Fluxus
Contents
Artists
- Eric Andersen
- Artpool
- Lenora de Barros
- Mary Bauermeister
- Joseph Beuys
- George Brecht
- John Cage
- Giuseppe Chiari
- Sari Dienes
- Esther Ferrer
- Nye Ffarrabas
- Robert Filliou
- Albert M. Fine
- Michael Gibbs
- Ken Friedman
- Galeria Akumulatory 2
- Dick Higgins
- Dorothy Iannone
- Milan Knížák
- Alison Knowles
- Arthur Köpcke
- Takehisa Kosugi
- Shigeko Kubota
- George Maciunas
- Charlotte Moorman
- Ann Noël
- Yoko Ono
- Nam June Paik
- Benjamin Patterson
- Willem de Ridder
- Takako Saito
- Carolee Schneemann
- Mieko Shiomi
- Yasunao Tone
- Endre Tót
- Ben Vautier
- Wolf Vostell
- Branko Vučićević
- Emmett Williams
- Zaj
Works
Objects, artists' books
- George Maciunas (ed.), Fluxus 1, 1964-79, JPGs (book version), JPGs (box version). First of three issues of Maciunas' serialised publication. [1]
- George Maciunas, Name Cards, 1964, JPGs.
- Fluxkit, 1965. [2]
- George Maciunas (ed.), Flux Year Box 2, New York, 1966-68, JPGs. Second of three issues of Maciunas' serialised publication. [3]
- Ben Vautier, Fluxbox Containing God, c1966.
- George Maciunas (ed.), Fluxtattoos, New York: Implosions, 1967.
- Daniel Spoerri, Roland Topor, Robert Filliou, Monsters are Inoffensive, 1968. Postcard set. [4]
- George Maciunas (ed.), Fluxpack 3, Flash Art Edizioni, 1973-75. Third of three issues of Maciunas' serialised publication.
- Resources
- Fluxus works in Fluxus Digital Collection at University of Iowa Libraries
- Fluxus West Digital Collection at Iowa Digital Library
- Fluxus works at California Institute of the Arts' Artists' Book Collection
- Fluxus works at Fondazione Bonotto
Event scores
- La Monte Young (ed.), An Anthology, New York: La Monte Young and Jackson Mac Law, Spring 1963; 2nd ed., New York: H. Friedrich, 1970, JPGs. First and only issue.
- Alison Knowles, Annea Lockwood (eds.), Women's Work, New York: Alison Knowles and Anna Lockwood, 1975. [5]
- Shiomi Mieko, Spatial Poems, Osaka, 1975. [6] [7] [8]
- Ken Friedman, Owen Smith, Lauren Sawchyn (eds.), The Fluxus Performance Workbook, new ed., Performance Research, 2002, 117 pp.
Writings
- George Maciunas, Fluxus Manifesto, Feb 1963. Distributed during Festum Fluxorum Fluxus, Düsseldorf. Other Fluxus manifestos.
- Robert Filliou, et al., Teaching and Learning as Performing Arts / Lehren und Lernen als Auffuehrungskuenste, Cologne and New York: König, 1970, 236 pp. (English)/(German)
- Alison Knowles, Journal of the Identical Lunch, San Francisco: Nova Broadcast Press, 1971. [9]
- Newsletters
- News-Policy-Letter, 7 numbers, ed. George Maciunas, Wiesbaden: Fluxus (1-4), Ehlhalten: Fluxus (5-7), 1962-63.
- Fluxnewsletter, ed. George Maciunas, New York, 1965-76. Selection.
- Something Else Press Newsletters, ed. Dick Higgins, New York: Something Else Press, 1966-73 & 1983.
- Something Else Press (incl. Great Bear Pamphlets) [10]
Selection according to Friedman & Owen's Fluxus bibliography.
- Dick Higgins, Jefferson’s Birthday/Postface, 2 vols., New York: Something Else Press, 1964, 271+89 pp. [11] [12] [13]
- Philip Corner, Alison Knowles, Benjamin Patterson, Tomas Schmit, The Four Suits, New York: Something Else Press, 1965. [14] [15]
- Robert Filliou, Ample Food for Stupid Thought, New York: Something Else Press, 1965.
- Al Hansen, A Primer of Happenings and Time/Space Art, New York: Something Else Press, 1965.
