Flux Factory

I Love You, I'm Sorry, Come Here: Solo Exhibition by Natalie Tsui
2021-06-04 18:00 - 2021-06-06 18:00 (America/New_York) | Flux Factory, 39-31 29th St, Long Island City, NY
Gallery Dates: June 4 – 6
Gallery Hours*

Friday, June 4, 6 – 10pmSat & Sunday, June 5 & 6, 1 – 6pm

Opening Night

Friday, June 4, 6pm – 10pm
Artist Talk and Screening

Sunday, June 6, 6pm ETRSVP for link here

*Please note: Masks are required inside the gallery.

Exhibition Description

Using an accidental two-hour voice memo of emotional processing with a former partner as a script, Natalie Tsui has gathered together friends, a couple, and actors to dissect and reenact the conversation for the camera. As Natalie films and directs, a secondary camera films an uninterrupted wide shot of the entire shoot day, documenting discussions around script analysis, character motivation, and Natalie’s highly subjective recollection of lived events while the participants work to condense the two-hour conversation into a narrative story.

An examination of the complexities of personal memory, I Love You, I’m Sorry, Come Here is a multichannel video installation combining footage from the filmed recreations, personal video archives and documentary footage to explore the limits of documentary film production and the latent ideological drives of the moving image.

Artist Bio

Natalie Tsui (they/them) is a non-binary artist primarily working in film, video, and performance to investigate and problematize the colonial and capitalist drives latent in visual culture, western pedagogy and collective memory. Tsui holds a B.A. in Film Studies and English from UC Berkeley and an M.F.A. in Cinema from San Francisco State University.
Their work has screened at the Contemporary Jewish Museum, Frameline, Museu de Arts Moderna of Rio de Janiero, Shapeshifters Cinema, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and the New York LGBT Community Center. They were a Flaherty Seminar Fellow, NYFF Artist Academy Fellow, Queer Art Mentorship Fellow, and a Princess Grace Film Awardee.

Din Din: Quick Slice by Lily Baldwin
2021-05-31 20:00 - 2021-06-26 23:00
Nightly Screenings Beginning at DuskLocation: 39-31 29th St, Long Island CityLily Baldwin’s film installation “Quick Slice” will screen every night in Flux Factory’s front window with free slices every Friday in June (limited pizza! First come, first serve).
This event is part of the exhibition Din Din, a series of free, socially-distanced outdoor events which use food and art to build community.
Film Description
“Quick Slice”, 23 minutes on loop, 2019
THINGS AREN’T WHERE THEY’RE SUPPOSED TO BE.
Nine lonely strangers converge over a quick slice inside a casual, no bullshit, non-committal community hub— the pizza shop. When a “contaigent” enters, dance turns inconsequential moments into idiosyncratic gestures, toggling between task and choreography. A subtle, disorientating use of editing techniques and photographic devices manipulating time craft a visceral and sonically rich dreamscape.
“Quick Slice” scales to respective environments, utilizing available architecture and unsuspecting surfaces. Caught between the character’s gaze, the viewer catches shards of the story projected onto their body. These seemingly accidental screenings encourage an unadulterated and kinesthetic reception of the project.
Inspired by Netta Yerushalmy’s Paramodernities Directed by Lily BaldwinProduced by Brighid GreeneEdited by Lily Baldwin, Sara SowellVideo installation design consulting by Joseph SeamansSound Mix by Mark degli AntoniCinematography by Ben WolfAssistant Camera Sanjay SinghStills by Courtney DenkHair by Takeo Suzuki|Makeup by Hiro YonemotoMakeup Assistant Ken SuzukiFeaturing designs by PavonProduction Assistants Rishauna Zumberg, Jaanelle Yee
Starring Lily Baldwin, Henry Chesley, Geneva Frazier, Dean Melaas, Toni Melaas, Katharine Padulo, Wally Padulo, Angie Pittman, Peggy Schneider, Gus Solomons Jr., Amy Meisner Threet
Thanks to New York Live ArtsFiscally sponsored by Los Angeles Performance Project
Artist Bio
Based in NYC, Berlin and LA, Lily Baldwin is known for her compelling, intricate narrative forms. Her works have screened at festivals including Sundance, SXSW, Berlin, and Venice, as well as at Lincoln Center, the V&A Museum, and Carnegie Hall to Anthology Film Archives, Judson Church, and Blue Stockings Bookstore. They are featured on The Criterion Channel and NOWNESS. As a dancer, Baldwin performed on a world tour with David Byrne and Brian Eno and with the Metropolitan Opera, Trisha Brown Dance Company, and other NYC choreographers. The New York Times says her “work has a visceral power similar to Cronenberg’s.”

Din Din: 29th Street Block Party
2021-05-31 14:00 - 18:00 | Flux Factory, 39-31 29th St, Long Island City, NY
This Block Party is the opening event for Din Din, a series of free, socially-distanced outdoor public events which use food and art to build community. Location: 39-22 29th St, Long Island City
Participating Artists

Cooking demo from Kim Calichio’s The Connected ChefBreakaway by Heather KapplowHarvest Mandalas by Nadine NelsonWill Owen’s “Radio Repast LIVE!”Blowing Sugar [Glass] performance 吹【糖】玻璃 by Yiyi WeiThe Street Vendor ProjectThe Nexus 29th Street Free Fridge and tabling from neighboring Queens free fridgesDJ Vinyl RichieTo Hold Water: a Solo Exhibition by Anika Todd in the Flux Factory gallery

To Hold Water: Solo Exhibition by Anika Todd
2021-05-28 17:00 - 2021-05-31 18:00
Gallery Hours*
Friday, May 28, 5 – 8pm
Saturday – Monday, May 29 – May 31, 1 – 6pm
Artist Talk
Friday, May 28, 5pm ET
Anika Todd will speak about the history of the view from above.
RSVP Here
Live event During the 29th Street Block Party
May 31, 2–6pm
This event is part of the exhibition Din Din, a series of free, socially-distanced outdoor public events which use food and art to build community.
You can read more about the Block Party here.
Window Screening
May 28 – 31, After Dusk
Videos from To Hold Water will screen in the front window of Flux Factory at 39-31 29th Street, LIC, NY.
*Please note: Masks inside the gallery are required.
To Hold Water
To Hold Water is an exhibition that considers the paradox of ownership. Presenting a challenge to Western traditions of private property and surveillance, the works investigate the implications of the human impulse to survey, to organize, and to control in an effort to understand that which is uncomfortably unknown.
The video work at the exhibition’s center, Self Portrait, exposes the implications of a traditional god’s-eye-view. While one camera submerges into the murky waters of the East River, a second flies on a set of balloons above Wall Street, creating a two-channel video that tracks the artist’s efforts to extend sight. The humble technology of the balloons shifts our experience of the conventional “God’s eye-view” characteristic of military and government-controlled technologies. The unsteady image of the work subverts this customarily controlled top-down perspective, creating a portrait of precarity in the effort to understand oneself and one’s world from above.
Artist Bio
Anika Todd (b.1992, Boston, MA) received her BFA from Massachusetts College of Art and Design, and her MFA from The University of Texas at Austin. Todd is a sculptor/media artist investigating landscape and ownership; Todd’s work functions through acts of trespass — simultaneously enacting and challenging systems that oppress, compartmentalize, and own in order to control. Todd’s work has been presented in solo exhibitions at VisArts Center, Richmond, VA and Co-Lab Gallery, Austin, TX featured in the Washington Post (2018) and Glasstire (2019) respectively. She has been selected to participate in numerous residencies including Salem Art Works (2017), Haystack School of Craft and Design (2018), and Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (2019).

Cada Cabesa Es un Mundo: Solo Exhibition by Diego Espaillat
2021-05-15 13:00 - 2021-05-23 18:00
Gallery Dates: May 15 – 23
Gallery Hours*
Sat & Sundays, 1 – 6pm
Weekdays by appointment
Email maya@fluxfactory.org for appointments
Opening Reception
Saturday May 15, 3 – 6pm
At the Windmill Community Garden
RSVP Here
Artist Talk via zoom
Wednesday, May 19, 7pm EST
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Join Flux Factory Artist-in-Residence Diego Espaillat for the culminating exhibition of his Residency.
* Please note: Masks inside the gallery are required.
Exhibition Description

“Cada Cabesa Es Un Mundo,” a phrase often used by one of Diego’s Uncles in Dominican Republic, is offered as a framing for the sculptures in this exhibition. Concerned with the lineage and evolution of Spanish Caribbean mask-making and culture, Diego Espaillat seeks to insert himself into the often-changing art form by working through the forms in his personal fashion.

The mask-making histories are relatively new, still evolving, and grow out of a mix of traditions, including Spanish Catholic holidays and Yoruba spirituality. In creating these pieces, Diego uses the laborious traditional paper mache process, reframed through his own creative style. These masks are not made to be worn, they are instead sculptural objects. By committing himself to the specific lineage of this metamorphic art form as a diasporic member of Dominican culture, Diego adds his lived experience to this unfolding tradition and explores his own identity through process.

The ceramic pieces in the exhibition are situated in the long tradition of earthenware, and recognizing that Spanish-American-Caribbean culture remains connected to its pre-Colombian roots. Again, Diego seeks to develop novel understandings of tradition by engaging with form, process, and history from a personal perspective.

Artist Bio
Diego Espaillat, born 1994 graduated from Lyme Academy College in 2017. He currently lives and works in New York City. Diego is a sculptor whose work is inspired by objects and activities that collide between the Caribbean & New York.

Don’t Let It Slip Through Your Fingers: Solo Exhibition by Dario Mohr
2021-05-06 17:00 - 2021-05-09 18:00 | Windmill Community Garden, 39-22 29th St, Long Island City, NY, 11101, United States
Gallery Hours
Thursday, May 6, 5 – 8pm
Friday, Saturday & Sunday
May 7, 8 & 9, 1 – 6pm
Opening Reception
May 6th, 5 – 7pm EST
At the Windmill Community Garden
(Across from Flux Factory)
RSVP HERE

Audience members are invited to participate in a letting go ritual using a grief journal that will sit on a podium during the reception.
Artist Talk & Conversation
May 7th, 5pm– Via Zoom
Interview and conversation with the artist
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Exhibition Description
“Don’t Let It…” “Slip Through…” and “Your Fingers” includes three acrylic painted and assembled works that are inspired by the loss of a cherished object. Objects are endowed with the power of reference by the signifier. This can include memories, philosophies and in some cases, a spiritual connection. Very often when an object is lost, so too are the memories that they inspire. This can leave us spiraling into despair and grief.

