Flaming Creature Crawl 2
2023-10-19 17:30 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Governors Island, Colonels Row House 404A
Join us for Flaming Creature Crawl Parade in conjunction with the Island Luminaria 2 exhibition. Parade route coming soonSunday, October 19, 5:30 – 7 pm

Flaming Creature Crawl Two will be a night time luminary parade. Lanterns will be held depicting the flora, fauna and celestial bodies of Governors Island accompanied by quiet acoustic music. For the fifth time in three years we will parade maximum quality art and ecological reverence. This event is free and open to the public.

Want to join the parade? Review the list of represented species below and then click the link for the Observed Species of Governors Island. Choose a species that hasn’t been picked yet and email us your choice at: luminaria@fluxfactory.org

View the observed species on Governors Island here: https://www.inaturalist.org/places/governors-island-ny-us

// ALREADY SELECTED SPECIES //

Jevijoe Vitug and Marco Michel – AlgaeAlyssa Markowski – Praying MantisChris Santiago and Melina Kiefer Santiage – Wild Indigo Duskywing, Common Checkered Skipper, ChantrelleHeather Rose Piper – Pink Flamingo (Flux), Fish, Sea TurtleVeronika Rabinovich – Pink Flamingo (Flux)Melanie Brewster – Yellow Rumpled WarblerChristy O’Conner – Bird NestLucy Beizer – Human (crochet suit)Kristen Heritage – Twelve-Spotted Skimmer Dragonfly, Black Saddlebags DragonflyIviva Olenick – Goldenrod, Indigo, Patridge PeaTlyer Kline and Megan Bridge – Lace Beetle and FireflyHannah Lutz Winkler – FireflyShiraz Fazil – Bald EagleJude Tallichet – RatSally Beauti Twin – Red Tailed HawkMaya Edelman – Isabella Tiger Moth, MulberryClementine Martinez – Cormorant, AnglerfishNicole Schonitzer – WormAmanda Wu and Ying Chen – CoralMarcy Lerner – Cecropia Moth

The Epileptic Eye Screenings and Artist Talk
2023-10-20 15:00 - 16:00 | Governors Island, Colonels Row House 404A
Join Flux for weekly screenings and artist talks in conjunction with The Epileptic Eye group show.

SPECIAL SCREENINGS + ARTISTS TALK – 3PMOctober 20, 21, 22nd

Every Friday, Saturday and Sunday starting October 13th until October 31st.

Come for a full screening of the films + Super 8 goodies. You’ll share a conversation about filmmaking, photography, art making in general and of course epilepsy with Malo, curator of this show (except for Friday Oct 27th, out of town for business). If you wish to come at a different time on a different day, please reach out to artist: marielaure.cros@gmail.com

Ornaphonism Opening Celebration and Performance Series
2023-10-21 12:00 - 17:00 | Governors Island, Colonels Row House 404A
Join Flux for the opening celebration and performance series of the Ornaphonism exhibition.

Saturday October 21st, 202312-5pm

Featuring Performances by:He-myong WooYo Vinyl Richie and ChoirSylvain SoulkayeGUSHESEugene Lew + Grace Villamil

Sliding Scale Tickets for the performances to support artists:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ornaphonism-performance-series-tickets-736786637667?aff=oddtdtcreator

The Epileptic Eye Screenings and Artist Talk
2023-10-28 15:00 - 16:00 | Governors Island, Colonels Row House 404A
Join Flux for weekly screenings and artist talks in conjunction with The Epileptic Eye group show.

SPECIAL SCREENINGS + ARTISTS TALK – 3PMOctober 28, 29th

Every Friday, Saturday and Sunday starting October 13th until October 31st.

Come for a full screening of the films + Super 8 goodies. You’ll share a conversation about filmmaking, photography, art making in general and of course epilepsy with Malo, curator of this show (except for Friday Oct 27th, out of town for business). If you wish to come at a different time on a different day, please reach out to artist: marielaure.cros@gmail.com

October Flux Saturday - Nothing Island
2023-10-28 12:00 - 17:00 | Governors Island, Colonels Row House 404A
Nothing IslandOctober 28, 2023Colonels Row House 404A

Pop up exhibition: October 28 and 29th, noon-5pm

An exhibition by Pratt Institute Art + Technology Studio III, on different states in the cycle of regrowth, including growth, derivation, nullity, decomposition, and decay.

