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SUMMARY:Conflict / Resolution
DESCRIPTION:image by Lee Tusman\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nAn event at Harvestworks on Governor’s Island\, focusing on sound art and new media works-in-progress from the Flux Factory community. We will consider how being part of a group of socially engaged artists working as a collective contributes to the development of creative technology practices. \n\n\n\nRoopa Vasudevan \n\n\n\n“Slow Response” is an ongoing series in which I laboriously attempt to render working quick response (QR) codes through a variety of materials\, methods\, and configurations. In each code\, I attempt to re-create a process that is typically done within milliseconds by computational systems; the techniques I use take much\, much longer than that.Unlike computer-generated codes — and maybe contrary to the intent of the format — the QR codes I create are fickle\, inconsistent and do not always scan. They also often contain technical imperfections due to distractions\, miscounting/miscalculating\, and other errors that can only be described as human.The series\, as a whole\, addresses the ubiquity of these digital artifacts that never quite seem to fit within everyday life or appeal to our aesthetic standards\, yet have so quickly engendered automatic responses and expectations from those who regularly use mobile devices.  \n\n\n\nimage by Roopa Vasudevan\n\n\n\nDario Mohr \n\n\n\nThis is a recorded conversation regarding the spiritual practices of West Africa that I had with brothers from Nigeria that I traveled across West Africa with. This took place during a personalized tour with Ucomeafrik tour company. It was an honest conversation I had as a First Generation Grenadian\, U.S. citizen\, visiting West Africa (Ghana\, Benin\, Togo and Nigeria) to learn about my Akan and Ga tribal ancestry. I would consider myself agnostic with pantheist beliefs\, and they (Confidence and Evans) practice a version of Christianity with some Vodun beliefs. I struggled to find videos\, podcasts and articles online answering the questions that I had regarding ancestral West African spirituality\, and found this to be an important conversation. My hopes are that it answers some questions and that people of African descent may have but don’t have the opportunity to ask about. I was blessed to have had the opportunity to meet these men and hope that it expands other’s understanding of West African spiritual practices.  \n\n\n\nLee Tusman \n\n\n\nDuring the pandemic I have been creating experimental interactive autobiographical stories presented within game engines\, websites or computer operating systems. These works use my own drawings\, audio recordings and writing\, stitched together with custom software I write that makes them ‘playable’ in a manner similar to a video game in an attempt to create new forms of poesis and personal narrative. Despite my emphasis on writing code\, my background in zinemaking\, collage and electronic music production drive the aesthetic in ways that feel more beholden to DIY arts cultures than the current crop of Machine Learning-driven artworks.In my current body of work I am designing autonomous generative systems to present abstract narratives\, dream diaries\, and new unfolding simulations. In these works\, a story is presented non-linearly. They appear as abstract animated stories where even I the creator are uncertain what may happen next. There is a tension in these two different ways of working between finding new and surprising narratives and the ‘authentic’ and personal\, and a risk of algorithms to produce ‘sameness’ that permeates most AI-driven artworks.  \n\n\n\nAmelia Marzec \n\n\n\nAll That Is Seen And Unseen examines the relationship of queerness and Catholicism within the Central/Eastern European diaspora. It includes a series of sculptures based on roadside shrines\, such that one would find in liminal spaces where people need to feel protected\, like at the edge of a marsh. Ironically\, these are often situated in rural areas of Poland that are present-day LGBT-free zones. The sculptures contain an electronic communication system which broadcasts stories collected from the community. I also include software for projection mapping\, where imagery based on traditional Slavic papercutting techniques is generated and projected onto churches. The images depict women’s bodies\, weapons\, and pre-Christian symbols.  \n\n\n\nHeidi Neilson \n\n\n\nRemote Magnetometer is a quasi-replica of an actual magnetometer scientific instrument on the NOAA-NASA geostationary weather satellite GOES-16. Remote Magnetometer is in a sense paired with the actual magnetometer instrument in near-real time\, expressing here on earth the data collected by the satellite instrument in orbit.The satellites we place in Earth’s orbit are in essence our robot avatars—we experience alien\, deadly\, distant orbital space through their sensor-based eyes\, ears\, and skin. This project is intended to convey the reality and activity of a particular sensor instrument aboard an operational satellite to have a way of directly sensing-by-proxy what it detects: the energy of the Sun and its interaction with the Earth’s protective magnetosphere. The project mission is to inspire an appreciation for infrastructure systems we rely on and the protective nature of Earth as a whole for life. \n\n\n\nimage by Heidi Neilson\n\n\n\nFull artists Bios are here \n\n\n\nRSVPs on Facebook on the event
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/conflict-resolution/
LOCATION:Governors Island\, Nolan Park\, Building 10a
CATEGORIES:Homepage Events,Welcome to Flux Island Events
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SUMMARY:Flux Treasure Island
