডা / Adda & Collaborative Beer Making Workshop\nThursday June 27th\n6pm – midnight\nPlease let us know you’re coming on Facebook \nThis event is part of the Exhibition Wicket Leeks\, in the Flux Gallery from June 22nd to July 13th\n \nWicket Leeks আড্ডা / Adda with Jess Rolls and Zaid Islam  \nআড্ডা / Adda is a Bangla word. Its closest translation would be to hangout\, typically with cups of teas\, and can go on for hours without end\, sitting around and talking. During this আড্ডা / Adda we will hear from Jess and Zaid about their 2+ year collaboration exploring the complexities of corporate and national empire explored through the histories of tea\, cricket\, and chilis. \nCollaborative Beer Making Workshop  with Gil Lopez and Jonathan Sims \nA homebrewing beer workshop with both theory and philosophy of collectivity and living cultures. The beermaking workshop will happen concurrently with the Wicket Leeks আড্ডা / Adda. \n  \nRun of Activities\nFLUX GALLERY \nStarting 6pm – throughout\nCollaborative beer Making workshop with Gil Lopez and Jonathan Sims \nStarting 6pm – throughout\nFood tastings: teas\, kheer\, jhal muri\, chanachur\, aloo gobi and eton mess with Leila\, Jess and Zaid \n6pm – 7:30pm\nZaid Islam\, No Appointment Necessary tea and snacks \n6pm – 7:30pm\nJess Rolls\, Open Studio clay-making \n8pm – 8:45pm\nConversation between Zaid Islam and Jess Rolls chaired by Will Owen \n\nFLUX ROOFTOP\nFlux on the Floor\n8pm – 12am\nThese events will be followed by a special edition of Flux on the Floor\, a monthly dance party DJ’d by PlayPlay\, Vinyl Richie + Wicket Leeks guest DJ(s) On the roof*. \n*The Wicket Leeks আড্ডা / Adda and Beer Making workshop will happen in the gallery\, which is wheelchair accessible and has an ADA bathroom\, however\, Flux on the Floor will happen on the roof which is up several flights of stairs. \n\nZaid Islam is a Queens based artist working with exchange economies including snacks and beverages. He is also interested in the requirements around food safety\, and what we do when asked to engage with an “unsafe” food\, investigating ideas of trust and intimacy. Zaid shares his food table\, which offers homemade food and drink\, or items prepared in Bangladesh which the artist carried to New York\, in exchange for a negotiated offer. \nJess Rolls is an independent public art curator and artist with a social practice making in ceramics\, printmaking and painting. At her clay talking-making table Open Studio\, Jess explores food and taste memories with participants to produce ceramic pinch pots and tableware. Alongside\, Jess creates a mixed-media map that moves back and forth along Jess’ family histories and geographies and her experience of moving to New York.. \nGil Lopez is a Community Cultivator\, Artist\, Eco-Educator\, Landscape Designer/Builder and Urban Farmer. Gil is one of the co-founders of Smiling Hogshead Ranch\, an urban farm collective fostering healthy culture and community\, and food and environmental justice in Long Island City. \nJonathan Sims is a New York City based visual artist who originally hails from Texas. His visual arts practice is characterized by brightly colored geometric abstractions and simple\, minimalist symbology that evokes language and universal\, ancient design.
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/wicket-leeks-adda/
LOCATION:Flux Factory\, 39-31 29th St\, Long Island City\, NY
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190625T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190625T210000
DTSTAMP:20260411T140638
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SUMMARY:A View From Above: The Pre-Game Meal by Nathaniel Sullivan
DESCRIPTION:A View From Above: The Pre-Game Meal by Nathaniel Sullivan\nTuesday June 25th\n7:30pm \nThis event is free\, but has a maximum capacity of 12 people\, the same as a basketball team\, please RSVP here \nThis event is part of the Exhibition Wicket Leeks\, in the Flux Gallery from June 22nd to July 13th \n\nA View From Above: The Pre-Game Meal is a multimedia lecture performance about the statistical and sexual mythology of basketball legend Wilt Chamberlain. On March 2\, 1962\, Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points in a single game\, a record that still stands. In a 1992 autobiography\, he claimed that he had slept with 20\,000 women. I read this book when I was 12 years old\, a skinny kid growing up in Canada with hoop dreams. I have wondered about those two numbers since then. \nIn the performance\, Chamberlain the myth\, and the beautiful game he played are a frame for exploring the enculturation of young men\, the formation of identity and the near certainty that childhood heroes will disappoint. The performance unfolds over the course of a pre-game meal\, scientifically sound nutrition to bring the everyone to peak athletic performance within a few hours. \nNathaniel Sullivan is a creative non-fiction artist. He makes documentary videos\, multimedia lecture performances and site-specific guided tours. He uses these forms of truth-telling to combine facts with speculative ideas in order to explore the roots of power and social control. Often\, he uses one character and an event from their real life as a way into the story. He has made work about Francois Mitterrand’s rumored last meal\, exploring the limits of reason\, Wilt Chamberlain’s mythological sex life\, in which he wrote a teenaged version of himself into the story to critique the enculturation of young men\, and the semi-fictional love letters JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon\, to retell the story of the current financial crisis.
