Monday, February 27, 2012

WEEK FIVE: FLUXUS 1--The Essential Questions of LIfe


Presently immersing ourselves in learning about Fluxus: events, scores, films, sound, performance, poetry, texts, acts, happenings, ephemera, life !
An excellent introduction to key Fluxus concepts can be found in this text FLUXUS: The Essential Questions of Life produced by NYU's Grey Art Gallery from a recent exhibition , 2011.


We watched Jonas Mekas' film Zefiro Torna, or , scenes from the life of George Maciunas (1992).
 If you like you can revisit it on youtube.

And re-created Alison Knowles Nivea Cream Piece, and Nam Jun Paik's Zen for Film.






For your listening pleasure here are excerpts from Tellus cassette magazine Fluxus edition

+reading: selections form Allan Kaprow's Essays on the Blurring of Art and Life

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