With the hype surrounding the Cindy Sherman blockbuster retrospective on the 6th floor, which critics have almost unanimously praised, I was surprised to find that the most invigorating, exciting and generally mind-blowing exhibition at MoMA right now is Exquisite Corpses: Drawing and Disfiguration, a small drawing show on the third floor. Proving the continued importance and…
Category: Fluxus History
Ay-O: Over the Rainbow Once More
Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo Ay-O: Over the Rainbow Once More 4 February–6 May 2012 Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo 4-1-1 Miyoshi, Koto-ku Tokyo 135-0022 Japan www.mot-art-museum.jp Ay-O, “My 192 Friends,” 2011. Ay-O: Over the Rainbow Once More Discover the vibrant world of Ay-O through this retrospective of his work, covering…
Fluxus dead or alive (again)
The Fluxus dead or alive argument is simpler than many people on both sides make it out to be. Fluxus was a group of artists in the 60s and 70s. The group largely disbanded after Maciunas died. Ergo Fluxus is dead. BUT… That group of artists set an idea in motion. That idea (or attitude)…
Fluxus has a new manifesto: What changes?
Fluxus has a new manifesto, (FLUXUS MANIFESTO FOR THE 21st CENTURY). What does this change? The New Manifesto Changes nothing: George Maciuanas, Dick Higgins, and Ken Friedman did a very good job of defining Fluxus and describing what it is. Fluxus does not need anybody to do redo the excellent work already done in this…
FLUXUS MANIFESTO FOR THE 21st CENTURY
FLUXUS MANIFESTO FOR THE 21st CENTURY Allan Revich, March 21, 2011 Once again a subset of The Fluxus Establishment (as if there could be such a thing as a Fluxus establishment!) have got their knickers in knots about the idea of new artists calling themselves Fluxus and/or calling their activities Fluxus. This has happened before….
FLUXFEST CHICAGO Flux-Reminder (Next Week)
FLUXFEST CHICAGO Organized by Keith A. Buchholz and Picasso Gaglione. PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE – MCA – Chicago, week of Feb. 15th – 20th, 2011. A week long exploration of Fluxus activity, from it’s earliest scores and actions, to Contemporary re-interpretations of classic scores, and Recent works by Contemporary Fluxus Artists. Tuesday, 2/15 12:31 P.M. The New…
Something Else from Cecil Touchon
Over the course of the past few weeks a lively discussion about Fluxus has been taking place on Facebook. Recently, Cecil Touchon posted this interesting commentary to that discussion: Fluxus as a group, by keeping it open and alive is a new strategy that previous art groups have not been able to pull off in…
Fluxus and Flippancy
Over the past few days I’ve been reading some comments that were critical of the “flippancy” observed in discussions about Fluxus and on sites like Facebook and online communities like the Fluxlist. Some of this criticism has even come from Fluxus and avant-garde old-timers. I find this criticism to be, how can I say this…
Fluxus and Photography
It sometimes seems to me that photography has been the forgotten child of Fluxus over the years. I suppose it is not hard to understand why… there has not been a lot of photographic work that has been identified as being explicitly “Fluxus”. Unlike video, which lemds itself so readily to Fluxus interpretations, the lines…
Fluxus in the Spring: NYC 2010
Fluxfest in New York! While (not yet) “officially” a Fluxfest, the weekend beginning on Thursday, April 15, 2010 is shaping up to be another exciting Festival of Fluxus in New York City. Here, courtesy of my favorite Fluxus impresario, Keith Buchholz is the itinerary so far. Be there… or be somewhere else! Thursday, April 15th…
Walker Art Center: Fluxus Definition
From the Walker Art Centre in Minneapolis, Minnesota: Definition of Fluxus: Fluxus is not: a movement, a moment in history, an organization. Fluxus is: an idea, a kind of work, a tendency, a way of life, a changing set of people who do Fluxworks.–Dick Higgins Fluxus is a loosely affiliated international network of visual artists,…
A Book About Death: The Movie
Produced by Angella Ferrara