FLUXLIST: Emmett's quote

2003-11-30 Thread Ken Friedman
Dear Alan, Emmett's quote: Fluxus is what Fluxus does but no one knows whodunnit. Ken

FLUXLIST: The Art of Collaboration

2003-09-07 Thread Ken Friedman
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FLUXLIST: 46 States

2003-06-08 Thread Ken Friedman
Dear Friends, Back from my travels. Catching up on past notes. Thanks for more nice greetings. Don Boyd mentioned that it was my goal to complete projects in all 50 of the United States. At the time I set the goal -- 1966 or 1967 -- Fluxus West was an active forum for festivals, concerts,

FLUXLIST: Thanks.

2003-06-04 Thread Ken Friedman
Dear Allen, Ann, Alan, Bertrand, Jonah, Cie., Thanks for the warm welcome. It's a balmy early summer night in Sweden, and my friend Jacob is calling to join him for a walk. Best regards, Ken

FLUXLIST: Fluxchart

2003-06-04 Thread Ken Friedman
and it certainly shows how people see Fluxus. Best regards, Ken Friedman

FLUXLIST: Internet petitions do not work

2000-07-21 Thread Ken Friedman
it personally. If you care enough about the Johannesburg Biennial to do something, write a letter or send a personalized email. Ken Friedman --

FLUXLIST: Time pieces ...

2000-07-02 Thread Ken Friedman
if it still exists. It was a plot of land (larger than 10 x 10) that was returned to the state of natural vegetation on the site that existed before the Dutch settled the area. -- Ken Friedman -- Time Travel Piece #1 by Adam Villani, 2000 Designate a 10' by 10' square plot of urbanized land and return

FLUXLIST: Seven Telephone Events

2000-06-28 Thread Ken Friedman
Seven telephone events ... four from the 1960s, two from the 1970s, one from the 1990s. Ken Friedman -- Telephone Car Event Hide a normal desk telephone and a bell in your car or in any car. At an unexpected moment, ring the bell. Answer the phone and start talking. This piece may be varied

FLUXLIST: Obscene phone calls ....

2000-06-27 Thread Ken Friedman
Men do occasionally receive obscene phone calls. It is rare, but it happens. When I lived in New York, I got an obscene phone call late one night. I experienced the same anxiety and discomfort my woman friends reported on experiencing an unknown stranger muttering half-audible obscenities in my

FLUXLIST: Dead horse beaten

2000-06-24 Thread Ken Friedman
. Sol invoked an accepted procedure. It was established when the list was refounded. Here's a suggestion for those who think this list is a travesty: Go start a list of your own. I promise not to bother you. -- Ken Friedman --

FLUXLIST: Six sides, six numbers

2000-06-14 Thread Ken Friedman
Dear Alan, The die should have had six numbers, one for each side. If there was only one number, well ... I'm tempted to say that your die was "unfixed." Ken --

FLUXLIST: Dick Higgins His shoots shall spread out; his beauty shall belike the olive tree ...

2000-06-02 Thread Ken Friedman
out; his beauty shall be like the olive tree, and his fragrance like that of Lebanon. They shall again live beneath my shadow, they shall flourish as a garden; they shall blossom like the vine, their fragrance shall be like the wine of Lebanon." -- Hosea 14: 6-7 -- Ken Friedman --

FLUXLIST: Has anyone thought to ask Charlie Burch ?

2000-05-25 Thread Ken Friedman
ublication is not advertising. It is republishing. It is inappropriate to republish Charlton Burch's magazine until he gives permission. If you intend to benefit Charlton Burch and Lightworks, contact him and ask permission to scan and post. -- Ken Friedman Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 19:46:23 -0400 (EDT)

FLUXLIST: Hats off to Lord Hasenpfeffer.

2000-05-25 Thread Ken Friedman
Dear Myke, Thank you for your clarification. I may have missed some of the debate. My hat is off to you. Best regards, -- Ken --

FLUXLIST: Thanks for the invitation to takes part in ARTS. I'm going todecline for five reasons.

2000-05-07 Thread Ken Friedman
ng other groups than artists. Art critics, editors, publishers, gallerists, collectors curators and others might like to have this kind of service for the art they are examining, writing about, selling, buying or exhibiting. There may be hope for this project. You'll have to do some research to find

FLUXLIST: The New French Fluxus -- It isn't Ben Vautier, Jean Dupuy, orXian Xatrec. Alas.