This work was created in an attempt to fill this void by memorializing what was lost, and serve as an example of the power objects have over us: how we process their loss, create something new to continue their legacy and deepen the emotional power that the original object stood in for.
Artist Bio
Dario Mohr is a New York City based interdisciplinary artist. Born in 1988, Mohr received a BFA from Buffalo State College, and an MFA from The City College of New York. He creates interactive sanctuary experiences using an interdisciplinary approach. In addition to work created in painting, sculpture or made digitally, he often includes assembled objects to build immersive “sacred spaces”. These often exist in unexpected places, using mundane objects. Because objects are endowed with the significance that the viewer blesses it with, his work can provide a lot of space for divergent perspectives and interpretations. The recycling of old work is also fundamental to Mohr’s practice. You will see previously created paintings and sculptures as well as the reuse of objects, textiles, cushions and other elements in future works. Sometimes a previously used item provides the perfect juxtaposition to enhance or add depth to new explorations. In addition to his individual art practice, he is also the founder and Director of AnkhLave Arts Alliance, Inc. which is a non-profit for the recognition and representation of BIPOC artists in contemporary art.

A Divergent from the Magnetism of Whiteness: Dealing with the Hungry Ghost
2021-04-29 18:00 - 2021-05-02 18:00 | Flux Factory, 39-31 29th St, Long Island City, NY
Pop-Up Exhibition – April 29 – May 2
Curated by Denae Howard

Garden Reception –> April 30, 6 – 8PM EST
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Open Hours
Friday April 30, 6 – 8pm
Saturday & Sunday, May 1 & 2, 1 – 6pm EST
Divergent – moving or extending in a different direction from each other.
Investigating divergent evolution and the collective subconscious of black artists. Tying strands of humanistic theory while contending with an imagined post capitalistic society.
“Only within the open space created by dialogue whether conducted with our neighbours, with history with nature or the cosmos, can human wholeness be sustained. We are not born human in any but biological sense, we can only learn to know ourselves and others and thus be trained in the ways of being human. We do this by immersion in the ocean of language and dialogue fed by the springs of cultural tradition” – Buddhism Day by Day: Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda.
Moving away from the norms of traditional communication and responding to the follies of society at large as we manifest new & erase old and now foreign traditions. (Ie: wearing covid masks and adopting body cams – while arguing over Kim K’s choice to wear cornrows and her and white magazines identify them as boxer braids) <Understanding the use of pedagogy and pedigree – while identifying who is actually protected under diplomacy>
This show is a conversation between black artists establishing self identity in the crux of the absolutisms associated with Blackness while defying the devices nature of the white gaze.
Participating Artists
ARTSCHOOLSCAMMER | Marq Bentley | Mikey Burns | INEZ THE Sun – Nija Inez | Kesiena Onosigho | Wokie Masaquoi | Ajani Russell
A Divergent from the Magnetism of Whiteness: Dealing with the Hungry Ghost is supported by the Flux Factory Rhizome Project. The Rhizome Project is a commitment to give intentional space to Black voices, and provide a platform for Black narratives by offering the support needed to help these narratives thrive and evolve.

THREADS
2021-04-10 13:00 - 20:00
Gallery Viewing @ 1-5 pm
Poetry Program @ 5-7 pm
Videos screened @ 7 pm

To join us for the Poetry Program at the Windmill Community Garden (Across the street from Flux Factory)

PLEASE RSVP HERE

Flux Factory is happy to be hosting THREADS, an exhibition curated by an international collective of arts organizations from Bogotá, NYC, Manila and Chicago: Bliss on Bliss Arts Projects, Maleza Proyectos, Nodo 51 Area Cultural, Poets of Queens and Yara Arts Group.
The THREADS Project and its expanding global network helps artists and audiences establish a dialogue between images and poetry to find greater connections and understanding in these difficult times. This exhibition at Flux Factory, is an introduction to a THREADS future and an opportunity to stand in solidarity against the violence being enacted upon our Asian family members and communities.

THREADS is curated by Virlana Tkacz, founding director of Yara Arts Group, a resident company at La MaMa Experimental Theatre in New York since 1990. Olena Jennings, the curator and founder of Poets of Queens, acts as poetry
curator.
Threads clothe us, threads expose us, threads bring us together.
Participating Artists
Catalina Bolivar, Juliana Canal, Waldemart Klyuzko, Cayla Lockwood, Isabella Lopez, Ged Merino, Nadenka Art Group, Aze Ong, and Jevijoe Vitug.
Participating Poets

Pichchenda Bao, Rosebud Ben-Oni, Olena Jennnings, and Wanda Phipps.

One of the homes for THREADS is Bliss on Bliss Art Projects founded by Ged Merino. Bliss on Bliss Art Projects has been bringing arts and culture to the Sunnyside neighborhood in Queens since 2011. It provides a venue for new and established artists. The shows at Bliss on Bliss Art Projects have consistently led to cross cultural collaboration.

Other core participants of THREADS include Nadenka Art Group made up of members from Omsk, Novosibirsk, Moscow, and St. Petersburg. They were formed in 2014 in Omsk. The group includes Anastasia Makarenko, Masha Alexandrova, Maria Rybka, Nadezhda Valetskaya, and Alena Isakhanyan. Videos of their textile book projects will be shown at Flux Factory. The poets will address awareness of anti-Asian sentiment and acts. Artists Cayla Lockwood and Jevijoe Vitug will unveil a banner to encourage action against Asian hate.

Finally, videos by Waldemart Klyuzko, Aze Ong, and Nadenka Art Group will be shown, bringing another aspect of the textile art to life. In his video, Waldemart Klyuzko weaves the words of Serhiy Zhadan’s poem “Home” in tape. Aze Ong performs to Wanda Phipps reading an excerpt from her poem “Womb Dreams.” Nadenka presents textile books that allow us to experience the pages along with them.

OnlyPods: New Works by Remi Dalton & Jevijoe Vitug
2021-04-01 13:00 - 2021-04-27 18:00 | Flux Factory, 39-31 29th St, Long Island City, NY
Open Gallery Hours
April 14 – 27
Friday – Sunday 1 – 6pm EST
Weekday hours by appointment
email maya@fluxfactory.org
Opening Reception
April 15, 5 – 9pm EST
REGISTER HERE
Windmill Community Garden

April 1 – April 14
7:30 – 9:30pm EST

View Remi’s Studio Live Stream EVERY NIGHT
View Jevi’s Studio Live Stream EVERY NIGHT

Live Streams Projected in the Flux Factory Windows
39-31 29th street, LIC, Queens

Follow Remi Dalton and Jevijoe Vitug at OnlyPods. Like and subscribe to new channels of work that employ the translational essence of the meme. Watch as these artists labor on live-streaming platforms. We can all be heroes just for one stream. Username: ArtHistoryPrisoner and username: ArtHistoryguard empower streamers through a collaborative process of framing. Paintings are created that combine private, public and aspirational space in novel ways. Lags in wifi provide frames for social bonding from the hilarious to the devastating.
OnlyPods, a collaborative exhibition by Remi Dalton and Jevijoe Vitug is on view from April 14th – April 28th. This exhibition features a selection of paintings by each artist, video projections, and a large-scale collaborative painting. Dalton and Vitug examine what live-stream culture means to our conception of private spaces. The exhibition’s title refers to the popular internet subscription service OnlyFans. “Fans” is replaced with the word “Pods” which refers to the artist’s studio in which they live and work. Like OnlyFan’s creators, artists must delicately balance spectacle and sincerity to protect their vulnerable economic position. Both Dalton and Vitug explore this balance, as well as the blurring of the boundaries of aesthetics and ethics caused by social media and live-streaming platforms.
The medium of oil paint historically imparts heroism on its subjects. Both Dalton and Vitug use this aspect of their medium along with the translational essence of the meme to depict worlds in which the promise of going viral induces greatness and madness. Dalton’s Dream Room paintings depict the cluttered refuge of a contemporary romantic hero who isolates themselves halfway between the digital and physical realms. Vitug’s #indigenizemememoji.2020 encodes pandemic memes based on the socio-political cult of personality with a presence of indigeneity.
In 2021, both artists lived and worked together in New York. During this time Dalton and Vitug created a series of portraits, live-streamed with studio spaces, and collaborated on the largest painting in the exhibition entitled Sleepofreasonxxx (after Francisco Goya, after Manuel Ocampo.) Dalton’s portraits, the Twitch Glitch paintings, depict female Twitch streamers adorned in a
manner that is equally informed by early renaissance painting and fangirl culture. Femme performance and fetishization on Twitch is the subject of Dalton’s work, which celebrates the bravery of female streamers in showing vulnerability and angst on a male-dominated platform. #zoompintados, a series of portraits by Vitug, honors the tattooed indigenous ancestors known as Pintados from his country of birth and the people who are in his current circle of friends and neighbors in New York City. Portrait references are screenshots from Zoom which are digitalized and printed on canvas. Subsequently, Vitug paints on them in an indigenous mark-making manner using fluorescent pigments and invisible ink to create a three-dimensional effect to reference the supernatural. By tying two groups separated by time and space in which Vitug found support and community, he venerates them both.
Both Dalton’s and Vitug’s painting vocabulary are combined in Sleepofreasonxxx (after Francisco Goya, after Manuel Ocampo.) This large-scale painting depicts a streamer haunted by demons while resting during a live stream. Vitug’s work as a guard at the Met Museum brought him in close contact with the original print by Goya, which both artists were able to see in person. The artist’s reimagining of this print, which also takes from Ocampo’s 2017 version of the classic, depicts the isolation, heroism, and vulnerability of live streamers during a global pandemic. The fraught nature of live-streaming has been personally experienced by both Dalton and Vitug. Before this exhibition, both artists publicly streamed their studios for two weeks every night. This performance, which was meant to open the artists’ studio to a more collaborative working atmosphere during a time of physical distancing, challenged both artists immensely. Over just the short span of this live-streaming project, the artists were forced to address acts of sexism, racism, and humiliation.
OnlyPods also features video projections of recorded footage from Dalton’s and Vitug’s live streams. These videos are projected publicly from 7:30 pm EST to 9:30 pm EST from April 1st – 28th at Flux Factory. These videos document traditional places of seclusion being transformed into portals of connection in real-time. This transformation is accompanied by uncomfortable blends of authenticity and performance. Taken together, Dalton’s and Vitug’s works along with their extensive research present insight
into what the artist’s evolving role in a digital society might entail. Lags in wifi frame the hilarious and the devastating. Painting and performance become muddled into digital apparitions which take on new lives without their authors.

