I give a rat's ass, and I agree with Crispin. History is important because education is important. The opportunity to learn and experience should not be exclusive to certain artforms, movements, or any other types of events, objects, or ideas. You can't stop people from being curious (such is the bane of the existence of many governments). Putting new spins on old ideas are how some of the most innovative concepts are born. I mean - isn't that how Fluxus was born? I also feel that being exclusive is the antithesis of the very heart of all things Fluxus.
There is also an inherent need to categorize and label art (among other things) so it can be understood - just like the label "Fluxus" or "Surrealist" get slapped on things as a way of making sense of the ideas that lie within it. However, I don't agree with Madawg entirely. While I do agree that your work is your own - and your own to call Fluxus or Conceptual or Crap or Slkeiskdiw - I don't necessarily think a person has to "get it" in order to create something that would be considered Fluxus. If you get it - then Fluxus is simply a label you are imposing on yourself or your work. We could call something Fluxist although the person who created it does not get it at all. I do understand what your saying about the nature of Fluxus and being true to yourself, but can we agree that the idea of Fluxus was declared and then acted upon? There is a definate style of work that seperates Fluxus from, say, Abstract Expressionism. I don't think Robert Motherwell would consider himself a Fluxster - though he did reside in Provincetown...hmmmm...at the very least, I don't think Peggy Guggenheim would've considered him a Fluxus artist! I think it's just fine to be inspired by things and not consider yourself part of any particular movement. Ahhhh freedom - the freedom to give a rat's ass.
