Category: Fluxus

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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Fluxus Digital Collection Launch

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. PLEASE CIRCULATE WIDELY. Fluxus Digital Collection Launch April 7, 2015—We are pleased to announce the launch of The Fluxus Digital Collection. This online archive gathers an eclectic range of artworks by one of the most important movements of the twentieth century. Global in scope, Fluxus members moved between the USA, Europe, East…

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What is Fluxus (by Mark Bloch, July 9, 2012)

Fluxus was an international group of thinkers, artists, composers, performers and designers that first networked themselves together in the late 1950s, then became a performance collective when they took their name in 1962, then a way of working with time and materials and eventually an art movement creating work in several dimensions and media that…

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Fluxfest Chicago: Begins Tomorrow!

Here’s the skinny on where you’ll find it happening. Fluxfest Chicago 2015 Schedule of Events: Thursday, Feb 19, 4-8pm: “Kiss” reception (secret location, call 314-276-4802 Day of Event for details) Friday, Feb 20, 12-5pm: Chicago Fluxus Day (Chicago Cultural Center) Friday, Feb 20, 7-?pm: New York Correspondance Dinner of Chicago (Berghoff’s) Saturday, Feb 21, 7-10pm: A…

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