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I think that I need to post some clarification to the list regarding my
views expressed towards Secret Fluxus.
1) I should state from the outset that I admired this group a great deal
when they joined and began posting to the fluxlist.
2) I continue to admire Secret Fluxus a great deal. Their dedication to
performing fluxus works, and to preserving the historical fluxus work and
perspective is admirable, respectable and is a welcome addition to
fluxlist.
3) My attraction to fluxlist was, and continues to be the new works
and ideas put forth in the list. I enjoy the discussions about fluxus history,
but enjoy the dynamics of new fluxus activity even more.
4) My critique of some Secret Fluxus postings is that they seem to put
fluxus completely into the past tense, relegating it to history, whereas I love
the idea that people like Ken Friedman, George Maciunas, and Yoko Ono
started an activity/movement/idea that developed a life of its own and continues
to grow, develop, evolve, and thrive. I have been disappointed by what I have
perceived however as an unwillingness on the part of Secret Fluxus to
acknowledge that Fluxus is much more than only a historical movement
in need of preservation.
5) As Ken Friedman stated in his essay "Forty Years of Fluxus";
"Fluxus has been able to grow because it's had room for dialogue and
transformation. It's been able to be born and reborn several times in different
ways. The fluid understanding of its own history and meaning, the central
insistence on dialogue and social creativity rather than on objects and
artifacts have enabled Fluxus to remain alive on the several occasions that
Fluxus has been declared dead."
6) Long live Fluxus!
Allan Revich
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- Re: FLUXLIST: Secret Fluxus and Me. Allan Revich
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