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/a-view-from-above-the-pre-game-meal/
LOCATION:Flux Factory\, 39-31 29th St\, Long Island City\, NY
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190622T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190713T180000
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SUMMARY:Wicket Leeks
DESCRIPTION:Wicket Leeks \nCurated by Abdul Dube\, Illesha Khandelwal and Will Owen\nAssistant Curator Fiona Mccormac \nJune 22 – July 13 \nExhibition Hours:\nThursday – Sunday 1 – 6 pm\n \nUsing the lenses of food and sports\, Wicket Leeks showcases cooks\, athletes\, researchers\, artists\, coaches\, and makers to help investigate the unsavory histories of nationalist\, religious\, and corporate colonialism in a palatable way\, while not sugar-coating its effects\, in order to help us better digest our present and cook up a healthier future. \nThe title Wicket Leeks refers to the wicket– a part of the equipment for the sport of Cricket spread by the British Empire\, and Leeks– one of the most common and ancient edible plants in the onion family. It is also in reference to WikiLeaks– the international investigative journalism non-profit. \n\nEVENTS\n\nOpening Reception\nJune 22nd\, 6 – 10pm \nA View From Above: The Pre-Game Meal by Nathaniel Sullivan\nTuesday June 25th\, 7:30pm\nEvent is free\, but requires RSVP! \nWicket Leeks / আড্ডা Adda Featuring A Collaborative Beer Brewing Workshop\nThursday June 27th\, 6-11pm \nA conversation and food-based hang out with artists Jess Rolls and Zaid Islam around their 2+ year collaboration around shared histories. \nSpecially Processed American Me: SPAM\, War\, and Cuisine Workshop\nSaturday June 29th\, 1 – 3pm \nOver a communal meal\, artist and playwright Jaime Sunwoo will discuss the history of SPAM\, the canned meat\, in the Asia-Pacific and its connection to war\, class\, imperialism\, and nostalgia. \nWrestling as Ancient and Contemporary Decentralized Sport History\nSaturday June 29th\, 3-4:30pm\nA participatory\, body positive lecture and demonstration.\nParticipation is optional and requires no former knowledge of wrestling. \n– CLOSED July 4th weekend –\n \nFlux Thursday\nJuly 11th\, 7:30 – 10 pm\nPotluck + Wicket Leeks Artist Talks \nDrinking Beer at the End of the World: A Booze Cruise in the Anthroposcene Shane Farrell\nJuly 12th\, 3:00pm-5:30pm \nMeet at the Smith – 9th Street G Station. Look for Death. \n\nFeatured Artists \nEpicurean Endocrinology (Liz Flyntz & Byron Rich)\nFay Sanders\nHande Sever\nJanine Georgette (Hamilton)\nJaime Sunwoo\nJevijoe Vitug\nJordany Geao\nDr. Joshua D. Phillips\nJess Rolls\nJulian Louis Phillips\nKacie Lyn Martinez\nLexy Ho-Tai \nMiss Expanding Universe (Ashley Yang-Thompson)  & Zehra Khan\nNathaniel Sullivan\nNick Whittock\nShane Farrell\nSneha Mehta & Mallika Chandra\nZaid Islam
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/wicket-leeks/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190614T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190614T233000
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SUMMARY:25th Anniversary Banquet
DESCRIPTION:Friday June 14 Doors at 6pm  Dinner served promptly at 7pm  Dancing at 9:30pm \n  \nBUY TICKETS  \nAt the Flux Factory Gallery\n39-31 29th street\, LIC 11101\nThis location is wheelchair accessible \nA multi-course meal designed by Flux Artists Sarah Dahlinger\, Will Owen and Jevijoe Vitug // Dance party to Follow with Music programmed by Jess “PlayPlay” Dilday //  Light Installation by Jonathan Sims // Table designed by Amir Badawi and Danny Crump // Flyer by Cayla Lockwood \nWhen 7 artists began hosting potlucks\, performances and art events in a former spice factory in 1993\, they were fulfilling the immediate needs of their creative community with the resources at their disposal. 25 years later\, these needs persist among a new generation of emerging artists\, and Flux Factory continues to offer support through residencies\, exhibitions\, and collaborative opportunities\, building an international network of cultural producers along the way.  \nNone of this would be possible without YOU – our ever-widening community of thinkers\, creators\, and art appreciators. Your attendance at Flux’s 25th Anniversary Banquet will help ensure the continuation of our one-of-a-kind artist residency program into the next quarter-century and beyond!  \nThank you to the 25th Anniversary Benefit Committee including Haiba Hamilton (Chair)\, Tristan Nadal and Gotham Construction Corporation\, Jake Pratt\, Sallie Sanders\, Aliya Bonar and the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation\, Morgan Meis\, Stefany Anne Golberg\, Jean Barberis\, Rodrigo Sanchez\, Rhonda Lowry\, Will Owen\, Sarah Dahlinger\, Jevijoe Vitug\, Jon Sims\, Cayla Lockwood\, Amir Badawi\, Danny Crump\, Maya Suess\, Nat Roe\, Sarah Weitlauf\, Oriana Leckert\, Scott Hirst\, and Helen Ho. \nBUY TICKETS MENU\n \nQuick-Pickled Veggies\, Nuts & Cypriot Olive Pie \n“Purple Rain” Soup & Russian Salad with Southern Biscuit \nJerk-Cauliflower and Tofu with Coconut Rice \nSilver Anniversary Cake a la Liberace\n \nWith palate cleansing fruit gels between courses \n \nBeverages throughout the meal thanks to Mascot Brewery and Grand Liquors \nDishes courtesy of Flux Community Residents Will Owen\, Jevijoe Vitug\,  Sarah Dahlinger\, Cayla Lockwood and Moira Williams\, and Tina Stipanovic of LIC’s own RaR Bar and AlterWork Studios.
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/25th-anniversary-banquet/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190607T210000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190609T180000
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SUMMARY:Together
DESCRIPTION:Together \nJune 7th – 9th \nTogether is a forward-thinking meetings technology service providing cutting-edge technology to boost your team’s connectivity\, productivity and access to psychic resources. Together helps your small business or art collective save time by holding meetings while you sleep. Using lucid dreaming strategies your team will meet on an astral plane\, connecting without the barriers of language or gravity. The 2019 company launch will take place June 7-9th at Flux Factory in Long Island City\, NY featuring a preliminary sleep study\, beta test pajama party\, and dream journal bookbinding workshop. \n\nPreliminary Sleep Study\nJune 7th – 9pm – 9am\nThis event is not open to the public.\nIf you are interested in participating in the preliminary sleep study\, please fill out this form to see if you qualify. Participants will receive a $10 gift certificate at the end of the study. \nBeta Test Pajama Party\nJune 8th – 7pm – 12am\nFree and open to the public.\nSnacks\, games\, audio/visual entertainment\, astral powerpoint projections and more! \nRSVP (Not Required but Requested) \nBookbinding Workshop: Dream Journals\nJune 9th – 3-6pm\nFree and open to the public.\nThis three-hour workshop will introduce students to the basic skills involved in creating a multi signature book. The course is beginner-friendly and students will use a range of materials to sew\, trim and glue their own bindings for their very own dream journal. \nRSVP (Not Required but Requested) \nTogether CEO—Cayla Lockwood— is an artist\, curator and graphic designer based in NYC. Her artistic practice consists of creating fake companies\, drawing in magazines with gel pens and constructing elaborate blanket forts. She is currently an artist in residence at Flux Factory and a curatorial member of Little Berlin (Gallery) in Philadelphia. Cayla has an M.F.A. from Syracuse University and teaches workshops internationally in printmaking and bookbinding. She is also co-editor of the neo-cosmic/now-wave newsletter\, RUB and has participated in the Yale University Art Book Fair\, Boston Art Book Fair\, Miami Zine Fair and Printed Matter’s LA Art Book Fair.
