Fluxus and after

During 1973, in an attempt to explain the origins and development of Fluxus, Maciunas wrote to Approximately half of the Fluxus repertory of performance pieces in Flux-page were listed those individuals who were involved in Fluxus activity, compiling a catalogue of their work. He giving instructions so that 'Any of the pieces can be performed anytime, anyplace and by envisaged a chart, approximately 1 x 2m in size, which would be distributed to all contributors anyone...'. Characteristic were the following pieces by Ay-0: and which detailed Fluxus and all 'preceding, bordering, allied, following and imitative trends'. The resulting document traces the history of art forms and ideas from Futurist Theatre, Dada, RAINBOW NO. 1 FOR ORCHESTRA Constructivism and Duchamp to John Cage's activities, and on to the profusion of forms Soap bubbles are blown out from various wind instruments, while conductor breaks beginning in about 1959 - Happenings, Fluxus, Concept Art, Actions, Events, and work the escaping bubbles with his baton. Variation: conductor cuts bubbles with samurai probably best described by Dick Higgins's sword. i v i E Cl term 'intermedia'. Into the 1960s, the chart M. X nr 3M 17 . , . / becomes dense with entries detailing the CHOICE 1, 1966 names and activities of Fluxus-associated Performer enters the stage with a tied parcel, places it on a table, opens it and takes artists. Maciunas's role as a classifier was legendary. Until his death in 1978, he drew up out a whipped cream cake with 10 candles. He lights the candles, blows them out, countless position papers, diagrams and charts situating and plotting the course of the Fluxus removes the candles, picks up the cake, shows it to the audience and flings it into collective, his own face. Flux-page CHOICE 81 1966 Double-sided document Performer enters with a violin case, removes a violin and a saw from the case, saws Compiled by George Maciunas with Expanded Arts Diagram and Fluxtest Information, New York, c.1967 the violin in half, replaces the violin pieces and saw in the case, bows down and Private colection exits. ME 4) E Z 0 !n -ou W> 5 72 .: -L 0 o. 0 0 - r- E a _J ! _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ M CL - , , , 7"/' - i I - , - : " > % 0 D ;