Remi Dalton and Jevijoe Vitug, Sleepofreasonxxx (after Francisco Goya, after Manuel Ocampo, 2021, Oil on Scenic Backdrop, 84″ x 84″
Remi Dalton (b. 1991) is a San Diego-based artist. Her work investigates how internet culture has blurred the boundaries between art and life, aesthetics and ethics. Her practice is centered around painting, but also includes video, mixed media, and installation. Remi received her Master of Fine Arts in Painting from San Diego State University in 2019, and dual Bachelor’s degrees in Visual Arts and Chemistry from the University of San Diego in 2014. The artist has received awards and residencies including the Windgate Fellowship, the Art Produce Residency in San Diego, CA, and the NTC Foundation’s Emerging Artist Residency, which provided free studio space for 18 months in Liberty Station’s Arts District in San Diego. Remi has taught studio classes at the University of San Diego, San Diego State University, and Lux Art Institute. She has shown in multiple exhibitions in San Diego and Los Angeles, CA.
Jevijoe Vitug is a Queens-based artist that creates paintings, performance, and community projects as an avant-garde strategy to make labor visible, indigenous legacy, and the forgotten history of people of color. Jevijoe earned his MFA dual degree in Studio Arts and Design and Technology from San Francisco Art Institute in 2015 and his work has been included in exhibitions at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (2005, 2006), Singapore Art Museum (2006), Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA (2009), Contemporary Arts Center, Las Vegas (2012), Staff show at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY (2017, 2019), Queens Museum, NY (2018), San Diego Art Institute, San Diego CA (2019). His performance projects have been presented at NIPAF, Japan (2004), Koret Educational Center at SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA (2008), London Biennale organized by David Medalla (2012, 2014), Flux residency at AroS Museum, Denmark (2018), Museum Mile at The Africa Center and El Museo Del Barrio (2019), UP Vargas Museum (2019). In 2019, Vitug is a recipient of the Queens Arts Fund New Works Grant and an artist-in-residence of The Laundromat Project’s Create Change Program. He is a member of Museum Union Art Workers, District Council- 37 Local 1503 and currently serves in the community resident board of directors of Flux Factory.

There Is Something Here: Solo Exhibition by Carlos David TC
2021-03-16 13:00 - 2021-03-31 18:00 | Flux Factory, 39-31 29th St, Long Island City, NY
Open Gallery Hours: Friday – Sunday, 1 – 6pm EST
Or by appointment, email maya@fluxfactory.org
March 25, 6 – 7pm EST
Join Carlos and other Queens based Artists for Creative Conversations organized by QCA
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There is Something in the Windows
Video in the Flux Windows @ 7-10 PM EST,
Viewable from the sidewalk*All visitors are required to wear a face mask. Four visitors are allowed in the gallery at one time.*
March 27th @ 3-7 PM EST,
There Is Something Here Closing Reception
Register here

There Is Something Here looks at the components of filmmaking through the lens of the artist’s process, and the challenges of mastering artistic craft while wrestling with self doubt, lack of experience and fear of failure. Originally titled: Nothing to See Here, Carlos David TC leaves behind the self-deprecation that many artists experience to instead focus on celebrating the process of growth and exploration.
After a year of lockdowns, quarantines, and unfinished projects There Is Something Here examines the gap between a creative idea and its full realization, reveling in the uncomfortable but generative midpoint of the filmmaking process. From initial sketches, to editing, color grading, sound mixing and everything in between, there is something here and Carlos wants you to see it with him.Carlos David TC’s solo exhibition features installations of unfinished, deconstructed, incomplete, raw, finished and mastered video work, conceived in collaboration as an Artist-in-Residence at Flux Factory during the global COVID-19 pandemic. The works will be presented via text, color waveforms, sound and traditional moving image. Some of the works include: My Quarantine Shoes, The Self* Tapes, Pass The Hours, Spencer’s Gift and the premiere of the trailer for his newest short film: Jevi from 9 to 11.Accompanying the exhibition will be a video series There Is Something In The Window, a series of short films on display from 7pm to 10pm in the main window in the Flux Factory building. (No appointment required)
Jevi from 9 to 11 is a fictionalized documentary about a painter who works at a museum during the pandemic and is set to be released in October 2021. The short film is part of a series called Artist* from 9 to 5 which follows immigrant artists from “9 to 5” the traditional American business hours.

Carlos David TC (born Caracas, Venezuela, 1984) is a Queens based artist and experimental filmmaker. His work explores identity in the digital space, coming of age in the era of reality tv, and mobile content creation as a means of communication.
By combining humor, alter egos, self interviews, obsolete technologies and infinite digital storage the artist attempts to blur the line between performance and reality by experimenting with the documentation of the “process behind the work” as a performance of its own. The constant need to articulate an identity through documentation produces different sets of self-portraits that are presented via moving image, screenshots, screen recording, films, memes, music videos, text based work, performance and site-specific installations.

The Universe is Expanding: Emergent Performance by Nova Scott-James
2021-03-11 17:00 - 18:30 | Via Zoom
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A Digital Performance via Zoom
Filmmaker, medium, artist, and innovation doula Nova Scott-James will share media and process documentation from three performance pieces, A Eulogy For The Lenox Lounge, The Imposter, and Freeing The Caged Bird. Each of these performances involve an invocation of death as it relates to the transmutation of memories.
1. Eulogy For The Lenox Lounge (2017)
A soulful melody played on a fire escape above the demolition site of the Lenox Lounge, a historic Jazz club in Harlem,NYC stealthily demolished in 2017 in a massive wave of gentrification. Featuring Tivon Pennicott on Saxophone. Directed and Curated by Nova Scott- James.
A cultural thank you and acknowledgement of The historical Lennox Lounge Jazz club in Harlem, which was demolished in 2017.
A special thank you to Erica Johnson.
2. The Imposter (2018)
The artist transmutes the trauma of her past by performing in white-face as the male teacher that sexually abused her as a child.
Performed by Nova Scott-James; Featured in the short film Nova: A New Spelling of My Name, 2020
Camera by Jaime Inglehart, Sholeh Asgary, Catalina Alvarez, Natalie Tsui; Makeup by Kyle Kreuger; Special Thank You to Timmie Larode
3. Freeing The Caged Bird (2020)
An exploration of the work required to honor and translate collective memory through intuitive movement and talking to plants. Performed by Nova Scott-James.
Camera by Tanya Jackson, Nova Scott-James; Performance at the corn field at Sweet Freedom Farm, Hudson Valley, NY; Bird mask made by mask: Lexy Ho-Tai @Lexymakesthings; Special thank you to Sweet Freedom Farm and Charlotte Azad

The Universe is Expanding was made through New Work Grant from Queens Council on The Arts (2020 grant recipient).

Rhizome Voice: Speakers Series for Black History Month
2021-02-26 19:00 - 21:00
A Movement Not a Moment: Black Liberation Movements Through Time
February 12, 7pm EST

The first of a three part series of the Rhizome Project’s speaker series for Black History Month, Rhizome Voice is curated by Queens based artist and activist Trasonia Abbott.
The current uprising has given way to a multitude of new local liberation organizations started by young activists. To those young activists we pose some questions: How was this mobilization possible in such a short time? How were the current organizers influenced by previous movements?
How does this experience compare to movements of the past – we invite experienced (our elder) activists to join the conversation. What similarities to your own activist beginnings, in spirit and drive and urgency, do you feel from the latest iteration of the movement?
Join us for an honest conversation with organizers Nathylin Flowers Adesegun and Fayola Fair as they talk about their experiences, influences and future goals. They will bridge the gap between the decades of the Black Liberation Movements within the United States, connecting past movements to the current one with the hopes of rekindling victories and sharing tactics to keep the current movement alive.
SPEAKERS

Nathylin Flowers Adesegun has been an activist, an artist, and a community leader for her entire life. She started organizing with the Scranton Youth Chapter of the NAACP, marching with Dr. Martin Luther King on Washington DC in 1963. Back then they were fighting for jobs, justice, and housing, and she’s still fighting for jobs justice and housing. For the last 3 years, Ms. Flowers has been a leader with VOCAL-NY fighting for a home for every New Yorker. Although she is most famous for confronting the Mayor at the gym last year, her role at VOCAL-NY goes much deeper. Flowers also helps organize and run meetings and actions, as well as lobbies elected officials on at a local, state and federal level. A brooklyn resident of over 35 years she is an active performer in the New York City theater, tv, and film scene.

Fayola Fair (she/they) is an educator, curator, activist and organizer from Jamaica, Queens who works to center and uplift Blackness in all iterations. Fayola is an active member of the Queens community fridge network, volunteering and organizing with the Jamaica Community Fridge. Fayola is also the creator and curator of the Reading for Black Lives Project and a part of South Queens Women’s March. Fayola hopes to follow in the footsteps of radical Black activists who dared to envision a new world.