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/together/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190602T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190602T213000
DTSTAMP:20260411T140638
CREATED:20190523T164200Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191209T234045Z
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SUMMARY:Crip Care Work
DESCRIPTION:Image Description: Two speech bubbles that say TALK BACK in capital letters. The top bubble is smaller than the bottom speech bubble. The TALK BACK letters are bold and filled with colourful patterns. Both speech bubbles have yellow backgrounds with red dots and a pink border. \nCrip Care Work\nTALK BACK Convening\nSunday\, June 2nd\, 12 – 6pm \n7 – 9:30pm\nFlux Factory\n 39-31 29th\nStreet Long Island City\, NY\nEmail: access@fluxfactory.org  \nRSVP HERE (Not Required but Requested) \nTALK BACK curated by Lexy Ho-Tai and moira williams \n\nCrip Care Work\nSunday\, June 2nd\, 12 – 5pm\n12:30pm – 12:40pm: Introductions\n1-2:30pm: Tangled Arts + Disability: Panel Discussion on The State of Disability Arts in Toronto/ Ontario/ Canada\n2:45-3pm: Paula Stuttman’s Disappearance Performance\n3:30 – 5pm: A Day in the Life of Parkinson’s\n5 – 7pm Break  \nCrip Ecologies of Emergent Pain\nCo-Organized with Ezra Benus\n7 – 7:10pm: Introductions\n7:10 – 7:25pm: Poetry Reading by Jimena Lucero\n7:30 – 8pm: “Pain is Precious\,” a conversation with Ezra Benus\n8:15 – 8:30pm: Poetry Reading by Cyree Jarelle Johnson\n8:50 – 9:20pm: **Music performance by CATLIP + jess kurland ** \n**CATLIP + jess kurland’s performance is not a relaxed performance and will be loud with flashing lights. Foam ear plugs available.** \nAbout the Presenters \nTangled Arts + Disability: is a fully disability-identified staff operating Canada’s first Disability Art gallery. They will discuss the emergence and swell of Deaf and Disability Arts\, ‘Cripping’ arts and culture\, a natural extension to the disability rights movement\, that has disrupted mainstream narratives surrounding experiences of Deafness\, Madness and Disability in Canada. Tangled Arts will also discuss the history of Disability Arts in Canada\, accessible curation\, funding structures and leadership\, as well as accessible cultural marketing. tangledarts.org  \nPaula Stuttman offers an oral and visual presentation of “The Disappearance_20 thoughts.” This brief talk stems from a project addressing shelf life (nothing lasts forever). paulastuttman.com \nA Day in the Life of Parkinson’s a short play by Joel Shatzsky centered on two couples: Hal & Paula and Josh & Pat. Each character copes with the limitations of Parkinson’s disease; Hal resumes his career as a standup comic\, Josh clings to his job in a tech company. While Paula and Pat are their husband’s caregivers and form a support group which is tested by Marcia\, a recent widow. A note from Joel\, “I can attest to the frustrations of coping with Parkinson’s. Especially when it comes to experiences like when the simple act of pulling on a sweater becomes a perilous undertaking.” \nEzra Benus is a practicing artist\, educator\, and activist. Ezra is an artist in residence in the 2018-2019 Art and Disability Residency through Art Beyond Sight\, and works across media including pedagogy\, painting\, sculpture\, photography\, and performance. Ezra currently serves as Access Programs\, Adult Learning and School Programs Fellow at the Brooklyn Museum. ezrabenus.com  \nJimena Lucero is a poet\, artist\, and trans woman from Queens\, NY. She graduated with a B.A. in English from Hunter College. She is a Pink Door fellow and you can find her writing and more in EOAGH: Efniks.com  \nCyree Jarelle Johnson is a writer and librarian living in New York City. His first book of poetry “SLINGSHOT” will be published by Nightboat Books in September 2019. He is currently an Undergraduate Creative Writing Teaching Fellow and MFA candidate at Columbia University. @cyreejarelle\, www.cyreejarellejohnson.com. \nCATLIP is an industrial psychic-punk duo formed in 2016 by best friends Bryan and Caleb. Their recently released single on soundcloud will be released this summer on their upcoming EP. Currently\, they play shows at DIY venues in Brooklyn every few weeks. @catlip_nyc\, https://soundcloud.com/catlipnyc/gut \njess kurland is a Brooklyn-based queer\, non-binary\, disabled\, and white multimedia artist. their pronouns are they/them. they are half of hollowmess with caleb andriella\, and ovum is their ongoing work which is entering its fourth year of existence. jess is currently focused on making their work accessible and wearable through clothes and jewelry. @hollowmess_ \nFor more information about specific events\, please go to fluxfactory.org. The TALK BACK Convening is free and open to disabled and chronically ill artists + organizers\, organizations and allies. Please reserve a spot for our TALK BACK Convening through our website. If you have any questions\, email Lexy and moira at access@fluxfactory.org. With the goal of collective care\, we are running our events on Crip Time\, so please know that programming may start at a slightly later time than listed\, depending on the needs’ and good vibes of our wonderful participants and visitors. \nWe will serve light\, gluten-free refreshments\, and non-alcoholic drinks. Please feel free to bring drinks and heavier foods along. There will be a two-hour dinner break on Saturday and Sunday. You are welcome to eat throughout the event. Unfortunately\, we will not be providing meals. Please see a local listing of eateries here. \n\nAccessibility:\nFlux Factory gallery and ground floor\, gender-neutral bathroom is ADA Accessible. No ID or fee necessary for entry. Free tap water is available as are chairs with backs. \nThe closest subway stations with street level elevators is Queens Plaza (E\, M\, R trains)\, and 21st Street Queensbridge (F Train). MTA Elevator and Escalator Status. TALK BACK will include audio guides and large-print of written work. There is a quiet space within the gallery with low-level lighting\, earplugs\, chairs\, cushions\, eye masks\, and reading material. Service animals are welcome. Please arrive fragrance free and with quiet phones. Thank you! \nPlease feel free to contact curators Lexy Ho-Tai or moira williams at access@fluxfactory.org about access needs and questions. If you require ASL interpretation or real-time captioning\, please reach out by May 24\, 2019\, if possible. Thank you! \nTALK BACK is made possible through in-kind support from Materials for the Arts\, Enjoy Life\, Stimtastic\, Disability/Arts/NY\, a generous donation from Joe Cardillo\, and supported by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs Create NYC Disability Forward Fund
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/crip-care-work/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190601T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190601T230000
DTSTAMP:20260411T140638
CREATED:20190523T165528Z
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SUMMARY:Disability Nightlife Dance Party
