Re: [fluxnexus] Re: FLUXLIST: FLUXUS AND THE PLASTIC ARTS

2005-05-25 Thread Cecil Touchon
Good one Rod!! The Twelve Noble Moots [Meditation-0022] Consider the 12 fluxus ideas of Ken Friedman Is 12 the right number? Is it really some greater or lesser number? Is it actually some other group of criteria? Is there actually any criteria for determinng a fluxus work's fluxicity? Explain.

RE: [fluxnexus] Re: FLUXLIST: FLUXUS AND THE PLASTIC ARTS

2005-05-16 Thread Allan Revich
BTW: I also agree with Ken Friedmans definition, which may in fact be the best of all, as it accomplishes both succinctness and inclusiveness: globalism, the unity of art and life, intermedia, experimentalism, chance, playfulness, simplicity, implicativeness, exemplativism, specificity,

Re: [fluxnexus] Re: FLUXLIST: FLUXUS AND THE PLASTIC ARTS

2005-05-16 Thread Cecil Touchon
Hi Al(l)(e/a)n, Yes I am impressed with Ken's clear and direct thinking in a lot of his essays. I think he is really great. The bad part about it is, it is so clear that one tends not to question it and I wonder about that. I mean I wonder is it actually 12 or did he just like that number. Or

Re: [fluxnexus] Re: FLUXLIST: FLUXUS AND THE PLASTIC ARTS

2005-05-16 Thread Don Boyd
I have a few more thoughts to add to this discussion, which I think is good. George and Dick Higgins did not always agree to what Fluxus was and I do not think we need to agree. Dick was joint with George in developing Fluxus philosophy or aesthetics and I think Ken Friedman is the rightful

RE: [fluxnexus] Re: FLUXLIST: FLUXUS AND THE PLASTIC ARTS

2005-05-16 Thread Allan Revich
/ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Don Boyd Sent: Monday, May 16, 2005 3:04 PM To: FLUXLIST@scribble.com Subject: Re: [fluxnexus] Re: FLUXLIST: FLUXUS AND THE PLASTIC ARTS I have a few more thoughts to add to this discussion, which I think