Shared Grounds x Chance Ecologies Panel Discussion – Site driven exhibitions a decade apart 

𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝘅 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗣𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗹 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 – 𝗦𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗱𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗲𝘅𝗵𝗶𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁

December 16, 2025 from 6–8 PM
Flux IV (56-21 2nd St, Long Island City, NY 11101)

Please join us for “Shared Grounds x Chance Ecologies,” a curatorial presentation and panel discussion looking at two exhibitions sited at Hunter’s Point: Shared Grounds (2025) and Chance Ecologies (2015). The evening brings artists and curators together to reflect on their projects and consider new potential for artistic research and collaboration in Hunter's Point; given the fruition of rezoning and development along the Newtown Creek in the past decade. Light refreshments will be served.

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𝗘𝘅𝗵𝗶𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀

Chance Ecologies (2015) was a framework for artistic gestures and research projects exploring the un-designed landscapes and wilderness found in abandoned spaces, post-industrial sites, and landfills. The main trajectories of the project are to create research and discourse around the value of wild spaces in the urban environment; to document, learn from, and commemorate the naturally occurring ecosystems that are being lost to development; and to articulate contemporary readings of and new forms of relating to (urban) wilderness. The exhibition was curated by 𝘾𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙂𝙧𝙖𝙪, 𝙉𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙆𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧, and 𝙎𝙩𝙚𝙥𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙕𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙨.
https://chancecologies.org/ 

𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙂𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙨 (2025) was an experimental exhibition that gathered performative works by 𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙢𝙚𝙣 𝘽𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙯𝙖𝙧, 𝙆𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙢𝙞 𝙆𝙤𝙧𝙥𝙞𝙟𝙖𝙖𝙠𝙠𝙤, 𝙅𝙤𝙙𝙞𝙚 𝙇𝙮𝙣-𝙆𝙚𝙚-𝘾𝙝𝙤𝙬, 𝙅𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙖 𝙈𝙖𝙘𝙀𝙬𝙖𝙣, and 𝙇𝙤𝙩𝙩𝙖 𝙋𝙚𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙖—three Finnish artists and two New York-based members of the Flux Factory artist collective. Informed by eco-feminist thought, the project speculates on placemaking via interspecies alliances and knowledge production, and gives way to the potential for neighborly relations, codes, and customs in a public realm defined by humans and nonhumans alike. The exhibition was curated by 𝗘𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗦𝘂𝗼𝘆𝗿𝗷ö and 𝗠𝗲𝗴𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗮 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗸, and co-presented 𝗯𝘆 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗖𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗬𝗼𝗿𝗸 and 𝗙𝗹𝘂𝘅 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆.
https://fciny.org/projects/shared-grounds

Watch the video for a glimpse of the works from Shared Grounds: