On August 13th I will be flooding one of the remaining structures from the former World’s Fairgrounds in Flushing Meadows Corona Park and hosting a Naumachia*. Art dignitaries (and a bunch of other random degenerates) will be forced to battle from boats representing the five boroughs of New York City. All of the boats are made directly from materials recovered from the abandoned World’s Fair Ice Rink and trash from the park.

Yesterday Flux received this awesome email from artist, patriot and sailor Duke Riley. Riley’s previous adventures include piloting a Revolutionary War-style submarine around the Queen Mary 2

Not to be missed.

Thursday August 13, 6 to 9:30 PM
Mandatory toga dress code strictly enforced.

Queens Museum of Art
Flushing Meadows Corona Park
Queens, NY

* “In times of economic difficulty, Roman emperors would host violent spectator sports to placate the masses. The bloodiest and most decadent of these was the NAUMACHIA; prisoners were forced to engage in full-on naval warfare within a flooded Roman amphitheater.”