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SUMMARY:Open Engagement turn up with Party Noire\, Xhoir and DJ Latham
DESCRIPTION:May 13\, 2018\n \n7:00  –  Midnight\n Free with Open Engagement Conference Pass.\n General Admission begins at 9pm and is $5 at the door \nhttps://www.fluxfactory.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/FluxFactory_OE2018-3.mp4\n\n\n\nLatham Zearfoss\nParty Noire\n\n\nJoin us for a tender turn up\, as Party Noire will carry’s us into the future with vibes galore. As a closing event for the Social Justice conference Open Engagement (OE)\, artists and activists from around the city\, country and world will sing and dance their farewells – we can all help them. OE staff will be performing (Jade\, Xhoir)\, DJing (Latham) and working the bar (Rimona and Kyra).  \nHosted dinner from 7-9 from Kati Roll Shack for Open Engagement presenters and attendees! \nIn partnership with Flux Factory’s Major Exhibition\, Wilder LIC. Visit the exhibition page for a full schedule. \n\n\n \n\n 
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/party-noire/
LOCATION:Windmill Community Garden\, 39-22 29th St\, Long Island City\, NY\, 11101\, United States
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SUMMARY:Wilder LIC: Good Vibrations Acoustic Cartography Tours
DESCRIPTION:Wilder LIC: Good Vibrations Acoustic Cartography Tours\n  \nTour takes place at 39-22 29th St\, Long Island City \n As part of the Wilder LIC Group Exhibition at the Windmill Community Garden\, please join us for Good Vibration Acoustic Cartography Tours!  RSVP IS A MUST \nUsing his custom Mobile Listening Kits\, Wilder LIC artist Johann Diedrick will be leading three Tours on Saturday May 12th\, each lasting 1 hour. \nThe tours encourage participants to shift the way they relate to our environment through sound. With the Mobile Listening Kits\, participants can tap into the least audible sounds of the Windmill Community Garden including soil movements\, worms\, water\, and the air around us. \nWith the use of the Mobile Listening Kits\, participants can tune in to subtle acoustic vibrations in the environment and explore the site’s cracks and surfaces. A field guide for urban listening directs aural explorers to acoustic ‘points of interest.’ \nTour spots are VERY limited to 6 participants per tour and tickets are required with a suggested $5 – $10 donation. \nAll tours occur Saturday\, May 12: \nRSVP for 1pm-2pm tour \nRSVP for 2:30-3:30pm tour \nRSVP for 4pm-5pm tour
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/wilder-lic-good-vibrations-acoustic-cartography-tours/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180510T190000
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SUMMARY:May Flux Thursday: Eat the Weeds
DESCRIPTION:May 10th\n7pm Dinner\n8pm Artist Talks \nPlease join us for Eat the Weeds\, a very special edition of Flux Thursdays\, hosted in conjunction with Wilder LIC\, a group exhibition in the Windmill Garden. We’ll literally eat weeds\, and then hear artist talks by… \nEllie Irons\nThomas Choinacky & Christopher Kennedy\nKristyna & Marek Milde\nJohann Diedrick \nFlux will serve the main dish\, but feel free to bring your favorite vegetarian dish\, especially if it features edible weeds. \nWilder LIC is on view from May 5 – June 16\, with performances\, talks and more throughout! \nFind all Wilder LIC details at: www.fluxfactory.org/event/wilder-lic-group-exhibition \nWilder LIC Participating artists and performers include Amirtha Kidambi\, Andrea Haenggi\, Alex Nathanson\, Christopher Kennedy & Thomas Choinacky\,Next Epoch Seed Library (Ellie Irons & Anne Percoco)\, Jessica Pavone\, Johann Diedrick\, Katya Khan\, Kristyna & Marek Milde\, Richard Garet\, Valeria Haedo…and Flux Iron Chefs!!!
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/may-flux-thursday-eat-the-weeds/
LOCATION:Windmill Community Garden\, 39-22 29th St\, Long Island City\, NY\, 11101\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Flux Factory":MAILTO:nat@fluxfactory.org
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SUMMARY:Wilder LIC Group Exhibition Opening Reception
DESCRIPTION:Join us Saturday\, May 5th for a celebration of untamed New York with Wilder LIC\, the very first group exhibition at the Windmill Community Garden. This outdoor exhibition features thirteen artists whose work seeks to make visible the wildness that lies just below the city’s concrete. Food and refreshments provided by Juquila Kitchen. Engaging conversation provided by you. \nFull Exhibition details: fluxfactory.org/event/wilder-lic-group-exhibition \nWilder LIC will run May 5 – June 17\, with performances\, workshops\, and special events throughout! \nMore about the art: \nJohann Dedrick’s Listening Stations allow visitors to hear what is going on in the garden’s soil\, water supply\, and air currents using custom-made technology. Kristyna and Marek Milde’s Planetarium Tea Garden hosts wild\, edible herbs and flowers that can also easily be found growing within the cityscape. Katya Khan’s Pretty / Ugly explores the often ignored aesthetics of worms and fungi. Alex Nathanson’s Solar Panel harnesses the power of the sun for artistic purposes. The glass and metal sculptures of Valeria Haedo transforms the astonishing invisibility of this light into its perceptible component parts. The Next Epoch Seed Library is creating a time capsule of weedy species’ seeds to be dug up and germinated every 20 years. \nWilder LIC will also feature numerous performances designed to enable participants to interact with the city’s wildness. Andrea Haenggi’s participatory fieldwork There was a sign saying “Don’t touch me” invites the audience to collectively co-create a performance work with wild urban plants (aka weeds). Thomas Choinacky and Christopher Kennedy explore LIC’s forgotten landscapes and dive into the unique ecology of the Windmill Community Garden. And so much more! Full details at: fluxfactory.org/event/wilder-lic-group-exhibition \nInspired by George Monboit’s book Feral\, Wilder LIC seeks to alleviate the ecological boredom experienced by urban denizens resulting from homogeneous landscapes by channeling what is wild through familiar media and technologies. The goal of this exhibition is to create an accessible platform for new ideas about ecological and cultural diversity. \nCurated by Lorissa Rinehart & Nat Roe.
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/wilder-lic-group-exhibition-opening-reception/
LOCATION:Windmill Community Garden\, 39-22 29th St\, Long Island City\, NY\, 11101\, United States
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SUMMARY:Wilder LIC Group Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:Wilder LIC Group Exhibition \nFlux Factory is opening the very first group exhibition across the street at the Windmill Community Garden\, which Flux co-founded with neighborhood partners in 2016 \nNew artworks will be on view May 5 – June 17 dawn to dusk every day\, with special performances throughout the month.  \nIt all takes place at 39-22 29th St\, Long Island City! \nSchedule of Events\nMay 5th\, 3p-7p – Opening reception\, catered by Juquila Kitchen\nMay 10\, 7p – Flux Thursday potluck and artist talks\nMay 12\, 1p-5p – “Good Vibrations Acoustic Cartography Tour”\nMay 13\, 6p – “Party Noire”\, part of Open Engagement conference\nMay 26\, 2p-3p – “Weedy Nomad: A Performative Field Study”\nMay 27\, 2p-3p – “Weedy Nomad: A Walking Tour of LIC’s Forgotten Landscapes”\nMay 27\, 4p-7p – Amirtha Kidambi and Jessica Pavone (solo and duo sets) with supper from Flux Iron Chefs\nJune 3\, 4p-7p – Richard Garet (solo) and Andrea Haenggi’s “DON’T TOUCH ME: A Participatory Fieldwork Performance”\, with supper from Flux Iron Chefs\nJune 17\, 6p – Closing Reception with Artist Talks \n Participating artists and performers include Amirtha Kidambi\, Andrea Haenggi\, Alex Nathanson\, Christopher Kennedy & Thomas Choinacky\, Next Epoch Seed Library (Ellie Irons & Anne Percoco)\, Jessica Pavone\, Johann Diedrick\, Katya Khan\, Kristyna & Marek Milde\, Moira Williams\, Richard Garet\, Valeria Haedo…and Flux Iron Chefs!!! \nWilder LIC is curated by Lorissa Rinehart and Nat Roe. \nPreview works on view throughout Exhibition \n[ngg_images source=”galleries” container_ids=”3″ display_type=”photocrati-nextgen_basic_thumbnails” override_thumbnail_settings=”0″ thumbnail_width=”100″ thumbnail_height=”75″ thumbnail_crop=”1″ images_per_page=”20″ number_of_columns=”0″ ajax_pagination=”0″ show_all_in_lightbox=”0″ use_imagebrowser_effect=”0″ show_slideshow_link=”1″ slideshow_link_text=”[Show as slideshow]” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″]\nPreview performers throughout Wilder LIC \n[ngg_images source=”galleries” container_ids=”4″ display_type=”photocrati-nextgen_basic_thumbnails” override_thumbnail_settings=”0″ thumbnail_width=”100″ thumbnail_height=”75″ thumbnail_crop=”1″ images_per_page=”20″ number_of_columns=”0″ ajax_pagination=”1″ show_all_in_lightbox=”0″ use_imagebrowser_effect=”0″ show_slideshow_link=”1″ slideshow_link_text=”[Show as slideshow]” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″]\nCuratorial Prompt \nIn his recent book Feral\, George Monboit discusses his theory of ecological boredom that posits much of the existential ennui experienced by urban denizens is a result of our self-distancing from the wild in favor of more homogeneous landscapes. To advance this idea further\, one might postulate that our evolutionary biology seeks and yearns for biodiversity\, recognizing this as the keystone of a sustainable environment. Simultaneously\, our contrary desire is to find safety in the controlled and understood leads us to create places where the other is wholly absent. \nThus we find ourselves increasingly migrating to megacities devoid of any contact with what one might call nature as even city parks are highly regulated spaces where an errant leaf is cause for a gas powered blower. Outside the city is hardly better as agribusiness monoculture creates unbroken seas of Roundup-ready cash crops. By banishing any hope of the aleatory\, these barren spaces inhibit imagination and creativity. \nThis exhibition seeks to channel what is wild through familiar media and technologies in order to create an accessible platform for new ideas about ecological and cultural diversity. It suggests the wild can be understood as a complicated system necessary for the perpetuation of life as we know it\, rather than chaos that should be simplified and abolished. Finally\, this exhibition encourages artists\, scientists\, programmers\, and designers to work together and borrow from each other to create new lenses through which we might see and experience our wilder nature. \nAbout the Windmill Community Garden\nLocated across the street from Flux Factory\, the Windmill Community Garden was founded in 2016 and is a permanent GreenThumb NYC Park.  The Garden is led by three neighborhood nonprofits including Flux Factory\, The Growing Up Green Charter School\, and the Dutch Kills Civic Association\, in addition to local community members.  To keep up with Windmill\, follow us on Facebook or become a Windmill member by emailing nat@fluxfactory.org \nSupport for Wilder LIC is provided by Friends of Flux\, the Andy Warhol Foundation for Visual Arts; the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council; the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo\, the New York State Legislature; and generous support is provided by the Partnership for Parks Capacity Fund Grant.  Do consider donating to make more free public programs like this possible!
