Fluxus is the only actual group that can be identified with conceptual
art over the duration of the last 40 years. They did not invent it nor
were they the only ones doing it they are just merely the historically
viable group that can be identified with conceptual art. So I am not
sure that they need to be specifically recognized with any more than
holding the name fluxus aloft and identifying it with concept art they
were a handful among thousands of artists working the same field me
included. I have been doing some version of it for 30 years now! For
that yes, it is cool and for that we should continue with a flux
tradition just because it is the only viable group name and why
reinvent the wheel? (except for fun of course)
Allan Revich wrote:
On Giving a Rats Ass:
It
is an interesting problem, and one that we will probably continue to
grapple with.
I
believe that Fluxus owes its existence to the first generation Fluxus
group.
I
think that what that group started continues to exist independently of
them.
Like
Crispin, I think we should honour the efforts of the first Fluxus group.
Like
Madawg, I don't think that we should worry about whether or not the
remaining members of the first Fluxus group approve of our activities.
Allan Revich
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The Fluxus Blog
http://www.digitalsalon.com/weblog/
In a message dated 5/18/05 5:37:13 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I GIVE A RATS ASS>>>
about the old fluxus people what about don
talk about someone from the old days of fluxus..
he has been at it for like 30 years..
history is important.. where would we be without it..
marinetti.. wanted us to burn the librarys i would be upset]
if that had happened i use the library very very often //
didn't mean to bite- I kind of give a rat's ass in that I do look back
to see what happened before for some type of context. But Fluxus is a
deal where you either get it or you don't. If you get it your work is
automatically Fluxus because your work reflects you. To say that one is
into Fluxus but doesn't do Fluxus work would seem to me impossible. In
the same way artists get rejected their whole lives yet they continue
to do their work-it's impossible to hide who you are in your work.
Art's spiritual properties lie in this fact. Fluxus is MINE now it has
little to do with Yoko or Joseph or Don. by Madawg
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