CURRENT / UPCOMING EVENTS:

December 2019

Smith College; Northampton, MA —“Tributary” Performance

Kompan Gallery; Siglufjör∂ur, Iceland— ”Too Much” Group Exhibition

January 2020

Kompan Gallery; Siglufjör∂ur, Iceland— ”Too Much” Group Exhibition

March 2020

Water Works Museum; Philadelphia, PA— “Tributary” Performance

April 2020

Alþýðuhúsið, Iceland— Guest Performer and Curator Performance Festival

May 2020

Governor’s Island, NYC—”Tributary” Performance at Harvest Works House

June 2020

Urban Institute of Contemporary Art; Grand Rapids,MI— ”Everything is a Circle” Group Exhibition

August 2020

ARoS Museum; Aarhus, Denmark —AroS Public Artist Residency With Flux Factory

RECENTS EVENTS:

January 2019

33 Hawley Northampton, MA: Dance + Sound Installation with Xan Burley, Alex Springer, & Angie Hauser.

February 2019

Community Electric Toothbrush Choir Performance curated by Eugene Lew. Fringe Arts Scratch Night: Philadelphia, PA.

Winter Drone Performance: Brooklyn, NY Secret Project Robot

March 2019

Residency at Center Space: Grand Rapids, MI

Residency and Installation with CEC Artslink in St. Petersburg, Russia.

April 2019

Residency and Installation in Petrozavodsk, Karelia Russia.

May 2019

Smith College Performance with Alex Springer, Angie Hauser, and Xan Burley. Northampton, MA.

Planting a vegetable garden. Kensington, Philadelphia, PA.

June 2019

Installation and Performance with Habitèque at Cherry Street Pier

July 2019

Co-Curating WicketLeeks an exhibition exploring global history through Sport and Food. Flux Factory, Queens NYC.

August - September 2019

ARoS Public Artist in Residence and Project Manager with Flux Factory. Aarhus, Denmark.

Vega Arts; Copenhagen, Denmark— Performance with Sophie Dupont

MEETINGS 2019 Thorsminde, Denmark — Performance and Video Art Festival — With Flux Factory

Kulturmødet 2019 Nykøbing Mors, Denmark — Art Festival Performance— with Flux Factory

October 2019

Smith College Boathouse ; Northampton, MA— Performance with Alex Springer, Xan Burley, and Hsiao-Jou Tang

November 2019

Flux Factory, NYC DJ Set

December 2019

Smith College Boathouse ; Northampton, MA— Performance with Jenna Riegel, Sha Harrell, Alex Springer, Xan Burley

Kompan Gallery Siglufjödur, Iceland — “Too Much” Group Show.

RECENT EVENTS 2018

January 2018: Little Berlin, Philadelphia. Group Exhibition EST & UTC +5 Group Exhibition with Pakistani Artist Collaborations. Curated by Terrill Warrenberg.

March 2 - 4 2018: The Kitchen, NYC -- Chorus member in PAN an Opera by Claire Chase, Imani Uzuri, Doug Fitch, and Marcos Balter.

April 1 -11 2018: Shanghai, China -- Guest Lecturer / Workshop Leader at NYU IMA ITP.

April 20-28 2018: Flux Factory, NYC -- Artist in Residence Group Exhibition.

April 28 2018: Greenhouse Gallery, Saint Etienne France -- Group Exhibition.

May 1-9 2018: University of Maryland, Maryland -- Premiere of new collaborative work by the Median Movement at University of Maryland, Maryland.

August 1 - September 31 2018: Aarhus, Denmark -- Artist in Resident with Flux Factory at ARoS Public at ARoS Museum. Aarhus, Denmark.

Late August - Early September Bregenz Biennale— Bregenz, Austria

October - November 2018: Independence Seaport Museum, Philadelphia, PA -- Opening of River Alive! A collaborative permanent exhibition exploring the city of Philadelphia's watershed.

December 2018: Cardiff, Wales / Stockholm, Sweden / Queens, NYC — “7 Common” Book Release edited and created by Josefin Vargö, Louise Hobson, Sam Perry, and Will Owen.

RECENT EVENTS 2017

January 1 - 31 2017: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -- Little Berlin Members Group Exhibition

February 1 - 28 2017: Greensboro, North Carolina -- Elsewhere Residency & Performance Series : Greensboro, North Carolina.

March 3 - 19 2017: Denmark -- Commissioned research visit to Thyborøn, Denmark with artist Molly Haslund for Meetings 2017 (part of Århus 2017 EU cultural capital).

