Ward Shelley's current exhibition of timeline paintings provide a people's history of everything from the development of alternative lifestyles to the evolution of teen culture. Included in the show is Bohemian Tree V1, a version of the silkscreen on vellum piece included in Flux Factorys' Box Set (which are still available for purchase!)
Flux Factory is thrilled to be one of the initial recipients of a grant from A Blade of Grass. This year we have been awarded a one-time grant of $20,000 for general operating costs and capacity-building initiatives. Drinks are on us!
Jaime Iglehart has been documenting the construction of the Flux embassy in Aarhus, Denmark for the project, The Infamous and Only Somewhat Ambassadorial Outpost of the Semi-Legitimate Nation of Flux. She's captured Fluxers in the wild, as they scavenge for materials to build a replica Flux inside the gallery of Spanien 19c and weave together an exaggerated Flux history. Watch this video to see Flux Artistic Director Jean Barberis explain the crest he designed to symbolize Fluxhood.
Date: March 8th, 8pm+ Location: Flux Factory, 39-31 29th Street, Long Island City Flux Thursday is our monthly potluck dinner and art salon, where artists can present their recently completed projects or works-in-progress to a receptive audience. Join us for presentations by Flux Artists-in-Residence Lehna Huie, and Adrian Owen, plus friends-of-Flux Juan Fernando Morales and Nick Cregor.
Ye Taik is a performing artist / avant-garde dancer, born in Rangoon, Burma. He dedicates most of his time to his practice as a collaborative choreographer, performer, curator, experimental theater artist and playwright; to discovering and developing cultural interactions through art and performance.
Date: Sunday, February 26th 2012, 4 - 6 pm Location: Flux Factory, 39-31 29th Street, Long Island City SP Weather Station will host a Special Preview for the 2011 edition of the SP Weather Reports, presenting new works and works-in-progress by its most recent group of collaborating artists. Now in its fifth year, SP Weather Reports is a collated portfolio published annually by SP Weather Station.
Alison Nguyen is a New York-based artist working in film, video, photography, and installation. She uses these forms to raise questions about the circulation of images and the cultural surrounding.
Date + time: February 19, 7pm Location: Flux Factory, 39-31 29th Street, Long Island City Please join us at Flux Factory for a potluck dinner where the collectives openhagen and Goodman & Gallows will contribute to the ongoing dialogue on collaborative practices initiated at Congress of Collectives in October 2011. The event is free and open to the public; bring something delicious to share.
Taco Night!!!: February 3, 7-11pm Banquet-Style Flux Thursday: February 9, 8pm Cabaret Extravaganza: February 11, 7pm A Bacchanalian Banquet: February 12, 6-9pm Join us for the various events related to our fabulous group exhibition and dinner experiment, Banquet for America.
Pull Up a Chair at the Banquet for America By BRENDAN CARROLL Read the original here.Read the original here.