Biographies of nonexistent people... sounds like a hoot. If I didn't have
so many things to do that I need to do first, I'd do that. Ah well...
Dan
np: Nomeansno, "0 + 2 = 1"
At 01:52 AM 4/15/2002 +0200, you wrote:
> > How about a biography of the fifty most famous artists who shoul
>d have been in Fluxus but didn't exist?
>
>I think this could be difficult to do for those who aren't great writers
>- i think i would struggle.
>
>BUT i love the idea and i'd really like to give it a go. could we draw
>pictures as well? eh? eh?
>
>do we have to justify their fluxusness etc?
>actually that would be tricky as a fairly sophisticated
>knowledge/understanding of fluxus may be neede before we start
>spoofing it.
>i wonder if we could, collectively, decide on a set of criteria that the
>characters have to meet.
>e.g. maciunas' 'fluxus art amusement' manifesto, or other well
>know and generally accepted ideas. this may be limiting but may
>avoid problems arising with the 'what is fluxus?', "fluxus doesn't
>exist', 'fluxus is this!....No it isn't it's THIS!' camps
>
>
>OR
>
>slightly less contentious:
> > How about a biography of the fifty most famous artists who shoul
>d have been ON FLUXLIST but didn't exist?
>
>
>one of my favourite milligan pomes
>
> >From Sydney Zoo an alligator
>Was put on board a flying freighter.
>He ate the pilot
>And the navigator.
>And asked for more with mashed potater
>
>alan
>
>broken down on the information superhighway