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/wilder-lic-group-exhibition/
LOCATION:Windmill Community Garden\, 39-22 29th St\, Long Island City\, NY\, 11101\, United States
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SUMMARY:WFLX: Flux Factory Radio
DESCRIPTION:LISTEN HERE \nWFLX is an ongoing Flux Factory project\, organized by DJ Vinyl Richie with love. WFLX broadcasts interviews with artists\, play lists by Fluxers\, and hype for Flux projects from our humble home in Long Island City. With a revolving and ever-expanding list of artists\, writers\, filmmakers\, curators\, performers\, and musicians rolling through the halls of Flux\, you never know what you’ll hear on WFLX. \n\n\nFLUX FACTORY RADIO: WFLX EP. #13\nPLAYING TRACKS B\nThe Supremes\, Ramp\, Arisen My Senses Kelly Lee Owens Remix\, Brass Construction\, Jill Scott and more. \n\nArtwork by Jaime Idea\n\nARCHIVE \n\n \nEpisode #12 LISTEN HERE\nartwork by: MUSE\n \n \n \n \n \n\nEpisode #11 – LISTEN HERE\nThis episode of WFLX is dedicated to the Flux-community list\, who contributed songs for your mind\, body and soul. Mix by Dj Vinyl Richie.\n \n \n \n\nEpisode #10 – LISTEN HERE\nartwork by J Triangular\n \n \n \n \n\nEpisode #9\, Valentine’s edition – LISTEN HERE\nartwork by Maya Suess and Ashley Yang Tompson\n \n \n \n \nEpisode #8 – LISTEN HERE\nartwork by Seth Timothy Larson\n \n \n \n \n \n\nEpisode #7 – LISTEN HERE\nartwork by Sarah Dahlinger\n \n \n \n \nEpisode #6 – LISTEN HERE
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/wflx-flux-factory-radio/
LOCATION:Flux Factory\, 39-31 29th St\, Long Island City\, NY
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SUMMARY:Anything! | Group exhibition by Flux Factory
DESCRIPTION:Opening night April 20 6-10pm\nPerformances by Kaylon Hayward\, Christina Freeman\, Miss Expanding Universe and Will Owen\nGallery hours April 21st-28th 11-5pm\nFlux Factory 39-31\, 29th Street\, Long Island City\nRSVP here!! \nTrivial Pursuits Dinner Party\nApril 27\, 7-10pm\n$6 6-course meal\, RSVP required\nPlease RSVP to sarahjdahlinger@gmail.com \nAnything can be a thing.\nThe annual group show at Flux Factory presents sculptural installations\, photography\, text and video by current and former fluxers. This years theme is born from an underlying theory of Flux\, that here one can be\, make\, think\, feel\, become anything and where each work carries its own definition and concept of the celebrated flux philosophy. \n \nArtists include: Christina Freeman\, Poyen Wang\, Wieteke Heldens\, Cayla Lockwood\, Jon Sims\, Muse Dodd\, Will Owen\, Martha Naranjo Sandoval\, Nat Roe\, Zeelie Brown\, Kaylon Hayward\, Sarah Dahlinger\, J Triangular\, Chen An-An\, Elisabeth Weiser\, Jack Hogan\, Sarah Dahlinger\, Jevijoe Vitug\, Julie Bitsch\, Illesha Khandelwal\, Amir Badawi\, Richard Nathaniel\, Danny Crump\, Miss Expanding Universe \n\nAnything! is curated by artists Amir Badawi\, Cayla Lockwood & Jonathan Sims \n  \n\n 
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/anything-group-exhibition-by-flux-factory/
LOCATION:Flux Factory\, 39-31 29th St\, Long Island City\, NY
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180414T130000
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SUMMARY:KOOKERVILLE: Solo exhibition by Lexy Ho-Tai
DESCRIPTION:Gallery time: \nSaturday\, April 14\, 1pm-10pm*\n  Opening event\, 7pm – 10pm\nSunday\, April 15\, 1pm-6pm\n Scroll down for full schedule\n\n \nWelcome to KOOKERVILLE! The world where your inner child goes to when it’s been lost…\n RSVP on Facebook\n  \n\n\nThis world is manifested in the form of creatures\, called KOOKERS\, that playfully roam around New York City (and beyond)\, unaware of the social constructs we have created. Their large scale\, bright colours\, and outlandish demeanour create spontaneous moments of joy\, human connection\, and social disruption through play and absurdity\, breaking people from their daily routines. Recent additions to this world are wearable landscapes and playful puppets. Laboriously and lovingly crafted from found and recycled materials\, this body of work explores the intersection between craft and play\, art and accessibility.  \nCreator\, Lexy Ho-Tai\, invites you to not only enter this evolving world\, but to create and contribute to it. Tap into your inner child! There will be materials available and workshops throughout the weekend. Explore with your hands! Kreate a Kooker! Paint on the wall! Play and express! (Even if you’re “not an artist”.) This is an evolving space. Everyone that enters the world will add to it. \n \n\nThis is a family-friendly weekend. Feel free to bring recycled materials to repurpose and contribute to the space. If you have ideas for a workshop you would like to share\, please email Lexy at lexyhotai@gmail.com.\n \nKOOKERVILLE serves as a temporary escape – a world of healing through joy\, colour\, imagination and expression\, made with immense care and love. Alternative worlds provide opportunities to re-evaluate the world around us\, and imagine new possibilities\, albeit absurd or kooky. \n\nLet’s build KOOKERVILLE — together!\n \n\nSaturday: \n1-3pm:  Finding Sanctuary: Collaborative Zine Making and Dimensional Collage with Duneska Michel and Johanna Castillo\n3-6pm: Learn to Macrame with Margo Isadora\n5-7pm: Sense Motion: Moving Meditation with Ana Lopez P\nAll Day: Picalø: Unconventional Weaving Sculptures with Johanna Castillo\n \nSunday: \n1-4pm: Pom Pom Party with Karyn Lao\n2:30-4pm: Pop N Play (Popping: a Robotic Dance) with Sunwoo Park\n4 – 6pm: Mark-Making and Material Exploration with Stephanie Hazlewood and Lexy Ho-Tai\n\nAll Day: Picalø: Unconventional Weaving Sculptures with Johanna Castillo\n\n \n*Find out more information about each workshop on the Facebook event page or follow @lexymakesthings on Instagram\n*All workshops are free and materials are included! \n\n 
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/kookerville-solo-exhibition-by-lexy-ho-tai/
LOCATION:kickstarter\, 58 Kent Street\, Brooklyn\, NY\, United States
CATEGORIES:Residency Shows
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180412T190000
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SUMMARY:April Flux Thursday: Roots
DESCRIPTION:Thursday April 12th\nDinner at 7 pm. Presentations begin at 8 pm.\nThe event is free\, but please do bring something to share!\nLocation: The Flux Factory Kitchen (ring the “office” doorbell)\nLet us know you’re coming!! \nThe April Flux Thursday will be called “Roots”. Looking back at the longest standing tradition at Flux (flux thursday!)\, we will go back to our roots and bring back the traditional format of Flux Thursday\, with a potluck dinner and 3-4 artist presentations lasting about 20 mins each\, in the kitchen. \nFor the potluck dinner\, people are invited to bring –\n 1) Root vegetable dishes\n 2) Dishes that harken back to your roots! {cultural\, familial\, geographical} \nFeaturing presentations by:\nMiss Expanding Universe / Ashley Yang-Thompson\nGil Lopez\nillesha Khandelwal\n \nThe artist presenters will be looking back at their own roots as well. Flux artists\nwill about their work through the lens of their roots. This could mean cultural\ntraditions from their country\, childhood memories\, teenage crushes\, the first\npiece of art you remember feeling very excited about. This could span back as\nfar as 40 years or even 5 years\, to any point from which they feel they have\nlearnt\, grown towards or grown away from\, a point of anger\, a time of love. It\ncould lead to the present\, and describe how they now find themselves where they\nare\, or the ideas could remain lingering murkily in the past.
