November 22-23, 2025
Flux IV, 56-21 2nd Street
Saturday and Sunday, noon-9pm
Exhibition Opening: Saturday, November 22, 5-9pm
Performances: November 22 and 23
www.fluxfactory.org/something-fierce
How can nature inspire new modes of resistance through rising tides of hypercapitalism?
Something Fierce is an art festival on queer ecology at Flux IV in Hunter’s Point, Queens, opening Saturday November 22, from 5-9pm. The festival presents interdisciplinary works by leading contemporary artists encompassing new media, video, sculpture, installation, and performance.
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.
Works include a sound installation reconstructing the song of extinct Hawaiian birds, a database of multi-sex species, performance using live microscope videos of biological material, a video tour of cruising areas in neglected landscapes, disappearing writings using water from the Newtown Creek, and many other projects searching for queer futures in the anthropocene.
There will be performance programs and an exhibition on both days, which will also include a series of films.
Artists include: Andrea Haenggi, Andrés Senra, Caroline McManus, Cherry Nin, Earthworks, Eli Brown, Elsa Brès, Esther The Bipedal Entity, Eva Tellier, Hannes Egger, Hey There Kapplow, Lea Fulton, Martha Steele, Mason Youngblood, Michael Abrams, Midheaven Or Nah, Noah Ortega, Ria Rajan, Sally Beauti Twin, Sandrine Deumier, Walker Tufts, Zack Handler, Zavé Martohardjono, and more!
The exhibition is curated by artist Amelia Marzec. It is presented by Flux Factory, in partnership with Fall of Freedom.
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.
About Fall of Freedom: Fall of Freedom is an urgent call to the arts community to unite in defiance of authoritarian forces sweeping the nation. Our Democracy is under attack. Threats to free expression are rising. Dissent is being criminalized. Institutions and media have been recast as mouthpieces of propaganda. This Fall, we are activating a nationwide wave of creative resistance. Beginning November 21–22, 2025, galleries, museums, libraries, comedy clubs, theaters, and concert halls across the country will host exhibitions, performances, and public events that channel the urgency of this moment. Fall of Freedom is an open invitation to artists, creators, and communities to take part- and to celebrate the experiences, cultures, and identities that shape the fabric of our nation.
Flux IV is a new project space by arts nonprofit Flux Factory, where we host free and public exhibitions, gatherings, and artist projects. We are open on Saturdays from 12-6 pm and by appointment through December 2025.
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.
About Flux Factory: New York City-based and collectively led, Flux Factory’s mission is to support emerging artists through Artist-in-Residencies and Exhibitions, education and collaborative opportunities.
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