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HOTEL DADA FLUXFEST 2020
July 20, 2020July 20, 2020

HOTEL DADA Fluxfest Online 2020

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FLUXUS LIVES: ETERNAL RADICAL ATTITUDE

August 1st & 2nd

Described as “the most radical and experimental art movement of the 1960s,” Fluxus has challenged traditional thinking about art and culture for more than four decades. It has been a think tank for artistic experimentation in Europe, Asia, and the United States. It had a central role in the birth of key forms of contemporary art, such as conceptual art, installation, performance, intermedia and video. Despite its great influence, the scope and scale of this unique phenomenon makes its explanation extremely complex in historical and critical normative terms.

However, the art marketing system has reduced Fluxus to a movement restricted to a specific time, and group of people, blocking the way for further developments beyond the ’70s. Killing off Fluxus has made it easier for museum curators and deep pocketed collectors to mount retrospectives, large exhibitions and to create a market, but it contradicts the true spirit of Fluxus. Dick Higgins, a Fluxus co-founder and one of its greatest theorists, has written that: “Fluxus is not a moment in history or an artistic movement. Fluxus is a way of doing things, a tradition and a way of life and death.” For Higgins, many of his contemporaries, and theorist-historians like Owen Smith and Ken Friedman, Fluxus was more valuable as an idea and agent of social change than as a specific group of people or a collection of objects.

Contrary to market forces and a small group of academics, Fluxus did not die on a sacred date in the past but is still alive. Today Fluxus is a forum, a circle of friends, a living community. Fluxus as a way of thinking and working retains its vitality and continues to transform the relationship between art and the world around it. Today, various artists from around the world continue to work in the Fluxus tradition, internalizing this attitude and integrating it into their artistic creation.

From the early 2000s, a group of Fluxus artists, first joined by the online community “Fluxlist” (co-founded by Fluxus co-founder Dick Higgins), began organizing and attending a series of international Fluxfests, first in New York City, and then in Chicago. These festivals have been organized mainly by Keith Buchholz, based in St. Louis (first with the help of Allan Revich from Toronto and with the support of the Emily Harvey Foundation in Manhattan, and then in Chicago with the help of artist Bill (Picasso) Gaglione and curator Tricia Van Eck). This group of artists has remained faithful to the Four Fluxus Ideas that have been defined by the artist and theorist Allan Revich:

  1. Fluxus is an attitude. It is not a movement or a style.
  2. Fluxus is Intermedia. Fluxus creators like to see what happens when different media intersect. They use everyday found objects, sounds, images, and texts to create new combinations of objects, sounds, images, and texts.
  3. Fluxus works are simple. Art is small, texts are short, and performances are short.
  4. Fluxus is fun. Humour has always been an important element in Fluxus.

While these four principles are not absolute, they represent an excellent shorthand to understanding Fluxus.

In August 2020, in the context of the Covid-19 virus, the HOTEL DADA Gallery Base de Arte Correo y Poesía Experimental (directed by the artists Silvio De Gracia and Ana Montenegro) has organized, with the curatorship of the artist Bibiana Padilla Maltos, its first Fluxus festival completely online. This HOTEL DADA FLUXFEST ONLINE has 2 particularities that will mark its future historical importance in the future of Fluxus: it is the first festival initiated in Latin America, and the first Fluxfest that takes place in a totally virtual environment. As artist Allan Revich states, “In the Internet age, the world of Intermedia has become the new normal. It seems natural that the combination of the intersections of technical media and online social media leads to a revival of the new Fluxus which, while not the same as the old Fluxus, is nevertheless a natural extension of it. HOTEL DADA FLUXFEST online hopes to take the concept of intermedia to a new level, by exploring radical Fluxus in cyberspace.

On August 1 and 2, the Fluxus dialogue will come to life again through the performances of a group of international artists who will meet for the first time on the internet, to demonstrate that there are no limits between art and life.

Silvio De Gracia, HOTEL DADA, July 20, 2020.

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FLUXUS LIVES : ETERNAL RADICAL ATTITUDE

1 y 2 de agosto

Descrito como “el movimiento artístico más radical y experimental de la década de 1960”, Fluxus desafió el pensamiento tradicional sobre el arte y la cultura durante más de cuatro décadas, convirtiéndose en un laboratorio de ideas para la experimentación artística en Europa, Asia y Estados Unidos. Tuvo un papel central en el nacimiento de formas clave del arte contemporáneo, como arte conceptual, instalación, performance, intermedia y video. A pesar de su gran influencia, el alcance y la escala de este fenómeno único torna sumamente compleja  su explicación  en términos normativos históricos y críticos.

