On 8/28/03 9:45 PM, "Kathy Forer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ann, May I? Yes! Yes! Yes! > > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: Ann Klefstad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Date: Wed Aug 20, 2003 12:44:07 PM America/New_York >> To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: FLUXLIST: Please, event scores? >> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> 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 >> >> >> > > On Wednesday, August 27, 2003, at 09:00 AM, Don Boyd wrote: > >> Kathy, Nice site. Thanks. Did you send the notice of the Dick Higgins >> performance festival in Duluth? I lost the details on that. Could you >> send it again? -Don > > >
