so does that mean there is a different bewteen fluxus (contemporary, open to conjecture) and Fluxus (historically identafiable)?
it seems to me the process of deciding whether something is f/Fluxus or not is pretty f/Fluxus in itself I usually refer to my more conceptual artwork as "fluxus stuff" Alex NP: Lou Reed - Gimme Some Good Times (I am installing Microsft .NET at the same time and the resource limitations are causing this really cool distortion in Winamp. which gives me an idea... Fluxus Winamp Distortion Choir by Alex V. Cook, 2001 Select a digital file playable by Winamp (www.winamp.com). Open it up in winamp with the repeat option set, so it will loop. Keep opening additional iterations of this same file so it plays concurrently, until the system starts to get overloaded and the playback is distorted. >From: "Owen Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: FLUXLIST: Re: a simplistic appraoch...., 2 >Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 10:00:34 -0500 > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > >Some contemporary Fluxus workers (e.g. Joe DeMarco) are using the term > >avant-Flux.......................I think this is fairly appropriate. > > > >cheers, > > > >Sol. > > > >If Fluxus was the rear-garde (as maciunas sometimes described it) then >maybe what is being discussed here is fluxus as a kind of reverse action so >maybe we should describe it as rear-Flux and not avant-Flux. Although the >term rear-Flux brings up all >sorts of associations, many of which are rather funny, but it is more >appropriate then the implication of avant, meaning ahead of or in front of. > >On a more general level I think that those of you who work in a Fluxus >inspired/like/associated manner are perfectly legitimate in calling what >you do fluxus. Now this is not to say that it is part of the historical >Fluxus, but it is part of a >fluxus attitude. It is important to consider and learn about the historical >aspects of fluxus and the artists associated with it, but this is only a >part of the picture. And I know that this may seem odd coming form a person >who wrote a book on the >history of Fluxus, but I have always held that what is interesting about >fluxus is a concern not for borders (names, definitions and limitations) >but for the act of continuation. fluxus lives if people continue to do and >be fluxus and if we just see >it as a historical movement associated with a few historical people then it >will only be that and never anything more and that would be really sad. > >Owen > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp
