FLUXLIST: Fluxus and Sex
Dear Suse, Nam June Paik did many works based on sex. The most famous of these is his Opera Sextronique with Charlotte Moorman. He wrote several manifestoes and articles stating his desire to bring sex onto music. An article on Fluxus performance in the anthology on performance art by Gregory Battcock and Robert Nickas has a nice picture of a Paik performance showing Paik playing honky-tonk piano to accompany a stripper. His Young Penis Symphony is another famous work. Paik also did many Rabelaisian performances featuring pissing and bawdy jokes. You can find some of them in the Fluxus Performance Workbook available free on the web site of the journal Performance Research. Carolee Schneemann is one of the major figures of feminist performance. She brought sex into performance in the early 1960s, doing happenings and actions that use the female body as a source of energy. The performance in which Ms. Schneemann reads a paper scroll that she slowly pulls out of her vagina is one of the iconic images of performance art. Dick Higgins has many works that focus on sex. One of our favourite pieces among his works is a series of homosexual erotic poems in a book titled Of Celebration of Mornings. Through out his work, though, sex pops up in subtle comments and playful pediments to larger works. Eric Andersens work is usually quite abstract, but he has done a few performances in recent years involving sex in some ay. One was a concert that reputedly included a woman giving birth live during the performance, and another was a plan to set up a piece where he invited people into a trailer for free liquor and sex. There was some catch to it, but I dont remember quite how it worked. There many such works scattered through the work of these artists. Some pop up like tiny jokes. There is a short piece by Robert Filliou that has a man lying in bed masturbating and drinking Coca-Cola to the sound of music played on a radio. When he finishes masturbating, he takes a drink of Coke, and then says, Ah! Wine, women, and song! Ken Friedman wrote a reverse strip tease piece for a performer who comes on stage naked and covered with paint. The performer washes, dries, and dresses on stage. You can learn more without doing too much research. Just do some Google searches on the artists by entering their names. We have found much of the material we have located by entering artist names (example: Carolee Schneemann) or artist names and the word Fluxus (example: Dick Higgins AND Fluxus). Sincerely, Secret Fluxus Date: Sat, 1 May 2004 11:50:19 -0400 From: suse [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: FLUXLIST: Fluxus and Sex From: secret fluxus [EMAIL PROTECTED] Nam June Paik, Eric Andersen, Carolee Schneemann, Dick Higgins, and several other Fluxus artists created works about sex, as well as cycles of erotic poetry or images. with very little time on my hands (due to doing nothing) rather than researching this myself --can you tell us more? suse _ Tired of 56k? Get a FREE BT Broadband connection http://www.msn.co.uk/specials/btbroadband
Re: FLUXLIST: Nothing and then some .......
--Ooops! It seems one cannot send jpegs or even html via the Fluxlist so you did not get to see the diagram of nothing which seems very fitting under the circumstances - sending nothing and finding out nothing never arrived! But if you are keen to see a diagram of nothing I suggest you go to DOGPILE and type in nothing and several thousand images of nothing pop up - one of which is the diagram of nothing in a discourse about the beginning of the universe. All the best, Michael - Ray Noman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think this is all quite ZENzing if not FLUXUS and I1m contemplating using that scientific drawing/diagram for a logo for something Zz. BUT, I also think that in the end this discourse about nothingness, or somethingness, or whatever, well maybe Douglas Adams probably had an (the?) answer which I struggle to recall . Was it 421 or is it now another number like 01 or 11 or a whole string of 0s 1s? Somethingness is just so hard to avoid, and as for nothingness, well it is equally difficult to embrace. Then again, when I didn1t go to the meeting it was quite OK doing nothing rather than something instead. Quite silly really! Ray _from way out on the edge eMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (when the server1s up) Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly...Ping your friends today! Download Messenger Now http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html
Re: FLUXLIST: Nothing and then some .......