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/april-flux-thursday-roots/
LOCATION:Flux Factory\, 39-31 29th St\, Long Island City\, NY
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ORGANIZER;CN="Flux Factory":MAILTO:nat@fluxfactory.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180411T190000
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SUMMARY:The Art of DJ'ing w PlayPlay and Vinyl Richie
DESCRIPTION:The Art of DJ’ing w PlayPlay and Vinyl Richie\nApril 11th\n7pm – 9pm \nIn this introduction to DJ’ing\, Jess Dilday (PlayPlay) & Richie Nathanial (Vinyl Richie) will go over various techniques DJs use both to create a seamless musical journey and to provide a fresh performance\, such as blending\, scratching\, and beat juggling. The second part of the workshop will involve PlayPlay & Vinyl Richie performing a short DJ set on turntables and a controller\, and then inviting attendees to try it out for themselves.   \n\nMore about PlayPlay\n\nPlayPlay is a NYC-based DJ\, producer\, party organizer\, professor\, and all around music ne\nrd. As both a DJ and producer\, PlayPlay combines brand new percussion-forward club sounds with nostalgic classics. Their music is inspired by what they grew up listening to: acid house\, industrial\, jungle\, breakbeat hardcore\, Baltimore club\, jock jams\, 90s club anthems and 80s new wave. In their hardware sets\, PlayPlay uses Moog synthesizers to create everything from unearthly drones to high-energy acid/industrial sounds. \nPlayPlay has been teaching DJ’ing and music production through the music department at UNC-Chapel Hill. They are especially invested in mentoring women and gender non-conforming DJs & producers\, and have hosted multiple workshops with this aim – most recently at Moogfest. They have recently moved to NYC to join a 6 month artist-residency at Flux Factory. Here\, they will be creating an interactive soundscape installation using synthesizers\, recorded samples\, and other sonic tools. \n\nContact: djplayplay.com // booking@djplayplay.com\nFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/DJPlayPlay/ // Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/dj-playplay // Bandcamp: https://playplay.bandcamp.com/ // Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/playplayyy // Twitter: https://twitter.com/DJPlayPlay\n\n \n \nMore about\nVinyl Richie\n \nBronx native Richard (DJ Vinyl Ri\n\nchie/ Yovinyl) got his taste for music at a young age listening to records in the house and around the parties in his neighborhood. Richard’s main DJ influences were local New York radio DJs and DMC VHS tapes. Richie’s DJ technique involves using creative mixing and turntablism while performing. When he is not controlling a crowd he is creating and curating sound projects with his new group DotCrawL. \n\n\nFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/yovinylrichie/ // Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/yovinyl\nContact:  yovinyl@gmail.com
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/the-art-of-djing-w-playplay-and-vinyl-richie/
LOCATION:Flux Factory\, 39-31 29th St\, Long Island City\, NY
CATEGORIES:Residency Shows
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180407T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180407T190000
DTSTAMP:20260412T155801
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SUMMARY:Beauty Beer Spa
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, April 7th\n4-7pm\nFREE\nRSVP on Facebook \nFlux Factory Kitchen | 39-31 29th Street \nJoin Flux Factory for a brew day & beauty spa event. Gil Lopez will teach you the art of beer brewing\, while Cayla Lockwood treats us to boozy beauty treatments and aromatherapy.
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/beauty-beer-spa/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180406T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180407T210000
DTSTAMP:20260412T155801
CREATED:20180306T200002Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211108T075242Z
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SUMMARY:Otherworldly™: Solo exhibition by Cayla Lockwood
DESCRIPTION:Grand Opening Reception: Friday\, April 6th\, 7-9pm \n8pm: Collective Skincare Ritual \nGallery Hours: Saturday\, April 7th\, 2-6pm + Sunday\, April 6th\, 2-6pm 
or by appointment \nBeauty Beer Spa w/ Gil Lopez : Saturday\, April 7th\, 4-7pm \nLearn the art of beer brewing while receiving boozy beauty treatments. \nRSVP on Facebook \nAt Otherworldly™\, we believe you can transcend space and time through our unique and luxurious product line. Existential problems? We have you covered with the latest in alien technology and psychological marketing. Whether it’s removing deeply embedded insecurities or modifying the human genome\, we have a solution for you. Step into the cosmetic cosmos—April 6th at Flux Factory—for our company launch and reception. \nOtherworldly is a multimedia exhibition by Cayla Lockwood in collaboration with Jordy Brazo\, Danny Crump\, Kristen Leonard\, Will Owen + Chris Trigaux. Featuring store displays\, video\, objects\, sound\, performance and themed snacks.
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/otherworldly-solo-exhibition-by-cayla-lockwood/
LOCATION:Flux Factory\, 39-31 29th St\, Long Island City\, NY
CATEGORIES:Residency Shows
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180325T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180325T213000
DTSTAMP:20260412T155801
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SUMMARY:Jazz at Flux
DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, March 25th\, 7-9:30pm\nJoin us for a night of music presented to you by soulful musicians \nLee Fish \nEdward Perez\nJulian Shore\nMax Light\nMichael Thomas\n\nVanisha Gould\nDan Pappalardo\nTommy Holladay\nLudovica Burtone\n\nThe music will be performed within the exhibition “avoid romanticizing the landscape” by illesha Khandelwal ~ bring your loves with you\, or perhaps find love\, on this romantic night. Anything can happen at Flux Factory! {suggested donation $10}
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/jazz-at-flux/
LOCATION:Flux Factory\, 39-31 29th St\, Long Island City\, NY
CATEGORIES:Residency Shows
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180325T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180325T160000
DTSTAMP:20260412T155801
CREATED:20180311T010417Z
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SUMMARY:Roundtable: Diversity work | notes on body politics & space invaders
DESCRIPTION:Roundtable: Diversity work | notes on body politics & space invaders\nMarch 25 | 2-4 pm \nParticipants: Maya Suess\, Ayana Evans\, Chloë Bass\, Macon Reed\, Dina El Kaisy\nFriemuth from Feminist Collective with No Name & Laura Morrison\nOrganized by art historian Claudine Zia & Flux Factory \n“Diversity work” is a round table discussion that responds to current\nperspectives in feminist art. Moderated by artist Laura Morrison\, topics under\ndiscussion will include intersectional feminism\, body culture in public spheres and\ninstitutional frames.\nAbout:\nMaya Suess is an artist and arts administrator. She works as the Managing Director of Flux\nFactory\, where she oversees an Artists-in- Residency program hosting over 40 artists annually\,\nmanages extensive programming in the public exhibition space\, and wears many other\ninstitutional hats. She also makes drawings\, installations\, videos and other mischievous\nentities. Maya is a 2017 SHIFT Resident at the Elizabeth Foundation of the Arts; In 2016 she\nhad a solo show at the Leslie Lohman Gay and Lesbian Museum Prince Street Project (NYC)\,\nand a work included in the Museum’s 50 years of Collecting Exhibition in 2017. Maya has\nalso shown work at the Film Anthology Archives (NYC); The European Cultural Capital\,\nUmeå2014 (Umeå\, Sweden); The Vancouver Art Gallery (Vancouver\, Canada) among many\nothers. She holds a BFA in Media Arts from Emily Carr University of Art and Design\, and an\nMFA in contemporary performance from Simon Fraser University. \nAyana Evans is a NYC based artist. Evans received her MFA in painting from the Tyler\nSchool of Art at Temple University and her BA in Visual Arts from Brown University. She\nhas attended the Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture and the Vermont Studio Center.