+ 2 - 3 | § ¶Josh Ronsen Defines Fluxus
I don't know exactly who Josh Ronsen is, but his definition of Fluxus is here:Fluxus is a multimedia art made from the curdled activities of various people-most commonly poets but sometimes painters, musicians, dancers, housewives and water skiers. There are hundreds of types of Fluxus. Dada is often used to induce coagulation in the art, although some Fluxus is curdled with ideas from Situationalism or Neoism or with extracts of various species of Pop-Art (sometimes called vegetable art). Dada is an urge traditionally obtained from the stomach lining of rocking horses or from a studio-produced substitute. Pranks and sight-gags are added to Fluxus to reduce the pH, alter texture, and develop flavor, and some Fluxus also has politics, either on the outer skin or throughout. The natural color of Fluxus ranges from off-white to yellow. In some parts of the world, such as Wisconsin in the United States, the art is low in sarcasm, making Fluxus a paler yellow than normal. In this case, it is common to add elephant dung as a coloring agent. Some Fluxus is made with the addition of audience participation. As a response to the loss of diversity in mass-produced Fluxus, a cottage industry has grown up around home Fluxus-making in some locations. In many European countries this has historically been the normal means of Fluxus. Different styles and flavors of Fluxus are the results of using different species of fonts and typefaces, different levels of banality, variations in length of Flux Events (very short vs. very long), differing processing treatments (dissembling the seriousness of high art, filming buttocks and other body parts, political protesting, cross dressing) and different breeds of performance art, film, music and other theaters. Other factors include simplicity, the unity of art and life and the addition of chance and playfulness to some Fluxus. Some controversy exists regarding the safety of Fluxus made by the traditional methods of using pure Dada and regarding how Neo-Dada affects flavor. In most Eastern countries, Fluxus is considered a vile substance. Thus, it is rarely
found in any Asian museums.
Comment on this article
+ 1 - 4 | § ¶Curious Things
May I humbly point you all in the direction of Curios Things blog where some new pages from old musty collaged pamphlets of the 90's are now displayed for your viewing pleasure (or not as the case may be!)http://curiosthings.blogspot.com/
So sayeth Michael Leigh