WHAT IS FLUXUS ? FluxusWe can in Fluxus always find somebody who did it before. Fluxus importanceIs Fluxus giving a lot of importance to non importance ?Is Fluxus giving no importance to importance ? Fluxus artists like playing “Fluxus wisdom”They keep coming out with sentences that are supposed to carry profound wisdom exemple Filliou when…
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In One Year and Out the Other
Happy New Year! Don’t delay! Do not forget! It is not too late to perform Ken Friedman’s famous Fluxus event score, In One Year and Out the Other.
New Artist Statement
Allan Revich Artist Statement I dislike pompous art-speak. I create art because I like making art. When other people like what I make I feel happy. When other people buy what I make I feel happy. When nobody likes what I make, I make art anyway. These are some arty things that influence what I…
Make Your Own Fluxus (an event score)
How to Make a Fluxus Anyone can make a Fluxus. Even you. Here is how. Method One Collect small objects Find a small box Put the small objects in a box Method Two Find a pen or pencil Find a piece of paper Write a simple instruction or set of instructions on the piece of…
Robert Filliou
The Secret of Permanent Creation Robert Filliou (1926–1987) was a Fluxus artist based in France. This video is a wonderful introduction to his important artwork.
Dada >>> Fluxus >>> Absurdism
In philosophy, “the Absurd” refers to the conflict between the human tendency to seek inherent value and meaning in life, and the human inability to find these with any certainty.[1] The universe and the human mind do not each separately cause the Absurd; rather, the Absurd arises by the contradictory nature of the two existing…
Owen Smith 1958-2021
Owen Smith, an artist and professor, died on October 14, 2021 due to complications from a brain tumour. Owen was the author of, “Fluxus: The History of an Attitude“, a 1998 book that was very influential on my own journey to, and through the Fluxus (non)Movement. More recently he was once again very actively creating…
Fluxus Event Scores (revisited)
The microcosmic universe that is Fluxus is famously conflicted about what is, and what is not, “Fluxus”. There exist however a couple of Fluxus sub-genres that are universally accepted as being representative. The first is the Flux Box (or Fluxkit), first assembled by Fluxus co-founder, George Maciuanas. The other is the Event Score. The Fluxus…
Fluxfest 2021 Day 2 Video
The Fluxus Fluxfest 2021 virtual Covid-19 edition was a tremendous success. Here, for your enjoyment is a video summary of Day 2, March 21st, 2021. Fluxfest 2021 Day 1 is available for viewing on Facebook
Experimental Music Discussion
In a sense, it could be argued that all music is experimental, and that it always has been. Since the beginnings of our species, human beings have been experimenting with ways to make music and song, and ways to reproduce and guide our soundmaking activities. Today, in the early days of the 21st century, Experimental…
What is Fluxus?
This question has been asked before, and I have answered it in this, The Fluxus Blog, before. But that was a long time ago, and the question, “What is Fluxus” continues to be asked. For readers looking for a simple answer, contemporary Fluxus artist, Allan Revich has summarized Fluxus into just four characteristic ideas: Four…