FLUXLIST: water, water everywhere
Press Release June 2005 In an uninspired and dull art performance environmentally stupid, and just plain stupid, like real fucking stupid, artist Mark McGowan is intending to turn on a cold water tap in the House Gallery in Camberwell, London and leave it running for one year wasting 15 million litres of water. The event will start on Tuesday 28th June 2005 at 10am. On average 2 litres are dispersed every 10 seconds from the gallery tap. If bottled and stacked from floor to ceiling it would be enough water to fill several supermarket megastores. McGowan says, 'Basically its an art piece for people to come and look at and enjoy aesthically, though of course they could stay at home and watch the tap as they fill their kettle, it is also an attempt to get people to notice me because I've never got enough attention at other times in my life. In my work, I'm heavily influenced by that other publicity monkey, David Blaine.' The 'Running Tap', can be viewed most days from 1pm-6pm or by appointment. For more info and images 07956084780 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.housegallery.org http://clublet.com/c/c/house?page=3DMarkMcGowan -- idea - a catalyst for art and ideas http://www.idea.org.uk/archive http://www.chapelstreet.org 07976 949853
FLUXLIST: calling NorthAmerica®
Hello fluxlist Out of lurk mode to see if Cali-forni-folk on this list are interested in responding to this request from the daughter of one of my oldest friends. I imagine interesting invitations from elsewhere in NorthAmerica® might also be considered. Roshana recently threw up a music conservatoire route for visual/audio art - in particular video/film - her mum my friend is ex dancer/actor/perf-arts-curator and R's dada (oops) is a live artist of some renown, currently in China on business. Don't know Jessica but wouldn't bet against her being an interesting young woman also. Best w Chris P > Hello everyone, > My partner Jessica and I are planning > a trip to the states and were wondering if you know, or know of anyone > who could accommodate us in San Francisco and/or LA? Or if you know of > anywhere cheap and safe we could stay? It will be for approximately one > week (in each place) in August. Gay friendly is imperative. > > Thank You, > > Roshana and Jessica -- Chris Paul http://www.chapelstreet.org http://www.idea.org.uk/archive idea - a catalyst for art and ideas 44 7976 949 853
FLUXLIST: Re: FLUXLIST-digest V4 #74
> Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 10:22:55 - > From: "Sol Nte" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: FLUXLIST: priceless. > > Fabrice wrote: > > >Just come back from Manchester yesterday . Pretty cool show. Bidded for > lots of stuff, + really enjoyed Zoe's piece but, unfortunately, not a single > fluxlister in sight... Boo-hoo. Any of you guys going to be around for the > auction. next Wednesday?< Hope to be there for that. Perhaps get some bids in meanwhile. > I was going to go to Priceless for the auction and then they changed it to > the middle of the week, presumably forgetting that some of us have to engage > with wage slavery during the week. So needless to say I'm not going now. Going to Hyde Park instead??? I'll be there. On the Whalley Range "Green" coach. We have a whole rainbow of coaches from our area. 60 or more from the county. And now they've chartered a train too ... > Anyway on Saturday I was at the Tate in Liverpool and heartily recommend the > current Shopping show there which includes new Fluxus work by Ben Vautier > (The Bizarre Bazaar), plus Bob Watts postage stamps and the recreation of De > Ridder's European Mail Order Fluxshop from the Silverman's collection, and a > Beuys piece (I forget the title). Also new photos by Gursky (very cool) > and other stuff from Warhol, Duchamp etrc. etc..all in all an > excellent day out which I recommend to anyone who will be near Liverpool. > It's on till 23rd March. Thanks Sol for tip, will try to catch this. Best w Chris P
FLUXLIST: [Fwd: priceless on 15.02.03]
Please note - change of "sale" date for Priceless : --- Begin Message --- dear chris we have already changed the end give away date as we are all going to the demo ! The end date is now 12 th feb and those would have contacted us already have been told could you inform anyone that you have mailed to thanks this is the final call out PRICELESS A call for submissions You are invited to donate artwork for this exhibition. You can submit ANYTHING (a piece of your work whatever it may be a performance, a sound piece, a photograph etc, something of value, something of no value) to PRICELESS. Is the art world becoming increasingly commercialised to a degree where the art and the artist are left behind in a whirl of agents, style gurus and corporate whores? We invite you to cock a snook at this by taking part in an exhibition where the only money changing hands will be between the organisers and the off-licence. This exhibition examines our attitudes to current trends in the contemporary art world, to the status of the object, alongside monetary and personal value. Is