Flux Factory, “a not for profit arts organization supporting innovation in things,” is looking for submissions for thier next couple of pieces. They always do some interesting stuff, all you musicians and artists out there should check this out:

1) “Flux Factory is putting out a call to artists to submit works for a benefit exhibition titled ‘Works on Paper’. The exhibition will run for one week from 18-26 February 2006 and will feature works on paper by emerging artists and sell them to a wide audience of dealers, collectors, gallery owners, artists and people who want art at extremely reasonable prices.”

You can find more info about the above on their website, but it looks like the next one hasn’t been posted yet, so I included everything they sent out:

2) “Flux Factory is putting out an open call for its latest show, FluxBox. The aim of FluxBox is to gather a group of international sound artists, musicians, and sculpture/installation artists to create a walk-through, room-sized “music box” that plays a single song. Like the Disneyland ride “It’s A Small World” all the objects in the exhibit present a world that is connected if simultaneously disjointed, which sings together, but in a harmonious cacophony.

Artists will work from a basic melody composed and sung by a Flux artist, the anchoring point out of which a full song will develop. Each artist will create a sculpture that contributes a musical element to the song—percussion, counterpoint, backup vocals, etc.

By creating a collaborative music box that has many different parts all playing together, FluxBox explores notions of interactivity and will. Artists have to think about how the public interacts with their machines, how their individual machines interact with the other machines, and how they—the artists—interact with each other as well.

FluxBox will open at the end of March 2006 and will run for 4 weeks.

Please send project proposals to:

Stefany Anne Golberg
Flux Factory
38-38 43rd Street
Long Island City, NY 11101

Or via email: info@fluxfactory.org

Please include a bio or resume.

Submission deadline is December 5, 2005. Artists will be notified of acceptance by January 1, 2006.”