\nIn 2015 she received the Jerome Foundation’s Theater and Travel & Study Grant for artistic\nresearch abroad. During Summer 2016 Evans completed her installment of the residency\,\n“Back in Five Minutes” at El Museo Del Barrio in NYC. Evans’s on-going\nperformances/public interventions include: “Operation Catsuit”and “I Just Came Here to Find\na Husband.” She has curated and co-curated performance art shows throughout the U.S and\nworked in arts education for a decade. \nChloë Bass is a multiform conceptual artist working in performance\, situation\, conversation\,\npublication\, and installation. Her work uses daily life as a site of deep research to address\nscales of intimacy: where patterns hold and break as group sizes expand. She began her work\nwith a focus on the individual (The Bureau of Self-Recognition\, 2011 – 2013)\, has recently\nconcluded a study of pairs (The Book of Everyday Instruction\, 2015 – 2017)\, and will continue\nto scale up gradually until she’s working at the scale of the metropolis. Chloë has held\nnumerous fellowships and residencies; 2017’s included Triangle Art Association\, the Center\nfor Book Arts\, and Antenna’s Spillways Fellowship. Her projects have appeared nationally\nand internationally\, including recent exhibits at the Kitchen\, the Brooklyn Museum\, CUE Art\nFoundation\, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Project Space\, The Southeastern Center for \nContemporary Art\, the James Gallery\, and elsewhere. Her forthcoming book will be\npublished by the Operating System in May 2018. Writing has also appeared on Hyperallergic\,\nArts.Black\, and the Walker Reader among others. She is an Assistant Professor of Art at\nQueens College\, CUNY. \nMacon Reed is an artist working in sculpture\, installation\, video\, radio documentary\, painting\,\nand participatory projects. Her work has shown at venues including PULSE NYC Special\nProjects\, BRIC Media Arts\, ABC No Rio\, The Kitchen\, Art F City FAGallery\, Chicago\nCultural Center\, Mana Contemporary\, Roots & Culture\, Museum of Contemporary Art\nChicago\, ICA Baltimore\, and Athens Museum of Queer Arts in Greece. Reed completed her\nMFA at the University of Illinois at Chicago as a University Fellow in 2013 and received her\nBFA from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2007. Additionally she studied Radio\nDocumentary at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies and Physical Theater at the Dah\nInternational School in Belgrade. Most recently Reed was an artist in residence at the\nSkowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture and a Research Fellow at Eyebeam Center for\nArt+Technology \nDina El Kaisy Friemuth from Feminist Collective with No Name\nFCNN (Feminist Collective with No Name\, or in Danish FKUN – Feministisk Kollektiv Uden\nNavn) is an art collective with artists Dina El Kaisy Friemuth\, Anita Beikpour\, Annika\nAschberg and Lil B. Wachmann. They are based in Denmark\, Germany and Sweden and are\nfighting for intersectional feminism in arts. This is being done through performative gestures\nsuch as texts\, lectures\, readers\, workshops\, videos\, performances\, interviews\, call outs and\nfilms. \nLaura Morrison is an artist from London. Her work inspects and unpacks seemingly minor\nepisodes of emotion and sensation where grief or anger were too quietly called for – turning\nthem over to spectacular theatrical subjects through writing\, performance\, painting for\nremembrance and scrutiny as expanded literary experiences.  Her work has appeared at\nvenues including the ICA Theater in London\, Pioneer Works in Brooklyn\, Socrates Sculpture\nPark in New York and been supported via residencies including Hospitalfield\, Arbroath\,\nScotland (2017)\, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture\, Maine\, USA (2017)\, Pioneer\nWorks\, Studio Residency\, New York (2016-17) and the Open Sessions Program at The\nDrawing Center\, New York (2014-16). Morrison has an MFA from Goldsmiths and BA\nPainting from Chelsea\, both in London
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/roundtable-diversity-work-notes-on-body-politics-space-invaders/
LOCATION:Flux Factory\, 39-31 29th St\, Long Island City\, NY
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180323T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180325T180000
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SUMMARY:avoid romanticizing the landscape
DESCRIPTION:avoid romanticizing the landscape:\nan immersive installation by illesha Khandelwal\nopening reception: friday\, march 23rd \, 7-9pm\nopen gallery hours: saturday & sunday\, 24th – 25th march noon-6pm \nRSVP on Facebook \nillesha Khandelwal (b. 1995\, Mumbai\, India) lives and works between Queens\, NY and Mumbai\, India. Her work suggests a kind of psychology of geography – an unfixed landscape that you alter by your very presence. Is experiencing someone’s memory of a place the same as physically being there? Which is more real? She is interested in the way the absence of a place becomes a presence\, and suggesting what this may look like in the multiverse. At a time of global uncertainty\, a flood of heartache: she fabricates a phenomenological world\, constantly in flux. The work urges you to surrender your senses to the unknowable\, build an intimacy with distant places\, and develop a tangible relationship with the photograph. \nthere is a certain consciousness\, a momentous and fragmented state of being\, which the landscape rouses. this awareness is concentrated in intensely sensuous junctures. it allows an unprecedented\, and highly personal engagement with the individual life-world. at times it seeps so far into our fissures that we fracture. this breakage uncovers naïve strata below\, and so the process continues. \nFabric\, paper\, clay and text take on the appearance of floating in an installation of threads. This is a world of fictional objects and memories\, entangled with the factual\, blurring the separations between what is experienced and what is imagined. The objects are built like thoughts in their fluidity and fickleness. The materials breathe\, they move\, and your very presence changes them. \nYou will be pulled into a murky remembrance; perhaps some dusty flashback of a lover long gone\, or a lingering dream of your bare feet sunk in sand. You have entered a world where rock is soft\, and vulnerability is strength. The land is abraded\, it reforms. So do I. The slow fragmentation\, the heartbreak\, it is the same. We fall apart\, we come together. \n@illesha\nwww.illesha.com\n#illeshakstudio #illeshakinflux
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/avoid-romanticizing-the-landscape/
LOCATION:Flux Factory\, 39-31 29th St\, Long Island City\, NY
CATEGORIES:Residency Shows
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180320T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180320T210000
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SUMMARY:Introduction to programming for people who don’t necessarily like computers
DESCRIPTION:Introduction to programming for people who don’t necessarily like computers\nCoding workshop with Stephen McLeod\nMarch 20th\, 7pm\nFREE\nRSVP on Facebook \nComputer programs touch every aspect of our world\, but how do they work?  More importantly\, how can we take back a bit of control in our lives and make programs of our own!  This workshop will introduce participants to fundamentals of programming as well as provide resources for further study.  Potential topics include web design\, visualization\, simple game making and more.  The class is open to all ages and will be responsive to the interests of the participants.\nIf you have a laptop bring it with you\, however there will be a few computers available for those who don’t.  If you would like to use one of them please RSVP as they are in limited supply.\n \nStephen McLeod is an interdisciplinary artist based out of Toronto and Newboro Ontario. His work is collaborative\, socially engaged and presented in shifting forms of code\, interactive installation\, performance and video. In 2009 he completed his B.A. in Studio Art at the University of Guelph – as well as a good 2/3rds of a computer science minor. Often cloaking his work in humor and absurdity McLeod explores topics such as computational poetry\, sound sculpture\, repetition and labour\, embodied consciousness\, and learning through failure.\n\nMcLeod has exhibited in Canada and internationally\, both as a founding member of the collective VSVSVS and individually. He has taught seminars on interaction design at Sheridan College\, and has presented workshops on topics such as machine learning\, and creative coding. In 2016 he shared the honour of being awarded the Toronto Friends of the Visual Arts Artist Prize as a member of VSVSVS and has received funding from the Toronto Arts Council\, and the Ontario Arts Council for his project Vexations Vexations. At Flux Factory\, he is developing new work while continuing to perform his multi year video interpretation of Erik Satie’s composition Vexations. His residency is funded through the support of the Canada Council for the Arts.