Sin embargo, el sistema del arte ha reducido a Fluxus a un movimiento inscripto en un momento determinado e integrado por un grupo específico de personas, cerrando el camino para desarrollos ulteriores más allá de los 70. Todo esto, muy adecuado para gestionar grandes exposiciones y alimentar el mercado del arte, contradice el verdadero espíritu de Fluxus. Dick Higgins, uno de sus mayores teóricos, ha escrito que: “Fluxus no es un momento en la historia o un movimiento artístico. Fluxus es una forma de hacer las cosas, una tradición y una forma de vida y muerte”. Para Higgins, para George Maciunas y para Ken Friedman, Fluxus era más valioso como idea y potencial de cambio social que como un grupo específico de personas o una colección de objetos.

Fluxus no murió en una fecha sagrada en el pasado, sino que sigue vivo. Hoy Fluxus es un foro, un círculo de amigos, una comunidad viva. El fluxismo como forma de pensar y trabajar conserva su vitalidad y sigue transformando la relación entre el arte y el mundo que lo rodea. Hoy, varios artistas de todo el mundo continúan trabajando en la tradición de Fluxus, internalizando esta actitud e integrándola en su creación artística.

Desde principios de la década de 2000, un grupo de artistas de Fluxus, unidos al principio por la comunidad en línea “Fluxlist” (cofundada por el cofundador de Fluxus, Dick Higgins), comenzó a organizar y asistir a una serie de Fluxfests internacionales, primero en la ciudad de Nueva York, y luego en Chicago. Estos festivales han sido organizados principalmente por Keith Buchholz, con sede en St. Louis (primero con la ayuda de Allan Revich de Toronto y el apoyo de la Fundación Emily Harvey en Manhattan, y luego con la ayuda del artista Bill (Picasso) Gaglione y la curadora Tricia Van Eck). Este grupo de artistas se ha mantenido fiel a las Cuatro Ideas Fluxus que han sido definidas por el artista y teórico Allan Revich:

  1. Fluxus es una actitud. No es un movimiento o un estilo.
  2. Fluxus es intermedia. A los creadores de Fluxus les gusta ver qué sucede cuando se cruzan diferentes medios. Utilizan objetos, sonidos, imágenes y textos encontrados y cotidianos para crear nuevas combinaciones de objetos, sonidos, imágenes y textos.
  3. Los trabajos de Fluxus son simples. El arte es pequeño, los textos son cortos y las performances son breves.
  4. Fluxus es divertido. El humor siempre ha sido un elemento importante en Fluxus.

Ahora, en agosto 2020, en el contexto del Covid-19, la galería HOTEL DADA Gallery Base de Arte Correo y Poesía Experimental (dirigida por los artistas Silvio De Gracia y Ana Montenegro) organiza, con curaduría de la artista Bibiana Padilla Maltos, su primer festival Fluxus en forma completamente online. Este HOTEL DADA FLUXFEST ONLINE tiene 2 particularidades que marcarán su importancia histórica a futuro en el devenir de Fluxus: se trata del primer festival convocado desde Latinoamérica y de la primera ocasión en que se desarrolla en un entorno totalmente virtual. Como afirma el artista Allan Revich, “en la era de Internet, el mundo de Intermedia se ha convertido en la nueva normalidad. Parece natural que la combinación de las intersecciones de los medios técnicos y las redes sociales en línea conduzca a un renacimiento del nuevo Fluxus que, aunque no es lo mismo que el antiguo Fluxus, es, sin embargo, una extensión natural del mismo ». HOTEL DADA FLUXFEST online espera llevar el concepto de intermedia a un nuevo nivel, mediante la exploración de la radicalidad fluxus en telepresencia.

Los próximos días 1 y 2 de agosto el diálogo fluxus volverá a cobrar vida a través de las performances de un grupo de artistas internacionales que se encontrarán por primera vez en internet, para mostrarnos que no hay límites entre el arte y la vida.

Silvio De Gracia, HOTEL DADA, July 20, 2020.

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