- Ray Johnson, The Paper Snake, New York: Something Else Press, 1965.
- Knowles, Alison, By Alison Knowles, Great Bear Pamphlets, New York: Something Else Press, 1965; UbuClassics, 2004, PDF.
- George Brecht, Chance-Imagery, Great Bear Pamphlets, New York: Something Else Press, 1966, 16 pp; UbuClassics, 2004, PDF.
- Manifestos, Great Bear Pamphlets, New York: Something Else Press, 1966; UbuClassics, 2004, PDF.
- Jackson Mac Low, The Twin Plays, Great Bear Pamphlets, New York: Something Else Press, 1966; UbuClassics, 2004, PDF.
- Daniel Spoerri, An Anecdoted Topography of Chance, ed. & annot. Emmett Williams, New York: Something Else Press, 1966.
- Wolf Vostell, Berlin and Phenomena, trans. Laura P. Williams, Great Bear Pamphlets, New York: Something Else Press, 1966, 16 pp; UbuClassics, 2004, PDF.
- George Brecht, Robert Filliou, Games at the Cedilla, or the Cedilla Takes Off, New York: Something Else Press, 1967. [16] [17]
- Robert Filliou, A Filliou Sampler, Great Bear Pamphlets, New York: Something Else Press, 1967, 16 pp; UbuClassics, 2004, PDF.
- Juan Hidalgo, A Zaj Sampler, trans. Peter Besas, Great Bear Pamphlets, New York: Something Else Press, 1967; UbuClassics, 2004, PDF.
- Bengt af Klintberg, The Cursive Scandinavian Salve, A Great Bear Pamphlet, New York: Something Else Press, 1967; UbuClassics, 2004, PDF.
- Emmett Williams (ed.), An Anthology of Concrete Poetry, New York: Something Else Press, 1967
- Dick Higgins, foew&ombwhnw: A Grammar of the Mind and a Phenomenology of Love and a Science of the Arts As Seen by a Stalker of the Wild Mushroom, New York: Something Else Press, 1968.
- John Cage (ed.), Notations, New York: Something Else Press, 1969.
- Dick Higgins, foew&ombwhnw, New York: Something Else Press, 1969.
- Jackson Mac Low, Stanzas for Iris Lezak, Barton, VT: Something Else Press, 1971.
- Wolf Vostell, Dick Higgins (eds.), Fantastic Architecture, New York: Something Else Press, 1971.
- Richard Kostelanetz (ed.), Breakthrough Fictioneers, Barton, VT and Berlin: Something Else Press, 1972.
- Geoff Hendricks, Ring Piece, Barton, VT: Something Else Press, 1973.
Film, video
- Fluxfilm Anthology, 1962-1970. Compiled by George Maciunas.
- Fluxus video at Fondazione Bonotto
Sound
- Fluxus Anthology: A Collection of Music and Sound Events, ed. Maurizio Narrucci, Florence: Zona archives & Recorthings, 1989, vinyl; Florence: Anthology Records, 1995, CD, MP3s.
- Tellus 24: FluxTellus, ed. Barbara Moore, Harvestworks, NY: Tellus, 1990, cassette. [18]
- Fluxus Anthology, 30th Anniversary 1962-1992, ed. Jan Van Toorn, Holland: Slowscan Editions, 1993, MP3s.
- Crayon: Festschrift for Jackson Mac Low's 75th Birthday, eds. Andrew Levy and Bob Harrison, New York, 1997.
- Fluxus Anthology, Slowscan Editions, 2004, 2 LPs.
- Fluxus Anthology, ed. Walter Cianciusi, mIEKAL aND, 2006. A collection of music and sound events assembled for Fluxlist.
- Fluxus audio works at Fondazione Bonotto
Graphic design
Catalogues
- Happening & Fluxus: Materialien, ed. H. Sohm, Cologne: Kölnischer Kunstverein, 1970. (German) [19]
- Fluxus etc., ed. John Hendricks, Bloomfield Hills, MI: Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, and Detroit, MI: Gilbert and Lila Silverman Fluxus Collection, 1981. [20] Addenda I, 1983. [21] Addenda II, 1983. [22]
- Fluxus Virus, 1962-1992, ed. Ken Friedman, Cologne: Galerie Schüppenhauer, 1992, 399 pp. (German)/(English) [23] [24]
- In the Spirit of Fluxus, eds. Elizabeth Armstrong, Janet Jenkins, and Joan Rothfuss, Minneapolis, MN: Walker Art Center, 1993. [25]
- Fluxus. Eine lange Geschichte mit vielen Knoten. Fluxus in Deutschland 1962–1994, 2 vols., eds. René Block and Gabriele Knapstein, Stuttgart: Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen, 1995, 100+266 pp. (German)
- Dlouhý příběh s mnoha uzly. Fluxus v Německu 1962-1994: texty, trans. Jiří Strážnický and Jan Mattuš, Ostfildern-Ruit bei Stuttgart: Hatje Cantz, 73 pp. (Czech)
- Alternative Traditions in the Contemporary Arts: Subjugated Knowledges and the Balance of Power, ed. Estera Milman, University of Iowa Museum of Art, 1999, 111 pp. With contributions by Ken Friedman, Stephen Perkins, and Owen Smith.
- Off Limits: Rutgers University and the Avant-Garde, 1957–1963, ed. Joan Marter, New Jersey: Newark Museum and Rutgers University Press, 1999. [26]
- Critical Mass: Happenings, Fluxus, Performance, Intermedia and Rutgers University, 1958-1972, ed. Geoffrey Hendricks, Rutgers University Press, 2002. [27]
- Astrit Schmidt-Burkhardt, Maciunas' Learning Machines: From Art History to a Chronology of Fluxus, Berlin: Vice Versa, 2003; 2nd ed., rev. & exp., forew. Jon Hendricks, Vienna and New York: Springer, 2011, 215 pp. [28]
- Fluxus—Art into Life, eds. Nobuko Akita, Yoko Hayami, and Midori Yoshimoto, Saitama, Japan: Urawa Bijutsukan, 2004. (Japanese)/(English) [29]
- Fluxus East: Fluxus-Netzwerke in Mittelosteuropa / Fluxus East: Fluxus Networks in Central Eastern Europe, ed. Petra Stegmann, Berlin: Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien, 2007, 288 pp. (German)/(English) [30] [31]
- Fluxus and the Essential Questions of Life, ed. Jacquelynn Baas, Hood Museum of Art, and University of Chicago Press, 2011.
- Fluxus at 50, eds. Alexander Klar, Stefan Fricke, and Sarah Maske, Bielefeld: Kerber, 2012. [32]
- The Lunatics Are on the Loose: European Fluxus Festivals 1962-1977, ed. Petra Stegmann, Potsdam: Down With Art!, 2013. [33]
- Resources
- Fluxus catalogues at Fondazione Bonotto
Exhibitions
Selection of gallery exhibitions with an online presence. For more see Catalogues section above.
- Fluxus East: Fluxus Networks in Central Eastern Europe, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Sep-Nov 2007; Vilnius, 2007; Krakow, 2008; Budapest, 2008; Tallinn, 2008; Copenhagen, 2009; Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Høvikodden/Oslo, Oct 2010-Feb 2011.
- Fluxus and the Essential Questions of Life, Grey Art Gallery, New York University, Sep-Dec 2011.
- Thing/Thought: Fluxus Editions/1962-1978, MoMA, New York, Sep 2011-Jan 2012.
Chronologies, diagrams
- George Maciunas (ed.), International Fluxus Festivals and Concerts, 1965. Collection of flyers and posters, 1962-65.
- George Maciunas, "Fluxus (Its Historical Development and Relationship to Avant-garde Movements)", 1966. [34]
- George Maciunas, "Expanded Arts Diagram", Film Culture 43 (1966); repr. in Fluxfest Sale, 1966.
- Ken Friedman, Chronology of Fluxus West, 1966-1970, 1970, 9 pp.
- George Maciunas, Diagram of Historical Development of Fluxus and Other 4 Dimentional, Aural, Optic, Olfactory, Epithelial and Tactile Art Forms, c1973. [35] [36]
- "Fluxus Chronology: Key Moments and Events", in The Fluxus Reader, ed. Ken Friedman, Academy Editions, 1998, pp 257-282.
- "Chronology", in Fluxus–Art into Life, 2004.
