As always, ex-listowner Sol doesn't get it.
1.
Tamas is not my sidekick and I am not his sidekick.
2.
More people are driven away from the list due to boredom than dispute.
3.
I didn't kick Ken Friedman off the list. He left out of plain
embarrassment after
he realized that it was absolutely ridiculous of him to publish his
private
slandering letters on the list.
4.
Most artists were expelled from and later included again by George
Maciunas in
this fantasy of a Fluxus Movement that in fact never existed.
5.
The wonderful event Sol refers to on the Red Square in Moscow in 1964
(Mr.
Fluxus by Emmett Williams) has become one of the most legendary tales in
Fluxus.
Not only highly appreciated by Emmett Williams, Arthur Koepcke, Tomas
Schmit and
myself but by most artists connected to the network and finally by
George Maciunas
with a delay of some 10 years.
6.
I have never abused somebody.
7.
As far as I remember, I have addressed myself to the list 3 times during
the
last 3 years. The first time was when I was kind enough to inform the
list
members that none of the original artists from the Flux festivals
considered Ken
Friedman to be an artist. We all saw him as an agent and promoter. And
most of
us would have preferred him to promote something else.
The second time was when the same Ken Friedman without any provocation
whatsoever started to publish his private slandering correspondence with
Tamas
and me. In this case I plainly responded to his absurd attacks.
The third time was when Tamas informed me that his mails to the list
were
censored. The result so far has been that the silly ban on Genius 2000
has
been lifted. He never did spam the list much more than many others,
including
Sol. It is interesting to observe that as soon this ban of one person is
being
lifted, it is proposed to ban 2 new persons. When these bans will be
lifted I am
sure 4 new person will be banned and so on.
8.
Has anyone on the list ever wondered why absolutely none of the artist
originally taken part in the Flux festivals ever mind the list? Could it
be that
the list has misunderstood itself?
9.
Somebody on the list, I don't recall who, had the impression that I had
decided
to appoint somebody as listowner. Not true. I just proposed.
I still think Bukoff and the rest of the old listowners should step down
asap.
Best wishes to all and especially to the ones who get it.
Eric Andersen.
