Solar Powered Art Book Launch and Artist Round Table with Alex Nathanson
Camping Book1 Møllegade 3A, 8000, Aarhus, DenmarkThis event is in celebration of the launch of the book A History of Solar Power Art and Design by Alex Nathanson (published by Routledge on July 30, 2021). Alex will discuss his practice and introduce guests to this current and innovative topic. Alex will be joined by artists whose work is profiled in the…
Flux Intentional Listening Lab with Ben Seretan
ARoS Public Aros Allé 2, Aarhus, DenmarkTwo workshops took place on August 30 and September 10. Students received a lecture in contemporary music from musician Ben Seretan and went through various listening exercises to deepen their ability to listen and appreciate new forms of music.
Fluctuations with Georgia Muenster
ARoS Public Aros Allé 2, Aarhus, DenmarkFluctuations is an evening of video art featuring works by current Fluxers-in-Residence at the ARoS atelier. Fluctuations, beyond the Flux pun embedded in the title, is themed on change and collaboration, while taking cues from the Situationist International: How do Fluxers together interact with the city, collaborate within this environment, or disrupt the day-to-day? The…
Express Yourself Movement workshop with Kalon Hayward
ARoS Public Aros Allé 2, Aarhus, DenmarkThis workshop is a movement based class. Kalon Hayward will help the class express themselves using West African inspired movement and music. we will unlock creativity in our bodies by exploring west African and Congolese dance techniques. This is a safe space to explore the individual body and move as a group. This class is…
Live Zones with Ben Seretan
Camping Book1 Møllegade 3A, 8000, Aarhus, DenmarkSlowly unfurling clouds of tones, swirling drones, and other lovely sounds conjured up right before your eyes - a live set of music you could lie on the floor for by notable US ambient musician Ben Seretan. Ben Seretan is a musician and writer from Troy, New York who is working hard. In 2018, he…
Book Release: History of Solar Power Art
Governors Island Colonels Row House 404ASeptember 4, 2pm-3:30 at Flux’s house on Governors Island (Colonels Row House 404A)
Alex Nathanson will be celebrating the release of his new book A History of Solar Power Art and Design. He will be joined by NYC-based artists and designers working with solar power whose work is featured in the book, including Ted Victoria and Benedetta Piantella.
Flex Factory with Georgia Muenster
ARoS Public Aros Allé 2, Aarhus, DenmarkFlex Factory is back and getting SWOLE. After a brief hiatus, we’re back and lighting up the ARoS museum space with a series of very Fluxy games! Expect rooftop rainbow calisthenics, mini-mini-mini golf, Flexin’ ring toss, security guard basketball, giant craps (the game), silly costumes, and more. The event is organized by Georgia Muenster with…
Governors Island Open Studios
Governors Island Colonels Row House 404ASeptember 8-12, 11am-5pm daily at Flux’s house on Governors Island (Colonels Row House 404A)
Flux Factory will participate in an Governors Island-wide open studios program
Love Spell with Kalon Hayward
ARoS Public Aros Allé 2, Aarhus, DenmarkA concert & musical theater experience that will include original music and movement. Kalon explores spirituality and sexuality in his search for love. He will collaborate with local artists from the art collective LoftSound. Kalon bio: Kalon is a multidisciplinary performance Artist, teacher, and curator. He is a graduate of both the Duke Ellington school…
Comics Club with Noah Phillips
Camping Book1 Møllegade 3A, 8000, Aarhus, DenmarkDuring Comics Club, participants will enjoy a series of guided and timed drawing exercises that will invoke unpredictable comic characters, scenes, and strips. With both group and individual activities, attendees will explore how to use their imaginations for healing and growth. Led by Noah Phillips, an artist interested in the intersection of myth, mental health,…
Drink + Draw: LIVE from Governors Island Edition
Governors Island Colonels Row House 404ASeptember 12, 4pm-6pm at Flux’s house on Governors Island (Colonels Row House 404A)
This experimental Drink + Draw will feature masks, costumes and props created by multi-disciplinary artist Lexy Ho-Tai, and modeled by fellow artists
Jimmy Sommer popup exhibit & screenings by Carlos David TC and Shubhdeep Singh Parwana
ARoS Public Aros Allé 2, Aarhus, DenmarkJoin us for two screenings with Q&As from each director as well as a one-night-only pop-up exhibition. 17:30 -18:20: Untitled* "Pop-Up Exhibition" by Jimmy Sommer @arospublic18:30- 19:10: Soulitate a film by Shubhdeep Singh Parwana / Denmark / 2021 / 23 min / ENG + Q&A in the auditorium19:20- 19:45: 'Jevi From 9 to 11' Preview Screening by…
100 Song Karaoke Challenge
Camping Book1 Møllegade 3A, 8000, Aarhus, DenmarkJoin Flux Factory at Book1 Design Hostel on Thursday, Sept 16 as we sing 100 Karaoke Songs to celebrate our time in Aarhus. Starting at 17:00 with an Open Bar for all singers. Hosted by Nat Roe and Carlos David TC.