The projects employ software, projections, game engines, and electronics in the creation and display of hybrid sculptures and screen-based artworks. They respond to the environment, conditions, and history of Governors Island.

With works by Sophie Brenner, Lila Cicurel, Soph Katsivelos, Wantong Lyu, Katherine Shen, Flora Sun, and Dylan Teaford. Organized by Amelia Marzec.

For additional information:Nothing IslandPratt Digital ArtsPratt Digital Arts Instagram

THINGS I'VE SEEN Opening
2023-11-02 18:00 - 20:00 | NY
Join Flux for the opening of the exhibition THINGS I’VE SEEN.

November 2-November 18Opening: Thursday, November 2, 6-8pmRSVP for visiting information here.Reach out to christina@fluxfactory.org about gallery opening hours.

THINGS I’VE SEEN is a duo show from Catarina Real and Gonçalo Duarte.

The constant imagery that surrounds us, and the overwhelming visual experiences in our daily life, are reflected into the successive imagetic upcycling in art production. Catarina and Gonçalo make use of this flow of images, remixing stolen images from other artists, representations of other artists’ works and visual experiences influenced by their New York experience. This recycling of images and constant daily reflection on them establishes a critical relation between intellectual property and communal sharing.

The two Portuguese artists will be presenting prints, drawings, paintings and books.

Catarina Real@_periclitante_

Catarina Real (Barcelos, 1992) works in the intersection between artistic practice and theoretical research in the expanded fields of painting, writing and choreography, mostly in long-term collaborative projects that address the question of how we can live better collectively. She is a PhD student at the Center for Humanistic Studies at the University of Minho with a research that crosses art, love and capital. Currently in residence at Residency Unlimited, developing Color Therapy project, a practice applied between color theory, postal art and choreographic intuition. She maintains a commentary practice – in the form of reflection texts, introductory texts to exhibitions, interviews and moderation of conversations – to the works and processes carried out by artists in her generational range, with the intention of contributing to a healthy environment of criticism and collective and communitarian creation.

Gonçalo Duarte@goncalo_duarte

Gonçalo Duarte (Setúbal, 1990) works mainly with drawing and comics, having published work with Chili com Carne and Kus! among others. He is a screen printer and has printed work by artists such as Alexandre Estrela, Carlos Gaspar and Teresa Arega. He founded Edições da Ruína in 2021, whose editions mostly use screen printing, and has published artists such as Filipa Cordeiro, Miguel Abreu and Rudi Brito. He regularly collaborates with other artists and collectives on publishing projects, art residencies and exhibitions. Among them, recurring collaborations include the ARARA collective, Pedro Nora and Catarina Real.

Edições da Ruína@edicoesdaruina

THINGS I'VE SEEN Closing Event
2023-11-16 21:00 - 23:00 | NY
Join Flux for the closing event of the exhibition THINGS I’VE SEEN.

Closing Event: Thursday, November 16, 9-11pmRSVP for visiting information here.Reach out to christina@fluxfactory.org about gallery opening hours.

The closing event will consist on a gathering around the duo exhibition of Catarina Real and Gonçalo Duarte and a concert from Diogo Neto at 10pm.

Diogo Neto (pt) Born in Lisbon 1992, founding member of the independent label Edições Umbria. Plays synthesizers, saxophone and keys in various projects namely Quebra, Erosão and DMDM. His studies in architecture contributed to an acute sensibility for space modeling, light design and scenography. This research has been materialized in multiple installations across galleries and concert halls.

@diogonetomachado

Dead Gods Opening Event
2023-12-31 18:00 - 20:00 | NY
Join Flux for the opening event of the exhibition Dead Gods.

Opening Event: December 31, 2023Exhibition by appointment until January 7, 2024

‘Dead Gods’ is a living monument that honors our prehistoric fungal ancestors as sacred earthly deities.

In a moment where humans are set to cause the extinction of one million species, MacEwan is reanimating an ancient terrestrial fungal giant that enabled the proliferation and diversification of life on Earth today. ‘Dead Gods’ pays tribute to a specific prehistoric super-fungi called the Prototaxite. This evolutionary triumph gave rise to the billions of terrestrial life-forms that followed. ‘Dead Gods’ is a practice of inter-species ancestor worship as ecological action. It is created through respectful collaboration with contemporary mushroom descendants of the Prototaxites. The ‘Dead Gods’ reward our attention and care by growing edible and medicinal mushrooms that are gifted to visitors of the exhibition.