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/introduction-to-programming/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180317T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180317T235900
DTSTAMP:20260412T155801
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SUMMARY:City #4
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, March 17\, 2018\n10AM – 8PM on view\nArt Trash City by Six City Trash Collective \nBuilt from repurposed materials\, Art Trash City will be a tongue and cheek representation of art world structures and economies while also providing space for underrepresented artists to embed works within the structure itself. \n8PM – 10PM  On View \nJonathan Sims The Sanitization\, Categorization\, and Monetization of Artistic Endeavor \nThis flashy destruction event will conclude our show by molding the event into a “real gallery opening.” Jonathan will break apart the previous city into art-sized chunks\, hang them on the wall and attempt to sell them to the viewers. A monograph will be produced\, aesthetic details will be streamlined\, profits will be made\, and an impromptu art talk given during his event: “The Sanitization\, Categorization\, and Monetization of Artistic Endeavor.” \n10PM – 12AM Music by The Company Soundsystem\nGroovy and marvelous\, The Company Soundsystem will send us off back into reality feeling great. \n Full Schedule\nCity 1- Saturday\, February 24\, 2018\n10AM – 9PM FORT CITY\n9PM-12AM Immigrant Ball \nCity 2- Saturday\, March 3\, 2018\n10AM -9PM The Central Nervous City\n9PM-12AM The Destruction of Civilization \nCITY 3- Saturday\, March 10\, 2018\n10AM – 8PM City with a Diamond Heart\n8PM – 10PM Experimental performances and music \nCITY 4 –  Saturday\, March 17\, 2018\n10AM – 8PM Art Trash City\n8PM – 10PM The Sanitization \n10PM – 12AM Music by The Company Soundsystem \nAbout Flux City 6\nFlux City 6 is an homage to the temporary communities of Flux Factory and an exploration of cities as created and idealized by individuals and small groups. During each week an artist will create a city\, or their interpretation of city-ness in the Flux Factory gallery creating a broad and all encompassing installation work which culminates in a public opening for that city  and a destruction event meant to bring about its end – organized by a separate artist or group. Each week the City builders will repurpose the materials left behind by those who came before as we collectively meditate upon cycles of politics\, ownership\, creation and destruction. \nFlux City 6 is a four week cycle of city creation and destruction and rebirth and cataclysm and phoenix-rising-from-the-ashes and Godzilla-traipsing-in-from-the-sea-in-a-breath-of-fire-and-chaos. Flux City 6 is curated by Seth Timothy Larson and Abigail Entsminger.
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/city-4-2/
LOCATION:Flux Factory\, 39-31 29th St\, Long Island City\, NY
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180310T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180310T233000
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SUMMARY:City #3
DESCRIPTION:CITY 3  \nSaturday\, March 10\, 2018\n10 AM – 8 PM On view \nCity with a Diamond Heart by Hui-Ying Tsai \nHui-Ying Tsai is interested in the fragile border of home and the sense of belonging. Home is a verb and an action. The living beings set up the boundary to push outward\, and the line is pushed in constantly. The border of a home is constantly being recreated and altered\, which suggests that a sense of home must be constantly in flux and that living being must always work toward home wherever we might be. One must live and perform home in order to define it. Hui-Ying will construct from the ruins of the previous cities on-site and create a shelter around her body. To chew\, to spit\, to tear\, to build like an animal. \n8 PM – 10 PM\nExperimental performances and music curated by Patricio Jijón \nPatricio Jijón and Max Abeles are organizing experimental performances with musicians who are primarily also visual artists\, all under the auspices of activating the city with a different energy\, bringing different communities together and the spirit of improvisation. Abeles will activate the space wearing post apocalyptic costume-like kinetic sculptures made from recycled materials\, augmented to be instruments themselves\, to create an atmosphere of catharsis and rebirth.\nSecret Special Performance by Jonah Levy and Jaclyn Atkinson\n\nFull Schedule\nCity 1- Saturday\, February 24\, 2018\n10AM – 9PM FORT CITY\n9PM-12AM Immigrant Ball \nCity 2- Saturday\, March 3\, 2018\n10AM -9PM The Central Nervous City\n9PM-12AM The Destruction of Civilization \nCITY 3- Saturday\, March 10\, 2018\n10AM – 8PM City with a Diamond Heart\n8PM – 10PM Experimental performances and music \nCITY 4 –  Saturday\, March 17\, 2018\n10AM – 7PM Art Trash City\n7PM – 9PM The Sanitization \n10PM – 12AM Music by The Company Soundsystem \nAbout Flux City 6\nFlux City 6 is an homage to the temporary communities of Flux Factory and an exploration of cities as created and idealized by individuals and small groups. During each week an artist will create a city\, or their interpretation of city-ness in the Flux Factory gallery creating a broad and all encompassing installation work which culminates in a public opening for that city  and a destruction event meant to bring about its end – organized by a separate artist or group. Each week the City builders will repurpose the materials left behind by those who came before as we collectively meditate upon cycles of politics\, ownership\, creation and destruction. \nFlux City 6 is a four week cycle of city creation and destruction and rebirth and cataclysm and phoenix-rising-from-the-ashes and Godzilla-traipsing-in-from-the-sea-in-a-breath-of-fire-and-chaos. Flux City 6 is curated by Seth Timothy Larson and Abigail Entsminger.
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/17988/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180308T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180308T213000
DTSTAMP:20260412T155801
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SUMMARY:Flux City 6: Flux Thursday
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, March 8\n7:30pm \n\n\nPlease bring food or drink to share. \n\n\nJoin the curators of Flux City 6 (Seth Timothy Larson and Abigail Entsminger) for a potluck meal.\n\nThey’ll chat about the previous Flux City 6 projects (Fort City by Cayla Lockwood and Sarah Dahlinger\, Immigrant Ball by Katya Grokhovsky\, Central Nervous City by Cait Davis\, The Destruction of Civilization (by toga party) by Larissa Hayden) with photographs taken by Walter Wlodarczyk and the two cities/destructions to come.
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/flux-city-6-flux-thursday/
LOCATION:Flux Factory\, 39-31 29th St\, Long Island City\, NY
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180304T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180304T170000
DTSTAMP:20260412T155801
CREATED:20180221T200659Z
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SUMMARY:Kickstarter Art + Feminism Edit-a-thon 2018
DESCRIPTION:March 4th \nKickstarter Art + Feminism Edit-a-thon 2018\n\n11am – 5pm\nAdd to Calendar \nLocation\nKickstarter\n58 Kent Street\nBrooklyn\, NY 11222 \nRSVP HERE\nShare on Facebook \n  \nLast year\, Art+Feminism\, Kickstarter\, six partners\, and neighborhood friends and family descended on our headquarters to amplify\, diversify\, and grow the voices of women on Wikipedia. Why? A 2011 Wikimedia Foundation survey found that less than 10% of its contributors identify as female. Female-identified artists also suffer from disproportionately small (or nonexistent) articles compared to male artists. \n\n\n\nWe hosted 35 editors and added over 20\,300 words across 58 article. This year\, we’re aiming to go above and beyond\, and we need your help to make it happen. \nJoin us in Greenpoint\, Brooklyn on March 4th for an all-day communal updating of Wikipedia entries on subjects related to art and feminism. People of all gender identities and expressions are welcome to participate\, and we especially encourage women\, transgender\, gender nonconfirming\, and nonbinary individuals to take part. \nHow it works: \n\nRSVP here and show up between 11am-5pm on 3/4 at Kickstarter HQ (58 Kent St in Brooklyn).\nWe’ll provide tutorials for beginner Wikipedians throughout the day\, as well as plenty of reference materials.\nBring a laptop\, power cord\, and — if you can — some ideas for entries that need updating or creation.\nBe sure to create a Wikipedia account before the event. (You can learn how to do that here: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=Main+Page)\nDon’t want to be an editor? Come by to help with research\, promotion\, and facilitation.\n\nLight refreshments and lunch will be provided. Childcare is also available upon request\, and we’ll have a few laptops available for use. We’ll send more information on these in the order confirmation email from Eventbrite. \n— \nArt + Feminism Wikipedia Editathon events are happening globally throughout the month of March. To find and learn more\, head here: http://www.artandfeminism.org/ \n— \nThis event has been lovingly organized by Kickstarter in partnership with: \nARTS.BLACK \nBlack Lunch Table \nThe Creative Independent \nGot a Girl Crush \nNEW INC \nPioneer Works \nRhizome \nSAWCC
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/kickstarter-art-feminism-edit-a-thon-2018/
LOCATION:kickstarter\, 58 Kent Street\, Brooklyn\, NY\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180303T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180303T233000
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SUMMARY:City #2
DESCRIPTION:City 2\nRSVP on Facebook for City #1 & #2\n \nMarch 3\, 2018\, 10 AM – 9PM On view \nThe Central Nervous City by Cait Davis  \nCait Davis will create a city whose architectural influence and city structure is based off of human brain anatomy. The city will be split into hemispheres and then further split into parts and lobes. The function of the individual pieces within the brain will influence the use and design of the various buildings\, parks and motorways of the city. \n 9 PM-12 AM Performances and Party\nThe Destruction of Civilization (By Toga Party) by Larissa Hayden \nA city destroyed in homage to the fall of the first metropolis. Rome was central to the advancement of civilization and technological development. Yet it was one of their structural innovations that led to their downfall: the aqueducts. While the aqueducts distributed life-giving liquid (“water”) to the Roman people\, they were also contaminated with lead. Lead exposure thereby contaminated the minds and bodies of the people who consumed it\, leading to madness and ultimately the final destruction of the city of Rome. Larissa Hayden\, New York City event planner and shot luge craftsman\,will host a grand toga party that evokes the spirit of the original city\, as all participants slowly descend into chaos as they drink from an elaborate shot luge modeled after Rome’s aqueducts. Attendees are encouraged to make their own togas upon arrival with materials provided. Various activities throughout the night will encourage bacchanal destruction. \nFull Schedule\nCity 1- Saturday\, February 24\, 2018\n10AM – 9PM FORT CITY\n9PM-12AM Immigrant Ball \nCity 2- Saturday\, March 3\, 2018\n10AM -9PM The Central Nervous City\n9PM-12AM The Destruction of Civilization \nCITY 3- Saturday\, March 10\, 2018\n10AM – 8PM City with a Diamond Heart\n8PM – 10PM Experimental performances and music \nCITY 4 –  Saturday\, March 17\, 2018\n10AM – 7PM Art Trash City\n7PM – 9PM The Sanitization \n10PM – 12AM Music by The Company Soundsystem \nAbout Flux City 6\nFlux City 6 is an homage to the temporary communities of Flux Factory and an exploration of cities as created and idealized by individuals and small groups. During each week an artist will create a city\, or their interpretation of city-ness in the Flux Factory gallery creating a broad and all encompassing installation work which culminates in a public opening for that city  and a destruction event meant to bring about its end – organized by a separate artist or group. Each week the City builders will repurpose the materials left behind by those who came before as we collectively meditate upon cycles of politics\, ownership\, creation and destruction. \nFlux City 6 is a four week cycle of city creation and destruction and rebirth and cataclysm and phoenix-rising-from-the-ashes and Godzilla-traipsing-in-from-the-sea-in-a-breath-of-fire-and-chaos. Flux City 6 is curated by Seth Timothy Larson and Abigail Entsminger.
