hi dave,
wow, i have some old file mags and was most interested in general idea in
the early 70's. it is good to see all the posts about fluxus and fluxlist.
there's life in the old list after all.
bye, carol ;)
carol starr
taos, new mexico, usa
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On Tue, 14 Sep 2094, ddyment wrote:
> hi reed (and all),
>
> i am thrilled that there is at least an interest in returning this board to
> discussions of fluxus. i lost all hope after someone claimed they were more
> fluxus than either ken or eric. perhaps it was a joke that i didn't get. i
> also delete most of the fluxlist messages without reading them, simply
> because of their titles. when most of the original (if not all) fluxus
> artists have tired of using the name, why bother trying to keep it alive.
>
> the rebuke will be that this board is forward thinking and is more
> interested in new ideas and work. if that is the case, why bother stealing
> the fluxus name? start a new movement if necessary. the final straw came
> when i saw an artist listing his own work on sale for ebay as a fluxus work.
> very manipulative.
>
> all i really hope to get out of this board is the occasional annoucement of
> something; a new catalogue, a retrospective, etc. stimulating discussion
> about fluxus (not in a fluxus vein, thank you) would be a bonus. i keep
> thinking that the Backstreet Boys digest (i'm sure there is one) doesn't
> have a zillion members all believing they are part of the band.
>
> and so i announce things pertaining to fluxus from the space where i work. i
> do not consider this spam as art metropole is a non-profit, artist run
> centre with a thirty year history and close ties to fluxus/mail art thru the
> foudners General Idea and their magazine File.
>
> anyway, now that i've made some more enemies:
>
> the something else press show will run for four weeks, begining on october
> 26 in toronto. most titles will be for sale. the less known volumes will
> hopefully sell at prices less than bibliofind, but the rarer volumes will be
> priced at market value. the show will be augmented with ephemera, the great
> bear pamphlets, etc.
>
> the website is www.artmetropole.org.
>
> yours,
>
> dave
>