The State of Black Art in and out of The Institution
February 19th 2021 7-8:30pm

At this moment we, as Black artists find ourselves at a crossroads, with the choice of deciding for ourselves where the center of gravity for Black Art is to be. High Art Society has its allure but it comes with implicit bias and it’s own deeply entrenched investments in the world wide oppression of BIPOC, In this discussion, we ponder our options: keep working within institutions that have the resources we require as artists but force us to play by the rules of our oppressors or forge a new path outside of it.
Join us for a conversation between two artists who will discuss working within Institutions and outside of them, ruminating on the pros and cons of the two worlds and the freedoms that may lie within each.
SPEAKERS
Jonell Joshua is an illustrator based in Brooklyn, NY specializing in editorial illustration and animation. Jonell graduated from Pratt Institute in 2018 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Communications design majoring in Illustration. Soon after graduating, Jonell started her career in package design while also working on freelance illustration projects. After leaving the package design industry Jonell transitioned to Higher Education, working as the Assistant to the Chair in the Art and Design Education Department at Pratt Institute. There, she works with
students pursuing careers as Art Educators while continuing to freelance. Jonell’s work has been recognized by the Society of Illustrators and American Illustration: International Motion Art Awards and has worked with clients such as The New York Times, NPR, Civilrights.org, and The Washington Post. Her work can be found on www.jonelljoshua.com

2020-2022 Threewalls RaDLOW fellow Felicia Holman is a native Chicagoan, independent cultural producer/facilitator, and a co-founder of Afrodiasporic feminist creative collective Honey Pot Performance. She is also a 2020-2021 Buddy Research and Performance resident artist and a member of the Co-Prosperity Programming Committee (CoPro ProCo).
Felicia’s creative/ professional and social practices are firmly grounded in critical thought, intersectionality, community building and embodied storytelling. Her recent projects include commissioned performances for Illinois Humanities and the 5th annual Instigation Festival, as well as written contributions at See Chicago Dance, Performance Response Journal, 6018North, and The Quarantine Times (published by the Public Media Institute).
Felicia relishes her artrepreneurial life and sums it up in 3 words—“Creator, Connector, Conduit”.

Celebration of Black Life Cypher
February 26th 2021, 7 – 9PM EST

A night of rejoicing in Black resilience and artistry, Flux Factory will be providing a platform for artists to come together to celebrate through art, music and spoken word, in an open mic / cypher hosted by Nonbinary Artist / Poet / Organizer, Trasonia Abbott.
This cypher is open to Black artists of all creative backgrounds, once signed up the artist will be given up to 5 minutes to show off the art of their choosing.

All events are curated by Queens based artist and activist, Trasonia Abbott.
Trasonia is a Nonbinary Visual Artist / Poet / Community Organizer from Richmond, Virginia. They graduated from Pratt Institute in 2020 with a BFA in Creative Writing and a minor in Film and soon after became one of the cofounders of Queens Liberation Project, a mutual aid organization in West Queens.

2021 Flux Factory Virtual Gala
2021-02-10 19:00 - 20:00 | Via Zoom
REGISTER HERE
Zoom link is sent upon registration.
Free to attend!
Flux Factory invites you to join us on February 10th @ 7pm EST, to celebrate our amazing community and to mark the completion of our Fundraising Exhibition.
We are thrilled to announce this year’s Honorees – Saya Woolfalk and Lashawn “Suga Ray” Marston. Suga Ray and Saya will join us for the Gala and Saya will speak to Flux Factory Board Member and visual artist Natalia Nakazawa about their time as emerging artists in a changing New York.
The event will run one hour with the participation of Fluxers all around the world and includes hot news about the future of Flux Factory, a raffle and more. It will be followed by 30 minutes of music by longtime Flux DJ Vinyl Richie.

2021 Honorees

Saya Woolfalk is a New York based artist who uses science fiction and fantasy to re-imagine the world in multiple dimensions. She has exhibited at museums, galleries, and alternative spaces throughout Asia, Europe and the United States including numerous solo exhibitions and group shows at the Studio Museum in Harlem; MoMA PS1, Long Island City, NY; the Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA., the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, among many others.
Works by the artist are in the collections of major institutions including, among others, the Whitney Museum of American Art; the Mead Art Museum and the Weatherspoon Art Museum. Woolfalk is the recipient of numerous honors, awards, and commissions. She has delivered numerous public lectures at museums and universities throughout the United States. She is represented by Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects, New York and teaches in MFA program at Yale School of Art as well as in the BFA and MFA programs at Parsons: The New School for Design.

Lashawn “Suga Ray” Marston, born on March 14th, 1984, would endure a lifetime worth of pain by the time he was only 20 years of age; including losing his dad and oldest sister to cancer, getting shot, going to prison, and witnessing friends killed by friends. Through a constant reflection of self and his surroundings, he found his way since 2008 has been committed to assisting in the elevation of humanity and the liberation of all oppressed people.
Since his transformation, “Suga Ray” would go on to receive numerous honors and awards from high ranking government officials, his peers, and countless others he has worked with, on various fronts, from various parts of the World. None of that has changed him as he remains committed to the mission of healing our hurting world, and thus gives much more than he receives. “Suga Ray” is a peace activist, food activist, spiritual guide, community builder, public speaker, universal educator, program developer, writer, artist, humanitarian, podcast host, and Founder of Transform America, a community based organization operating predominantly in Queensnbridge Houses.

The Gift in the Wound
2021-01-29 13:00 - 2021-02-07 18:00
Quarantine Day 121, 2020 by Megan Bent
The Gift in the Wound
January 29 – February 7
Curated by Noah Phillips
Gallery Hours*: 1-6 PM EST on Saturday, January 30 & February 6
Or by appointment, email maya@fluxfactory.org
Download the Catalog Here
Artist Talk and virtual exhibition
Friday, January 29, 7pm EST
Zoom link sent upon registration
On Friday, January 29th @ 7pm EST, join curator Noah Phillips for a live, virtual celebration of resilience with the exhibiting artists. We will discuss their creative processes, their work, and the personal journeys that led them each to face, and learn from, their individual challenges. Although our wounds may be unique, the gifts are collective. Our artists have lived to tell the tale—come listen!⁣
“Without the weight given by a wound consciously realized, [one] will lead a provisional life.” — Robert Bly

Participating Artists
Megan Bent || Aloe Corry || Betty Eastland || Valeria Haedo || Angela Rogers || Jonathon Sims || Ellen Wetmore
The Gift In The Wound highlights the work of artists who have confronted their fears, traumas, and shadows, and emerged on the other side with unexpected insights, treasures, and talents to share with and enrich their communities. The wounds explored vary from the physical to the emotional to the spiritual, and the media from paint, fabric, glass, and beyond. Each work celebrates an enduring process of transformation reflected in nature, in myth, and in our bodies.
The Gift in the Wound is Noah Phillips‘ curatorial debut. Before beginning his residency at Flux Factory, where his work has focused on the intersections of folk ritual and innovative understandings of psychological “plurality,” Noah was working as a Peer Specialist in the New York City’s public mental health system. He is also a Licensed Master of Social Work and an organizer with the Institute for the Development of Human Arts, a training institute for transformative models of mental health.
*The exhibition will take place at Flux Factory’s Garage Bay Gallery. In response to COVID-19, all visitors are required to wear a face mask and follow social distancing guidelines. We are committed to maintaining a safe and healthy environment.

Thank You! With Flowers - An installation by Celeste Wilson
2021-01-14 18:00 - 2021-01-26 18:00
Thank you! With Flowers
An installation by Celeste Wilson
January 14 – 26

Opening Night: Thursday, January 14th, 6 – 8pm
Gallery Hours: Thursday and Friday, 4-8pm & Saturday and Sunday 1-6pm
*All visitors are required to wear a face mask and follow social distancing guidelines. 4 visitors allowed in the gallery at one time.
Artist Talk, January 23, 2pm
Zoom Link Sent Upon Registration

Flux Factory is pleased to be hosting the immersive installation Thank You! With Flowers, by QCA recipient and local Queens based artist, Celeste Wilson. Thank You! With Flowers is a wall-paper-like installation on view at Flux from January 14 – 26, 2021. The installation is made from the purple floral imagery found on un-branded, generic plastic bags as a response to the urban environment and consumer culture of Queens and life in NYC. In addition, this solo project includes several constructed bags with the same imagery to allow viewers to see the material in its original form. The gallery is open to the public during viewing hours and there will be a virtual walkthrough of the space and artist’s Q&A on January 23, 2021 at 2 pm to allow any viewers who are unable to see the installation in person to experience it digitally.

Celeste Wilson received her BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and her MFA at Brooklyn College. Her work lies at the intersection of investigation, material, and deconstruction. Recent exhibitions include The Waste Land at Nicelle Beauchene (NY, NY), and Playground at BRIC (Brooklyn, NY), and Uncanny Melodies, at HiLo Gallery (Catskill, NY). She has received fellowships at the Creative Glass Center of America at Wheaton Arts (2013) and the Vermont Studio Center (2017), UrbanGlass (2017), Mass MoCA (2019), The Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, and Pilchuck Glass School (both forthcoming). Wilson currently lives and works in Queens, New York.
This project is made possible in part by the Queens Council on the Arts with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

2021 Flux Factory Fundraising Exhibition
2021-01-12 08:00 - 2021-02-14 19:00
Flyer made by Cayla Lockwood using “Jeviwear” prints by Jevijoe Vitug
FLUX FACTORY FUNDRAISING EXHIBITION
January 12 – February 14

VISIT THE EXHIBITION HERE
Register for the Virtual Gala Feb 10th, 7pm EST
In place of our Annual Art Auction, which would now be in its 14th year, we are hosting a digital Fundraising Exhibition and Virtual Gala.
You can now support Flux Factory by buying one of over 40 artworks between $40 and $1900. Add some beauty to your home, and help Flux Factory continue to be a center of community and experimentation. While it may be awhile before we’re eating and dancing together in the Flux gallery, with your support, we can dance together into the future.
The Flux Factory Fundraising Exhibition features stunning works by both emerging and established contemporary artists working today:
Smokie Arce | Amir Badawi | Allen Ball | Chris Bogia | Jeanne Brasile | Deric Carner | Bill Carroll | Kerry Cox | Danny Crump | Sarah Dahlinger | Mark Dion | Ayana Evans | Flux Factory Collective | Guido Garaycochea | Jesse Harrod | Kohlman Harshbarger | Wieteke Heldens | Pablo Helguera | Lexy Ho Tai | Nung-Hsin Hu | Invader | Melissa Joseph | Aya Kakeda | Vaidehi Kinkhabwala | Tina Kohlmann | Tzu-Huan Lin | Cayla Lockwood | Heather Lynn Johnson | Jemila MacEwan | Lily Moebes | Natalia Nakazawa | Kira Nam Greene | Will Owen | Jorge Palacios | Caroline Partamian | Alex Schechter | Eleanor Scholz | Tod Seelie | Ward Shelley | Alisa Sikelianos-Carter | Jonathan Sims | Swoon | Talajoon | Eleni Theodora Zaharopoulos | Winnie van der Rijn | Jevijoe Vitug | Jaimie Warren | Beatrice Wolert | Amia Yokoyama | Jade Yumang

FLUX FACTORY VIRTUAL GALA
February 10, 7pm EST
Zoom link sent upon registration
The Virtual Gala will include one hour of programming, followed by 30 minutes of music by long-time Flux DJ, Vinyl Richie.
We will be honoring two people whose work epitomizes Flux Factory’s values and goals: Queens community activist Lashawn “Suga Ray” Marston and Visual Artist Saya Woolfalk.
The event will also include a conversation about art and an ever changing NYC with Saya Woolfalk and Flux Factory Board Member Natalia Nakazawa, as well as featured artworks from the Fundraising Exhibition, a raffle and more.
Image Description: On black, bold sans serif font reads: Flux Factory Fundraising Exhibition. 1.12 – 2.14 2021. The front of the letters are a very light lilac and fade into a colorful mottling textures of purples, blues, pinks and flashes of orange.

