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Fluxus Reader
John Duda
Thanks to editor Ken Friedman, the Fluxus Reader (currently and for the forseeable future out of print) is now available online as a freely-redistributable PDF.
THE FLUXUS READER: SYNOPSIS
Fluxus began in the 1950s as a loose, international community of artists,
architects, composers, and designers. By the 1960s, Fluxus had become a
laboratory of ideas and an arena for artistic experimentation in Europe,
Asia, and the United States. Described as "the most radical and
experimental art movement of the 1960s," Fluxus challenged conventional
thinking on art and culture for over four decades. It had a central role
in the birth of such key contemporary forms as concept art, installation,
performance art, intermedia, and video. Despite this influence, the scope
and scale of this unique phenomenon have made it difficult to explain
Fluxus in normative historical and critical terms. The Fluxus Reader
offers the first comprehensive overview on the challenging and
controversial group.Written by leading scholars and experts from Europe and the United States
and edited by Ken Friedman, The Fluxus Reader runs 320 pages, including
front matter and an extensive index.
CONTENTS
Acknowledgements
Ken Friedman: "Fluxus: A Transformative Vision."
Part I: THREE HISTORIES
Owen Smith: "Developing a Fluxable Forum: Early
Performance and Publishing."
Simon Anderson: "Fluxus, Fluxshoe, Fluxion: Fluxus in the 1970s."
Hannah Higgins: "Fluxus Fortuna."
Part II: THEORIES OF FLUXUS
Ina Blom: "Boredom and Oblivion."
David Doris: "Zen Vaudeville: A Medi(t)ation in the Margins of Fluxus."
Craig Saper: "Fluxus as a Laboratory."
Part III: CRITICAL AND HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES
Estera Milman: "Fluxus, History and Trans-History."
Stephen C. Foster: "Historical Design and Social Purpose."
Nicholas Zurbrugg: "A Spirit of Large Goals."
Part IV: THREE FLUXUS VOICES
Larry Miller: "Transcript of the Videotaped Interview with George Maciunas."
Susan Jarosi: "Selections from an Interview with Billie Maciunas."
Larry Miller: "Maybe Fluxus."
Part V: TWO FLUXUS THEORIES
Dick Higgins: "Fluxus: Theory + Reception."
Ken Friedman: "Fluxus & Co."
Part VI: DOCUMENTS OF FLUXUS
Fluxus Chronology: Key Moments and Events
A List of Selected Fluxus Art Works and Related Primary Source Materials
A List of Selected Fluxus Sources and Related Secondary Sources
Index
