My personal definition of Fluxus, which, I have
learned, is but one in the multicolored rainbow
of Fluxus- is simply:
Fluxus As Haiku.
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"Art which connects or generates a moment of direct
insight into nature or psychology."
This is based on my fluxus as haiku theories of
yesteryear, and by no means is it a complete
definition, its been enough to keep me happy.
There are smaller aspects that I have enjoyed however:
Fluxus as Imploding Anarchy.
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Fluxus as a response to sociological constructs of order
by creating its own order: Ie; inventing new games and
limitations in order to supersede, compliment, or ridicule
the rules of our established social order and fabric.
Fluxus as Outsider
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To create with the flux umbrella gives one the right
to explore ones personal creative motivations as
opposed to the continuation of the art worlds academic
discourse. Unfortunately, this has not held very purely
among the remaining fluxus artists, who have now created
a fluxus discourse on its own. Leading us to:
Fluxus as Anti-Fluxus
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To be truly Fluxus in the post-Maciunas world
means shunning any desire to be accepted by the
remaining group, it means an ignorance of discourse
(not an ignorance of the work, mind you, but a deliberate
ignorance for academic discussion of the work) and it
means playing with fluxus in the way that fluxus played
with the art world: knock it down, respect it, mock it,
destroy it, contribute to it, add to it, delete from it.
(Is this discourse? Maybe- but for the love of god,
never concern yourself with "discourse.")
