i still remember that many fluxlisters were rather shocked when eric was kicked off together with these freaks and it seems to me that the actual list of names that were removed was pretty much put togehter by allen one day. but i doubt that eric desperately wants to come back and i also doubt that many of us really miss his rather unkind if not to say terribly destructive way of writing, even if he was the only remaining original flux person ever to write on this list (except for ken friedman, way back some 100 years ago or something).
about allens letter (allen, are you still on the list or not?):
it is indeed a bit strange that allen be so angry about not being recognized as a member of fluxus by the old guard. hey - there's a strong dada movement in zurich at the moment (http://www.kroesus.org/). for those who are not into art history - dada was invited here in zurich some 80 years ago. none of the original artists are alive, no art historian would ever mention these neo dada people together with tristan tsara and the likes. but they just call themselves dada. not neo dada or dudu or anything, because dada is what they do. it's just a label. like hip hop or punk. no band would ever say, "i want grandmaster flash to officially declare that i am doing hip hop". they are just doing hip hop and will make their way into hip hop history if they are good enough.
to stick with the hip hop analogy: we are fluxus atitsts. some other people have been doing this before. what they have been doing is called "old school fluxus" today and deserves maximum respect. yo!
that is that.
georg
Am 09.01.2005 um 11:53 schrieb FLUXLIST-digest:
I think that Eric Anderson and anyone else including Death Couple should have
an open invitatation to come back to Fluxlist. Speaking as someone who was
nearly kicked off the list (well... actually maybe I was ,,not really sure) I
think we should reinstate all former Fluxlisters as honorees. by Madawg
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