DESCRIPTION:Hours:10am-5pm Friday & Weekends \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nFlux Treasure Island is an island-wide scavenger hunt\, taking place over Friday October 21 through Sunday October 23. Artworks will be hidden all across Governors Island in secret unexpected locations.  \n\n\n\nStrange nooks\, wooded groves\, long-disused forts: anywhere! \n\n\n\nCryptic clues on a treasure map will guide visitors to their destinations. Works will include site-specific sculpture\, performance\, video\, AR\, and more. They might respond to the local area and its history\, or maybe they will play with viewer’s perceptions. Some pieces will only be visible at certain times\, so everyone’s experience will be different. \n\n\n\nAdditionally\, we’ll have performances by different artists. Treasure Island is a bit of a last hurrah before Flux Factory’s collective residency closes at the end of October. \n\n\n\nCome to Flux HQ at 404a Colonels Row and pick up a treasure map. From there\, the island is yours to explore. Remember: unless an artist says otherwise\, look with your eyes\, not so much with your hands! \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nCurated by Georgia Muenster \n\n\n\nParticipants: \n\n\n\nItala Aguilera\, Sally Beauty Twin\, Ranjit Bhatnagar\, Yen Yen Chou\, Thea Cohen\, Julie Evanoff\, Gui.dance\, Dew Igworia\, Ryan Oskin\, Magnus Pind\, John Pugh XI\, Theda Sandiford\, Sabrina Sims & Jeong Lee\, Zachary Sun\, Hannah Lutz Winkler & Katy Brett\, and Andrew Yoon \n\n\n\nThe Center for Psychic Technology – John Pugh XI  \n\n\n\nRSVPs on Facebook on this event
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/flux-treasure-island/
LOCATION:Governors Island\, Colonels Row House 404A
CATEGORIES:Homepage Events,Welcome to Flux Island Events
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SUMMARY:UltraViolet Archive (Censorship is Spooky)
DESCRIPTION:Christina Freeman\, UltraVioletArchive\n\n\n\nOctober 21-23\, October 29-30\,12-5pm \n\n\n\nUltraViolet Archive is a nomadic collection of endangered creative works including films\, graphic novels\, music\, literature\, visual and performing arts that were banned\, challenged\, or partially censored.  \n\n\n\nThe Flux Island installation will feature a Halloween-themed collection of frequently censored works. \n\n\n\nVisitors are invited to conduct research using the reference materials provided and recommend additional works to expand the archive. 
 \n\n\n\nThis event is free and open to the public. \n\n\n\nChristina Freeman (she/her) is an artist and curator based in Brooklyn. Her participatory installation\, UltraViolet Archive was exhibited in the Queens International Volumes (Queens Museum)\, with mentions in Artforum and Vulture. She is a 2022 Bronx Museum AIM Fellow. Her projects have received support from Creative Time (2019)\, Culture Push (2018-2019)\, National Coalition Against Censorship (2018-2019)\, Danish Arts Foundation (2018)\, and Red House\, Sofia\, Bulgaria (2012). Her previous residencies include: ARoS Public\, Aarhus\, Denmark; Flux Factory\, Queens\, NY; and SOMA\, Mexico City. As part of ABC No Rio’s Visual Arts Collective\, Christina organizes exhibitions in noncommercial spaces in NYC.  \n\n\n\nwww.christinafreeman.net/ \n\n\n\n@freeman_christina \n\n\n\nRSVPs on Facebook on this event
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/ultraviolet-archive-censorship-is-spooky/
LOCATION:Governors Island\, Colonels Row House 404A
CATEGORIES:Homepage Events,Welcome to Flux Island Events
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SUMMARY:Double Foreign New Zealand Chinese Kitchen
DESCRIPTION:Weekends 12-5 pm \n\n\n\nOctober 22-23 \n\n\n\nOctober 29-30 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAn installation by Li-Ming Hu \n\n\n\nPart of the Mama’s Augmented Reality exhibition series\, where artists are asked to create/interpret their mother’s kitchens as they exist in memory with whatever materials they have at their disposal. Curated by Eleni Zaharopolous. \n\n\n\nLi-Ming Hu hails from Aotearoa New Zealand\, where her parents landed in the 70s\, from Singapore and Taiwan\, where their parents in turn\, had fled to from China due to war and other awfulness. Her parents prioritized cultural assimilation\, so she was not taught any of the Chinese languages\, or introduced to many elements of the cultures they were brought up in. This approach extended less to food\, so the kitchen was a place to be (kind-of) Chinese\, to make dishes whose names she could not pronounce\, with ingredients out of packages she could not read\, while also learning to bake out of the Edmonds Cookery Book. \n\n\n\nRSVPs on Facebook on this event
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/double-foreign-new-zealand-chinese-kitchen/
LOCATION:Governors Island\, Colonels Row House 404A
CATEGORIES:Homepage Events,Welcome to Flux Island Events
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SUMMARY:Spooky Sound Effect Community Orchestra
DESCRIPTION:Join us in playing a spooky sound composition live!  \n\n\n\nWe will have various instruments\, objects\, and microphones set up to create our own live haunted house soundtrack for Colonels Row on Governors Island! Everyone of all ages are welcome to participate in creating sound effects. \n\n\n\nThis durational performance will feature live synthesizer performances by will owen and Eugene Lew with many special guests! \n\n\n\nWe plan to be performing outdoors with everyone\, but in case of inclimate weather we will move inside. Hot cocoa and cider provided.   \n\n\n\nWill owen originally from North Carolina\, US is an artist\, composer\, and curator currently based in Philadelphia\, PA. Will works mainly with Sound\, Sculpture\, and Food. Will loves to collaborate and either solo or in collaboration has exhibited internationally in China\, France\, Iceland\, Freetown Christiania\, Wales\, Pakistan\, and most recently in ARoS Public part of the ARoS Museum in Denmark in the summer of 2022 with Flux Factory. \n\n\n\n@weeowie \n\n\n\nRSVPs on Facebook on this event
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/spooky-sound-effect-community-orchestra/
LOCATION:Governors Island\, Colonels Row House 404A
CATEGORIES:Homepage Events,Welcome to Flux Island Events
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