A widespread expression of deity worship has been the creation of effigies and shrines that hold space for experiences with the metaphysical and the sacred. In contrast, to supernatural or immortal gods, ‘Dead Gods’ are mortal, earthly, extinct beings, which tell the story of our ancestral bond to all life on earth. As deities, they present an interpretation of our planet’s natural history as a vehicle for evolutionary spiritual transformation.

‘Dead Gods’ is an ongoing project for which MacEwan repeatedly resurrects the Prototaxities by growing them, at scale, with their contemporary mycelial descendants. These resurrections increase in size and species diversity with each iteration. Reminiscent of a science-fiction narrative, reanimating these now extinct life forms examines the utopic desire to reverse the inevitable process of extinction. Long-term, MacEwan plans to resurrect the ‘Dead Gods’ on a scale comparable to the largest Prototaxities in the fossil record: 20 to 30 feet tall. For Flux Factory, MacEwan presents a multimedia installation of the ‘Dead Gods’ project including living fungi and video projection in a structure reminiscent of a shrine. This presentation is an offering to the divine process of death and renewal as we bring in the new year.

Artist bioJemila MacEwan is an environmental artist known for their earthworks, installations, performances and expanded cinema projects. Their work takes an expansive view of time and geography, often created through slow acts of physical endurance. MacEwan invites audiences to take an interspecies perspective for working through the overwhelming emotional toll of reckoning with anthropogenic climate change and mass extinction.

MacEwan has performed and exhibited extensively internationally including at; ARoS Museum (Denmark), The Australian Consulate-General, Pioneer Works (NYC), The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts (NYC), NYCXDESIGN (USA), and Skaftfell Center for Visual Art (Iceland). In 2022 MacEwan was awarded the NYSCA/NYFA Fellowship in Architecture/Environmental Structures/Design, The Philip Hunter Fellowship, The BigCi Environmental Art Award and was invited by TEDxBoston to present as a Planetary Fellow. They have been invited to attend notable residencies including; Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (USA), BANFF Center (Canada), NARS Foundation (NYC), and Ox-Bow School of Painting (MI). Their work has been published in Art in America, Boston Globe, SFMoMA Open Space, and Artist Profile Magazine. MacEwan has been generously supported by the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, the Australia Council for the Arts, New York Foundation for the Arts, New York State Council on the Arts, the Ian Potter Cultural Council and is a recipient of The Marten Bequest Traveling Scholarship.

Flux IV Opening Reception for Saturn Return
2024-05-15 18:00 - 21:00 | Flux IV, 56-21 2nd St, Long Island City
2 islands 2 furious! This opening reception at Flux IV is just part of the Saturn Return exhibition, which takes place both at Flux IV as well as on Governors Island. View full exhibition details for full schedule and exhibition information.

The opening reception for the Flux IV component of the Saturn Return group exhibition will coincide with the LIC Arts Open Kick Off Party, with performances curated by LIC Arts Open. This is our inaugural public event at Flux IV, and we’re thrilled to launch it as a part of a neighborhood-wide open studios festival!

Artists Exhibiting at Flux IV (56-21 2nd St, LIC) include: Alex Wolkowicz, Amelia Marzec, Caitlin & Misha, Cecilia Enberg & Eric Malmberg, Don Daedalus, Heidi Neilson, Li-Ming Hu, Lily Baldwin, Mare Liberum, Maureen Catbagan, Patrick Topitschnig, Richard Nathaniel, Roopa Vasudevan, Trasonia Abbott, Tray Tsui, WALKER TUFTS, Wieteke Heldens, and Will Owen.

Governors Island Opening for Saturn Return
2024-05-18 13:00 - 18:00 | Governors Island, Colonels Row House 404A
2 islands 2 furious! This opening reception on Governors Island is just part of the Saturn Return exhibition, which takes place both at Governors Island as well as at Flux IV. View full exhibition details for full schedule and exhibition information.