2000-05-03 Thread Ken Friedman
e new guys - then there might be a case. (7) What is to be done . . . A few people asked me what, if anything, I thought we ought to do. Gads. Who can tell? In a perfect world, I'd probably have an answer. In a perfect world, maybe it wouldn't be a problem. -- Ken Friedman --

FLUXLIST: Here's another vote for greater care with the reply function

2000-04-25 Thread Ken Friedman
Friends, Here's another vote with Judy Hoffberg and Tamas S:t Auby for greater care with reply function. This past week has seen an increase in the use of reply function to answer brief questions and post short comments. At one point, one of those lengthy Buroughs passages was resent in its

FLUXLIST: Thin Pop, Thick Pop, Thoughtful Pop

2000-04-20 Thread Ken Friedman
Warhol simply substituted a skyscraper for the tree that appears in Mac Low's score. Ken Friedman, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Leadership and Strategic Design Department of Knowledge Management Norwegian School of Management +47 22.98.51.07 Direct line +47 22.98.51.11 Telefax Home office: +46

FLUXLIST: No long posts filled HTML and geek code, please

2000-03-30 Thread Ken Friedman
Is there some reason why posts are filled with long blocks of HTML and geek code ? Can't we just get plain vanilla text messages in ascii ? Pleaaase ... be careful with drfault settings and with forwards from the web. This stuff is a pain in the eye, and it clutters up the list. Ken --

FLUXLIST: Why George Maciunas opposed the Avant-Garde Festivals

2000-03-27 Thread Ken Friedman
y Fluxus artists who took part in them. But it should be stated that George was a person who made decisions -- including silly decisions -- on principle, not on the basis of personality, gender, sexual preference, race, religion, etc. To the degree that George was occasionally "cranky,"

FLUXLIST: 1) C'mon, Heiko. 2) Footnote to Davidson G.

2000-03-26 Thread Ken Friedman
o support the vast range of publications, festivals, etc., that George supported with the earnings from his day job ands free-lance work, you'd occasionally be cranky, too. Ken Friedman -- Ken Friedman, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Leadership and Strategic Design Department of Knowledge Manage

FLUXLIST: Higgins on Intermedia

2000-03-16 Thread Ken Friedman
. While the essay doesn't appear online, these books will be found in thousands of libraries across the United States and Canada. If a library does not have a copy, it is always available via interlibrary loan. -- Ken Friedman --

FLUXLIST: Grotius on cyberspace

2000-03-16 Thread Ken Friedman
reflected in Grotius's writings are particularly relevant. It's likely that someone has applied Grotius's ideas to cyberspace, but I'm not sure who or in what context. I was a bit uncertain what the question was. If Heiko will state it more clearly, I may be able to give a better answer. --Ken Friedman --

FLUXLIST: Care with reply function, please

2000-03-15 Thread Ken Friedman
it, you've learned as much as you're going to learn -- especially where it comes to the rerun of a sig block, and a seventh repeat in HTML. C'mon guys. Ken Friedman

FLUXLIST: Archiving -- Rod's questions

2000-02-28 Thread Ken Friedman
. It is a collector who is also an archivist. Ken Friedman --

FLUXLIST: 1) Canada, 2) Geoffrey Hendricks, 3) Archives, 4) Artist andCritics

2000-02-27 Thread Ken Friedman
the Image Bank people before Western Front existed. Did an exhibition at Vancouver Art Gallery titled Ken Friedman and Friends in Process. Spent six weeks at University of Saskatchewan at Regina as visiting artist in the post of something titled "Special Substitute Sessional Lecturer." Fin

FLUXLIST: Robin Page and Pete Townshend

2000-02-13 Thread Ken Friedman
opted many of his splenetic qualities. These qualities include a tendency to produce extraodinary and often interesting destructive works. They also include a tendency toward harsh personal behavior, cynicism that is not always warranted, and vitriolic language. Ken Friedman --

FLUXLIST: Athena Tacha

2000-02-12 Thread Ken Friedman
her a lucid, articulate, well informed conversationalist. Meeting her was a rewarding experience. Don't know much about her involvement with mail art, but her other activities were significant and influential. Ken Friedman --