Purchase A Gift Card for The Flux Factory Fundraising Exhibition
2020-12-17 08:00 - 2020-12-31 23:30
Purchase A Gift Card Today To Support Emerging Artists
We are thrilled to announce that we are partnering with Artsy to present the 2021 Flux Factory Fundraising Exhibition, featuring affordable art by both emerging and established artists from the Flux community.

See a Sneak Peak of the Exhibition
Taking place January 12—February 14, this online exhibition is the best opportunity to support all that Flux Factory does for emerging artists AND acquire breathtaking artworks for yourself or your loved ones.
The 2021 Flux Factory Fundraising Exhibition features 30 works ranging from $30 to $1,800 by emerging and established contemporary artists. Participating artists include Mark Dion, Natalia Nakazawa, Chris Bogia, Jorge Palacios, Guido Garaycochea and Alisa Sikelianos-Carter among others.
Buy a GIFT CARD for any amount by December 31 to be redeemed at our Fundraising Exhibition or Make a One Time Tax Deductible Donation before the end of the year.

Weekly Phone Banking
2020-12-09 14:00 - 15:30
Flux Factory Phone Bank
Every WEDNESDAY, 2pm EST
> Please note, the day has been changed from Fridays to Wednesdays
Register Here
-Zoom link to be sent upon registration
Hosted weekly by Sarah Dahlinger
Each Wednesday, a group of Fluxers meets on Zoom for one hour to support each other in being proactive citizens and members of our respective communities.
We will share a document with you that includes various numbers and the relevant scripts, so you will have all the tools you need to make calls.
Some of the important actions we’ve called about in the past are: the defunding of the NYPD, The repeal of the “walking while trans” act in NY state, the repeal of the Muslim ban, demanding that the police who killed Breonna Taylor be arrested and more.
All of us were new to this when we started, but every call gets easier. Come with ideas, feel free to add things to our document, and be ready to make calls!!

Transforming America In Real Time! Building Community Through A Pandemic...
2020-12-05 13:00 - 2020-12-20 18:00
Transforming America In Real Time:
Building Community Through A Pandemic
December 5 – 20
Opening Day: December 5, 1 to 6pm EST
Gallery Hours:
Friday 4 – 8pm, Saturday & Sunday 1 – 6pm EST
Artist Talk with Suga Ray and collaborators
Thursday, December 17, 7pm EST
Zoom link sent upon Registration
*All visitors are required to wear a face mask and follow social distancing guidelines.
Transforming America In Real Time! features photographs from events organized by Lashawn “Suga Ray” Marston, of Transform America, a Queens Native and lifelong Queensbridge representative.These events ranged in their focus. Some photographs document a Social Unrest for Change Demonstration in which Marston and a group of activists and advocates held up traffic at the Queensborough Bridge for 8 minutes and 46 seconds in honor of George Floyd who was killed by a police officer. Another captures a Freedom Tour bus trip and walking tour of Washington DC with youth and adults alike. Ongoing local events include the Wellness Wednesdays Vegan Food giveaways at Queensbridge Projects.
Transforming America In Real Time! is supported by the Flux Factory Rhizome Project. The Rhizome Project is a commitment to give intentional space to Black voices, and provide a platform for Black narratives by offering the support needed to help these narratives thrive and evolve. The Rhizome Project is an evolving entity that will begin with a series of programs in 2020 and 2021.

Artist Talk with Suga Ray and collaborators
Thursday, December 17, 7pm EST
Zoom link sent upon Registration
Lashawn “Suga Ray” Marston, born on March 14th, 1984, would endure a lifetime worth of pain by the time he was only 20 years of age; including losing his dad and oldest sister to cancer, being shot, going to prison, and witnessing friends killed by friends, but by a constant reflection of self and his surroundings, he found his way and since 2008 has been committed to assisting in the elevation of humanity and the liberation of all oppressed people.

Since his transformation, “Suga Ray” would go on to receive numerous honors and awards from high ranking government officials, his peers, and countless others he has worked with, on various fronts, from various parts of the World. None of that has changed him as he remains committed to the mission of healing our hurting world, and thus gives much more than he receives. “Suga Ray” is a peace activist, food activist, spiritual guide, community builder, public speaker, universal educator, program developer, writer, artist, humanitarian, podcast host, and Founder of Transform America, a community based organization operating predominantly in Queensnbridge Houses.
Dannelly Rodriguez is an Astoria Queens native, an organizer/activist with the Justice for all Coalition and the Queens DSA. He is also a 3rd year law student at the CUNY School of Law. He works to empower public housing tenants to be their best advocates with respect to ensuring dignified housing and fighting to defund the police. He has helped organize rent strikes as a tool to solicit repairs for NYCHA tenants and to demand a Green New Deal for Public Housing. Dannelly is currently working on mutual aid and political education efforts within Queensbridge, Ravenswood and Astoria Houses to support a network for the self-determination of these communities. As a lawyer he wants to be “the hoods” lawyer and plans on suing landlords and the police to build class power for his community. He fundamentally believes that people should have direct autonomy over their lives, including their homes, workplaces and schools and that policy should be shaped to support that. This work and this passion is what led him to begin working with Suga Ray.

Adrian L. Childress was born in Germany to a single mother of four serving in the Army, and he was raised in Texas. At 18 he joined the United States Marine Corps as an Infantry Rifleman. While completing two combat tours in Afghanistan he picked up his first camera. After capturing fellow Marines he decided to pursue a degree in Photography. Studying at the Academy of Arts University in San Francisco he made a decision to become a photojournalist. He sees so many people/stories go unseen and wants to help bring attention to them using his camera.In 2019, the “WE UNFUCK THE WORLD” project was born. The concept came from folks talking about how they would “UNFUCK THE WORLD” or what it means to them. Since becoming a photographer, Adrian’s dream was to move to NYC. In February 2020, he did. Adrian believes everyone deserves to be seen, and everyone needs to be heard which is why he wrote the motto for the “WE UNFUCK THE WORLD” project as:

“OUR VOICES, OUR MOVEMENT
UNTIL EVERY VOICE IS HEARD
WE UNFUCK THE WORLD”
This work and this passion is what led him to begin working with Suga Ray.

A Familiarity That WARMS: New Work by Layo Bright and Kamari Carter
2020-11-06 08:00 - 2020-11-16 17:00 | Flux Factory, 39-31 29th St, Long Island City, NY
A Familiarity That WARMS:
New Work by Layo Bright and Kamari Carter
November 6 – 16
In person in the Flux Factory Gallery, 39-31 29th street, LIC, NY*
Opening: Friday November 6, 6 – 9pm
Friday November 6 – Monday November 16
By Appointment Only, email maya@fluxfactory.org
A Familiarity That WARMS features recent works by Flux Factory alumni Layo Bright and Kamari Carter, exploring themes of representation, visibility, and perception. With sensorial overloads of everything from mass media distractions to screen oriented communication we have been working to adapt to our new “normal”. Over the course of the year, various national and global events have caused us to pause and reflect on ourselves, societies and communities. These reflective moments have led to movements for collective action, racial equality, calls for solidarity, and a refusal to be silenced.
With the exhibition title taken from “Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race” by Reni Eddo-Lodge; the artists use sound, prints and installations to create a space for contemplation on issues affecting Black communities in America and the diaspora. Though both artists address different types of injustices to Black bodies—they utilize lines and patterns as a way of abstracting, connecting, and questioning our perception of and proximity to police brutality and migration.
*All visitors are required to wear a face mask and follow social distancing guidelines. 4 people will be allowed in the gallery at one time. We are committed to maintaining a safe and healthy environment for everyone.

Artist-in-Residence 2021 Open Call
2020-11-01 08:00 - 2020-12-14 23:59
APPLY HERE
Deadline: December 14, 2020, 11:59 EST
2020 has been a complicated and challenging year for all of us, including Flux Factory. To ensure the safety of our community, we have not invited any new residents since we shut down in March. By adhering to public health guidance about how to be together safely, we are excited to be able to invite a limited number of new Artists-in-Residence to join the Flux Factory family in 2021.
The Flux Factory Residency grew organically out of a DIY artist’s collective founded in 1994 in an old spice factory in Brooklyn. Flux is now happily nestled in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens, New York.
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* Please note that due to COVID19, safety protocols will be in place that may change some of the below information. For more information about specific COVID19 protocols please email Maya@fluxfactory.org

