George Maciunas (1931–1978) was a co-founder, and the self-appointed leader of Fluxus, an international community of artists, which was especially active in the United States, Japan, and Europe during the 1960s and 1970s. Today, the Fluxus network continues to thrive in the traditions established all those years ago by Maciuanas and his contemporaries. Manhattan-based artist and…
Category: Fluxus
What is Fluxus: The Fluxlist List
What characteristics of an artwork serve to identify a piece as belonging to, or related to, Fluxus? Historically many artists working in different media have related their work to Fluxus. Some of these artists belonged to a group surrounding the Lithuanian-American artist, George Maciunas, and the American artist, Dick Higgins. After the death of Maciunas, Higgins…
Rubric by Jane Flury – Fluxfest Performance Chicago 2016
RUBRIC Jane Flury Performed by Jane Flury & Viv Vassar Music by Allan Revich at Chicago Cultural Center as Part of Chicago Fluxfest 2016 Video Credit: Mary Campbell
Some People Doing Fluxus – Poster by Allen Bukoff
Poster made by Allen Bukoff of Fluxus Midwest, after Fluxfest Chicago 2016. Allen has generously made downloadable and printable copies available on his website at, fluxfest.org/somefluxus/SOMEFLUXUSPOSTER30x35.jpg or fluxfest.org/somefluxus/SOMEFLUXUSPOSTERtabloid.jpg
Fluxfest 2016 – Chicago
FLUXFEST CHICAGO 2016 A Schedule of events: Thursday, May 26th 4-7 PM Exhibition Opening and Reception – “DO IT NOW” – Contemporary Networking in Mailart and Fluxus” Joan Flasch Artistbook Library, School of the Art Institute of Chicago 37 S. Wabash Avenue, Suite 508, Chicago * Dinner to follow at Italian Village, 71 W. Monroe,…
Fluxus in 2016: Is it Relevant?
Is Fluxus still relevant in 2016? Let me make it easy for you dear reader. The (short) answer to this question is an unequivocal, “YES!“ If you’re still reading, I’ll assume that you have some interest in knowing why Fluxus, a “movement” from the early 1960s remains relevant (and dare I say important?) in the…
Fluxfest Chicago 2016
It’s ON Folks! May 26th through 29th A series of events will happen in Chicago, as well as a Mailart show, Live Art, Score performances, a salute to the 100th anniversary of DADA, and more. Details and Festival Poster to follow soon. In the meantime, mark your calendars, book your hotel, and reserve your flight. It’s…
Psych.KG 299 | A New and Wonderful LP Release from Kommissar Hjuler and Mama Bär
Our favorite contemporary German Fluxus artists, Kommissar Hjuler and Mama Bär have done it again. They’ve just released LP Album number 299 in their Psych.KG series. Number 299 is especially special to me, because I’m included on it! http://www.discogs.com/Various-FLUXUS/release/7880021 Hjuler Image Festival (Google Result)
Dear George… Love Charlotte: February 10, Block Museum of Art
Some Fluxus artists picketed the festival in 1964, others performed in it—a number did both. Lecture Demonstration: Dear George…Love, Charlotte: Fluxus in the Annual Avant Garde Festivals Wednesday, February 10, 6:00pm Block Museum “Dear George… Love Charlotte” will illuminate parts of a social and aesthetic network that connected Charlotte Moorman and the Annual Avant Garde…
Jackson Mac Low: Fluxus Poet
Jackson Mac Low (September 12, 1922 – December 8, 2004), an early affiliate of the original group of Fluxus artists that surrounded George Maciunas, held distinction as being the first “poet of Fluxus”. While many Fluxus artists incorporated (and incorporate) text and visual poetry into the work, Mac Low was the first whose primary creative output was…
Fuxus: Just Getting to Know You
It seems as though nearly everyone I meet, who isn’t “into” Fluxus, doesn’t know much about Fluxus. I.E/ They’ve never heard of it! I’ve come up with these four commonalities that encompasses most Fluxus work , and most of the Fluxus Philosophy. Fluxus is an attitude. It is not a movement or a style.[84 Fluxus…
Forty Years of Fluxus, by Ken Friedman
Forty Years of Fluxus By Ken Friedman Publishing history: This article is published as: Friedman, Ken. 2002. “Cuarenta Anos de Fluxus.” Fluxus y Fluxfilms,1962-2002. Berta Sichel, editor, in collaboration with Peter Frank. Madrid: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, 41-83. Copyright © Ken Friedman 2002. All rights reserved This text may be quoted and…