- "Fluxus Event Map, 1958-1978", in Fluxus–Art into Life, 2004.
Literature
Art history and theory
- Books
- Hannah Higgins, Fluxus Experience, University of California Press, 2002, 259 pp.
- Shiomi Mieko, Furukusasu towa nanika: Nichijo to ato o musubitsuketa hitobito [What Is Fluxus? The People Who Connected Art and the Everyday], Tokyo: Firumuātosha, 2005. [37] (Japanese)
- Ken Friedman (ed.), The Fluxus Reader, Academy Editions, 1998, 309 pp.
- Owen F. Smith, Fluxus: The History Of An Attitude, San Diego State University Press, 1998, 336 pp. Chapter 1. [38]
- Chris Thompson, Felt: Fluxus, Joseph Beuys, and the Dalai Lama, University of Minnesota Press, 2011, 319 pp.
- Journal issues
- Visible Language 26(1-2): "Fluxus: A Conceptual Country", ed. Estera Milman, Jan 1992, 246 pp. [39]
- Performance Research 7(3): "On Fluxus", Sep 2002.
- Visible Language 39(3): "Fluxus and Legacy", ed. Ken Friedman, Sep 2005.
- Visible Language 40(1): "Fluxus After Fluxus", ed. Ken Friedman, Jan 2006.
- Essays
- Ken Friedman, "Mail Art History" The Fluxus Factor", Flue 4:3-4 (Winter 1984), pp 18-24.
- Peter Frank, "Ken Friedman: The Fluxus Years", Helsinki: Oy Wärtsilä Ab Arabia, 1987.
- Kristine Stiles, "Between Water and Stone: Fluxus Performance", in In the Spirit of Fluxus, Walker Art Center, 1993, pp 62-99.
- Ken Friedman, "History, Historiography, Historicism, Legacy", Visible Language 39:3 (2005), pp 308-317.
- Ken Friedman, "The Literature of Fluxus", Visible Language 40:1 (2006), pp 90-112.
- Ken Friedman, "Working Together", in Artistic Bedfellows, ed. Holly Crawford, University Press of America, 2008.
- Roslyn Bernstein, Shael Shapiro, Illegal Living: 80 Wooster Street and the Evolution of SoHo, Vilnius: Jonas Mekas Foundation, 2010. [40]
- Ken Friedman, "Fluxus: A Laboratory of Ideas", in Fluxus and the Essential Questions of Life, ed. Jacquelynn Baas, Hood Museum of Art, 2011, pp 35-44.
- Natilee Harren, "The Crux of Fluxus: Intermedia, Rear-guard", in Living Collections Catalogue, 2: Art Expanded, 1958-1978, eds. Eric Crosby with Liz Glass, Minneapolis: Walker Art Center, 2015.
- Repositories
- More Friedman's writings on Fluxus
- Writings on Fluxus in Swinburne Research Bank
- Selection of texts on Fluxus by Andrey Kovalev
Lists and bibliographies
- Fluxus Codex, ed. John Hendricks, New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1988. [41]
- "A List of Selected Fluxus Art Works and Related Primary Source Materials", in The Fluxus Reader, ed. Ken Friedman, Academy Editions, 1998, pp 283-295.
- "A List of Selected Sources and Related Secondary Sources", in The Fluxus Reader, ed. Ken Friedman, Academy Editions, 1998, pp 296-305.
- Ken Friedman, Owen Smith, A Fluxus Bibliography, Visible Language 40:1 (2006), pp 114-127, PDF.
- Experimental Women in Flux: Selective Reading in the Silverman Reference Library, 2010. Annotated.
- Allie Tepper, "A Fluxus Bibliography", Post at MoMA, 20 Aug 2013. Annotated.
- Fluxus bibliography at Artpool, 2000.
- at artype.de
Resources
- Fluxus Digital Collection at University of Iowa Libraries.
- Fluxus at Artpool
- Fluxus Portal for the Internet
- Fondazione Bonotto, a Venetian archive of printed matter and ephemeral about Fluxus movement (especially in Italy) and concrete and visual poetry.
- Between New York and Tokyo: Fluxus and Graphic Scores, Post at MoMA, Jul 2013.
- Fluxus Heidelberg Center Blog
- Fluxus & Happening, ed. Co Seegers.
See also
Links