DESCRIPTION:Image Description: Two speech bubbles that say TALK BACK in capital letters. The top bubble is smaller than the bottom speech bubble. The TALK BACK letters are bold and filled with colourful patterns. Both speech bubbles have yellow backgrounds with red dots and a pink border.\nDisability Nightlife Dance Party\nwith DJ Kevin Gotkin \nTALK BACK Convening \nSaturday\, June 1st\, 8-11pm \nFlux Factory\n39-31 29th Street\nLong Island City\, NY\nEmail: access@fluxfactory.org  \nRSVP HERE (Not Required but Requested) \nTALK BACK curated by Lexy Ho-Tai and moira williams \n  \n\nCelebrate the closing of TALK BACK with a party featuring DJ WHO GIRL (Kevin Gotkin) and a performance by YO-YO LIN! \nVIBE FLOW:\n8-9pm: Low-level music\n9pm: “the walls of my room are curved” by Yo-Yo Lin\nAudiovisual performance involving live-mixing projections of recorded movement and a musical score comprised of the sounds of the artist’s bones and joints.\nAccess note: The audience will encounter some abrupt changes in light and color.\n9:15-10pm: Higher volume dance set featuring DJ Who Girl\n10-11pm: Low-level music \nABOUT THE PRESENTERS: \nWHO GIRL (Kevin Gotkin) is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Media\, Culture\, & Communication at New York University and Project Lead for the Disability Nightlife Project\, a project in development that will launch a monthly disability-centric nightlife party. kevingotkin.com \nYO-YO LIN is a media artist who creates audiovisual installation experiences and explores the possibilities of human connection and storytelling in the context of emerging technologies. She uses intelligent projection/ lighting\, digital and hand-drawn animation\, interactive objects\, and lush sound design to create meditative ‘memoryscapes’. Her work often examines human perception as a vehicle for self-knowledge and community growth. She has shown new media works at international multimedia art galleries (Human Resources\, Lincoln Center\, La Corte Contemporanea)\, music festivals (Coachella\, Panorama)\, film festivals (New York Film Festival\, SXSW)\, and public art venues. Her work has been featured in the Huffington Post\, Indiewire\, and Surface Magazine. yoyolin.com  \nFor more information about specific events\, please go to fluxfactory.org. The convening is free and open to disabled and chronically ill artists + organizers\, organizations\, and allies. Please reserve a spot for our TALK BACK Convening through our website. If you have any questions\, email Lexy and moira at access@fluxfactory.org. With the goal of collective care\, we are running our events on Crip Time\, so please know that programming may start at a slightly later time than listed\, depending on the needs’ and good vibes of our wonderful participants and visitors. \nACCESSIBILITY:\nFlux Factory gallery and ground floor\, gender-neutral bathroom is ADA Accessible. No ID or fee necessary for entry. Free tap water is available as are chairs with backs.\nThe closest subway stations with street level elevators is Queens Plaza (E\, M\, R trains)\, and 21st Street Queensbridge (F Train). MTA Elevator and Escalator Status. TALK BACK will include audio guides and large-print of written work. There is a quiet space within the gallery with low-level lighting\, earplugs\, chairs\, cushions\, eye masks\, and reading material. Service animals are welcome. Please arrive fragrance free and with quiet phones. Thank you! \nPlease feel free to contact curators Lexy Ho-Tai or moira williams at access@fluxfactory.org about access needs and questions. Thank you! \nPlease feel free to contact curators Lexy Ho-Tai or moira williams at access@fluxfactory.org about access needs and questions. If you require ASL interpretation or real-time captioning\, please reach out by May 24\, 2019\, if possible. Thank you! \nTALK BACK is made possible through in-kind support from Materials for the Arts\, Enjoy Life\, Stimtastic\, Disability/Arts/NY\, a generous donation from Joe Cardillo\, and supported by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs Create NYC Disability Forward Fund
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/disability-nightlife-dance-party/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190601T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190601T230000
DTSTAMP:20260411T140638
CREATED:20190523T155213Z
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SUMMARY:Talk Back Closing Party
DESCRIPTION:TALK BACK \nClosing Party\nSaturday\, June 1\, 8-11pm\n \nRSVP (Not Required but Requested) \nCelebrate the closing of TALK BACK with a party featuring DJ WHO GIRL (Kevin Gotkin) and a performance by YO-YO LIN! \n\nVIBE FLOW: 8-9pm: Low-level music\n9pm: “the walls of my room are curved” by Yo-Yo Lin Audiovisual performance involving live-mixing projections of recorded movement and a musical score comprised of the sounds of the artist’s bones and joints.\nAccess note: The audience will encounter some abrupt changes in light and color.\n9:15-10pm: Higher volume dance set featuring DJ Who Girl\n10-11pm: Low-level music \nABOUT THE PRESENTERS: \nWHO GIRL (Kevin Gotkin) is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Media\, Culture\, & Communication at New York University and Project Lead for the Disability Nightlife Project\, a project in development that will launch a monthly disability-centric nightlife party. kevingotkin.com  \nYO-YO LIN is a media artist who creates audiovisual installation experiences and explores the possibilities of human connection and storytelling in the context of emerging technologies. She uses intelligent projection/ lighting\, digital and hand-drawn animation\, interactive objects\, and lush sound design to create meditative ‘memoryscapes’. Her work often examines human perception as a vehicle for self-knowledge and community growth. She has shown new media works at international multimedia art galleries (Human Resources\, Lincoln Center\, La Corte Contemporanea)\, music festivals (Coachella\, Panorama)\, film festivals (New York Film Festival\, SXSW)\, and public art venues. Her work has been featured in the Huffington Post\, Indiewire\, and Surface Magazine. yoyolin.com \nThe convening is free and open to disabled and chronically ill artists + organizers\, organizations\, and allies. Please reserve a spot for our TALK BACK Convening through our website. If you have any questions\, email Lexy and moira at access@fluxfactory.org. With the goal of collective care\, we are running our events on Crip Time\, so please know that programming may start at a slightly later time than listed\, depending on the needs’ and good vibes of our wonderful participants and visitors. \nACCESSIBILITY:\nFlux Factory gallery and ground floor\, gender-neutral bathroom is ADA Accessible. No ID or fee necessary for entry. Free tap water is available as are chairs with backs.\nThe closest subway stations with street level elevators is Queens Plaza (E\, M\, R trains)\, and 21st Street Queensbridge (F Train). MTA Elevator and Escalator Status. TALK BACK will include audio guides and large-print of written work. There is a quiet space within the gallery with low-level lighting\, earplugs\, chairs\, cushions\, eye masks\, and reading material. Service animals are welcome. Please arrive fragrance free and with quiet phones. Thank you! \nPlease feel free to contact curators Lexy Ho-Tai or moira williams at access@fluxfactory.org about access needs and questions. Thank you! \nTALK BACK is made possible through in-kind support from Materials for the Arts\, Enjoy Life\, Stimtastic\, Disability/Arts/NYC\, a generous donation from Joe Cardillo\, and supported by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs Create NYC Disability Forward Fund.
