Flux Factory

Hey People!!! Happy Spring 🌷! It’s now time to drop this promo video I’ve just edited. I’m most proud of this work and the people were enjoying it! It is of my previous performance of my largest and best work, “The Picnic: Harvest of the Soft Sweet Sound” which debuted in SHARED GROUNDS June 28 - August 10, 2025 Hunter’s Point South Park (along Center Blvd, south of 54th Avenue) Long Island City, NY. Shared Grounds is curated by ELINA SUOYRJÖ (FCINY) and MEGHANA KARNIK (Flux Factory), with curatorial assistance by ROWENA HURME. It is co-presented by FLUX FACTORY @flux_factory and FINNISH CULTURAL @thefciny INSTITUTE IN NEW YORK. In this performance I was accompanied by Leopoldo Bloom, Justin Sterling, Fitzmore Prince Codogan, Vidho Lorville, Trasonia Abbott, Hsiao-Chu (Julia) Hsia, Gabriella Bornstein, Ronit Levin Delgado, Anna Ting Möller, and Rose Malenfant. Thank you, and please share!!!! 💜Jodie ,the people’s artist. Video footage courtesy Uwa Iduozee, TFCINY and @tushevsaerials 😘🙏🏽🍉🍇🍒🍍🍌🧺🥰🌷✨🌈 🗳️ 👩🏽‍🎨#jodielynkeechow #thepicnic #thepicnicharvestofthesoftsweetsound

Last chance to apply to the Open Call for projects at Flux IV in 2026-27! Applications are due by midnight tomorrow, April 15! Flux Factory invites artists, curators, organizers, collectives, and cross-disciplinary thinkers to share ideas for projects take the form of exhibitions, performances, events, or research-driven work. Link in bio for the application. Images of past projects at Flux IV — @storefrontpsychic + @yann.chasha

Only four more days to apply to the Open Call for projects at Flux IV in 2026-27! Don't miss this opportunity -- apply by April 15! Flux Factory invites artists, curators, organizers, collectives, and cross-disciplinary thinkers to share ideas for projects take the form of exhibitions, performances, events, or research-driven work. Link in bio for the application. Images of past projects at Flux IV — @storefrontpsychic + @yann.chasha

The Open Call Deadline for projects at Flux IV in 2026-27 is approaching. Don't miss this opportunity -- apply by April 15! Flux Factory invites artists, curators, organizers, collectives, and cross-disciplinary thinkers to share ideas for projects take the form of exhibitions, performances, events, or research-driven work. Link in bio for the application. Images of past projects at Flux IV — Slide 1: Itala Aguilera, Tierra Mojada (Wet Land). Slide 2: Kosmogym: Pickles and Concrete. Slide 3: Jodie Lyn-Kee-Chow, The Picnic, Harvest of the Soft Sweet Sound. Slide 4: Maureen Catbagan, Alagaan ang Salaysáy (Take Care of the Story). Slide 5: Virginia Wagner, The Mothers. 📸 3 and 4 by @yann.chasha

Spread the word! Our open call for projects at Flux IV is live through April 15. Flux Factory invites artists, curators, organizers, collectives, and cross-disciplinary thinkers to share ideas for projects take the form of exhibitions, performances, events, or research-driven work. Link in bio for the application. Images of past projects at Flux IV — Slide 1: Kosmogym: Pickles and Concrete. Slide 2: Jodie Lyn-Kee-Chow, The Picnic, Harvest of the Soft Sweet Sound. Slide 3: Maureen Catbagan, Alagaan ang Salaysáy (Take Care of the Story). Slide 4: Virginia Wagner, The Mothers. Slide 5: Itala Aguilera, Tierra Mojada (Wet Land). Slide 6: Xyza Cruz Bacani: The Diaspora is Home. 📸 2 and 3 by @yann.chasha

The Cleveland Institute of Art (CIA) and Flux Factory are excited to announce the first artists selected to participate in the Regional Artist Mobility Program (RAMP), a new initiative to strengthen inter-regional exchange between U.S. artists by supporting professional development, facilitating creative dialogue and building cooperation among artists from different regions. This Residency exchange will culminate in November 2026 with an exhibition for our fellows at CIA’s Reinberger Gallery. Two CIA faculty artists—interdisciplinary artist and designer Rachel Ferber, an assistant professor in the Foundation program for first-year students, and painter Mike Meier, an assistant professor in the Painting program—will spend six weeks with Flux in May and June 2026. Two Flux Factory community artists—textile artist and designer Itala Aguilera and interdisciplinary artist and former actor Li-Ming Hu — will spend six weeks in residence at CIA in September and October 2026.

