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Food and Fluxus
I'm just in from a lecture/performance by Alison and her daughter Hannah: Fluxus with Tools, or Bon Appetit. It was presented in Berlin earlier, but this was the first North American performance.
Maybe everybody knows this but me, but I learned from the introduction that Alison was a vital early Fluxus participant. She also wrote the first computer poem and as part of the Whitney 2000 - American Century exhibit. Hannah, her daughter (whose father was Fluxus artist Dick Higgins) is the author of Mainframe Experimentalism, coming out next year, and Fluxus Experience.
I've described some of the event on my blog (http://itsonlyabook.blogspot.com). I'm still quite new to all of this, but I understand the concept better. And it was lovely, totally lovely.
They spoke of the use of food as a tool in the context of a Fluxus event. As Alison prepared a salad, they referred to other meals: spaghetti sandwiches, Larry Miller's Chewed Drawing, Ben Vautier's Flux Mystery Food, and somebody's (I missed his name) New Year's banquets that included "food, quasi-food, and non-food."
Were similar food events happening in Europe at the same time (late 50s, early 60s)? What shape did they take? Do they seem to be different from what was happening in the U. S.? I'm fascinated.
Maybe everybody knows this but me, but I learned from the introduction that Alison was a vital early Fluxus participant. She also wrote the first computer poem and as part of the Whitney 2000 - American Century exhibit. Hannah, her daughter (whose father was Fluxus artist Dick Higgins) is the author of Mainframe Experimentalism, coming out next year, and Fluxus Experience.
I've described some of the event on my blog (http://itsonlyabook.blogspot.com). I'm still quite new to all of this, but I understand the concept better. And it was lovely, totally lovely.
They spoke of the use of food as a tool in the context of a Fluxus event. As Alison prepared a salad, they referred to other meals: spaghetti sandwiches, Larry Miller's Chewed Drawing, Ben Vautier's Flux Mystery Food, and somebody's (I missed his name) New Year's banquets that included "food, quasi-food, and non-food."
Were similar food events happening in Europe at the same time (late 50s, early 60s)? What shape did they take? Do they seem to be different from what was happening in the U. S.? I'm fascinated.
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Permalink Reply by Peter Dowker on -
careful...that can cause reflux.
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Permalink Reply by Billie Maciunas on -
was the name you missed George Maciunas?
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Permalink Reply by Billie Maciunas on
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A food event can also be in the category Fluxhousework--a recent fluxus development. On Facebook right now, in the group Fluxlife, there is a food event happening. Join in.
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Permalink Reply by yves maraux on
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holla ! your food & fluxus is rotten now !
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Permalink Reply by yves maraux on
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excuse me i was believing to be in a discussion with atrists
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