Something Fierce
November 22 – 23, 2025
Flux IV, 56-21 2nd Street
Open Saturday & Sunday, noon – 9:00 pm
How can nature inspire new modes of resistance through rising tides of hypercapitalism? Something Fierce, an arts festival at Flux IV in Hunters Point, Queens, opens Saturday November 22. The festival presents performances and interdisciplinary artworks by leading contemporary artists encompassing new media, video, sculpture, and installation. The works engage with biodiversity, speculative ecology, psychogeography, and climate change, through the lens of queer desire, community, and persistence. The location is at the mouth of Newtown Creek — one of the most polluted waterways in the United States.
Artists
andrea haenggi with Muyassar Kurdi, Andrés Senra, Caroline McManus, Cherry Nin, Earthworks, Eli Brown, Elsa Brès, Esther The Bipedal Entity, Eva Tellier, Hannes Egger, Hey There Kapplow, Kris Grey in collaboration with Maya Ciarrocchi, Lea Fulton, Martha Steele, Mason Youngblood, Michael Abrams, Midheaven Or Nah, Noah Ortega, Ria Rajan, Sally Beauti Twin, Sandrine Deumier, Trasonia Abbott, Walker Tufts, Zack Handler, Zavé Martohardjono, and more. More information on the artists is available here: www.ameliamarzec.com/somethingfierce/
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
Festival & Exhibition Hours | Saturday and Sunday, noon-9pm
Exhibition Opening | Saturday, November 22, 5-9pm
Caroline McManus, Eli Brown, Eva Tellier, Hannes Egger, Hey There Kapplow, Martha Steele, Mason Youngblood, Michael Abrams, Midheaven Or Nah, Sally Beauti Twin, Walker Tufts, Zack Handler, zavé martohardjono.
Performances | Saturday, November 22
Noon-4:00pm Earthworks (outside- durational)
Trasonia Abbott (MC)
6:00pm Esther, The Bipedal Entity!
6:30pm Ria Rajan
7:00pm Noah Ortega
Performances | Sunday, November 23
3:30pm-4:30pm Lea Fulton (outside- durational)
4:00pm andrea haenggi & slice of elder tree with Muyassar Kurdi
5:30pm zavé martohardjono with Stacy Lynn Smith and Mike Clemow
7:00pm Dirty Time Karaoke
Live Art
Saturday & Sunday, 1 – 5 PM | Midheaven Or Nah
Saturday, Noon – 9pm & Sunday, Noon – 7pm | Hey There Kapplow
Saturday, 5-9 pm | zavé martohardjono
Film and Video Program | Saturday and Sunday, noon-9pm
Andrés Senra, Cherry Nin, Elsa Brès, Kris Grey in collaboration with Maya Ciarrocchi, Sandrine Deumier
About the Curator
Amelia Marzec is a New York based artist engaging with communications infrastructure to inform a speculative future. Her work has been exhibited at SIGGRAPH, MIT, ISEA (Canada), University of the Arts Helsinki (Finland), ONCE Foundation Contemporary Art Biennial (Spain), NODE Forum for Digital Arts Biennial (Germany), and is part of the Rhizome ArtBase at the New Museum. She was a resident at Eyebeam, Ox-Bow, and Harvestworks; a fellow at NYSCA/NYFA, A.I.R. Gallery, and Columbia University; a visiting artist at CalArts; and nominated for the World Technology Awards for Art. She holds an MFA in Design and Technology from Parsons, and a BFA from Mason Gross School of the Arts.
Media & Visitor Contact
Meghana Karnik, Curator & Exhibitions Director
meghana@fluxfactory.org
Accessibility
Flux IV is located on the ground floor of 56-21 2nd Street, Long Island City, NY 11101 between the Queens Landing Boathouse & Environmental Center and Gotham Point apartments. The closest bus stop is 2 St/55 Ave on the Q101. The closest subway station is Vernon Blvd-Jackson Ave on the 7 line (purple) and 21st st G line (green). The closest ferry pier is Hunter’s Point South Ferry Landing. A Citibike station is located at Center Blvd & Hunters Point South Ferry Landing. iPark (paid parking) is available on 1-20 56th Ave, Long Island City, NY 11101. There is a public restroom left of our front door.