Flux’s fourth season on Governors Island kicks off with a group exhibition with a 1-day performance by Hey There Kapplow.

Artists Exhibiting on Governors Island (Colonels Row, House 404a) include: Angela Washko, Ben Galaday, Dario Mohr, Ethan Shoshan, Hey There Kapplow, Itala Aguilera, Jack Hogan, Jodie Lyn-Kee-Chow, Lee Tusman, Lena Hawkins, Lucas Abela, MaLo Sutra Fish, Maya Quattropani, 502 Bad Gateway, Ruby Kwon, Valentina Medda, and Zachary Handler.

Jessica Pavone Performance and Flux IV Reception
2024-06-01 17:00 - 21:00 | Flux IV, 56-21 2nd St, Long Island City
Meet us beginning at 5pm for a special reception at Flux IV, with 17 works on view in our Saturn Return Group Exhibition.

As the golden hour approaches (~7:45), we’ll walk from Flux IV a few minutes away to sit on the grassy park lawn and watch a live sunset solo viola performance by Jessica Pavone in front of the Manhattan skyline.

June Flux Saturday — Saturn Return
2024-06-15 12:00 - 17:00 | Governors Island, Colonels Row House 404A
Flux Factory is celebrating its big thirtieth anniversary by exhibiting 37 alumni of our Artists-in-Residence program in Saturn Return, on view at Flux IV and Governors Island until July 1. For June’s Flux Saturday on Governors Island, we host performances including a set by DJ Smallcock.

Striped Light & Lucas Abela present Frankenstein 3
2024-06-17 19:30 - 23:00 | NY
RSVP to stripedlight.nyc@gmail.com for visiting detailsDoors at 7:30, performances begin at 8$15 admission – 100% of the door goes toward performersFollow @striped_light on instagram to stay in the loop for future concerts

Our monthly Mondays Striped Light experimental concert series is in its 8th iteration with a special presentation by Australian sound artist Lucas Abela with Hisham Akira Bharoocha, Chuck Roth, Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe, Brandon Lopez, Marcia Bassett, Samara Lubelski, Bob Bellerue, David Watson & Sandy Ewen.

We have a super-rare visit to New York by Lucas ‘Granpa’ Abela, one of the truly stand-out sound artists/performers of our time. Folks, this one is simply not to be missed. On top of that, Lucas has put together a nine piece New York super-band to play a Frankenstein assemblage composition that he has made for this occasion: live improvising groups that will be ‘carved up’ in real time. And then stitched together. Kind of.

Initially viewed as a turntablist, Abela’s work has rarely resembled anything or anyone else. Early on he was stabbing vinyl with Kruger-style stylus gloves. Then he drag-raced the pope and pope-mobile across the Sydney Harbour Bridge in a sonic showdown. He has performed deaf defying duels with amplified samurai swords. It was bound to happen, he was eventually hospitalized by high powered turntables that he’d constructed from motors. He landed pole position on Otomo Yoshihides’ Ground Zero remix compilation ‘Consummation’. And more. Much, much more. Lucas Abela is simply one of the sharpest artists working today, cutting a direct path through the same old.

You Only Get One Body
2024-07-07 12:00 - 17:00 | Flux Island, 404 Colonels Row, Governors Island
Location: 404A Colonels Row, Governors Island NYC

Image: Itala Aguilera.

A very (literally!) laid back sunbathing event about elder-visibility and allyship.

Bring your grandparents, parents or yourself; a blanket; some sunscreen; and water, and come celebrate the anniversary of the 1992 court ruling that allows chests and breasts equal access to the light of day in the state of New York, while also celebrating bodies of all ages, shapes, sizes and genders. This is a preview event for The Golden Colonel, a speculative retirement home for artists on Governors Island that will open on July 13, 2024. The Golden Colonel will still be under construction, so not yet open to the public, but July 7 is an official holiday for the organization, celebrated annually with elder- (and ally-) optionally topless sunbathing. We invite you to join us to help kick off the first annual You Only Get One Body!

This event is a part of The Golden Colonel, curated by Heather Kapplow and Itala Aguilera.