Last chance to see 𝙋𝙞𝙘𝙠𝙡𝙚𝙨 & 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙚 👀✨ closing reception tonight at 4 pm! 𝙋𝙞𝙘𝙠𝙡𝙚𝙨 & 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙚 is an ongoing experimental time-negotiating kitchen laboratory by Kosmologym (Walker Tufts & Greg Stewart). It contrasts two human attempts to alter the flow of time. In the kitchen, we freeze, dehydrate, and pickle foods to remove them from their usual cycle of decay. In contrast, we freeze and thaw concrete to simulate the passage of entire seasons in a single day 🪨 Take for example, 𝙎𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙙/𝘾𝙡𝙤𝙘𝙠 𝘾𝙡𝙤𝙘𝙠𝙨 (image 1)—the Belmnitella americana was an ancient cephalopod, relative to the ancestors of today’s squids. This fossil is from New Jersey. The carbon from a specific Belmnitella fossil found in the Pee Dee River in South Carolina was used to determine the 0 value for the delta scale used in relative isotope-ratio measurements of carbon. Measuring changing ratios of Carbon12 and Carbon13 isotopes can also help us understand the ratio of carbon in the atmosphere to that in the ocean. The Belmnitella biomineralized the calcium carbonate through a similar process to how S. pasteurii makes bioconcrete. Quartz wall clock: a frequency reference is at the core of every clock. A pendulum completes a swing once a second, a quartz crystal (silicone dioxide) cut into a tiny tuning fork, vibrates 32,768 times per second. The quartz crystal is piezoelectric and so not only vibrates but also produces an electrical charge, which drives the clock hands more accurately than a pendulum. 🫙 To learn more about works in the show, visit 𝘗𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘦.𝘤𝘰𝘮 (🔗 in profile) 𝙋𝙞𝙘𝙠𝙡𝙚𝙨 & 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙚 November 15 - January 11, 2026 Open Weekends, Noon - 6 pm 📍Flux IV (56-21 2nd St, LIC) Artists: @kosmologym @jw4lker Photos: Walker Tufts

𝘾𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙍𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 & 𝙋𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙗𝙮 𝙋𝙖𝙨𝙝𝙖 𝘾𝙖𝙨 January 11, 4-6 PM 📍Flux IV (56-21 2nd St, LIC) Please join us at Flux IV for the closing reception of our current exhibitions, 𝙄𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙖 𝘼𝙜𝙪𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙧𝙖: 𝙏𝙞𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙖 𝙈𝙤𝙟𝙖𝙙𝙖 (𝙒𝙚𝙩 𝙇𝙖𝙣𝙙) and Kosmologym’s 𝙋𝙞𝙘𝙠𝙡𝙚𝙨 & 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙚, featuring a special presentation by visiting artist-in-residence Pasha Cas. 𝙋𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣: 𝙋𝙖𝙨𝙝𝙖 𝘾𝙖𝙨 Pasha Cas arrives in a space where the European myth of freedom has been materialized and transformed into a symbol of American identity. By exploring the urban environment, monuments, and people, the artist seeks historical parallels and ruptures between promise and reality, between the myth and its contemporary interpretation. Using his own body as a tool for artistic expression, he embeds himself into the city’s public and symbolic spaces. In these “gestures,” the temporary is juxtaposed with the eternal, and the personal with the monumental. The artist analyzes how myths and symbols created to affirm freedom lose their clarity and conviction over time, lingering in the space between relevance and the loss of meaning. The starting point of this exploration is the phrase “Give me liberty, or give me death!” the political slogan delivered by Patrick Henry at a convention to gather support for a revolutionary break from England, which subsequently became a myth. This phrase was never recorded in writing and has reached us through oral tradition, making it fluid, changeable, and dependent on context. Over time, it has transformed, adapting to the era, ideology, and political climate.

You can still visit my show 💦🌎 at Flux IV this + next weekend ✨ Butter Gloves made for my hands by @edward.j.cabral and eaten by Josh on toast

Loving @izzy.desantis ‘s review of my show for @impulse_magazine_ 💦🌎 thank you 🫦💄❤️ (link in bio obv)

❄️ Come one, come all! Flux IV takes a brief holiday break Dec 20 & 21 — then, our exhibitions return for 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙚 more weekends! 🌨️✨ 🌬️𝙀𝙭𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙜𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨 Dec 27 & 28, Noon-6 PM Jan 3 & 4, Noon-6 PM Jan 10 & 11, Noon-6 PM 📍Flux IV (56-21 2nd St, LIC) More info on the current exhibitions linked on our profile 🔗

Please join us for “𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙂𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙭 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙀𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙞𝙚𝙨,” a curatorial presentation and panel discussion looking at two exhibitions sited at Hunter’s Point: Shared Grounds (2025) and Chance Ecologies (2015) 💫 The December 16th event brings artists and curators together to reflect on their projects and consider new potential for artistic research and collaboration in Hunter’s Point; given the fruition of rezoning and development along the Newtown Creek in the past decade. 𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙂𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙭 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙀𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙞𝙚𝙨 at Flux IV (56-21 2nd St, Long Island City, NY 11101) Tuesday, December 16th from 6-8 PM. Light refreshments will be served. Introduction: Klaudia Ofwona Draber (@klaudiadraber ) , Director of Programs, @thefciny Curatorial Presentations: Catherine Grau (@catherinegrau ) & Nathan Kensinger (@nathankensinger ), Co-Curators, Chance Ecologies: Meghana Karnik (@storefrontpsychic ), Co-Curator, Shared Grounds / Curator & Exhibitions Director, FLUX FACTORY Panelists: Dylan Gauthier (@dylan_gauthier_ ), Artist, Chance Ecologies; Jodie Lyn-Kee-Chow (@lynkeeart ), Artist, Shared Grounds; Nat Roe (@roe.nat ), Executive Director, FLUX FACTORY Rsvp link in bio! 📸: Yann Chashanovski (1&4), Chance Ecologies (3)