i'll try to help At 06:33 pm -0500 13/11/00, allen bukoff wrote: >Can anyone out there help this person 1. get more info about Allan Kaprow, >2. make direct contact with Allan Kaprow? > >A side note about Allan Kaprow and "Happenings" on the internet. The >problem with finding info about Allan Kaprow and/or "Happenings" on the >internet is that "Happenings" is a frequently used, generic word. Many >organizations refer to their calendar/coming events as "Happenings" so you >get back a huge number of hits if you use that as a search word...almost >all of which are false alarms. If you search for Allan Kaprow you get far >fewer hits and you are left with the suspicion that there are potentially >many more websites/pages addressing past and current "Happenings" that >don't refer to Kaprow. Compare this to "Fluxus:" Fluxus is such a unique >word that most internet search engine hits are accurate. Not every Fluxus >site/page refers to "Maciunas" so searching only for "Maciunas" leads to >far fewer Fluxus web pages. Is it possible that Fluxus (because of the >rise of the internet and the use of keyword searching) has an unfair >historical advantage over Happenings because of this arbitrary >difference? Is it possible that Happenings is a victim of its own, greater >cultural success? > >Perhaps the Fluxus meme should stage a hostile takeover of the Happenings >meme...to save it and give it a more unique home on the Internet. > > > >>Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 14:06:20 -0600 >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Subject: I want to know more about Allan Kaprow >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 >> >>Hi! >>My name is Alejandra Hidalgo, I am 22. I live in Mexico and I have a >>radio program that talks about contemporary art. We talk about >>surrealism, pop art, op art, dadaism, etc. Now we are going to talk about >>happenings but I need more information about his intellectual father Do >>you have it o do you know about more links that talks about him? Please if >>you know may you send me something? >>I really apreciate your help. >> >>I Would like to know more about Allan Kaprow, more about his biography. >> >>And my radio program call "Momento Creativo" something like "Creative >>Time" and it pass in internet too, Every thursday in >><http://www.uady.mx>www.uady.mx at 10pm (M�xico Time). >> >>Thank you for your atention. >> >>Alejandra Hidalgo >> >>
