In the Field 06 - May 09 2013 - Kitty City @ Flux Factory Queens

One of my "sources" here in the NY art scene tipped me about the Flux Factory in Queens. The project they are running at the moment is "Kitty City", a concept of Douglas Paulson. During the course of this month neighborhood kids will build a city for cats in a small factory hall during a series of workshops led by Elisabeth Hamby. They will be supported by architects, artists and designers. At the first of June the local pet asylum will provide about a dozen kittens to populate the city during a grand opening festival.

At the monthly Flux Factory potluck, every second Thursday - city poet Bob Holman reads his kitty city anthem; Ginsberg howled, Holman meows. Cat whisperer Moira Willams shows her new asylum: a NY plant seed refuge in her arm pits(!).

Moira Williams

Hm so this is the Flux Factory … a remarkable meeting place for remarkable people. At the potluck table my neighbor offers me a couple of his cookies. These are anarchist cookies he explains to me. Slightly alarmed I ask him for about the ingredients. No drugs. So why "anarchist"? The idea is to make full meal nutrient cookies that are easy to make, with ingredients that are easy to get. The recipe is free but you have to bake twice as much as you will need and give them away. If everybody joins hunger will disappear. "Food not bombs"!



Also this month a couple of brooklyn bicycle repairmen will help you to fix and pimp your bike during a couple of workshops working towards a spectacular bike tour. I think I will hang out here next couple of months.