Mr. Bowman,
Why don't YOU get into the spirit of things?
If you read the correspondence of such artists as George Maciunas and Dick Higgins, you will see that they were quite careful to attribute works to the right artists, and they made a great point from time to time about clearing up confusions and misattributions. On many occasions, both Mr. Maciunas and Mr. Higgins were quite blunt in criticizing the liberties others took when they recast Fluxus artists and Fluxus work into a form it never had. Other Fluxus artists have also made a point of clarifying such mistakes. Ben Vautier has often done so, and so has Ken Friedman.
As we've said before, we are not pretending to be Fluxus artists. We have our own views and our own interests. One of these is peforming and learning from the work of other artists. This involves knowing something about who did the work -- and it also involves knowing the work well enough to clear up these issues. For us, attributing work correctly is a matter of simple respect for the artists who created it.
Unless you claim some special standing as a Fluxus artist, we can't see why your interpretation of the Fluxus spirit has priority over ours.
Secret Fluxus
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 21:30:38 +0200 From: "Alan Bowman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: FLUXLIST: secret fluxus' pianoforte Drop
That's it Mr./Mrs./Miss/Ms. Secret Fluxus
get into the spirit of things!
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=pedantic
- ----- Original Message ----- From: "secret fluxus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, June 18, 2004 8:52 PM Subject: FLUXLIST: Al Hansen's Piano Drop
> Dear Friends,
>
> As we understand it, Al Hansen's first piano drop works began in Germany
> where Mr. Hansen served in the US Army after the Second World War.
>
> This was long before Mr. Hansen had ever heard of Yoko Ono and long before
> Ms. Ono began working as an artist.
>
> We have never seen this work titled "Yoko One Piano Drop." We might be
> wrong,
> of course, and Mr. Hansen may have created a new title later. As far as we
> do
> know, however, this is Mr. Hansen's work, and it has nothing to do with
Yoko
> Ono.
>
> Secret Fluxus
>
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