Details on Residency

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Residency
Since 1994, Flux Factory has offered an informal, artist-run, and collective residency program comprised of a changing community of creative collaborators, including (but not limited to) artists, community organizers, urban agriculturalists, educators, curators, builders, game designers and musicians. As a community, we value communication, co-creation, accountability, experimentation, and safe space.
We offer short & long-term residencies, work facilities, as well as direct exhibition and programmatic opportunities. Since introducing our formal residency program in 2009, hundreds of cultural producers from all over the United States, South Africa, Myanmar, Turkey, Italy, Germany, China, France, Mexico, Denmark, Russia, Chile, Lebanon, South Korea, Taiwan, Peru, the Ukraine and more! Flux’s history as a DIY family is deep in our DNA. Residents collaborate and learn from one another to realize new works, propose and produce our public programming, and have equal input in the overall direction of the organization.
Duration
Our open call for Fluxers is posted twice a year. In 2021 we are inviting artists for residencies of 3 – 6 months.
Programming
Artists-in-Residence are the originators of Flux Factory’s programming, including most of Flux Factory exhibitions and public programs. All residents are given an allotted amount of days in the gallery to have a solo show, curate a group show, host a panel or forum or use it as extra studio space. Flux Factory provides a stipend to each Resident for their public presentation, or to research or produce new work. Each year we have four month-long exhibitions curated by Residents and other Fluxers, as well as an annual Artists-In-Residence exhibition.
Facilities
Flux Factory residents are free to use all facilities and resources, as well as access to other city programs such as Materials for the Arts (two blocks away!). The building is equipped with a wood shop, silk screen studio, co-working office, library, kitchen, large deck, expansive gallery space, and audio visual equipment.
Fluxhood
As a part of a community-run center for artists, Flux Factory residents are asked to take part in the creation and maintenance of its facilities and programming. On Monday nights, all Flux Factory residents and administrators attend a weekly meeting so that we may foster a sense of community and discuss the evolving needs of the program.
Residents are asked to put in volunteer hours toward the maintenance of the space and a weekly chore. A constantly changing physical and social environment, Flux is always a work-in-progress, and there are many opportunities to leave one’s mark.
Criteria
The Flux Factory residency is tailored to American and international cultural producers of all stripes, social activists, academics, and anyone who’s creative, adventurous, and willing to come to New York City to create new bodies of work that are informed by their experience here. We are especially keen to have artists who have a socially collaborative art practice, and have experience working collectively.
Selection
Residents are selected through our Open Call application process. Applications are reviewed by Flux Factory administrators and current residents. Prospective residents with standout applications will undergo an interview via Skype or in-person at Flux Factory, if within a reasonable travel distance.
Cost
There is currently no individual financial support for a studio, monthly fees for studios range from $725 to $1030 a month, in addition to utilities. Flux Factory will write letters of invitation for grants and other funding opportunities, and share opportunities for additional resources if available.
If you have any questions, please contact us at maya@fluxfactory.org
APPLY HERE
PARTNERSHIPS
We are pursuing relationships with funding organizations interested in sponsoring individual artists to partake in Flux Factory’s Artists in Residence program. If you are a supporting organization interested in hosting artists at Flux Factory, please contact us.
RECENT RESIDENCY PARTNERS
ARoS Public
Art Quarter Budapest
Artiste En Residence
New York Foundation for the Arts
Residency Unlimited
Taipei Cultural Center in New York
Trust for Mutual Understanding
UOB Art Academy
Ukrainian Institute

Created Jobs - Exhibition by Cayla Lockwood
2020-10-23 08:00 - 2020-10-31 22:00
CREATED JOBS
A Project by Cayla Lockwood
Created Jobs is an exhibition and boutique temp agency that examines the current labor economy and questions the definition of work while employing unemployed and under-employed artists from Queens for one day.
Friday October 23rd–Saturday, October 31st
Installation visible in the Flux Factory Gallery windows at 39-31 29th street, LIC, Queens
Live Performance Monday-Friday 12-9pm

WORK DAY
Friday, October 23, 9am – 5pm
Watch us work! Join www.twitch.tv/fluxfactory
6-8 Unemployed/Under-employed Queens-based Creatives who were hired for one day of remote “work”. Each participant will be paid $25/hr.
FLUX THURSDAY: OFFICE HALLOWEEN HAPPY HOUR
Thursday, October 29, 7–9pm, Zoom Party
Join us for a festive remote office happy hour party. Share work stories, Wear your office Halloween costume, Fun Games and Prizes!
**Premier of Created Jobs Work Training Video – made in collaboration with Carlos David Trujillo, Will Owen, Danny Crump, Sarah Dahlinger, Jonathan Sims, Jevijoe Vitug and Amir Badawi**
Register here! – Zoom link sent upon Registration
This project is made possible (in part) by the Queens Council on the Arts with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

Major Exhibition: Nobody's Fashion Week
2020-09-01 - 2020-10-15
Nobody’s Fashion Week
September 1 – October 15
Full Exhibition Program at
NobodysFashionWeek.com
View the Nobody’s Fashion Week Zine HERE
Fashion is all around us. Fashion is body politics, representation, sustainability, systems. Fashion is a medium that everybody participates in, whether they like it or not. Fashion is Powerful. Nobody’s Fashion Week aims to democratize Fashion by encouraging multidisciplinary collaboration, skill-sharing culture, and self-expression for everyone.

During Covid-19, we have witnessed the current fashion industry crumble as clothing sales go down, shows get cancelled, and more people turn to DIY. We ask, with hope: What will be rebuilt in the shell of the previous industry? Who’s Fashion Week is it? Nobody’s Fashion Week is a reimagining of the fashion industry from the bottom up.
If you have any questions about Nobody’s Fashion Week, please reach out to us. For updates, join our mailing list and follow us on instagram @nobodysfashionweek. Let’s reimagine the Fashion Industry together!

Exhibition Description

Our show was dreamed up as a response to the hegemony, wastefulness and gate-keeping of the corporate fashion industry. Nobody’s Fashion Week is a growing community of independent designers taking agency in redefining our own Fashion Week and proposing alternative systems for Fashion.
Nobody’s Fashion Week features works and public programs by 20+ alternative artists, designers, educators and organizers using wearables, textiles and the body as a medium. Their practices span a range of themes – such as personal identity, body politics, cultural history, sustainability, craft and technology – but all share roots in critically engaging with fashion. From September 1 – October 15, we will launch a six week exhibition of Nobody’s Fashion Week, consisting of an online exhibition, artist residency, participatory workshops, artist talks and other public programming. We want to engage with and empower both emerging designers and everyday people to find fertile spaces to express themselves through clothing and to share their creations. We believe people of all backgrounds, sizes and abilities should have agency over their self-expression. We invite anyone to engage in our community and conversations as we collectively redefine the future of fashion.

Our Artists-in-Residents are
Alyssa Denay Carter
Moira Williams
HAUS OF YBA by Nana YaaSerwaah Akuoku
Our participating artists are
Anna Hart Turner, Elise Putnam, Eugenia Pigassiou, Gabrielle Vazquez, Giana Pilar González, Gina Goico, Gustavo Toledo, Jason Elizondo, Ji Ae Sohn, Juliet Johnson, Iris McCloughan, Isabel Tamar Hajian, Karolyn Hatton, Kristen Leonard, Magdalyn Segale, Melo Baby, Noah Pica, Patricia Torvalds, Taz the Tailor, Tumbler, Verena Meyer and Yun Ray Chung

Nobody’s Fashion Week is co-curated by Lexy Ho-Tai, Jaime Iglehart, Dew Igworia-Onwuka and Johanna Schwab.
All workshops are free, though $5-20 suggested donations are very much appreciated. All money donated will go directly to paying the artists facilitating the program (unless otherwise stated). Programs will be recorded and archived online with captions. If you have any access needs (ex. ASL, Live Captioning, etc), please email us at least one week before the workshop at fashion@fluxfactory.org. Creating a space that is accessible, safe and inclusive is very important to us!
Nobody’s Fashion Week is hosted by Flux Factory, with support from the Ministry for Arts, Culture the Civil Service and Sport of Austria, the Austrian Cultural Forum New York, Bildrecht – Austria`s Collective Management Organisation (CMO) für Visual Arts, and a generous donation from Joe Castillo.

Open Call: Nobody's Fashion Week Reporter in Residence
2020-08-26 08:00 - 2020-09-15 17:00
Open Call: Nobody’s Fashion Week Reporter in Residence

The Reporter in Residence is responsible for documenting their experience of one or more events at Nobody’s Fashion Week. The reporting will provide content for the Nobody’s Fashion Week Zine as well as the archived classes, and our presenting artists who can then incorporate it into their own websites. Ultimately, we will be selecting content from the Reporters in Residence to be published in the Nobody’s Fashion Week Zine– an exhibition catalogue which seeks not just to document the exhibition itself, but also our thoughts, conversations and experiences with Fashion and self expression.
Reporting is entirely subjective and open to interpretation!
It could look like:

Scribbling down notes

Taking screenshots

Drawing sketches of the workshop taking place

Selfies of you and your textile “work-in-process” as you take part in a workshop

Written reflections jotted down after the workshop takes place

Quotations from the workshop leader and participants

Your own thoughts and musings on fashion, creativity, politics, etc, as sparked by the event

A journal entry of your day before, during and after the workshop

Anything you wish to create! This process is totally open to your creative input!

If you are interested in being a Reporter in Residence for Nobody’s Fashion Week, please take a look at the event calendar, and email us at fashion@fluxfactory.org, indicating which workshop you would like to report on! We will feature your work + bio on our website and send you some lovingly crafted snail mail. We’d love for you to creatively join the conversation!
See you in the field!

Flux Thursday Remote Edition
2020-08-13 19:00 - 21:30
FLUX THURSDAY: Remote Edition
Date: TBD
Flux Thursdays are Flux Factory’s longest-running program, and during ordinary times, take place on the second Thursday of each month. However, as a way to have fun and support each other from afar during this era of social distancing, we’ve made remote and bi-monthly!!

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Past Remote Flux Thursdays
August 13: Karaoke Edition 2.0
Hosted by Sindhu Thirumalaisamy
Ok, so we can’t be in a stuffy room together singing, but we can still select the cheesiest ballads, or show off our wordsmithery and questionable range at the Remote Karaoke Flux Thursday!!