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/talk-back-closing-party/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190601T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190601T180000
DTSTAMP:20260411T140638
CREATED:20190523T161041Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191209T233900Z
UID:23708-1559390400-1559412000@www.fluxfactory.org
SUMMARY:Dreaming Disability Social Justice
DESCRIPTION:Image Description: Two speech bubbles that say TALK BACK in capital letters. The top bubble is smaller than the bottom speech bubble. The TALK BACK letters are bold and filled with colourful patterns. Both speech bubbles have yellow backgrounds with red dots and a pink border\nDreaming Disability \nSocial Justice\nTALK BACK Convening \nSaturday\, June 1st\, 12 – 6pm \nFlux Factory\n39-31 29th Street\nLong Island City\, NY\nEmail: access@fluxfactory.org \nRSVP (Not Required but Requested) \nTALK BACK curated by Lexy Ho-Tai and moira williams \n\nDreaming Disability Social Justice\nSaturday\, June 1st\, 12 – 6pm\n12:10- 12:20pm: Introductions\n12:30 – 2:45pm: Presentation + Workshop by Dustin P. Gibson\n3:15 – 3:25pm: Anna Gichan’s WHEEL/ QUEER performance\n3:30 – 3:40pm: Andy Slater Artist Talk\n3:50 – 4pm: Juliet Johnson Artist Talk\n5 – 5:45pm: Sharona Franklin speaks about her work Akashic Scroll. \nAbout the Presenters\nDustin P. Gibson is a community builder. His he[art]work expands the collective consciousness of marginalized communities and addresses the nexus between race\, class\, and disability. As a co-founder of Disability Advocates for Rights and Transition plus the Harriet Tubman Collective\, Dustin builds power across classrooms\, neighborhoods\, kid jails and adult prisons by engaging in work to create a world without jails and prisons. dustinpgibson.com \nAnna Gichan’s QUEER/ WHEEL is a series of words that have been mis-read during conversations. Through lip sketches the nuances of understanding lip-reading is shown and with the slightest changes in the visibility of teeth\, negative space in mouth\, roundness/width of lips\, and duration of shape a completely different word is spoken. These words emphasize how much work goes into visibly understanding spoken word. annagichan.com  \nAndy Slater is a blind sound artist\, performer\, musician\, and disability advocate. He is the founder of the Society Of Visually Impaired Sound Artists and is the director of the “Sound As Sight” accessible field recording project. In 2018\, he received a 3 Arts/University of Illinois at Chicago residency fellowship. Andy has exhibited and performed extensively. \nJuilet Johnson is a multidisciplinary artist\, writer\, and small body of water from Los Angeles\, CA. She is a multi-disciplinarian\, with writing as a central structure\, sprouting other forms: video\, performance\, drawing\, installation\, object-making\, sound/music. Common ruminations include the body and self as both inescapable and diffuse\, the edges of language\, goops of all kinds. @loftmoth \nSharona Franklin’s work disseminates a personal mythology of gender\, class\, bio-citizenship\, and botany. Her practice encapsulates a range of forms. Each successive project is reflexive to propaganda\, transhumanism and bioethics\, working to expand contemporary interpretations of genetic engineering. Her work offers a more expansive\, inclusive idea of what it means to be a human negotiating the everyday realities of pharmalogical dependency\, social inter-dependency and (Self)advocacy. Sharona Franklin speaks about her work Akashic Scroll. Which in turn talks back to Biopharma\, Class C Drugs in pre-pubescent disease before the new millennium and Reproductive Agency within disabilities. \nFor more information about specific events\, please go to fluxfactory.org. The TALK BACK Convening is free and open to disabled and chronically ill artists + organizers\, organizations and allies. Please reserve a spot for our TALK BACK Convening through our website. If you have any questions\, email Lexy and moira at access@fluxfactory.org. With the goal of collective care\, we are running our events on Crip Time\, so please know that programming may start at a slightly later time than listed\, depending on the needs’ and good vibes of our wonderful participants and visitors. \nWe will serve light\, gluten-free refreshments\, and non-alcoholic drinks. Please feel free to bring drinks and heavier foods along. There will be a two-hour dinner break on Saturday and Sunday. You are welcome to eat throughout the event. Unfortunately\, we will not be providing meals. Please see a local listing of eateries here. \n\nAccessibility:\nFlux Factory gallery and ground floor\, gender-neutral bathroom is ADA Accessible. No ID or fee necessary for entry. Free tap water is available as are chairs with backs. \nThe closest subway stations with street level elevators is Queens Plaza (E\, M\, R trains)\, and 21st Street Queensbridge (F Train). MTA Elevator and Escalator Status. TALK BACK will include audio guides and large-print of written work. There is a quiet space within the gallery with low-level lighting\, earplugs\, chairs\, cushions\, eye masks\, and reading material. Service animals are welcome. Please arrive fragrance free and with quiet phones. Thank you! \nPlease feel free to contact curators Lexy Ho-Tai or moira williams at access@fluxfactory.org about access needs and questions. If you require ASL interpretation or real-time captioning\, please reach out by May 24\, 2019\, if possible. Thank you! \nTALK BACK is made possible through in-kind support from Materials for the Arts\, Enjoy Life\, Stimtastic\, Disability/Arts/NY\, a generous donation from Joe Cardillo\, and supported by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs Create NYC Disability Forward Fund
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/dreaming-disability-social-justice/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190531T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190602T180000
DTSTAMP:20260411T140638
CREATED:20190522T185333Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190718T220956Z
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SUMMARY:Convening for Disabled Artists\, Organizers and Organizations