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/flux-city-6-city-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180224T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180317T233000
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SUMMARY:Flux City 6
DESCRIPTION:Schedule \n\n\n\nCity 1- Saturday\, February 24\, 2018\n10AM – 9PM FORT CITY\n9PM-12AM Immigrant Ball\nCity 2- Saturday\, March 3\, 2018\n10AM -9PM The Central Nervous City\n9PM-12AM The Destruction of Civilization\nRSVP on Facebook for City #1 & #2\n\n\n\nCITY 3- Saturday\, March 10\, 2018\n10AM – 8PM City with a Diamond Heart\n8PM – 10PM Experimental performances and music\nCITY 4 –  Saturday\, March 17\, 2018\n10AM – 8PM Art Trash City\n8PM – 10PM The Sanitization \n10PM – 12AM Music by The Company Soundsystem\n\n\n\nAbout Flux City 6\nFlux City 6 is an homage to the temporary communities of Flux Factory and an exploration of cities as created and idealized by individuals and small groups. During each week an artist will create a city\, or their interpretation of city-ness in the Flux Factory gallery creating a broad and all encompassing installation work which culminates in a public opening for that city  and a destruction event meant to bring about its end – organized by a separate artist or group. Each week the City builders will repurpose the materials left behind by those who came before as we collectively meditate upon cycles of politics\, ownership\, creation and destruction. \nFlux City 6 is a four week cycle of city creation and destruction and rebirth and cataclysm and phoenix-rising-from-the-ashes and Godzilla-traipsing-in-from-the-sea-in-a-breath-of-fire-and-chaos. Flux City 6 is curated by Seth Timothy Larson and Abigail Entsminger. \nCity 1- Saturday\, February 24\, 2018\n10 AM – 9 PM on view \nFORT CITY by Cayla Lockwood and Sarah Dahlinger \nFort City is a fully-operating city in Flux Factory\, Long Island City\, Queens County\, New York City\, United States constructed 90% from salvaged bed sheets\, fabric and materials from MFTA and the pay-per-pound Goodwill in VanDam Street. The projected 2018 population census is expected to be 54 3⁄4. The City includes a post office\, movie theater\, diner\, public library\, school\, hospital\, general store\, houses\, and a town hall. Fort City will be fully operating with each area open to the public for screenings\, games\, readings\, classes\, general sales\, etc. There will also be a school prom in the Town Hall\, complete with prom photo booth. \n9 PM-12 AM Performances\nImmigrant Ball by Katya Grokhovsky \n“Immigrant Ball” is a participatory performance event\, in which several performers\, all first generation immigrants of diverse backgrounds\, invite the audience to the extravagantly DIY Ball\, during which the city on site will be gradually destroyed through choreographed debauchery. Allowed to misbehave\, the immigrants take over the territory; claiming their place\, ready to begin again\, to renew\, to reimagine through their own lenz\, reversing the dominant cultural narrative in the process. \nCity 2- Saturday\, March 3\, 2018\n10 AM – 9PM On view \nThe Central Nervous City by Cait Davis  \nCait Davis will create a city whose architectural influence and city structure is based off of human brain anatomy. The city will be split into hemispheres and then further split into parts and lobes. The function of the individual pieces within the brain will influence the use and design of the various buildings\, parks and motorways of the city.  \n 9 PM-12 AM Performances and Party\nThe Destruction of Civilization (By Toga Party) by Larissa Hayden \nA city destroyed in homage to the fall of the first metropolis. Rome was central to the advancement of civilization and technological development. Yet it was one of their structural innovations that led to their downfall: the aqueducts. While the aqueducts distributed life-giving liquid (“water”) to the Roman people\, they were also contaminated with lead. Lead exposure thereby contaminated the minds and bodies of the people who consumed it\, leading to madness and ultimately the final destruction of the city of Rome. Larissa Hayden\, New York City event planner and shot luge craftsman\,will host a grand toga party that evokes the spirit of the original city\, as all participants slowly descend into chaos as they drink from an elaborate shot luge modeled after Rome’s aqueducts. Attendees are encouraged to make their own togas upon arrival with materials provided. Various activities throughout the night will encourage bacchanal destruction.  \nCITY 3- Saturday\, March 10\, 2018\n10 AM – 8 PM On view \nCity with a Diamond Heart by Hui-Ying Tsai \nHui-Ying Tsai is interested in the fragile border of home and the sense of belonging. Home is a verb and an action. The living beings set up the boundary to push outward\, and the line is pushed in constantly. The border of a home is constantly being recreated and altered\, which suggests that a sense of home must be constantly in flux and that living being must always work toward home wherever we might be. One must live and perform home in order to define it. Hui-Ying will construct from the ruins of the previous cities on-site and create a shelter around her body. To chew\, to spit\, to tear\, to build like an animal. \n8 PM – 10 PM\nExperimental performances and music curated by Patricio Jijón \nPatricio Jijón and Max Abeles are organizing experimental performances with musicians who are primarily also visual artists\, all under the auspices of activating the city with a different energy\, bringing different communities together and the spirit of improvisation. Abeles will activate the space wearing post apocalyptic costume-like kinetic sculptures made from recycled materials\, augmented to be instruments themselves\, to create an atmosphere of catharsis and rebirth.\nSecret Special Performance by Jonah Levy and Jaclyn Atkinson\,  \nCITY 4 –  Saturday\, March 17\, 2018\n10 AM – 8 PM on view\nArt Trash City @ Flux Factory NYC\n\nBuilt from the garbage left behind New York City’s art fair\, Art Trash City will be a\ntongue and cheek presentation of art world structures and economies while\nproviding space for the underrepresented artists and laborers who make it all\nhappen to embed works in the structure itself. \nThe creation of Art Trash City is a collective endeavor organized by Six City Trash\nCollective. The public opening on Saturday October 17 is the culmination of a\nhappening that begins as the art fair closes\, the trash is collected\, participants\nembed works in the material\, the trash travels to Queens\, and then collectively the\ncity is built in the gallery space. This flux provides a record and archive of collective\nacts uploaded in real time by the participants and collaborators of the project.\nArt Trash City is part of the fourth and final cycle of the Flux City 6 exhibition at\nFlux Factory in Long Island City NY. \nFlux City 6 is a four-week cycle of city creation and destruction and rebirth and\ncataclysm and phoenix-rising- from-the- ashes and Godzilla-traipsing- in-from- the-\nsea-in- a-breath- of-fire- and-chaos. Flux City 6 is curated by Seth Timothy\nLarson and Abigail Entsminger. \n10 PM-8 PM\nArt Trash City will be open to the Public.\nCreated by the Six City Trash Collective under the direction of Francine Kay Affourtit\,\nLiz Brown\, Stephanie Cayer\, and Annie Sarachan. \n8 PM-10 PM\nThe Sanitization\, Categorization\, and Monetization of Artistic Endeavor\nPerformed by: Jonathan Sims This flashy destruction event will conclude our show by molding the event into a “real gallery opening.” Jonathan will break apart the previous city into art-sized\nchunks\, hang them on the wall and attempt to sell them to the viewers. \n10 PM – 12 AM\nAfter party with The Company Soundsystem\n\nArt Trash City is one of a series of on-going projects created in partnership with\nFrancine Kay Affourtit and Biennale Urbana.
