Flux Factory

Flux Factory An artists collective and residency program specializing in innovation in things since 1994.

Spread the word! Our open call for projects at Flux IV is live through April 15. Flux Factory invites artists, curators,...
03/18/2026

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.

The Cleveland Institute of Art (CIA) and Flux Factory are excited to announce the first artists selected to participate ...
03/11/2026

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...
01/11/2026

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. Pickles & Concrete invites players to get tangled up in the time scales between food preservation, building materials, bacteria and geology 🪨

Take for example, 𝙎𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙙/𝘾𝙡𝙤𝙘𝙠 𝘾𝙡𝙤𝙘𝙠𝙨: 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 P*e 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:
Photos: Walker Tufts

𝘾𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙍𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 & 𝙋𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙗𝙮 𝙋𝙖𝙨𝙝𝙖 𝘾𝙖𝙨January 11, 4-6 PM📍Flux IV (56-21 2nd St, LIC)Please join us at Flux IV for...
01/07/2026

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.

❄️ Come one, come all! Flux IV takes a brief holiday break Dec 20 & 21 — then, our exhibitions return for 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙚 more wee...
12/19/2025

❄️ 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 🔗

Currently on view: 𝙄𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙖 𝘼𝙜𝙪𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙧𝙖: 𝙏𝙞𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙖 𝙈𝙤𝙟𝙖𝙙𝙖 (𝙒𝙚𝙩 𝙇𝙖𝙣𝙙) 👀✨ closing December 14!𝙏𝙞𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙖 𝙈𝙤𝙟𝙖𝙙𝙖 (𝙒𝙚𝙩 𝙇𝙖𝙣𝙙) is a video ...
12/02/2025

Currently on view: 𝙄𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙖 𝘼𝙜𝙪𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙧𝙖: 𝙏𝙞𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙖 𝙈𝙤𝙟𝙖𝙙𝙖 (𝙒𝙚𝙩 𝙇𝙖𝙣𝙙) 👀✨ closing December 14!

𝙏𝙞𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙖 𝙈𝙤𝙟𝙖𝙙𝙖 (𝙒𝙚𝙩 𝙇𝙖𝙣𝙙) is a video performance project@exploring modes of st******se in hand-made, degradable garments, designed by Itala Aguilera. The clothes, conditioned to dissolve or be ingested, become the centerpiece of the performances, documented in collaboration with filmmaker Joshua Bogatin. The exhibition unfolds as a series of garments, each alongside their film. Using her background in textile design, the artist bends the popular genre of the st******se, combining the traditional ideas of beauty and seduction contained in historical clothing with experimental materials. Evocative of Ramón López Velarde’s poem, “Tierra mojada,” the tableau of undresses resonate with the soft and wet.

💧 Upcoming Performance
“𝙋𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙨, 𝙖 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙢𝙤𝙙𝙮𝙣𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙘 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚” by Itala Aguilera
Dec 6, 6 pm
📍Textile Arts Center (505 Carroll St, Brooklyn)

𝙄𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙖 𝘼𝙜𝙪𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙧𝙖: 𝙏𝙞𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙖 𝙈𝙤𝙟𝙖𝙙𝙖 (𝙒𝙚𝙩 𝙇𝙖𝙣𝙙)
💧 Open Weekends, noon-6 pm
📍Flux IV (56-21 2nd St, Long Island City)

Artist: Itala Aguilera
Photos: Faviola Lopez-Romani .a.v.io.l.a

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