August 6th, 2020
Museum of Secret Talent, Guarded by the Abangguard (Maureen Catbagan and Jevijoe Vitug)
With participating artists: Maureen Catbagan, Jevijoe Vitug, Sarah Dahlinger, Carlos David TC, Shannon Stovall, Anthony Janas, Eleni Theodora Zaharopoulos, Jess Rolls, Hui-Ying Tsai, Sholeh Asgary
Julio Jose Austria + Patricia Lim and more . . . Followed by “open secret mic” participation

May 14th: Weird
Hosted by Heather Kapplow and Sholeh Asgary
With music and music video by Eva Ursprung

May 7: Drink + Draw
Hosted by Lexy Ho-Tai
Our first ever Drink + Draw saw a selection of four brilliant models, including Mimi Tohill, Cayla Lockwood, Carlos David Trujillo and Jaime Iglehart

April 30: Food Edition
Hosted by Georgia Muenster and Sarah Dahlinger
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***Guests came dressed as a food!!***⁣
***Brought a kitchen utensil and mystery food***⁣

April 23: Dance Party Edition
Hosted by Dj Ply Play
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Live Dj sets by DJ Play Play, Yo Vinyl Richie, Sponsored Lynx and Kamari Carter

April 16th: Screening Room
Hosted by Carlos David and Danny Crump
Short films by:⁣
Amia Yokoyama
Bastian Hoffmann⁣
Cait Davis⁣
Carlos David
Caitlin Foley and Misha Rabinovich⁣
Cayla Lockwood⁣
Danny Crump and Sarah Dahlinger⁣
J Triangular
Martha Naranjo Sandoval⁣

April 9th: Karaoke Edition
Hosted by Sindhu Thirumalaisamy
Flux Thursday Karaoke edition included a Scone Baking Demo by Marjan Verstappen, a Karaoke breakout room led by Sindhu Thirumalaisamy, an experimental sound room with Lee Tusman and Martha Skou and some “waiting room” tunes by Jess Dilday / DJ Play Play.

Nobody's Fashion Week Films and Performances Open Call
2020-08-12 13:00 - 2020-08-25 23:30
OPEN CALL
Fashion Films and Live Performances
Deadline, August 25th
www.nobodysfashionweek.com

Nobody’s Fashion Week is seeking experimental and alternative short Fashion Films and Live Performances! As part of our public programming, we are hosting a virtual evening event on Wednesday, September 30, where these films/ performances will be showcased via Zoom. Creators are strongly encouraged to attend the live event for a brief Artist Talk and Q + A following your film/ performance. Each film/ performance should be around 5-10 minutes and, given our low-budget, we encourage you to submit work that’s already been created.

Please email us your proposal, statement of interest, work samples, and a short bio to fashion@fluxfactory.org by August 25th. Artists will receive a small $20 stipend and lovingly crafted snail mail as a token of our gratitude for your labor and participation. The event will have sliding scale entry ticket fees; all money raised will be split amongst the artists sharing work.

Nobody’s Fashion Week is centered around reimagining the Fashion Industry from the bottom up. The virtual show features works and public programs by 20+ alternative artists, designers, educators and organizers using wearables, textiles and the body as a medium. Their practices span a range of themes – such as personal identity, body politics, cultural history, sustainability, craft and technology – but all share roots in critically engaging with fashion. We welcome all proposals that feel connected to Nobody’s Fashion Week! Thank you so much for your interest!

Image description: Mixed media flyer. Text reads, “Open Call for Alternative + Experimental FASHION Short Films + Performances. Deadline: August 25, Email: Fashion@fluxfactory.org.” The word FASHION is written in large, wobbly, pencil bubble letters in the center of page. The other words are light blue, handwritten inside pencily, scribbly, oblong shapes. The background is a collage of peachy, light blues, lavender and neutral fabrics and paper, with visible stitching and yellow tape holding haphazard elements together. Scribbly pencil, burgundy and olive marks are sprinkled throughout the flyer.

#indigenizemememoji.2020 - New Works by Jevijoe Vitug
2020-08-09 12:00 - 2020-09-09 18:00
#indigenizemememoji.2020
New Works by Jevijoe Vitug
Launching August 9, 2020
On the event of the International Day of World’s Indigenous Peoples, Flux Factory is pleased to present #indigenizemememoji.2020, a solo exhibition of paintings by Philippine-born artist Jevijoe Vitug. This exhibition, initially cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, is presented here in digital form.
Description, Artist Bios and List of Works Below

Exhibition Gallery
Titles, size and medium listed below
Purell meme + Health Worker! (2020)Queen Bey’s Purell Meme (2020)Corona Extra! Stay Calm! (2020)Purell meme + Health Worker! (2020) – DetailCorona meme + Handshake is Death! (2020)Corona meme + Handshake is Death! (2020) – DetailClorox Chewables! Prescription by Trump (2020)Clorox Chewables! Prescription by Trump (2020) – DetailGoodluck Millennials + Party is Over (2020)Goodluck Millennials + Party is Over (2020) – DetailDisaster of War Addict #junkterrorbillPh (2017)Purell meme + F*ck profit and Death (2020)Corona meme + The Scream (2020)Purell meme + F*ck profit and Death (2020) – DetailThis……is Why (2020) – DetailThis……is Why (2020)Terror Bill meme #junkterrorbillPh (2020) – DetailTerror Bill meme #junkterrorbillPh (2020)Zoom Supper, Social Distancing meme (2020) – DetailFight the Power, F*ck the Police meme (2020) – DetailFight the Power, F*ck the Police meme (2020)Zoom Supper, Social Distancing meme (2020)

Programming
Indigenization and the Dreamland: Jevijoe Vitug in conversation with Museum Educator Francis Estrada
August 20th, 7pm EST
Via Zoom – REGISTER HERE

Exhibition Description

Combining satirical humor with socio-political and cultural concerns, #indigenizemememoji.2020 reimagines history painting through the lens of memes and emojis, encoded with an indigenous presence. Layering graphics referencing the COVID-19 pandemic and statewide protests against systemic racism, each painting amplifies this historic moment as translated through digital culture.
This new body of work is composed of 13 paintings, in which Vitug continues his painting technique titled “pintados,” painterly brushstrokes that have nuances of indigenous mark making. Similar to digital pixel units, these marks become codes to forming imagery invisible at a first glance. Working in oil paint, acrylic, airbrush and water based UV-fluorescent paint overlapping one another, the artist uses a diversity of painting media.
A repeated motif in the works are brands around which viral memes were made during the pandemic, such as Corona beer, Purell hand sanitizer and Clorox bleach. The painting Queen Bey’s Purell Meme (2020) is based on a meme by Saint Hoax in which Beyonce holds Purell bottles, while emoji hands reach out for the sanitizers. This work, part of a diptych, sits next to This is……Why (2020) which appropriates a meme posted by NBA star LeBron James showing a police officer’s knee on George Floyd’s neck, next to a former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick kneeling in protest of police brutality. Both rendered using marking details similar to the tattoos of indigenous warriors in the Philippines, depicted in the Boxer Codex manuscript (1590). Vitug combines a diversity of technique and reference to draw attention to the complex and interdependent forces impacting this social moment.
Over the prolonged period of lockdown, Vitug has continued painting in his studio as a coping strategy and to reflect on his experience living in Queens, NY, the epicenter of coronavirus outbreak that has disproportionately impacted immigrants of color. He uses coded humor, layered with straightforward messages and hidden meanings to make visible his pre-colonial/ indigenous heritage, and his continuing quest for decolonization.

Artist Bios
Jevijoe Vitug
Queens-based artist Jevijoe Vitug creates paintings, performance and community projects as avant-garde strategy to visibilize labor, indigenous legacy and the forgotten history of people of color.
Jevijoe earned his MFA dual degree in Studio Arts and Design and Technology from San Francisco Art Institute in 2015 and his work has been included in exhibitions at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (2005, 2006), Singapore Art Museum (2006),
Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA (2009), Contemporary Arts Center, Las Vegas (2012), Staff show at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY (2017, 2019), Queens Museum, NY (2018), San Diego Art Institute, San Diego CA (2019). His performance projects have been presented at NIPAF, Japan (2004), Koret Educational Center at SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA (2008), London Biennale organized by David Medalla (2012, 2014), Flux residency at AroS Museum, Denmark (2018), Museum Mile at The Africa Center and El Museo Del Barrio (2019), UP Vargas Museum (2019). In 2019, Vitug is a recipient of Queens Arts Fund New Works Grant and an artist-in-residence of The Laundromat Project’s Create Change Program. He is member of Museum Union Art Workers, District Council- 37 Local 1503 and currently serves in the community resident board of directors of Flux Factory.
Francis Estrada
Born in the Philipines and currently residing in Brooklyn, Francis Estrada is a visual artist, museum educator at the Museum of Modern Art, and freelance educator of Filipino art and culture. Francis has a fine arts degree in painting and drawing from San Jose State University, and he has taught in a variety of studio, classroom, and museum settings to diverse audiences, including programs for adults with disabilities, cultural institutions, and after-school programs. He was also an administrator and educator at the Museum for African Art, where he enjoyed teaching about the amalgamation of art and culture through objects. Francis exhibits his work nationally, including online publications. His work focuses on culture, history, and perception.

List of Works

1) Queen Bey’s Purell Meme (2020)
Oil, acrylic, airbrush and water based UV-fluorescent paint on canvas
53 inches x 50 inches
2) Corona Extra! Stay Calm! (2020)
Oil, acrylic, airbrush and water based UV-fluorescent paint on canvas
60 inches x 48 inches
3) Purell meme + Health Worker! (2020)
Oil, acrylic, airbrush and water based UV-fluorescent paint on canvas
40 inches x 40 inches
4) Corona meme + Handshake is Death! (2020)
Oil, acrylic, airbrush and water based UV-fluorescent paint on canvas
48 inches x 48 inches
5) Clorox Chewables! Prescription by Trump (2020)
Oil, acrylic, airbrush and water based UV-fluorescent paint on canvas
50 inches x 50 inches
6) Goodluck Millennials + Party is Over (2020)
Oil, acrylic, airbrush and water based UV-fluorescent paint on canvas
48 inches x 48 inches
7) Disaster of War Addict #junkterrorbillPh (2017)
Acrylic on canvas
36 inches x 48 inches
8) Purell meme + F*ck profit and Death (2020)
Oil, acrylic, airbrush and water based UV-fluorescent paint on canvas
40 inches x 40 inches
9) Corona meme + The Scream (2020)
Oil, acrylic, airbrush and water based UV-fluorescent paint on canvas
48 inches x 48 inches
10) This……is Why (2020)
Oil, acrylic, airbrush and water based UV-fluorescent paint on canvas
Diptych: 30 inches x 24 inches each
11) Terror Bill meme #junkterrorbillPh (2020)
Oil, acrylic, airbrush and water based UV-fluorescent paint on canvas
480 inches x 36 inches

12) Fight the Power, F*ck the Police meme (2020)
Oil, acrylic, airbrush and water based UV-fluorescent paint on canvas
48 inches x 48 inches
13) Zoom Supper, Social Distancing meme (2020)
Oil, acrylic, airbrush and water based UV-fluorescent paint on canvas
36 inches x 36 inches

Flux Factory Major Exhibition: where will I be buried*?
2020-07-16 08:00 - 2020-08-22 17:00
where will I be buried*?
July 17 – August 22
View full exhibition at wherewillibeburied.com

Curated by Muse Dodd and Catherine Feliz
Concept created in collaboration with Muse Dodd and Jasdeep Kang

Friday July 17, noon: Exhibition Tour on the Flux Factory Instagram
Friday July 17: Exhibition launch at wherewillibeburied.com
August 8, 3pm EST: Artist Talk
FULL PROGRAM BELOW
where will I be buried? is a whisper, a vigil, a torn photograph in a lovers wallet, a plea. The need to be remembered and honored in our lives and death(s).
Featuring work from over 12 Queer and/or Trans, Black and Indigenous, People of Color (QTBIPOC), where will I be buried*? holds space for artists and audiences from marginalized communities to center ourselves in our mourning, healing and transformations. For QTBIPOC communities the question of where “will I be buried” is not easily answered. How we approach ritual, ceremony and death varies culture to culture, religion to religion and even more so depending on your gender or sexual identity. Too often Black Trans* people are misgendered in their death, a continued violence that started long before the moment of their death. Using death as an entry point the included artists bring dynamic responses to the titular question exploring pleasure, pain, longing and transcendence.

