FLUXLIST: Welcome Christopher Whaley

[allen bukoff]

FLUXLISTers please welcome Christopher Whaley,

This is what Christopher describes himself and his interest in Fluxus:
"Academically trained as a metalsmith, sculptor and furniture 
maker/designer, but as an artist i am finding that there is more out there 
than just making objects. i am more interested in collecting material 
objects from our "throw-away" society and collaging the objects together so 
it speaks for itself to obtain a critical mass. it has also become aparent 
to me that my work is not suited for traditional gallery settings.  this is 
where fluxus has entered my life. fluxus was introduced to me and ever 
since i have been reading about this phenomenon.  I have read fluxus: a 
history of an attitude, and researched several internet pages(even an odd 
page about fluxus indians).  i believe my work is becoming more 
fluxus-like, and am interested in this thing called fluxus and would like 
to find out more.

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Christopher, the odd page about the Fluxus Indians is my little project.  I 
decided to create my own false grandiose story about the origins of FLUXUS 
(and assemble and display its purported historical artifacts as an 
exhibition/"museum") as a way of (playing at ) pulling the historical-rug 
out from underneath the original Fluxus folk...people who seemed to delight 
in pulling the rug out from underneath everything else.  Allen B

"pull the rug out from under"...an English idiom meaning:  to remove all 
support and assistance from, usually suddenly; to remove it's foundation; 
to topple