Title: Re: FLUXLIST: Nothing and then some ... OMG ... Went to DOGPILE and I was under the illusion that there was only Google so Im learning something and found this: We start, then, with nothing, pure zero. But this is not the nothing of negation. For not means other than, and other is merely a synonym of the ordinal numeral second. As such it implies a first; while the present pure zero is prior to every first. The nothing of negation is the nothing of death, which comes second to, or after, everything. But this pure zero is the nothing of not having been born. There is no individual thing, no compulsion, outward nor inward, no law. It is the germinal nothing, in which the whole universe is involved or foreshadowed. As such, it is absolutely undefined and unlimited possibility -- boundless possibility. There is no compulsion and no law. It is boundless freedom. Charles S. Peirce, Logic of Events (1898) Then I did a random Google image search and found these: ? http://www.ae.gatech.edu/research/controls/pictures/f020801_gtar/More%20of%20Nothing.JPG ? http://www.bangmoney.org/travel/ga_to_ca_move/grfx/folder1/nothing.jpg All of which kind of suggests that there is quite a bit to nothing and it also seems thats been know for some time. So I think DAs explanation 42 is more comprehendible albeit that all this is quite interesting. Ray _from way out on the edge eMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (when the servers up) BTW ... I did get the JPEG! On 2/5/04 5:22 PM, michael leigh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --Ooops! It seems one cannot send jpegs or even html via the Fluxlist so you did not get to see the diagram of nothing which seems very fitting under the circumstances - sending nothing and finding out nothing never arrived! But if you are keen to see a diagram of nothing I suggest you go to DOGPILE and type in nothing and several thousand images of nothing pop up - one of which is the diagram of nothing in a discourse about the beginning of the universe. All the best, Michael - Ray Noman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think this is all quite ZENzing if not FLUXUS and I1m contemplating using that scientific drawing/diagram for a logo for something Zz. BUT, I also think that in the end this discourse about nothingness, or somethingness, or whatever, well maybe Douglas Adams probably had an (the?) answer which I struggle to recall . Was it 421 or is it now another number like 01 or 11 or a whole string of 0s 1s? Somethingness is just so hard to avoid, and as for nothingness, well it is equally difficult to embrace. Then again, when I didn1t go to the meeting it was quite OK doing nothing rather than something instead. Quite silly really! Ray _from way out on the edge eMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (when the server1s up) Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly...Ping your friends today! Download Messenger Now http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html
FLUXLIST: much ado about nothing/also poets' death ages
Dear Friends and Fellow Workers-- the other day purchasing cigarettes at osco drugs-- (always keep track of receipts--)-- since they have to check birthdates in case of doubts, there is a place on receipt where it says BIRTHDATE on mine, i am sure as no need to check--!-- it simply says: OO appropriate for the creator of the ZERO POEM eh! (onthe FLUX cd)-- thank you alain for clarifying what your project is events non-events as yogi berra told graduating class at montclair (NJ) state college a few years ago: 'when you come to a fork in the road take it"! there is always the conjunction of choice chance-- onwo/ards--david-baptiste Oh!-- one of best depictions of EVENT i know of is in opening chapter of Mishima Yukio's THE DECAY OF THE ANGEL-- i also like the term in physics, "event horizon"-- the moment just before/at which light vanishes into black hole-- Mothers Day is May 9. Make it special with great ideas from the Mothers Day Guide!
Re: FLUXLIST: Nothing and then some .......
There are dozens of search engines. I ddon't really understand why Google is so highly regarded as I've always found it to be lacking. Ask Jeeves is far superior for general enquiries and Dogpile is great for finding images and sound files. Michael --- Ray Noman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OMG ... Went to DOGPILE - and I was under the illusion that there was only Google so I1m learning something - and found this: 3We start, then, with nothing, pure zero. But this is not the nothing of negation. For not means other than, and other is merely a synonym of the ordinal numeral second. As such it implies a first; while the present pure zero is prior to every first. The nothing of negation is the nothing of death, which comes second to, or after, everything. But this pure zero is the nothing of not having been born. There is no individual thing, no compulsion, outward nor inward, no law. It is the germinal nothing, in which the whole universe is involved or foreshadowed. As such, it is absolutely undefined and unlimited possibility -- boundless possibility. There is no compulsion and no law. It is boundless freedom.2 Charles S. Peirce, Logic of Events (1898) Then I did a random Google image search and found these: http://www.ae.gatech.edu/research/controls/pictures/f020801_gtar/More%20of% 20Nothing.JPG http://www.bangmoney.org/travel/ga_to_ca_move/grfx/folder1/nothing.jpg All of which kind of suggests that there is quite a bit to nothing and it also seems that1s been know for some time. So I think DA1s explanation - 42 - is more comprehendible albeit that all this is quite interesting. Ray _from way out on the edge eMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (when the server1s up) BTW ... I did get the JPEG! On 2/5/04 5:22 PM, michael leigh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --Ooops! It seems one cannot send jpegs or even html via the Fluxlist so you did not get to see the diagram of nothing which seems very fitting under the circumstances - sending nothing and finding out nothing never arrived! But if you are keen to see a diagram of nothing I suggest you go to DOGPILE and type in nothing and several thousand images of nothing pop up - one of which is the diagram of nothing in a discourse about the beginning of the universe. All the best, Michael - Ray Noman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think this is all quite ZENzing if not FLUXUS and I1m contemplating using that scientific drawing/diagram for a logo for something Zz. BUT, I also think that in the end this discourse about nothingness, or somethingness, or whatever, well maybe Douglas Adams probably had an (the?) answer which I struggle to recall . Was it 421 or is it now another number like 01 or 11 or a whole string of 0s 1s? Somethingness is just so hard to avoid, and as for nothingness, well it is equally difficult to embrace. Then again, when I didn1t go to the meeting it was quite OK doing nothing rather than something instead. Quite silly really! Ray _from way out on the edge eMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (when the server1s up) Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly...Ping your friends today! Download Messenger Now http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly...Ping your friends today! Download Messenger Now http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html