**Accessible Event.

Striped Light
2024-07-09 19:30 - 23:00 | NY
RSVP to stripedlight.nyc@gmail.com for visiting detailsDoors at 7:30, performances begin at 8

Folk Music : Chris Corsano, Ches Smith & Nate WooleyMichelle YomDaniel MalinskyTuesday July 9th Entry: $15

Hello! This month our show falls on a Tuesday, please take note. This is it — our Summer show — it’s gonna be amazing. We have a brand new trio put together by Nate Wooley (“Folk Music”) with the unbelievable combination of Chris Corsano and Ches Smith.These are musicians at the top of their game, working it out in an intimate space. It doesn’t get much better.

Dictée is one fascinating book. Michelle Yom will be performing Sonic Annotations on Dictée. And, an electro-acoustic solo from Daniel Malinsky. If we are lucky we’ll get to hangout on the roof afterwards. Stay cool!$15 admission – 100% of the door goes toward performersFollow @striped_light on instagram to stay in the loop for future concerts.

The Golden Colonel Opening Reception & Ribbon Cutting by Martha Wilson
2024-07-13 12:00 - 18:00 | NY
404A Colonels Row, Governors Island NYC

Please attend the grand opening of The Golden Colonel, featuring a ribbon cutting by pioneering feminist artist and Founding Director Emerita of Franklin Furnace, Martha WIlson. Take a tour of the facility, meet some residents, and try out some of our activities! On this date you’ll have the opportunity to experience Bed Piece by Mark Shaw after the ribbon cutting, and at 4pm, a Remembering/Forgetting Spellcasting Ceremony** by Carrie Hawks.

This event is a part of The Golden Colonel, curated by Heather Kapplow and Itala Aguilera.

**Accessible Event.

The Third Saturday
2024-07-20 12:00 - 18:00 | Flux Island, 404 Colonels Row, Governors Island
We no longer remember what it commemorates, but The Third Saturday is a holiday at The Golden Colonel! We’ll celebrate it with a reprise of Bed Piece by Mark Shaw, an opportunity to play Monster Cards by Ben Galady, and will also offer a group therapy session “for dying artists” called The Last Painting** led by artist and psychotherapist Shushanik Karapetyan.

**Accessible Event.

Location: 404A Colonels Row, Governors Island NYC

This event is a part of The Golden Colonel, curated by Heather Kapplow and Itala Aguilera.

Solar Power for Artists Workshop Series
2024-07-27 10:00 - 2024-07-28 17:00 | Flux IV, 56-21 2nd St, Long Island City
Learn about solar powered sound art, kinetic sculpture, design methods, and more! Workshop sessions include solar power art design methods, solar power sound art, and solar powered kinetic art. Participants will build small solar art projects they can take with them. We will discuss the history of artists working in the field, common conceptual approaches, and a number of technical methods. No prior experience with solar power or electronics is necessary.

All workshops will be taught by Alex Nathanson and are for adults. Need-based/ sliding scale discounted admission is available by request. Email alex@energytransitiondesign.com to request discounted admission.

Register on Eventbrite

Saturday July 27

Workshop #1

10am-1pm: Design Methods for Solar Art and Education Projects

This workshop will introduce participants to the Logic & Behavior design framework for conceptualizing and creating solar power art and education projects. The framework will be introduced to participations through a series of small hands on experiments and projects.

Workshop #2

2pm-5pm: Solar Power Sound Workshop

This workshop will introduce participants to a range of techniques for creating solar powered sound making devices that can be applied to instruments, installations, performances, and more. We will discuss the history of the field, common conceptual approaches, and a number of technical methods. All participants will build their own solar powered instrument in the workshop.

Three techniques for building instruments will be demonstrated.

Direct drive acoustic instruments

Solar powered analog synthesis

Sonifying light frequencies

Sunday July 28

Workshop #3

10am-1pm: Solar Power Kinetic Art Workshop: Bots, Drawing Machines, & Kinetic Sculptures

This workshop will introduce participants to a range of techniques for creating small solar powered robotic devices that can be applied to making sculptures, draw bots, percusion instruments, and more. We will discuss the history of artists working in the field, common conceptual approaches, and a number of technical methods. All participants will build their own solar powered mechanical creature or device.

Workshop #4

2pm-5pm: Solar Power Art Project Play Testing

Participants will be shown new projects from the upcoming Solar Power for Artists book to play test. They will be given the choice of a number of different projects to experiment with. This workshop will build on the techniques and concepts from introduced in previous workshops. All participants will build a project they can take with them. Participants will get the most out of this workshop if they have already attended at least 1 of our other workshops.