April 1 - 31 2017: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -- Group Exhibition at Little Berlin curated by Terrill Warrenburg.

May 5- 8 2017: Queens, NY -- Solo Exhibition at Flux Factory

May 26 2017: Manhattan, NY Group Exhibition Hunter Harlem Gallery NYC with Flux Factory

July 2017: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -- Curating a month long group exhibition at Little Berlin Gallery featuring artists from US, Germany, Cameroon, and China.

August 2017: Denmark -- Research visit to Thyborøn, Denmark with artist Molly Haslund for Meetings 2017 (part of Århus 2017 EU cultural capital).

September 1-12 2017: Denmark -- Performance collaboration with Molly Haslund in Thyborøn, DK for Meetings 2017 (part of Århus 2017 EU cultural capital).

October 2017:

New York -- Self Storage: curating a Flux Factory exhibition within self storage units in Long Island City with curators Julie Bitsch (DK) and Erik Duckert (DK), Melinda Lauw (SG), and Sean Naftel (US).

Philadelphia -- Baker's Dozen: Curating a Little Berlin Gallery exhibition with co-curators Cayla Lockwood and Alex Schechter.

November 2017:

New York -- Curating a large format public dinner happenings about the 7 Train in New York City with independent curators Josefin Vargö (SE), Louise Hobson (UK), Sam Perry (UK).

Minneapolis, MN -- Premiere of "Set Zero" new dance piece for Zenon Dance, choreographed by The Median Movement + Score by Will Owen

December 2017:

Clairmont Ferrand, France -- Artistes en Residence residency.

Copenhagen, Denmark -- Meter Gallery, collaboration with a performance lecture by Danish artist Kristoffer Ørum.

ARCHIVED EVENTS 2016

November 6: Durham, North Carolina -- Live Solo Sound Performance at Arcana as part of the Discotoño November residency.

December 1 - 9: New York -- Performance with the contemporary dance company The Median Movement at The Center for Performance Research.

October 15 - 31: Cardiff, Wales -- Invited Artist / Curator for the Welsh Contemporary Art International Visiting Curator Initiative.

September 1 - 31: Philadelphia -- Curating a group art exhibition, Villus at Little Berlin Gallery in Kensington, Philadelphia.

August 1-15: Copenhagen, Denmark -- residency with Utopia School (collaborative project with Lena Hawkins, Tim Nicholas & Walker Tufts).

June 17 - June 3rd: SIGLUFJÖRÐUR, Iceland -- Reitir Residency & Exhibition.

May 18 - 22: New York -- Group Flux Factory Artist in Residence Show.

May 1 - 8: New York -- Technical and production residency with choreographers The Median Movement at Center for Performance Research.

April 18 - May 6: Philadelphia -- Jetlag: Solo works by Julie Bitsch (curated by will owen).

March 1 - April 1: New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore -- Fung Wah Biennial -- Lead organizer and Co-curator with Sally Szwed (Creative Time) and Matthias Borello (Kunsten.Nu / Copenhagen Art Week)

February 6: New York -- Danspace St. Marks Church Live Sound for Median Movement

January 21 - 28: Grand Rapids, Michigan -- Have Company Residency

January 21 - 28: Grand Rapids, Michigan -- Have Company Improvisation Workshop -- sound & movement with Marlee Grace & Sarah Gottesdiener

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Opening reception of BAZT

Name: Opening reception of BAZT — will owen
Start: 2015-07-24T18:00:00-0400
End: 2015-07-25T01:00:00-0400

Friday, July 24, 2015 6:00 PM 18:00
Saturday, July 25, 2015 1:00 AM 01:00

Google Calendar ICS

http://www.fluxfactory.org/events/bazt/

BAZT is a group showing of object-based pieces and works on paper inom a constructed environment for community events. The enkeltværker explore humor and mystery. The entirety of the constructed environment meadows's how botheration humor and mystery can be a source of power and strength-using humor for self-protection or mystery as blockade.

The title Bazt is a reference two bombast, bastion, bastard, Bast-the goddess of protection and perfume in Egyptian mythology, and someone with a stereotypical accent from the San Fernando Valley saying the word "no."

Artworks by:

Shoplifter (Iceland)

Lena Hawkins (US)

Clara Bessijelle Johannsson (Sweden)

Tina Kohlmann (Germany)

Kevin McNamee-Tweed (US)

Curated by Will Owen (US)

Performances by:

Big Bend (Live)

Greg Fox (DJ Set)

Aaron Roche (DJ Set)

SEAARCH (DJ Set)