The work shapes the exhibit into a transformative space that holds conflicting truths at once, understanding that our experiences are uniquely our own. Some artists offer comforting prayers, altars, and song; others document our imagined and contested past and possible futures. This online exhibition features the incredible multimedia work of artists Felicita Felli Maynard, Jessica Lauren Elizabeth Taylor, Nine Yamamoto-Masson, Smita Sen, Brittany J. Camacho, Rox Campbell, Catalina Xavlena, Dillon God Gardner, Monilola Olayemi Ilupeju, Wazina Zondon and Linda Labeija. With workshops and performances led by Vee, Electropapi, olivia ahn, and Karolina Castro.
Curating during COVID and a social uprising has been a challenge. As curators from the communities most impacted by these events we have had to be flexible, creative and patient. What the quarantine has revealed is that not everything translates online but it is our job to make our work more accessible for more people.
Press contact: buried@fluxfactory.org

FULL PROGRAM
To View the Exhibition visit wherewillibeburied.com
JULY 17, noon
Tour of the online exhibition and website on Flux Factory Instagram Live

WORKSHOP – this event has reached capacity
JULY 18, 1pm
Set the altar: queer interfaith life, spirituality + identity, presented by olivia ahn
Click here for full details and Registration Link – Zoom link sent upon registration
This is a QTBIPOC (Queer/Trans Black, Indigenous, and/or People of Color) centered space and is intended as an offering specifically for QTBIPOC people.⁣⁣
Set The Altar is a collective tending space where participants are encouraged to honor a god/godess/gxdxx, diety, divinity, saint and/or ancestor that they currently work with in their spiritual and/or religious practice that supports and protects them either in their queer identity or cultural lineage.

FILM SCREENING
JULY 18, 3:15
Muttererde by Jessica Lauren Elizabeth Taylor
There’s Just Something About Death That Makes Us Dance: The Revival by Rox Campbell
Followed by conversation with filmmaker Rox Campbell and curator Muse Dodd
Click here for full details and Registration link – Zoom link will be sent upon registration
Twitch link: www.twitch.tv/wherewillibeburied

WORKSHOP
JULY 25, 3pm
death becomes us facilitated by Karolina Castro
Register here – Zoom link upon registration
This is a QTBIPOC (Queer/Trans Black, Indigenous, and/or People of Color) centered space and is intended as an offering specifically for QTBIPOC people.⁣⁣
It’s never too early to plan for your death. This workshop will inform you on how to take control of your dying process and funeral. Want to make your chosen family or partner responsible for your medical decisions at the event that you can no longer do it yourself? Want to ensure that your correct pronouns and name are used during the funeral? Come through and learn about the legal documents that can ensure your wishes are met! Also, learn about alternative, eco-friendly, and more affordable ways of caring for and disposing of your body.

WORKSHOP
AUGUST 1, 6pm-7:30 pm
Pain and Pleasure: Healing Though Queer BDSM led by Vee Perez
This is QTBIPOC (Queer/Trans Black, Indigenous, and/or People of Color centered event, but open to all. If you are a white participant, please be conscientious of your participation as QTBIPOC centering will be prioritized.
Register here – Zoom link upon registration
Vee AKA, Electropapi (They/She Pronouns) was taught from a young age that desire can lead to death. Parental figures always taught them that sexual desire in the Christian perspective could be a path to the underworld in the after life, and the only salvation is in Jesus Christ. Vee always thought growing up- “hm.. if Jesus loves everyone, isn’t he kinda gay?” and “Isn’t God, with all these rules and sins, and the punishment there after, a dom daddy?” These questions guided Vee to a different path. In Vee’s Caribbean-based ancestral healing practices, they realized that salvation can only happen when desire is liberated. Holiness is liberated queerness. Once one embraces the fear of death and pain, desire through the exploration of kink can be a path to salvation from the white supremacist, cisheteropatriachry, colonial landscape. In this film, Vee explores the crucifixion, ascension, and sainthood of the Black and Indigenous queer trans two spirit body as a sanctuary of desire in kink and bdsm.

AUGUST 1, 3pm
PERFORMANCE
Performance by Wazina Zondon feat Terna Tilley-Gyado

Register Here – Zoom link upon registration
إِنَّا لِلّهِ وَإِنَّـا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعونَ‎ + inna lillahi/indeed we belong to Allah wa inna ilayhi raji-un/and to Allah we return
إِنَّا لِلّهِ وَإِنَّـا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعونَ‎/ Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji-un/Indeed we belong to Allah and to Allah we return (re)creates and preempts the burial rites queer and trans Muslims are not guaranteed but ought to be. The performance explores the in-between spaces of living within the third culture realm, recreating coveted traditions, hidden truths and reconciling death.
Indeed we belong to Allah and to Allah we return… as you intended us to be.

AUGUST 8, 3pm
ARTIST TALK

Streamed via twitch.tv/wherewillibeburied
Curator Muse Dodd will facilitate a conversation with participating artists Linda LaBeija, Dillon God Gardener, Smita Sen and community based healing practitioner Olivia ahn

AUGUST 8, 7pm
PERFORMANCE
The end is just the beginning
Performance by Dillon God Gardener
Streamed via twitch.tv/wherewillibeburied
Broadcasting live from The Very Dirty Garden, Dillon God Gardener will perform “The end is just the beginning “ a ritual performance with live musical accompaniment by Fieraferrari.

Nobody's Fashion Week Virtual Town Hall
2020-07-08 17:00 - 19:00 | Via Zoom
Nobody’s Fashion Week Virtual Town Hall
Wednesday, July 8, 5-7pm
Via Zoom
Zoom link will be sent upon Registration

Join us for a Virtual Town Hall to kick off Nobody’s Fashion Week! 21 alternative fashion artists, designers, educators and organizers will introduce their work. Their practices span a range of themes – such as personal identity, cultural history, sustainability, craft and technology – but all share roots in critically engaging with fashion. Presentations will be followed by an opportunity to mingle, planting seeds for future connections, conversations and collaborations between like-minded fashion enthusiasts.
Nobody’s Fashion Week offers a nurturing space for emerging artists and the public using wearables and the body as a medium. In September 2020, Nobody’s Fashion Week will host a month of remote programming that is free and open to the public, including practical workshops, panel discussions and artist talks. Nobody’s Fashion Week is a reimagining of the fashion industry from the bottom up. Our aim is to democratize fashion by encouraging multidisciplinary collaboration, skill-sharing culture, and self-expression for everyone.
Nobody’s Fashion Week is co-curated by Lexy Ho-Tai, Jaime Iglehart, Dew Igworia and Johanna Schwab.
Nobody’s Fashion Week is hosted by Flux Factory, with support from the Austrian Federal Ministry for Arts & Culture, the Austrian Culture Forum New York and a generous donation from Joe Castillo.
If you have any access needs or if you would like to get involved with Nobody’s Fashion Week, please email fashion@fluxfactory.org.
* Flyer created by Juliet Johnson, Lexy Ho-Tai, and Johanna Schwab. Image description in Alt Text.

Karaoke Quotes by Jevijoe Vitug
2020-06-18 20:00 - 2020-07-09 23:00 | Flux Factory, 39-31 29th St, Long Island City, NY
Karaoke Quotes: Projection and mobile display
by Jevijoe Vitug
June 18- July 9, 2020
8pm to 11 pm

Installed in the Flux Factory Gallery windows at 39-31 29th street, LIC

In honor of BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) who are battling against systemic racism, Jevijoe Vitug has compiled screenshots of karaoke songs online that are mostly revolutionary and popularized by Black artists. Projected on a screen using a karaoke mobile unit, the lyrics of the songs without the music seem like poignant quotes. Thus the artist calls them “Karaoke Quotes”
Queens-based artist Jevijoe Vitug creates paintings, performance and community projects as avant-garde strategy to visibilize labor, indigenous legacy and the forgotten history of people of color.
Jevijoe earned his MFA dual degree in Studio Arts and Design and Technology from San Francisco Art Institute in 2015 and his work has been included in exhibitions at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (2005, 2006), Singapore Art Museum (2006), Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA (2009), Contemporary Arts Center, Las Vegas (2012), Staff show at The Metropolitan Museum of Art , NY (2017, 2019), Queens Museum, NY (2018), San Diego Art Institute, San Diego CA (2019). His performance projects have been presented at NIPAF, Japan (2004), Koret Educational Center at SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA (2008), London Biennale organized by David Medalla (2012, 2014), Flux residency at AroS Museum, Denmark (2018), Museum Mile at The Africa Center and El Museo Del Barrio (2019), UP Vargas Museum(2019). In 2019, Vitug is a recipient of Queens Arts Fund New Works Grant and an artist-in-residence of The Laundromat Project’s Create Change Program. He is member of Museum Union Art Workers, District Council- 37 Local 1503 and currently serves in the community resident board of directors of Flux Factory.
@jevijoe
