| Description |
x, 309 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction: A Transformative Vision of Fluxus / Ken Friedman -- Pt. I. Three Histories. Developing a Fluxable Forum: Early Performance and Publishing / Owen Smith. Fluxus, Fluxion, Flushoe: The 1970s / Simon Anderson. Fluxus Fortuna / Hannah Higgins -- Pt. II. Theories of Fluxus. Boredom and Oblivion / Ina Blom. Zen Vaudeville: A Medi(t)ation in the Margins of Fluxus / David T. Doris. Fluxus as a Laboratory / Craig Saper -- Pt. III. Critical and Historical Perspectives. Fluxus History and Trans-History: Competing Strategies for Empowerment / Estera Milman. Historical Design and Social Purpose: A Note on the Relationship of Fluxus to Modernism / Stephen C. Foster. 'A Spirit of Large Goals': Fluxus, Dada and Postmodern Cultural Theory at Two Speeds / Nicholas Zurbrugg -- Pt. IV. Three Fluxus Voices. Transcript of the Videotaped Interview with George Maciunas / Larry Miller. Selections from an Interview with Billie Maciunas / Susan L. Jarosi |
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Maybe Fluxus (A Para-Interrogative Guide for the Neoteric Transmuter, Tinder, Tinker and Totalist) / Larry Miller -- Pt. V. Two Fluxus Theories. Fluxus: Theory and Reception / Dick Higgins. Fluxus and Company / Ken Friedman -- Fluxus Chronology: Key Moments and Events -- A List of Selected Fluxus Art Works and Related Primary Source Materials -- A List of Selected Fluxus Sources and Related Secondary Sources |
| Summary |
"Fluxus began in the 1950s as a loose, international community of artists, architects, composers and designers. By the 1960s, Fluxus had become a laboratory of ideas and an arena for artistic experimentation in Europe, Asia, and the United States. It had a central role in the birth of such key contemporary art forms as concept art, installation, performance art, intermedia and video. The Fluxus Reader offers the first comprehensive overview on this challenging and controversial group."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
[Fluxus is] "characterised by twelve ideas: globalism, the unity of art and life, intermedia, experimentalism, chance, playfulness, simplicity, implicativeness, exemplativism, specificity, presence in time and musicality"--p. ix |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Art, Modern -- 20th century.
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Avant-garde (Aesthetics)
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Fluxus (Group of artists)
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| Author |
Friedman, Ken, 1949-
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| LC no. |
99165403 |
| ISBN |
0471978582 (paperback) |
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