About the Instructor: Alex Nathanson is a designer, multimedia artist, technologist, and educator who has been working with solar power for a decade. His work is primarily focused on exploring both the experimental and practical applications of sustainable energy technologies, particularly photovoltaic solar power. He is the author of the book A History of Solar Power Art and Design and leads the education platform Solar Power for Artists as well as the design studio Energy Transition Design LLC.

About Solar Power for Artists: Solar Power for Artists is a design studio and education platform focused on both creative and traditional applications of sustainable energy, particularly photovoltaic solar power. We’re making sustainable energy tangible, accessible, and understandable. We provide a wide range of design and education services for community organizations, cultural and educational institutions, and businesses in the sustainable energy industry. Our education platform provides accessible, often open source, resources for learning about creative applications of photovoltaic solar power. This includes an historic archive, workshops, and tutorials, among other initiatives. More info is available at https://www.solarpowerforartists.com/

Process Group Exhibition Opening Reception
2024-07-27 12:00 - 18:00 | Flux Island, 404 Colonels Row, Governors Island
Join us for the opening reception of the Process Group exhibition. Also on view on this date is the Golden Colonel group exhibition. View complete Process exhibition details.

Spiritual Machines Opening Reception
2024-08-17 12:00 - 17:00 | Flux Island, 404 Colonels Row, Governors Island
What do we retain about our humanity through cultural shifts that leave us accelerated far beyond what our ancestors dreamed of?

Spiritual Machines, an art exhibition at Flux Factory on Governors Island, opens Saturday August 17, from noon-5pm. The exhibition presents interdisciplinary works by leading contemporary artists encompassing new media, video, sculpture, installation, and performance.

View full exhibition information.

Rebecca Hon Solo Exhibition Opening Reception
2024-08-19 20:00 - 23:00 | NY
Please join us for a solo presentation of works by Hong Kong-based artist, Rebecca Hon. Hon focuses on modern Chinese ink art, especially on the exploration of contemporary Chinese ink, and the integration of digital technology and traditional culture, hoping to create works that have both traditional connotations and contemporary new styles. Rebecca loves observing social changes of Hong Kong, she uses an art perspective to analyze the vicissitudes of Hong Kong’s current changes, and uses her works to form a visual dialogue about Hong Kong’s cityscape, lifestyle and historical memory.

Reception: Monday, August 19, 8 pmRSVP to info@fluxfactory.org

Visiting Hours:By appointment, info@fluxfactory.org

Artist Bio

Rebecca Hon graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong with Master of Art in Fine Arts and won many awards internationally, such as the Gold Award of 2021 UOB Art in Ink Awards, UOB Best Ink Art Work of the Year 2021, The Hong Kong Human Rights Arts Prize 2021, Third Prize winner of Da Dun Fine Arts Exhibition Taiwan, etc. Her works have been sold in Ravenel auction in Taiwan, also exhibited in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Mainland China, Singapore, middle east, United Kingdom, and Scotland. Rebecca has also been invited to organize art and painting lectures for different institutions in Hong Kong, such as the Hong Kong Palace Museum, Hong Kong Cultural Museum etc. She is currently a PT painting lecturer at the Hong Kong Metropolitan University, and PT design lecturer at the University of Sunderland, UK and HKCT.

This residency exhibition is sponsored by United Overseas Bank (UOB).

Flux Factory 2024 Benefit
2024-09-12 18:00 - 20:00 | The Suffolk, 55 Suffolk Street
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Celebrate Flux Factory’s 30th anniversary and support the founding of our new venue Flux IV through a catered reception and community gathering.

Perennial favorite DJ Vinyl Richie will spin records at this catered rooftop reception, a small silent auction of artwork from friends of Flux will be available, and a variety of new clothing designs will be for sale hand-made by Flux’s community.

Since 1994 Flux has hosted over 300 Artists-in-Residence, both local and international, as well as staging over 700 exhibitions across all disciplines. Flux hosts over 75 annual multidisciplinary events; all are free to the public while all participating artists are compensated.