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/flux-city-6/
LOCATION:Flux Factory\, 39-31 29th St\, Long Island City\, NY
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180224T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180224T233000
DTSTAMP:20260412T155801
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SUMMARY:City #1
DESCRIPTION:City 1\nRSVP on Facebook for City #1 & #2\n\nSaturday\, February 24\, 2018\n10 AM – 9 PM on view \nFORT CITY by Cayla Lockwood and Sarah Dahlinger\n \nFort City is a fully-operating city in Flux Factory\, Long Island City\, Queens County\, New York City\, United States constructed 90% from salvaged bed sheets\, fabric and materials from MFTA and the pay-per-pound Goodwill in VanDam Street. The projected 2018 population census is expected to be 54 3⁄4. The City includes a post office\, movie theater\, diner\, public library\, school\, hospital\, general store\, houses\, and a town hall. Fort City will be fully operating with each area open to the public for screenings\, games\, readings\, classes\, general sales\, etc. There will also be a school prom in the Town Hall\, complete with prom photo booth. \n9 PM-12 AM Performances\nImmigrant Ball by Katya Grokhovsky \n“Immigrant Ball” is a participatory performance event\, in which several performers\, all first generation immigrants of diverse backgrounds\, invite the audience to the extravagantly DIY Ball\, during which the city on site will be gradually destroyed through choreographed debauchery. Allowed to misbehave\, the immigrants take over the territory; claiming their place\, ready to begin again\, to renew\, to reimagine through their own lenz\, reversing the dominant cultural narrative in the process. \nFull Schedule\nCity 1- Saturday\, February 24\, 2018\n10AM – 9PM FORT CITY\n9PM-12AM Immigrant Ball \nCity 2- Saturday\, March 3\, 2018\n10AM -9PM The Central Nervous City\n9PM-12AM The Destruction of Civilization \nCITY 3- Saturday\, March 10\, 2018\n10AM – 8PM City with a Diamond Heart\n8PM – 10PM Experimental performances and music \nCITY 4 –  Saturday\, March 17\, 2018\n10AM – 7PM Art Trash City\n7PM – 9PM The Sanitization \n10PM – 12AM Music by The Company Soundsystem \nAbout Flux City 6\nFlux City 6 is an homage to the temporary communities of Flux Factory and an exploration of cities as created and idealized by individuals and small groups. During each week an artist will create a city\, or their interpretation of city-ness in the Flux Factory gallery creating a broad and all encompassing installation work which culminates in a public opening for that city  and a destruction event meant to bring about its end – organized by a separate artist or group. Each week the City builders will repurpose the materials left behind by those who came before as we collectively meditate upon cycles of politics\, ownership\, creation and destruction. \nFlux City 6 is a four week cycle of city creation and destruction and rebirth and cataclysm and phoenix-rising-from-the-ashes and Godzilla-traipsing-in-from-the-sea-in-a-breath-of-fire-and-chaos. Flux City 6 is curated by Seth Timothy Larson and Abigail Entsminger.
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/flux-city-6-city-1/
LOCATION:Flux Factory\, 39-31 29th St\, Long Island City\, NY
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180215T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180215T210000
DTSTAMP:20260412T155801
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SUMMARY:The Art of DJ'ing 101 w/ DJ PlayPlay (Jess Dilday)
DESCRIPTION:In this introduction to DJ’ing\, PlayPlay will go over various techniques DJs use to create a seamless musical journey and to keep the dance floor going. They will also discuss the history behind DJ technology & artistry\, as well as common considerations when performing a DJ set. The second part of the workshop will involve PlayPlay performing a short DJ set on turntables\, and then inviting attendees to try it out for themselves. \nRSVP on Facebook\, and please share! \n\nMore about PlayPlay \n\n\n\nPlayPlay is a NYC-based DJ\, producer\, party organizer\, professor\, and all around music nerd. As both a DJ and producer\, PlayPlay combines brand new percussion-forward club sounds with nostalgic classics. Their music is inspired by what they grew up listening to: acid house\, industrial\, jungle\, breakbeat hardcore\, Baltimore club\, jock jams\, 90s club anthems and 80s new wave. In their hardware sets\, PlayPlay uses Moog synthesizers to create everything from unearthly drones to high-energy acid/industrial sounds. \n \nPlayPlay has been teaching DJ’ing and music production through the music department at UNC-Chapel Hill. They are especially invested in mentoring women and gender non-conforming DJs & producers\, and have hosted multiple workshops with this aim – most recently at Moogfest. They have recently moved to NYC to join a 6 month artist-residency at Flux Factory. Here\, they will be creating an interactive soundscape installation using synthesizers\, recorded samples\, and other sonic tools. \n\n\n\n\n\nContact\ndjplayplay.com\nbooking@djplayplay.com \n\nLinks\nFacebook:\nhttps://www.facebook.com/DJPlayPlay/\nSoundcloud:\nhttps://soundcloud.com/dj-playplay\nBandcamp:\nhttps://playplay.bandcamp.com/\nInstagram:\nhttps://www.instagram.com/playplayyy/\nTwitter:\nhttps://twitter.com/DJPlayPlay
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/the-art-of-djing-101-w-dj-playplay-jess-dilday/
LOCATION:Flux Factory\, 39-31 29th St\, Long Island City\, NY
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ORGANIZER;CN="Flux Factory":MAILTO:nat@fluxfactory.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180213T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180213T213000
DTSTAMP:20260412T155801
CREATED:20180205T224917Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190514T152808Z
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SUMMARY:Mardi Gras Co-op Mixer
DESCRIPTION:The Cotyledon House and Flux Factory are hosting a mixer! It will be a fun night of drinks (BYOB!)and mingling for all those currently engaged in or interested in cooperative urban living. \nCome if you fit the following categories… \n☞ Currently living cooperatively and seeking new housemate(s)\n☞ Currently living cooperatively and want to mingle\n☞ Interested in joining a coop house \n☞ Interested in forming a NEW coop house\n☞ Interested in learning more about cooperative living and meeting people who are doing it\n☞ Interested in or involved with other radical collective groups and want to live those values at home\n☞ You like supporting rad spaces like Flux Factory \nWHERE: Flux Factory (39-31 29th Street Long Island City\, Queens 11101\nDATE: Tuesday\, February 13th (Mardi Gras!)\nTIME: 6:30 – 9:00\nWHY: Because we want to build our movement in NYC \nShare the Facebook event!! \n\nWe understand there have been a few new houses started since we attended the Coop Mixer in April 2017\, we hope to highlight these new spaces on the 13th and encourage even more! There has been a serious supply/demand differential in the cooperative scene in NYC for years. When a room becomes available in a coop\, there are dozens of people lining up. This process becomes stressful for both parties (the house + the individuals applying)\, and exclusivity becomes the ultimate byproduct as most people applying are left behind. But…. lot’s of people are interested in this lifestyle! And that’s amazing!\n\n\nSo what we need is more supply. More houses. More spaces where people can live comfortably with others\, practicing clear communication and group decision-making on a daily basis. \nLearning important skills to make themselves and the world a better place. Learning and practicing a community lifestyle that the consumer-driven individualism of the US has largely stripped away from us. As cooperative models thrive and we create more tangible examples of alternatives to normalized hierarchy and capitalism\, we are truly challenging/changing culture in a profound way. We are creating something strange\, something beautiful; something that anyone exposed to will be impacted by. When a new coop takes form\, we are together taking one more step towards a more communicative\, compassionate\, and revolutionary culture. Please join us! \n\nFebruary 13\, is Fat Tuesday\, also known as Mardi Gras\, so we will have a bead/name-tag making activity that will act as an icebreaker to help identify what type community you represent or are want to connect with.\n\n \n***NOTE: Flux Factory is an artist Collective\, not a Collective house. Flux is offering space for this mixing of ideas and people to occur. 
