And of course, as I neglectd to mention, the deadline is flexible, try to get them here by August 31. Even that is bendable a bit. Score exhibition opens Sept 9, with the panel discussion of scores. AK
On 8/20/03 11:44 AM, "Ann Klefstad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > O Flux ones, please take time during these dog days to send to me by email > or post, or even by telephone (218-525-3037) an event score or two or a > score. I have received some very wonderful ones but there is room for more. > There is interest in this humble and lovable fest from various media sorts, > including someone who produces segments for Studio 360 (a national arts > program). So we do want to reward their attention. > > All participants who may want to visit Duluth can be accommodated, I think, > at my place or at others'. Fall colors very nice in Oct. > > I paste in here the call again-- > ******************************** > > Call for Scores: Duluth Fluxfest > > > > As outlined in the following press release, the Tweed Museum in Duluth is > hosting a retrospective exhibition of the works of Dick Higgins, inventor of > the term �intermedia� and impresario of the event score. To honor his role > in the invention of twentieth-century art, and to have a good time, we are > developing an exhibition of event scores and a week of performances of the > scores to accompany this show. We request your help; please send in your > event score and encourage others to do likewise. > > All scores will be exhibited in the Lecture Hall Gallery of the Tweed > Museum; scores accompanied by a self-addressed stamped envelope will be > returned at the close of the exhibition. Selected scores will be performed > on the University of Minnesota � Duluth campus during the week of October 12 > � 19. > > What is an event score? It is a document, often highly visually interesting > in its own right, that instructs the reader or viewer to perform acts-�acts > of thought or physical acts, imaginary or actual-�either privately or in > public. Event scores are texts that make things happen. Other than this, > there are no further parameters. See the Tweed press release below for more > on the history of the event score; for a sample of some scores, go to > http://www.performance-research.net/pages/epublications.html > > Please spread the word; one does not need to be an officially designated > artist to participate in this exhibition. Scores by postal workers, > waitrons, programmers, administrative assistants, lawyers, midwives, > teachers, truck drivers, piano instructors, landscapers, and factory > workers, for instance, are strongly encouraged. Collaborative scores will > also be enthusiastically received. > > Send your score, by August 20, to: > > Ann Klefstad > 5913 London Road > Duluth, MN 55804 > > Please include an SASE if you wish your score returned; also include a cover > letter with your name, the title if any of the score, your contact > information, and any other information you wish to supply to exhibit-goers. > All participants will receive documentation of their participation in the > exhibition. All scores will be exhibited at the Tweed Museum; you will be > notified if your score is performed, and documentation of the performance > will be provided on request. > > Thank you for your interest! I hope to see your work soon. > > Ann Klefstad > curator, Duluth Fluxfest Score exhibition > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > TWEED PRESS RELEASE > > Fluxus Art - What's That? - Visit the Tweed and find out. > > > WHAT: Exhibition Betwixt and Between: The Life and Fluxus Works of Dick > Higgins > > WHERE: Tweed Museum of Art, located on the campus of the University of > Minnesota Duluth > > WHEN: Exhibition Dates: September 2 - October 19, 2003 > > ADDITIONAL EVENTS: > �The Secret World of Fluxus: An Exhibition of Event Scores.� This > exhibition will feature event scores solicited from artists and Fluxpeople > around the world who are connected by mail and the internet, through > informal performance groupings, internet mailing lists such as the Fluxlist, > and more traditional mail-art networks. This layer of the creative world, > nearly unknown to the official artworld but of vast reach and importance to > its participants, is open to participation from anyone, not just officially > licensed �artists.� Come and experience the growth of Higgins�s ideas of > transforming everyday life into creative choice: Higgins, one of the > founders of the internet mailing list �Fluxlist,� actively participated in > the growth and spread of Fluxus ideas beyond the original participants in > the movement. This exhibition will show a sampling of the results. You may > find that you wish to become a citizen of this world. In the Lecture Hall > Gallery of the Tweed Museum. > > Tuesday, September 9, 2003 7pm Panel Discussion �What�s the Score?: A > discussion of the event score.� Diane Mullin, curator, MCAD Gallery at the > Minneapolis College of Art and Design; Ann Klefstad, features editor, > mnartists.org; and other participants yet to be announced. > > Tuesday, October 14, 2003 "Performance Lecture" by Hannah Higgins, Fluxus > historian and daughter of artists Dickk Higgins and Alison Knowles > > Week of October 12 - 19, 2003 Interdisciplinary programming: "FluxFest" > with Music/Theatre/English Departments. One evening of student performances > of Dick Higgins� score works; one evening of performance of selected score > works from the event score collection/show in the Lecture Hall Gallery; and > one evening of performances of local experimental music/performance based on > �bent scores�: written scores with improvisatory and experimental elements. > > Contact person for these events: Ann Klefstad, 218-393-9149; 218-525-3037; > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > or > > CONTACT: Peter Spooner, Curator, (218) 726-7056, Mary Rhodes, Public > Information, (218) 726-7823 > > > >