Trivial Pursuits Dinner Party: Island Edition
Governors Island, Nolan Park Grill SiteSeptember 19, 1-4pm, seating at 12:30pm at Flux’s house on Governors Island (Colonels Row House 404A)
Trivial Pursuits Dinner Party: Island Edition is a food-based performance and interactive dinner party.
Sydhavnen X Flux Factory mixer
Sydhavnen, AarhusJoin Sarah Jarsbo, Flux Factory and artists from Sydhavnen for a tour of the harbor's art spaces and an open bar and supper mixer. Flux Factory is a NYC Artist Residency, Exhibition space and collective which is currently in its third year at ARoS Public - view full information about this program at this webpage.…
Screening: “The Wake” and “Nova: A New Spelling of My Name” with Jemila MacEwan and Nova Scott-James
ARoS Public Aros Allé 2, Aarhus, DenmarkJoin us in the ARoS Public theater for a screening of two new films by Flux Artists-in-Residence. The Wake In this program MacEwan will walk audiences through strategies for responding to ecological grief and overwhelm. We will be guided through an empathetic eco-morphic approach to making sense of humanity's role and responsibilities within the larger…
A Train to Utopia with Tzu-Huan Lin
Camping Book1 Møllegade 3A, 8000, Aarhus, DenmarkIn this ARoS special edition of A Train To Utopia, participants will be required to play roles and games that generate vocabulary that becomes a guide instruction for individuals to navigate in the ARoS Museum. Tzu-Huan Lin's (b. Taipei, 1986) work centers around personal experience as an immigrant, adapting to connect different subjects or stories…
September Flux Saturday on Governors Island
Governors Island Colonels Row House 404ASeptember 25 11am-5pm ET
Join Flux on the last Saturday of each month during our Fall residency for a picnic potluck, open studios, pop-up exhibitions and art happenings!
The Making of The Museum of Natural Non-History with Kaktus
We invite you to blur the lines between the micro and macro cosmos. Let’s be giants among germs and at the same time germs among giants. Bodies break down and decay, providing support for other bodies. In this workshop, we want to continue the process of body breaking and making using our natural tools of…
Mini Painting Workshop with Teng Teng at Flux Saturday
Governors Island Colonels Row House 404ASeptember 25, 2-4pm at Flux’s house on Governors Island (Colonels Row House 404A)
Teng Teng will give you hands-on instruction on how to paint using the tiniest paint brush you've ever seen.
Pillow Life Lounge: A Showcase/Spectacle of Softness
Governors Island Colonels Row House 404ASeptember 25, 2-4pm at Flux’s house on Governors Island (Colonels Row House 404A)
Join us in relaxing in a field of softness, resting in the face of pressure to do more. This interactive exhibition invites you to pause, take your shoes off, touch, hold tight, loosen your grip, lay down, breathe deep -- and see what shows up from there.
Short Films Screening by Patrick Topitschnig
ARoS Public Aros Allé 2, Aarhus, DenmarkJoin us in the ARoS Museum Theater for a screening of selected short films by Patrick Topitschnig. A kind of black humor pervades Patrick Topitschnig’s videos. Like in the horror-movie genre he works with audiovisual situations which affect the bodies of the spectators provoking an uncertainty, sometimes a slight restlessness. Precisely composed images expose their…
Pizza Party Picnic at Huggeormen
Huggeormen Thomas Koppels Gade 19, AarhusHuggeormen is hosting a celebration with Flux Factory, Aarhuspanti, Aarhus Billedkunstcenter and BKF Midt. We'll bake pizza in an outdoor kiln, light the bonfire up proper, consume copious cool beverages, and host karaoke, Murga Porteña, performances and more! Please RSVP on Facebook. Find us at Huggeormen, P. Hiort-Lorenzens Vej 19 A-D Crip'd Karaoke with Moira…
2021 Fluxataros Gala
ARoS Public Aros Allé 2, Aarhus, DenmarkIn Flux's last week at ARoS Public, we're throwing a gala to rival the Met. Joining performances by Flux artists in Residence will be a pop-up exhibition of paintings from Aarhus locals "Being Queer in Straight Time". Dew Onwuka will present new garments for our gala, the theme of which will be "Not Neutral". Moira…
Amphora’s Amorpha with Sally Beauty Twin
Governors Island Colonels Row House 404AAmphora’s Amorpha (Dance, Music, Puppetry, Theater, Art) will be a multi-media festival Oct 2, Oct 9 and Oct 16 featuring more than 16 artists on Governors Island at Flux Factory’s residency in building 404A. October 2nd will feature outdoor performances with visual art backdrops, showcasing music by Alice Cohen and Breakaway with a dance performance…
Opening Reception for Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See Group Exhibition
Chocolate Factory 3833 24th St, Queens, New YorkOctober 8, 7-10pm at the Chocolate Factory Theater
Let’s think about the shared history of Black Folks in the same way poet Hanif Abdurraqib describes the Soul Train Line: A narrow writhing seemingly endless tunnel of Black Folks smiling and clapping.