Re: FLUXLIST: much ado about nothing/also poets' death ages
The Big NothingFilm @ International House is pleased to collaborate with the Institute ofContemporary Art on The Big Nothing by presenting two nights of filmexploring the great cosmic law of nothingness.Friday, July 16 at 8pmThe Exterminating Angel one of best depictions of EVENT i know of is in opening chapter of Mishima Yukio's THE DECAY OF THE ANGEL-- i also like the term in physics, "event horizon"-- the moment just before/at which light vanishes into black hole--
FLUXLIST: the big nothing
http://www.icaphila.org/exhibitions/bn_ihp.php International House of Philadelphia 3701 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 (215) 387-5125 www.ihousephilly.org Admission is $6.00 general $5.00 students, seniors Yoko Ono, No. 4, Still from film The Big Nothing Film @ International House is pleased to collaborate with the Institute of Contemporary Art on The Big Nothing by presenting two nights of film exploring the great cosmic law of nothingness. Friday, July 16 at 8pm The Exterminating Angel (dir. Luis Buñuel, Mexico, 1962, 35mm, 95 mins ,bw, in Spanish w/ English subtitles.) With its simple, parable-like story and restrained visual style (achieved through the beautifully understated cinematography of Gabriel Figueroa), The Exterminating Angel presents one of Buñuel's most devastating critiques of the bourgeoisie. Set in the home of an aristocratic couple who have invited their friends for supper after the opera, the film inaugurates one of Buñuel's signature narrative twists: the endlessly protracted meal in which, according to the Mexican proverb, corpses and guests begin to smell bad. The guests remain inexplicably trapped in the salon and, without the aid of their servants, begin to lose hold of their moral compass. Death, a double suicide, and general ennui reign in this nightmarish vision of the good life. Saturday, July 17 at 8pm FluxFilm Program (ed. George Maciunas, USA, 1966-70, 16mm, 40 mins, color and b/w, silent.) Humor and film art meet in this anthology of works by adherents to the Fluxus film movement (including Yoko Ono, John Cale and Nam June Paik), created between 1966 and 1970, and collected by George Maciunas. N:O:T:H:I:N:G (dir. Paul Sharits, USA, 1968, 16mm, 36 mins, color.) Based, in part, on the Tibetan Mandala of the Five Dhyani Buddhas / a journey toward the center of pure consciousness (Dharma-Dhatu Wisdom) / space and motion generated rather than illustrated / time-color energy create virtual shape / in negative time, growth is inverse decay. - Paul Sharits The Flicker (dir. Tony Conrad, USA, 1966, 16mm, 30 mins, b/w.) This film contains no images at all. It's subject is light and its absence. It consists of combinations of alternating white and black frames, flashing by constantly changing patterns and causing a continuous strobophobic flicker effect of great complexity. This 'pure' film deals with perception itself; its hallucinatory effect-despite absence of image, content or meaning-it reveals an unsuspected congruity with deep emotional needs. - Amos Vogel -- To unsubscribe from this group please click here: http://uk.domeus.com/public/unsubscribe.jsp?tsp=1083528102785gid=328269uid=25254117sig=JGHJOAJEPOLIOLCA The use of domeus is subject to eCircle AG's terms and conditions: http://www.domeus.co.uk/info/terms.jsp
Re: FLUXLIST: Doing nothing moomoo
In a message dated 4/30/04 8:13:30 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Nothingness can be brought to someone's attention, such as when listening to John Cage's music. This proves to us just how unstable our perceptual abilities are in regards to such complicated matters. One minute we are very immersed in the moment, the next we are doubting everything that's happening around us. Anyway, theories on nothingness are as stable as the human brain which is not stable at all. we're really like cows that way...
Re: FLUXLIST: Nothing and then some .......
In a message dated 5/1/04 9:00:50 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: One of the reasons we advocate being familiar with the work of the original Fluxus artists is recognizing when new works are related to or similar to old ones Didnt Ray Johnson have Nothings as a counterpoint to Happenings which were going on in the sixties NewYork art scene?
Re: FLUXLIST: Nothing and then some .......
In a message dated 5/2/04 12:24:11 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: --Ooops! It seems one cannot send jpegs or even html via the Fluxlist so you did not get to see the diagram of "nothing" I got your picture--its only if you subscribe to the digest WHICH I DONT RECOMMEND!!! that you won't get pictures. Also one can subscribe to both digest and individual emails--fyi
Re: FLUXLIST: Nothing and then some .......
In a message dated 5/2/04 2:22:53 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: We start, then, with nothing, pure zero. But this is not the nothing of negation. For not means other than, and other is merely a synonym of the ordinal numeral second. As such it implies a first; while the present pure zero is prior to every first. The nothing of negation is the nothing of death, which comes second to, or after, everything. But this pure zero is the nothing of not having been born. There is no individual thing, no compulsion, outward nor inward, no law. It is the germinal nothing, in which the whole universe is involved or foreshadowed. As such, it is absolutely undefined and unlimited possibility -- boundless possibility. There is no compulsion and no law. It is boundless freedom. Charles S. Peirce, "Logic of Events" (1898) if you really want to get creepy you might read the Sun of Wisdom -the teachings of Nonle Nagarjuna. The premise is that we do not exist because non-existence is something...well you have to read the book.