Your contributions will help Flux get across the final hurdles to open our new venue Flux IV, located on the Hunters Point South waterfront. Flux has recently purchased this space through NYC and the support of recent Councilmember Jimmy Van Bramer as well as Gotham, but the initial buildout of our space will not be possible without a community of supporters rising to the occasion at this gala. Flux needs to raise $150k to build HVAC and a bathroom for our new space to meet minimum code requirements.

With your support, the impact of this 30th anniversary celebration will be a community art space that persists to serve Long Island City for another 30 years and beyond!

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Spiritual Machines: Closing Performances
2024-09-21 12:00 - 17:00 | Flux Island, 404 Colonels Row, Governors Island
Three performances on the penultimate day of Spiritual Machines: Venus RX by Midheaven or Nah, The HTMLgardeness – Sowing HTML but Harvesting AI by Ursula Endlicher, and Powered by the Glitch by Adelle Lin Yingxi.

Venus Rx | Midheaven or Nah2022-2024 (ongoing), Fabric, candles, idols, Goddess paraphernalia, ritual items, cardboard, tinsel, mylar and other household bric-a-bracSolidarity requires a felt connection displaced by techno-capitalism. Venus Rx is a performance that happens within 1-on-1 encounters which invite participants to tap into their interior feminine energy represented by planet Venus. While I am using technology to quickly ‘read the stars’ from a hand-held device, the exchange requires an element of sharing, storytelling, vulnerability and empathy which challenges the absence of human feeling promoted by artificial intelligence and Big Tech.

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The HTMLgardeness — Sowing HTML but Harvesting AI | Ursula Endlicher2024, WebAR, gif animation; acorn coffee, dried pears and cherriesThe HTMLgardeness – Sowing HTML but Harvesting AI is a series of AR-Walks and experiences triggered by scanning the bark of trees, a natural QR-code. A critical yet playful series, it features the HTMLgardeness, a character played by the artist, reflecting on climate and systems, code and fragility, while offering AI-generated harvest.

In these walks guests are invited to venture out into different neighborhoods to discover, with smart phone and the artist’s WebAR “bARk” in hand, the HTMLgardeness’ trees and portals to reveal her tree-inspired AR dances, while sampling tree-specific drinks and snacks offered along the way.

For Spiritual Machines the HTMLgardeness’ surroundings will be extended to the Colonels Row neighborhood on Governors Island where she’ll inhabit five trees!

The augmented trees continue to be active and can be visited also after the event using the artist’s WebAR “bARk” at: https://html.bark.garden.

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Powered by the Glitch | Adelle Lin Yingxi2024, screen, computer, webcam, custom 3D models, AR softwarePowered by the Glitch explores the intersection of art, technology, and social activism through feminist cyborg theory and an interactive augmented reality (AR) installation. Audiences engage with their inner glitch, becoming feminist cyborgs through AR, challenging norms, and embracing identity fluidity.

The project interrogates how virtual personas influence real-life identities, proposing a synthesized identity merging both realms. Embracing the glitch as resistance and transformation, it disrupts binary logic, celebrating hybridity and the in-between, aiming to dismantle societal expectations of women’s perfection and constant performance for the world’s gaze.

Rooted in Legacy Russell’s concept of the glitch as “a form of refusal, a strategy of non-performance,” the project interrogates the possibilities within conformist systems. Participants will explore new forms of identity that emerge from the disruptions and imperfections inherent in both technology and nature. Additionally, the project will feature a cyborg feminist AR performance, offering a dynamic exploration of these themes.

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Spiritual Machines presents interdisciplinary works by leading contemporary artists encompassing new media, video, sculpture, installation, and performance. The exhibition closes September 22, 2024.

View full exhibition information.

Costume + Luminaria Workshops
2024-10-12 13:00 - 17:00 | Governors Island, Colonels Row House 404A
In conjunction with the exhibition Island Luminaria Two, a series of Costume + Luminaria Workshops will take place where you can create light art and costumes for the Flaming Creature Crawl 2, a nighttime luminary parade. No need to bring materials, we will have them on site.

Workshop DatesSaturdays and Sundays, October 5 & 6 and October 12 & 13, 1-5 PM

Flaming Creature Crawl Two Saturday, October 19, 5 – 7:30 PMLanterns will be held depicting the flora, fauna and celestial bodies of Governors Island accompanied by quiet acoustic music.