Curator talk with Dario Mohr & Cameron Granger: Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See
Chocolate Factory 3833 24th St, Queens, New YorkOctober 9, 4-5pm at the Chocolate Factory Theater
Join us for a curators’ talk with Cameron Granger as he and Dario Mohr discuss the artists and the work in Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See.
Black Femme Brunch presents The Dream Salon: Destroy this World with Desire: A Black Femme World-Wielding Salon
Via ZoomOctober 16 2-3:30pm (online on Zoom)
In this workshop, Black Femme Brunch will guide participants in leaving behind the present and pursue the possibility of a future world. This event is part of the Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See group exhibition.
Closing & Zine Release: Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See
Chocolate Factory 3833 24th St, Queens, New YorkOctober 22, 4-7pm at the Chocolate Factory Theater
WORK/PLAY will celebrate the launch of their zine at the exhibition closing reception
Solar Balloon Workshop with Anika Todd
Governors Island Colonels Row House 404AThis weekend @anikatodd will be leading a workshop at flux factory on Governors Island. We will be learning to make balloons that heat up at Sun. They can be sculptures or Lyft sculptures. We will fly them together the following weekend on Halloween. Come by this Saturday or Sunday anytime from 10 AM to 10…
Whispering Archipelago Outdoor Experimental Concert
Governors Island Colonels Row House 404AOctober 23, 4-5pm, at Governors Island Colonel's Row House 404A
Whispering Archipelago features performances from Anthony Janas, Amanda Gutiérrez, Jenn Grossman and Brendan Landis
October Flux Saturday & Halloween Sunday on Governors Island
Governors Island Colonels Row House 404AOctober 30 11am-5pm ET
Join Flux on the last Saturday of each month during our Fall residency for a picnic potluck, open studios, pop-up exhibitions and art happenings!
Day Job Pop-up Group Exhibition
Governors Island Colonels Row House 404AA group exhibition on Governors Island featuring day job related pieces by 17 artists who daylight as teachers, security guards, construction and retail workers, market researchers and more. Open to the public Saturday and Sunday October 30 and 31 11-5pm on Governors Island, Nolan Park, house #404A Special “Day Job”, Worst Case Scenario Costume Karaoke…
Sympoietica: A Grounding and Automatic Drawing Experience
Governors Island Colonels Row House 404ASympoietica, by Maureen Catbagan and Sholeh Asgary, is a participatory performance that creates a space of solace, recuperation, and creative expression through our relationship to the earth and its multi-species inhabitants. The audience is invited to participate in a guided soundscape, movement, and reflection exercise that connects Governors Island biodiversity and history while expressing their…
Jevi From 9 to 11 Preview Screening
Governors Island Colonels Row House 404AA fictionalized short documentary about an artist who works at a museum during the pandemic. Starring Flux Factory artist Jevijoe Vitug and featuring music by Ben Seretan. The short was directed by Carlos David TC in 2021 and its production was made possible (in part) by the Queens Council on the Arts with public funds…
Opening Reception for Survival Tools for the Age of Ultra Anxiety
Culture Lab LIC at The Plaxall Gallery 5-25 46th Ave, Queens, NYNovember 6, 6pm-9pm at Culture Lab LIC
Part of the group exhibition “Survival Tools for the Age of Ultra Anxiety”
Spatial Politics of Control workshop with Claire Chambless
Culture Lab LIC at The Plaxall Gallery 5-25 46th Ave, Queens, NYNovember 13, 3pm-5pm at Culture Lab LIC
Part of the group exhibition “Survival Tools for the Age of Ultra Anxiety”
Artist Talk with Claire Chambless, Matthew Garrison, and Nicki Cherry
Culture Lab LIC at The Plaxall Gallery 5-25 46th Ave, Queens, NYNovember 13, 5:30pm-7:30pm online
Part of the group exhibition “Survival Tools for the Age of Ultra Anxiety”
Artist Talk with Esteban Agosin, J. Triangular, Kimberly Lyle, Mark Rice, and Noa Yekutieli
November 14, 5:30pm-7:30pm at Culture Lab LIC
Part of the group exhibition “Survival Tools for the Age of Ultra Anxiety”
Artist Talk with Amy Fung-yi Lee, Keun-Young Park, Sana Musasama, Stacy Bogdonoff, SiSi Chen and Pauline Galiana
Culture Lab LIC at The Plaxall Gallery 5-25 46th Ave, Queens, NYNovember 19, 5:30pm-7:30pm at Culture Lab LIC
Part of the group exhibition “Survival Tools for the Age of Ultra Anxiety”