Category: Fluxus

An acrostic poem has a word, phrase or name spelled out vertically down one of the edges; usually the left edge. A double acrostic has one word down the left edge and another word down the right edge. A mesostic has a word or phrase down a central spine. The word is usually indicated by…

What do mesostic poems have to do with Fluxus? Fluxus is about “intermedia”. Intermedia is a term used to describe the spaces between media and the places where different media intersect. Mesostic poems were a favourite form of the composer, John Cage. Cage was a seminal early influence on the Fluxus movement. He saw his…

A mesostic poem is a form of inclusion poetry, or acrostic poem in which the "hidden" or included word, phrase, or name is seen vertically in a central spine instead of at the beginning or end (or both for a "double acrostic") of each line. The form was popularized (if such a thing is possible…

The artist, Walter Cianciusi, posted a number of Fluxus events of his devising to the Fluxlist Blog. His posting included the following copyright notice: These texts are copyright

being a poet is very easy workmost of the timeyou can do nothing at allsometimeswhen you feel inspiredyou write things down being a poet does not pay very wellbeing a poet pays next to nothingbeing a poet often pays nothing at all © Allan Revich 2006

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[[image:alan-bowman-dot.gif:Alan Bowman Dot:center:0]] Alan Bowman Does Dots 

Her Mom: A Found Poem She’d spent most of her time in factoriesor in kitchens, stocking shelves or making beds in hotelsShe’d never had health insuranceHer $11,000 a year paycheck was too much for Medicaidso she had to quit her jobapply for disabilityand pay the first hospital bills with her savings F–k, I’m so sick…

The following URLs link to various articles about anti-art. Some dispute the opinion that I offer in my previous posting.Making art out of anti-art by Travis Hugh Culley(a very well written article) Anti-Art Is Not Art by Michelle Marder KamhiThe “stuckist” argument against anti-art(The “stuckists” are an interesting phenomenom of their own – a bit…

What is anti-art anyway? Can anti-art even exist? Isn’t anti-art still art? These are all good questions. Anti-art is obviously still art. It exists within the cultural context of the art world and it cannot exist without art. Before one is tempted to be smugly dismissive of the anti-art movement though, one needs to consider…

On April 3rd of this year (2006) the members of Fluxlist established a collaborative community Blog. Incredibly, in less than two weeks the Fluxlist Blog has 36 members and has agathered more than 120 posts. All of these posts incorporate the Fluxus spirit of intermedia and collaboration. I recomend a visit by anybody interested in…

A great article about Fluxus and the Fluxlist by Kamen Nedev posted on his emit Blog. [[image:flux-die.gif:Fluxus: The Persistence of Flow:left:0]]