November 17, 2026 - January 3, 2027
Flux IV, 56-21 2nd Street
Long Island City, NY 11101
Gallery Hours
Weekends, 2:00 - 6:00 pm
Mondays, 4:00 - 8:00 pm (except Dec 7 & 28)
or by appointment
Opening Reception: Tuesday, November 17, 6:00 - 9:00 pm, with remarks at 7:00 pm
Flux Factory is pleased to present For Those Without a Tribe, an exhibition by New York-based artist, activist, and social ecologist Ethan Shoshan. The exhibition centers on a series of large-scale hooked rugs depicting the rooms and objects of the historic Lower Manhattan building on Greenwich Street where Shoshan lived alongside the artist Geoffrey Hendricks and archivist Sur Rodney (Sur) for almost two decades. The building, an 1813 Federal-style seaman’s boarding house, became a pivotal site in Shoshan’s artistic development. A social experiment for intergenerational living, the Greenwich Street home became a place where art, friendship, history, and everyday life were deeply intertwined.
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE
Monday, November 23, 7:00 pm | Proximity Ritual
Composed by Catherine Noa Ashley and sound designed by Felix Ambach, Proximity Ritual is a micro songbook developed in response to the exhibition, featuring vocalists Mercedes Ferreira-Dias and Michael Delaurier.Monday evenings, November 30, December 14 & 21, 6:00 – 8:00 pm | How to Be a Hooker
Join Ethan Shoshan and special guests for a series of rug-hooking workshops, exploring the social and communal dimensions of making and living together.Friday, December 4, 7:00 pm | Shared Frequencies
Experimental musical performance with Johnson Huynh, Madison Hilligoss, and friends incorporating movement, vocals, wind and the body as electrical conductors.Sunday, December 13, 6:00 – 9:00 pm | Your Kunst is Your Waffle
A waffle night featuring performances by NYC favorite kitchen band NYOBS. Bring your own favorite toppings; waffles will be made on the spot, with contests and special prizes throughout the evening.Sunday, December 20, 4:00 – 6:00 pm | Analogue STAT (Sculpture/Text/Assemblage/Tactility)
Yasmeen Abdallah will facilitate a workshop that prompts folks to step away from digital devices in favor of an analog form. The workshop will take form as literary excavation, where concrete poetry, sculptural text, malleable essays, and tangible speech are created, all while keeping cognitive decline at bay.