Fluxus, a conceptual country

Author

Milman, Estera (Editor); Foster, Stephen C.; Smith, Owen F.; Snyder, Ellsworth; Allen, Roy F.; Saper, Craig; Hanhardt, John G.; Mekas, Jonas; Andersen, Eric; Higgins, Dick; Friedman, Ken; Melton, Hollis; Frank, Peter; Huntley, Joan S.; Partridge, Michael

Document type

Catalogue d'exposition

Language

English

Source

Visible language. 1992, Vol. 26, Num. 1-2, 248 p., ill.; bibliogr. ref.

ISSN

0022-2224

Abstract (en)

This double issue of the journal Visible Language serves as the catalogue for the traveling exhibition, Fluxus: a conceptual country, curated by Estera Milman. Contains an introduction, essay, and two interviews by Milman, as well as the following essays: Stephen C. Foster on the relationship of Fluxus to modernism; Owen F. Smith on proto-Fluxus in the United States, 1959-1961; Roy F. Allen on Fluxus and literature; Craig Saper on a Fluxus-based experimental pedagogy involving film and electronic media; John G. Hanhardt on Wolf Vostell's use of dé-collage technique to critique broadcast television; Jonas Mekas on George Maciunas's work in cinema; Dick Higgins on Fluxus and Something Else Press, Inc.; Ken Friedman on the development of Fluxus as a community of individuals; Hollis Melton on George Maciunas and his contributions to the renaissance of New York City's SoHo; Peter Frank on the creation of a Fluxist sensibility; Joan S. Huntley and Michael Partridge on FluxBase, a computer program which allows viewers to experience Fluxus objects in the spirit in which they were originally created. Also contains an interview with John Cage by Ellsworth Snyder, conversations with Alison Knowles and Alice Hutchins by Milman, and the transcription of a conversation on Fluxus between Eric Andersen, Stephen C. Foster, and Estera Milman.

Exhibition

• 14 July-1 Sept 1993 ; Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts ; Montgomery (AL, USA) ; United States
• 18 Sept-14 Nov 1992 ; Emily Harvey Gallery ; New York (NY, USA) ; United States
• 18 Sept-14 Nov 1992 ; Franklin Furnace Archive ; New York (NY, USA) ; United States
• 19 Sept-11 Oct 1992 ; Anthology Film Archives ; New York (NY, USA) ; United States
• 19-21 Feb 1993 ; Institute for Cinema and Culture ; Iowa City (IA, USA) ; United States
• 23 Sept-5 Dec 1993 ; Northwestern University, Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art ; Evanston (IL, USA) ; United States
• 27 Mar-23 May 1993 ; University of Iowa, Museum of Art ; Iowa City (IA, USA) ; United States
• 5 Dec 1992-31 Jan 1993 ; Madison Art Center ; Madison (WI, USA) ; United States

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1945-present
• Fluxus
• Art
• 1900-2000
• Exhibitions
• Conceptual art
• Modernism
• Cage, John, 1912-1992
• Interviews
• Literature
• Education
• Television
• Maciunas, George, 1931-1978
• Films
• Something Else Press!!New York (NY, USA)
• New York (NY, USA), SoHo
• Knowles, Alison, b.1933
• Hutchins, Alice, 20th c.
• Computer science
• United States

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1945-présent
• Fluxus
• Art
• 1900-2000
• Exposition
• Art conceptuel
• Modernisme
• Cage, John, 1912-1992
• Interview
• Littérature
• Education
• Télévision
• Maciunas, George, 1931-1978
• Cinéma
• Something Else Press!!New York (NY, USA)
• New York (NY, USA), SoHo
• Knowles, Alison, n.1933
• Hutchins, Alice, 20~e s.
• Informatique
• Etats-Unis

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19931001-00373781

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