The Flux Foundation
The Flux Foundation is a non-profit group based in the San Francisco Bay Area whose main objective is to build community through the creation of large-scale public art. It was founded on April 1st 2010 and was established as a California corporation on January 6, 2010, by Rebecca Anders, Jessica Hobbs, Peter Kimelman, Catherine Magee and Colinne Hemrich. It is a "public charity" 501c(3) non-profit .
Projects
- The Temple of Flux is the seminal project of the foundation. The temple was built over the course of four months, the initial stages of its creation took place in the American Steel Warehouse in Oakland, California. The projects construction was completed in August 2010 at Black Rock City, during the Burning Man Festival.
- Fishbug/Chimera Sententia 2.0 - 2009/2011
- Spire of Wishes - 2010
- BrollyFlock - 2011
Outside of art
In Late July 2010, PayPal froze the account which the foundation operated for donations to the Temple project. After submitting requested documentation to the IRS and to PayPal the foundation was unable to access the account for four days, there was no clear expectation as to how or when the issue could be resolved. The San Francisco Bay Guardian broke the story, which lit a firestorm of dissent towards the online financial facilitator. The day following the Guardian article PayPal granted the foundation a one time opportunity to withdraw funds from the account. Although PayPal refused to comment, it would appear the offer was made as a result of a backlash of negative media attention.