DESCRIPTION:Image Description: Two speech bubbles that say TALK BACK in capital letters. The top bubble is smaller than the bottom speech bubble. The TALK BACK letters are bold and filled with colorful patterns. Both speech bubbles have yellow backgrounds with red dots and a pink border.\nTALK BACK\nThree Day Convening\nPlease click here for an audio version of this page \nFriday\, May 31\, 7 – 10pm \nSaturday\, June 1\, 12-6pm + 8-11pm \nSunday\, June 2\, 12-5pm + 7-9pm \nRSVP (Not Required but Requested) \nJoin us for our 3-day TALK BACK Convening from May 31 – June 2. Disabled artists\, organizers\, activists and allies from around the country and Canada will be speaking\, performing\, leading workshops and discussions. \nWe will be doing our best to livestream the event on our Facebook Page. Please follow if you cannot attend the Convening in person!  \n\nFriday:\n7 – 10pm: Opening Reception\nInterdependent Bodies: TRANSFEMINIST COCKTAIL PARTY by moira williams\, a performance by Lizzy De Vita\, and E.T. Russian’s animation short “HELLO.” Artist Talk by Aislinn Thomas \nSaturday:\n12 – 6pm: Dreaming Disability Social Justice\nPresentation and workshop with Dustin P. Gibson\, performance by Anna Gichan\, artist talks by Andy Slater and Juliet Johnson\, and Sharona Franklin presents her work “Ashkasic Scroll”  \n8 – 11pm: Disability Nightlife Closing Dance Party with DJ  WHO GIRL (Kevin Gotkin)\nWith Yo-Yo Lin and surprise guests!  \nSunday:\n12 – 5pm: Crip Care Work\nTangled Art + Disability’s Sean Lee\, Kristina McMullin\, Cyn Rozenboom discuss the state of disability arts in Ontario and Toronto\, performance by Paula Stuttman\, and “A Day in the Life of Parkinson’s”\, a short play written by Joel Shatzky and Illana Abramovitch.\n\n7- 9:30pm: Crip Ecologies of Emergent Pain co-organized by Ezra Benus\n“Pain is Precious” a conversation about pain with Ezra Benus\, poetry readings by Jimena Lucero and Cyree Jarelle Johnson\, and music performance “GUT” by Catlip + jess kurland** \n**Note: Catlip + jess kurland’s performance will have loud music and flashing lights. We will have foam earplugs available for use.** \nFor more information about specific events\, please go to fluxfactory.org. The TALK BACK Convening is free and open to disabled and chronically ill artists + organizers\, organizations and allies. Please reserve a spot for our TALK BACK Convening through our website. If you have any questions\, email Lexy and moira at access@fluxfactory.org. With the goal of collective care\, we are running our events on Crip Time\, so please know that programming may start at a slightly later time than listed\, depending on the needs’ and good vibes of our wonderful participants and visitors. \nWe will serve light\, gluten-free refreshments\, and non-alcoholic drinks. Please feel free to bring drinks and heavier foods along. There will be a two-hour dinner break on Saturday and Sunday. You are welcome to eat throughout the event. Unfortunately\, we will not be providing meals. Please see a local listing of eateries here. \n\nAccessibility:\nFlux Factory gallery and ground floor\, gender-neutral bathroom is ADA Accessible. No ID or fee necessary for entry. Free tap water is available as are chairs with backs. \nThe closest subway stations with street level elevators is Queens Plaza (E\, M\, R trains)\, and 21st Street Queensbridge (F Train). MTA Elevator and Escalator Status. TALK BACK will include audio guides and large-print of written work. There is a quiet space within the gallery with low-level lighting\, earplugs\, chairs\, cushions\, eye masks\, and reading material. Service animals are welcome. Please arrive fragrance free and with quiet phones. Thank you! \nPlease feel free to contact curators Lexy Ho-Tai or moira williams at access@fluxfactory.org about access needs and questions. If you require ASL interpretation or real-time captioning\, please reach out by May 24\, 2019\, if possible. Thank you! \nTALK BACK is made possible through in-kind support from Materials for the Arts\, Enjoy Life\, Stimtastic\, Disability/Arts/NY\, a generous donation from Joe Cardillo\, and supported by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs Create NYC Disability Forward Fund
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/talkback-convening/
LOCATION:Flux Factory\, 39-31 29th St\, Long Island City\, NY
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190531T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190531T220000
DTSTAMP:20260411T140638
CREATED:20190523T154600Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191209T234510Z
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SUMMARY:Talk Back Convening - Opening Reception
DESCRIPTION:Image Description: Two speech bubbles that say TALK BACK in capital letters. The top bubble is smaller than the bottom speech bubble. The TALK BACK letters are bold and filled with colourful patterns. Both speech bubbles have yellow backgrounds with red dots and a pink border.\nOpening Reception\nTALK BACK Convening\nFriday\, May 31\, 7 – 10pm\nFlux Factory\n39-31 29th Street\nLong Island City\, NY\nEmail: access@fluxfactory.org  \nRSVP HERE (Not Required but Requested) \nTALK BACK curated by Lexy Ho-Tai and moira williams \n\nOpening Reception\nFriday\, May 31\, 7 – 10pm\n7 – 7:10pm Introductions\n7 – 9pm: Interdependent Bodies:TRANSFEMINIST COCKTAIL PARTY hosted by moira williams\n9 – 9:30pm: Performance by Lizzy De Vita\n9:40 – 9:50pm: Screening of Hello by E.T. Russian\n\nAbout the Events\nInterdependent Bodies: TRANSFEMINIST COCKTAIL PARTY: moira williams’ often co-creative practice weaves together performance\, bio-art\, food and movement as a lived experience\, while simultaneously creating opportunities for artists through curatorial projects. moira invites people to reconfigure familiar objects and social events to offer multiple opportunities for building our social imagination\, deepening our ecological meanings and questioning systems of power. moira approaches culture as something we actively shape together. moira williams  \nLizzy De Vita is an artist\, writer\, and educator\, and is the the inaugural Accessibility Fellow at Flux Factory. Her work occupies a constellation of media\, including performance\, text\, sound\, drawing\, installation\, video and sculpture. Diverse in form\, the work is unified by an underlying interest in viral moments: places where the boundaries between ourselves and others’ are blurred. lizzydevita.us  \nHello produced\, recorded\, illustrated and edited by E.T. Russian is based on a true story of an adult and a child who meet in a public toilet under unexpected circumstances. etrussian.com  \nThe TALK BACK Convening is free and open to disabled and chronically ill artists + organizers\, organizations\, and allies. Please reserve a spot for our TALK BACK Convening through our website. If you have any questions\, email Lexy and moira at access@fluxfactory.org. With the goal of collective care\, we are running our events on Crip Time\, so please know that programming may start at a slightly later time than listed\, depending on the needs’ and good vibes of our wonderful participants and visitors. \nAccessibility: \nFlux Factory gallery and ground floor\, gender-neutral bathroom is ADA Accessible. No ID or fee necessary for entry. Free tap water is available as are chairs with backs. \nThe closest subway stations with street level elevators is Queens Plaza (E\, M\, R trains)\, and 21st Street Queensbridge (F Train). MTA Elevator and Escalator Status. TALK BACK will include audio guides and large-print of written work. There is a quiet space within the gallery with low-level lighting\, earplugs\, chairs\, cushions\, eye masks\, and reading material. Service animals are welcome. Please arrive fragrance free and with quiet phones. Thank you! \nPlease feel free to contact curators Lexy Ho-Tai or moira williams at access@fluxfactory.org about access needs and questions. If you require ASL interpretation or real-time captioning\, please reach out by May 24\, 2019\, if possible. Thank you! \nTALK BACK is made possible through in-kind support from Materials for the Arts\, Enjoy Life\, Stimtastic\, Disability/Arts/NY\, a generous donation from Joe Cardillo\, and supported by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs Create NYC Disability Forward Fund
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/opening-reception/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190525T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190525T170000
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SUMMARY:People For An Accessible Mars: TALK BACK Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Image Description: “PAM” is written in large\, white text in the center of a square image. Behind the word “PAM” is a red circle with a curved\, blue line that crosses the middle of the circle with a simple\, small rocketship-esque symbol at the very end. The background is black.\nPeople For An Accessible Mars \nTALK BACK Workshop\nSaturday\, May 25 3-5pm \nRSVP (Not Required but Requested) \nPeople for an Accessible Mars (PAM) People for an Accessible Mars (PAM) is a non-profit that seeks to instrumentalize the expertise of the disability community and collect data on accessible space travel and terraform methods. Through a series of workshops\, surveys\, and focus groups; we intend to advise NASA and all mars exploration initiatives on how to build an accessible future. The intention is to build access into the architecture of everything we do. To be intentional about building an inclusive society\, rather than retrofitting access at a later date. \nPeople for an Accessible Mars (PAM) is facilitated by Madison Zalopany and Alex Zak. \nMadison Zalopany is an artist and disability activist. She currently lives in New York\, NY and works as the Coordinator to Access and Community Programs at the Whitney Museum. She received her BFA in painting from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2011. Currently she is participating in the 2018-2019 Art and Disability Residency. \nAlex Zak’s upbringing in Florida instilled him with a familiarity to specific modes of labor\, consumption\, and their relationship to leisure economies. Through sculpture\, installation\, performance\, and video\, Zak’s work explores ways in which the histories of objects or spaces become obfuscated by the systems and aesthetics of tourism. His recent works deploy methods of flattening and material manipulations\, creating surfaces that mimic their respective origins. By assigning alternate functions\, values\, and position to recognizable cultural signifiers\, Zak hopes to agitate the mechanics of social architectures and technologies. Zak is currently a MFA candidate in sculpture at Yale School of Art. \nPeople for an Accessible Mars workshop is presented as part of TALK BACK\, an exhibition that centers the lives and leadership of disabled artists and organizers. \nTALK BACK is curated by Lexy Ho-Tai and moira williams. \n Accessibility:\nFlux Factory gallery and ground floor\, gender-neutral bathroom is ADA Accessible. No ID or fee necessary for entry. Free tap water is available as are chairs with backs. \nThe closest subway stations with street level elevators is Queens Plaza (E\, M\, R trains)\, and 21st Street Queensbridge (F Train). MTA Elevator and Escalator Status. TALK BACK will include audio guides and large-print and braille versions of written work. There is a quiet space within the gallery with low-level lighting\, earplugs\, chairs\, cushions\, eye masks\, and reading material. Service animals are welcome. Please arrive fragrance free and with quiet phones. Thank you! \nPlease feel free to contact curators Lexy Ho-Tai or moira williams at access@fluxfactory.org about access needs and questions. If you require ASL interpretation or real-time captioning\, please reach out by May 18\, 2019\, if possible. Thank you! \nTALK BACK is made possible through in-kind support from Materials for the Arts\, Disability/Arts/NY a generous donation from Joe Cardillo\, and supported by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs Create NYC Disability Forward Fund Enjoy Life
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/talkback_pam/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190523T183000
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SUMMARY:Character Strengths: TALK BACK Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Jimmy Tucker Captain Monster (2018) Image Description: Drawing filled with inventive\, colorful\, cartoonish monsters. Each monster is wildly unique; for instance\, some have three eyes\, green skin\, funky goggles\, antennas\, or horns. Most monsters are drawn from the belly up\, and they are all looking forward\, completely filling the page.\nCharacter Strengths\nYai Arts Pop Up Exhibition \nAs part of TALK BACK\nThursday\, May 23 6:30 – 8:30 pm \nRSVP (Not required But Requested) \nFlux Factory and YAI Arts are pleased to present Character Strengths\, a pop-up exhibition featuring artworks that flex vigor and nerve\, delivering juice and punch. Join the artists of YAI on Thursday\, May 23 for the one-night-only event\, occurring alongside Flux Factory’s TALK BACK exhibition. \nYAI Arts is a studio and gallery\, based in the Hudson Yards\, supporting artists with intellectual and developmental disabilities. While YAI artists vary greatly in terms of subject matter and style\, many overlap in their predilection toward subjects with bombastic personalities and unorthodox aptitudes. In 2004\, psychologists drafted a list of 24 character strengths believed to encapsulate common virtues among people spanning various times\, places\, and cultures. Curiosity\, perspective\, leadership\, humor and hope are among them. For the past 15 years\, positive psychologists have used these qualities to assess individuals\, highlighting their abilities rather than deficiencies. This exhibition alludes to and toys with this