Experience a fully-operating city with 54 3/4 inhabitants, and then help destroy it

When: February 24, 10am-9pm Fort City, 9pm-midnight Immigrant Ball
Where: 39–31 29th Street, Long Island City, New York 11101
Price: Free

Tags: #installationart, #performanceart

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Flux City 6 is a four week cycle of city creation and destruction and rebirth and cataclysm and phoenix-rising-from-the-ashes and Godzilla-traipsing-in-from-the-sea-in-a-breath-of-fire-and-chaos. During each week an artist will create a city, or their interpretation of city-ness in the Flux Factory gallery creating a broad and all encompassing installation work which culminates in a public opening for that city and a destruction event meant to bring about its end — organized by a separate artist or group. On February 24, Cayla Lockwood and Sarah Dahlinger will present Fort City by followed by Immigrant Ball by Katya Grokhovsky.

Fort City is a fully-operating city in Flux Factory, Long Island City, Queens County, New York City, United States constructed 90% from salvaged bed sheets, fabric and materials from MFTA and the pay-per-pound Goodwill in VanDam Street. The projected 2018 population census is expected to be 54 3⁄4. The City includes a post office, movie theater, diner, public library, school, hospital, general store, houses, and a town hall. Fort City will be fully operating with each area open to the public for screenings, games, readings, classes, general sales, etc. There will also be a school prom in the Town Hall, complete with prom photo booth.

Immigrant Ball is a participatory performance event, in which several performers, all first generation immigrants of diverse backgrounds, invite the audience to the extravagantly DIY Ball, during which the city on site will be gradually destroyed through choreographed debauchery.

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