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/mardi-gras-co-op-mixer/
LOCATION:Flux Factory\, 39-31 29th St\, Long Island City\, NY
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ORGANIZER;CN="Flux Factory":MAILTO:nat@fluxfactory.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180211T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180211T150000
DTSTAMP:20260412T155801
CREATED:20180207T213243Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190514T152814Z
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SUMMARY:Pop Gym Pop Up: Free Self-Defense Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Palm Heels for the people! Don’t get that joke? No worries! Come by this FREE Pop Up workshop to learn some introductory skills that will keep you feeling safe. We’ll be covering the basics: stretching\, conditioning\, technique\, and theory\, with the hope that participants will leave with some super useful foundations that will aid them in the day-to-day. Mix that in with some sweat and some movement\, and you’ll have an accessible and confidence-boosting good time for all. Whether you are a beginner\, or someone with experience\, come work it out with us! \nOpen to all ages! We’ll be moving around\, so participants should wear clothing in which they are comfortable stretching and sweating. \nPOP Gym is a new project\, working towards opening a physical space in Brooklyn that offers free self-defense\, fitness\, and skill share classes 7 days a week. As we continue planning\, we invite you to come by any of our events this summer! Our workshops have been described as\, “fun”\, “holistic” and “empowering”\, and for any questions\, comments\, or inquiries for future workshops for you or your organizations\, email us at info@popgym.org \nRSVP on Facebook!
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/pop-gym-pop-up-free-self-defense-workshop/
LOCATION:Flux Factory\, 39-31 29th St\, Long Island City\, NY
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ORGANIZER;CN="Flux Factory":MAILTO:nat@fluxfactory.org
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180211
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180212
DTSTAMP:20260412T155801
CREATED:20180105T225908Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190514T152822Z
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SUMMARY:Open Call for new works: Wilder LIC at Windmill Community Garden
DESCRIPTION:Wilder LIC is a May 2018 multimedia group exhibition produced by Flux Factory taking place at the Windmill Community Garden.  This open call\, with a February 11 deadline\, invites proposals for artworks which address how multimedia art can promote local community building and urban agriculture. \nWilder LIC is curated by Lorissa Rinehart and Nat Roe. Alex Nathanson is the designer of a new solar power system at Windmill to enable electronic works\, amplified sound\, video works\, and education.  Wilder LIC is a Flux Factory Group Exhibition; four times every year\, Flux Factory commissions new artworks on distinct curatorial themes for month-long group exhibitions which are always free to the public. \nCuratorial statement:\nIn his recent book Feral\, George Monboit discusses his theory of ecological boredom that posits much of the existential ennui experienced by urban denizens is a result of our self-distancing from the wild in favor of more homogeneous landscapes. To advance this idea further\, one might postulate that our evolutionary biology seeks and yearns for biodiversity\, recognizing this as the keystone of a sustainable environment. Simultaneously\, our contrary desire is to find safety in the controlled and understood leads us to create places where the other is wholly absent.  \nThus we find ourselves increasingly migrating to megacities devoid of any contact with what one might call nature as even city parks are highly regulated spaces where an errant leaf is cause for a gas powered blower. Outside the city is hardly better as agribusiness monoculture creates unbroken seas of Roundup-ready cash crops. By banishing any hope of the aleatory\, these barren spaces inhibit imagination and creativity. \nThis exhibition seeks to channel what is wild through familiar media and technologies in order to create an accessible platform for new ideas about ecological and cultural diversity. It suggests the wild can be understood as a complicated system necessary for the perpetuation of life as we know it\, rather than chaos that should be simplified and abolished. Finally\, this exhibition encourages artists\, scientists\, programmers\, and designers to work together and borrow from each other to create new lenses through which we might see and experience our wilder nature.  \nHow to apply:\nWilder LIC will commission 2d and 3d works both temporary and permanent; a series of afternoon potlucks and performances; electronic and multimedia works; educational workshops; gardening and ecological projects; and more.  Wilder LIC particularly invites works which take advantage of Windmill’s new solar-powered electric system. \nSubmissions are due by February 11.  Email your submission to wilderLIC@fluxfactory.org.  Send a project proposal (include images\, video or other documentation as appropriate)\, along with information about your past work (CV\, bio\, website or portfolio are all acceptable).  Feel free to email us with questions or comments! \nAbout the Windmill Community Garden:\nLocated across the street from Flux Factory\, the Windmill Community Garden was founded in 2016 and is a permanent GreenThumb NYC Park.  The Garden is led by three neighborhood nonprofits including Flux Factory\, The Growing Up Green Charter School\, and the Dutch Kills Civic Association\, in addition to local community members.  To keep up with Windmill\, follow us on Facebook or request to join our Google Group by clicking this link. \nAbout Flux Factory:\nFounded in 1994\, Flux Factory is a Long Island City nonprofit Artist-in-Residency providing affordable space and resources to a collective of emerging artists who produce prolific free public exhibitions in Flux’s gallery.  Flux creates open calls for new works four times a year with our Group Exhibition series\, of which Wilder LIC is a part.  Flux also solicits applications for our Artist-in-Residency twice a year\, with the next open call in March 2018.  The best way to learn about Flux Factory events is by subscribing to our mailing list. \nSupport for Wilder LIC is provided by Friends of Flux\, the Andy Warhol Foundation for Visual Arts; the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council; the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo\, the New York State Legislature; and generous support is provided by the Partnership for Parks Capacity Fund Grant.  Do consider donating to make more free public programs like this possible!
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/new-works-wilder/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180208T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180208T220000
DTSTAMP:20260412T155801
CREATED:20180202T224858Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190514T152829Z
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SUMMARY:Flux Thursday: Meatloaf Party
DESCRIPTION:~meatloaf party~\nThursday\, February 8th\n7–10 pm\n\nPlease RSVP on Facebook \n\n\n7pm: Potluck Dinner (featuring a range of loaves from “meatiest” to “veganest”)\n8pm: Mashed Potato Sculpture Competition (MPSC)\n9pm: *Meat Loaf *inspired* Karaoke*\n\nplease bring your favorite loaf / meatloaf-adjacent dish / classic side / perfect beverage pairing / any dessert and your hungry self / and your hungry friends\n\n\nIf you would like to compete in the MPSC\, please RSVP to caylalockwood@gmail.com\n\nIt is advised that you practice your karaoke song\, but no pressure 😉
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/flux-thursday-meatloaf-party/
LOCATION:Flux Factory\, 39-31 29th St\, Long Island City\, NY
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ORGANIZER;CN="Flux Factory":MAILTO:nat@fluxfactory.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180204T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180204T150000
DTSTAMP:20260412T155801
CREATED:20180110T182602Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190514T152835Z
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SUMMARY:Ekphrastic Poetry Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Since Homer\, poets have turned to works of art—the artwork functioning as a muse\, or as a means by which the poet can critically examine something outside of the artwork\, using it as an entry point. But how does this classic writing technique relate to contemporary installation or process-based art? How can ekphrasis be applied to immersive media environments where the veneration of a traditional art object is absent? Explore these questions with poet Ariel Yelen\, who will provide readings\, conversation\, and generative writing prompts for ekphrastic writing amid Flux artist-in-residence Kyung-jin Kim‘s solo exhibition\, Nothing Personal. \nOpen to all ages and levels of experience.\nPlease RSVP on Facebook \nAbove image an installation shot of Sincerely by Kyung-jin Kim\, 2017
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/ekphrastic-poetry-workshop/
LOCATION:Flux Factory\, 39-31 29th St\, Long Island City\, NY
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180201T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180205T180000
DTSTAMP:20260412T155801
CREATED:20180105T223416Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211108T075335Z
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SUMMARY:Nothing Personal - Solo Exhibition by Kyung-jin Kim 
DESCRIPTION:Solo Exhibition by Artist-in-Residence Kyung-jin Kim \n \nOpening reception\nFebruary 1st 7pm – 10pm \nGallery Open Hours\nFriday\, February 2nd\, Noon – 6pm\nSaturday and Sunday\, February 3rd – 4th\, noon – 4pm\nMonday\, February 5th\, Noon – 6pm \nRSVP on Facebook \nKyung-jin Kim (b. South Korea) is a process-oriented artist. He utilizes diverse media to approach the substance of liminality inherent to dislocation\, translation and adjustment. His method looks to scattered encounters with networks and systems of data\, and to how this experience shifts with proximity\, as well as the motions and elisions of one’s memory. Kyung-jin intentionally misuses existing virtual representation\, translation and surveillance technology to measure the blindspot between information and subjective understandings. Through sculpture and models\, video projections\, and interactive sound installations\, he inducts a sense of what cannot be known through palpable lapse and void. \n \n‘Nothing Personal’ is an interactive installation where the voice and position matters. In this built environment\, every component influences its surroundings. The project focuses on how we communicate and highlights the areas in which nuance is blurred and communication and intention break down. The devices change their environment depending on the participant and the participant’s physical position in the space. \nThe sounds you make and the conversations you have will be picked up\, amplified and transformed into a visual realm. The sense of private and public boundaries will be blurry and blended together playing with notions of an ideal equilibrium.  \nDuring the show\, sound-triggered tools will be open to the public to use freely as an open mic.  \nwebsite: www.kyung-jin.com
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/nothing-personal/
LOCATION:Flux Factory\, 39-31 29th St\, Long Island City\, NY
CATEGORIES:Residency Shows
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