significant psychological advancement\, loosening the terms involved to make space for infinite characters with infinite strengths. \nIn his ongoing series “Captain Monster\,” Jimmy Tucker populates an imaginary world with superheroes with disabilities. Bespectacled aliens\, pocket­size detectives\, and mustachioed hot dogs make up the cast\, replacing the tradition of a singular protagonist with an abundance of exceptional eccentrics. Devoted cat lover Jennifer Quinones reimagines pop culture and history with felines at the forefront. Cruella de Ville\, Frida Kahlo\, Joan of Arc\, and the cast of “Ghostbusters” are among the notable figures transformed through Jen’s cat­centric vision. For Everette Ball\, architecture becomes a leading character in New York’s story. His colored pencil drawings capture the city’s iconic and under­acknowledged structures alike\, imbuing them with vitality and dynamism. Jaric Andre creates psychedelic mosh-pits of creatures cackling\, chain-smoking\, and melting into one another. And finally Tyron Davis channels old school Americana with his kitsch depictions of patriotic leisure time. \nWhether human\, superhuman\, feline or somewhere in between: your strengths define you. From this spirit of abundance and ability\, YAI artists will discuss their practices and artistic journeys. \nCharacter Strengths is presented as part of TALK BACK\, an exhibition that centers the lives and leadership of disabled artists and organizers. \nTALK BACK is curated by Lexy Ho-Tai and moira williams. \n Accessibility:\nFlux Factory gallery and ground floor\, gender-neutral bathroom is ADA Accessible. No ID or fee necessary for entry. Free tap water is available as are chairs with backs. \nThe closest subway stations with street level elevators is Queens Plaza (E\, M\, R trains)\, and 21st Street Queensbridge (F Train). MTA Elevator and Escalator Status. TALK BACK will include audio guides and large-print and braille versions of written work. There is a quiet space within the gallery with low-level lighting\, earplugs\, chairs\, cushions\, eye masks\, and reading material. Service animals are welcome. Please arrive fragrance free and with quiet phones. If you require ASL interpretation or real-time captioning\, please reach out by May 14th\, 2019\, if possible. Thank you! \nPlease feel free to contact curators Lexy Ho-Tai or moira williams at access@fluxfactory.org about access needs and questions. \nTALK BACK is made possible through in-kind support from Materials for the Arts\, Disability/Arts/NY a generous donation from Joe Cardillo\, and supported by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs Create NYC Disability Forward Fund Enjoy Life
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/talkback_character-strengths/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190519T150000
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SUMMARY:Breaking Down: A TALK BACK Panel Discussion on Art And Mental Illness
DESCRIPTION:Image Credit: Laurie Berenhaus Image Description: Smears of brown paint form a face with closed eyes and a neutral expression. The strokes smudge beyond the outline of the face. A grey background.\nBREAKING DOWN: A Panel Discussion on Art and Mental Illness\, Firsthand  \nSunday\, May 19th\, 3-5pm\n \nRSVP (Not Required But Requested) \nFlux Factory\n39-31 29th Street\nLong Island City \nThe tale of emotionally distraught artists’\, Vincent Van Gogh and Sylvia Plath\, are repetitive stories played out through the biopic lens of Hollywood. But what part of the story is real? Who is telling the story? How do we challenge the emotionally distraught artist narrative? Artists of Fountain House Gallery engage with this conversation by sharing their experiences of living with mental illness\, and the role it plays in making their art. \nBreaking Down\, a panel + discussion\, organized by Laurie Berenhaus is part of TALK BACK in conjunction with Fountain House. Breaking Down challenges the fetishization of mentally ill artists through perspectives on health and the creative process in the context for the art world. Approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes with Q&A. Questions and conversation encouraged. \nModerator: Ariel Willmott\, Fountain House Gallery Director \nArtists:\nLaurie Berenhaus (Organizer)\, https://berenhausstudios.com/\nMiguel Colon\, https://mcs69.jimdo.com/\nKeith Pavia\, https://www.fountainhousegallery.org/gallery/artist/keith-pavia\nSusan Spangenberg\, https://www.susanspangenberg.com  \nAbout Fountain House Gallery: Fountain House Gallery and Studio provides an environment in which artists living with mental illness can express their creative visions and exhibit their work. Founded by Fountain House in 2000 as a not-for-profit exhibition space for its member-artists living and working with mental illness\, the Gallery sells original artworks and collaborates with a wide network of artists\, curators and cultural institutions. Embracing artists who are emerging or established\, trained or self-taught\, Fountain House Gallery cultivates artistic growth\, makes a vital contribution to the New York arts community\, and challenges the stigma surrounding mental illness. Learn more about Fountain House Gallery at http://fountainhousegallery.com/  \nTALK BACK is curated by Lexy Ho-Tai and moira williams. \nAccessibility:\nFlux Factory gallery and ground floor\, gender-neutral bathroom is ADA Accessible. No ID or fee necessary for entry. Free tap water is available as are chairs with backs. \nThe closest subway stations with street level elevators is Queens Plaza (E\, M\, R trains)\, and 21st Street Queensbridge (F Train). MTA Elevator and Escalator Status. TALK BACK will include audio guides and large-print and braille versions of written work. There is a quiet space within the gallery with low-level lighting\, earplugs\, chairs\, cushions\, eye masks\, and reading material. Service animals are welcome. Please arrive fragrance free and with quiet phones. Thank you! \nPlease feel free to contact curators Lexy Ho-Tai or moira williams at access@fluxfactory.org about access needs and questions. If you require ASL interpretation or real-time captioning\, please reach out by May 5\, 2019\, if possible. Thank you! \nTALK BACK is made possible through in-kind support from Materials for the Arts\, Disability/Arts/NY a generous donation from Joe Cardillo\, and supported by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs Create NYC Disability Forward Fund Enjoy Life \n 
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/breaking-down-a-panel-discussion-on-art-and-mental-illness-firsthand/
LOCATION:Flux Factory\, 39-31 29th St\, Long Island City\, NY
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