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FLUX Re-task picture post

Here’s a few pictures from last night’s Re-task up at FLUXspace.  The event was packed and there were a lot of really creative things being made and a lot of very good energy.  I have more photos at flickr.

Art Trade Show time for alt spaces

Hello art conventioneers, if you’re in New York or up for a trip there, check out the X-Initiative’s No Soul for Sale Festival of Independents, a week-long confab (June 24-28), with performances, exhibitions, and whatever the 30 galleries from around the world want to present. Sounds wild.

Salad Days and TNPPSSF at FLUX

Lastnight I had the pleasure of participating in the ‘Inaugural and Terminal Meeting of the North Philadelphia Puberty Survivors Support Forum’ (TNPPSSF) held at FLUXspace in North Kensington. This ‘Support Group’ doubled as a disguised gallery talk, led by John O’Donnell the Connecticut-based artist who’s work titled ‘Salad Days, An Installage Celebrating Juvenescence‘ is on display through this Saturday at FLUX. Upon entering the gallery space, the Artist/Moderator who had already begun the TNPPSSF session gave us a warm welcome, and the already established circle of fellow-puberty survivors happily expanded to accommodate new participants. Once re-settled, the group plunged back ... More » »

Trenton Avenue Arts Festival

Fine Art made its way into the Kensington community last Saturday at the Trenton Avenue Arts Fest. The weather was indecisive, the hand-crafted goods and local music were abundant, and two Kensington-area Artist Communities were on the scene: Little Berlin and FLUXspace. Both groups put together installations for the festival, and found their own unique way to engage the community through their creative act. FLUXspace set-up turf right near the southern sound-stage, with a patch of grass boasting their brand to recline on while taking-in some tunes. They also had quite a pile of art supplies and were encouraging youngsters ... More » »

Taking Measures–secret lives at FLUXspace

The secrets we keep from ourselves, from each other, are the subject of a terrific show at FLUXspace. At a time when the national conversation is focused on the secrets of CIA torture memos from the last administration, this show seems to reverberate beyond its specific focus on the personal secrets we all hold.

Mia Feuer: “Displacement” at FLUX Space

Mia Feuer’s two powerful installations at FLUX space (March 14 – April 5, 2009) are products of the post-9/11 world.  They spoke of control, isolation, surveillance, and the collapse of everything we thought most solid and secure.

Weekly Update – FLUX Task 2 at FLUXspace

This week’s Weekly (online edition) has my piece on FLUX Task 2. Below’s the copy and here’s links to past posts with lots of photos and videos.postpostpost Although tropical storm Hanna did her best to discourage them, art lovers poured into North Philly’s FLUXspace on Saturday night, where hundreds of people gathered to collectively create in a public art event. The mastermind behind it all was the German–born Oliver Herring, a New York artist known for his art Task sessions—he’s hosted them across the country. Herring was present Saturday night, tasking and videotaping. At one point he was called on ... More » »

More FLUX Task2 snippets

1:05 min. Carl Marin and his crew on the Raft of the Medusa, Oliver Herring makes an appearance and shoots some video footage. 36 sec. Making a cardboard kimono

Oliver Herring’s FLUX Task 2 Saturday night

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Oliver Herring’s TASK 2, coming to FLUXspace

Oliver Herring’s FluxTASK last year at FLUXspace. This is a shot from the blue room in the elevator. There was a video camera trained on the room and a live feed to a monitor downstairs where you saw the people merged with a background image previously taken on the streets of the neighborhood. The FLUX crew said the blue room was such a hit, it may be brought back. I’m totally focused on politics at the moment. As in, how about that Obama!!! But art is still going on in Philadelphia, politics or no politics. And so it was that ... More » »