value granted to art works because of the prominence of its creator? Are prices arbitrarily placed on it by agent/ gallery to make a profit? Or can a works value exist independently of these factors? All work of art in PRICELESS are to be auctioned off at the end of the exhibition to the highest bidder. The catch is that no money will change hands. The currency here is the personal value you feel the bidder places on your work. Throughout the running of the exhibition viewers will be asked to make a bid by writing down WHY they feel they should receive the work. Any reason can be given, the only judge will be the creator of that work, YOU . You will be asked at the end of the exhibition to choose whom you feel most deserves the piece from those who have bid. You can be as arbitrary or as deliberate as you like in your decision. You will go away at least knowing that your piece will be in the hands of someone who values it. Ovalproductions will charge 0% commission each work disposed of in this manner. If you want to be involved in the event please contact Ovalproductions on the telephone number below. We are accepting works until 1st February. Works can be posted to: Studio Undercover 44 Edge St Manchester or delivered by hand to the exhibition space on Saturday 1st between 11am and 4pm The location of the exhibition is as follows: 23 Withy Grove, Manchester (above Wicked). Entrance is via the shop. The exhibition opens on the 6th February and will run until 12th February, with works given away on Wed 12th February The gallery will be open 11am - 4pm each day For more details please contact by telephone on 07733 227335 Or email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ovalproductions are Adele Myers, Eleanor Bullen and Janet Griffiths, practitioners of art, dedicated to questioning the systems in which we and the art world operate. __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com --- End Message ---
FLUXLIST: priceless on 15.02.03
Zoe, Sol and anyone else contributing or going to Priceless This date clashes with what could be the biggest ever anti war demo in London (Hyde Park) I'm going to be in London ... it would be good if the organisers either included coverage of the demos in London (and sister events round the world) or changed their schedule by one day ... ... even though they are a parallel event to manchester art show at Urbed. Best w Chris P
FLUXLIST: [Fwd: Shopping Scrabble]
--- Begin Message --- JANUARY WHIRLS: a month of not-shopping sprees on both sides of the Atlantic As a part of the series of actions taking place in the US and the UK called 'January Whirls', a group of not-shoppers will be taking their consumption awareness performance to the glittering, blinking heart of consumerism, Times Square, New York. On Sunday, January 26 at 2:00 PM they will begin by whirling with empty trolleys Later using special interactive surveillance-attracting headgear and participatory spelling tactics the group will be playing shopping 'SCRABBLE' at TOYS R US in Times Square NYC. During a Whirl-Mart event, a group of people gather and perform a not-shopping intervention in a cathedral of consumption, such as Wal-Mart, Toys R Us, or Asda. The group creates a whirling train of empty trolleys as they meander through the aisles of the store. The locations for January Whirls were... January 5 - Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania USA January 12 - Nottingham UK | Brighton UK | Germany January 19 - Glasgow UK January 26 - New York City, USA More events planned for February/ March. If you would like to participate in a whirl or create a non-shopping event in your area contact: me@mydads stripclub.com Images from the Nottingham event Praise the Product http://www.mydadsstripclub.com/asdaprayers.htm more info on whirling: http://www.breathingplanet.net/whirl - "We believe that convenience is not convenient" Reverend Billy Church of Stop Shopping --- End Message ---
FLUXLIST: virtual show - works on paper
>>> Open Exhibition We are putting together an Open Exhibition called "Works On Paper". The subject can be anything just so long as the work is on paper - any paper, any size, any subject. All works will be displayed there will be no judges, but be prepared for viewers comments. In short, if you send us your work, we will display it in one of ImageSpeak's virtual galleries. For more details click this link http://www.iqinternet.co.uk/members/chrisneal/AP.nsf/ImageSpeakArticlesBy= ID/E8282F287DF74884C1256CAC0079C4DE?OpenDocument Regards ImageSpeak <<< PS - Sol. The Priceless Show is at a venue close to Manchester's URBIS Museum; will advise when this is finalised. -- Chris Paul mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.idea.org.uk Slam Ariel Sharon for war crimes. http://www.petitiononline.com/warcrime They seek 1,000,000 signatures and now have about 915,000. Also women for peace http://www.PetitionOnline.com/waw2002/petition.html And stop the war http://www.PetitionOnline.com/cndstwc/petition.html.
FLUXLIST: The War Effort
please feel free to forward this invite
you are invited to the opening of
The War Effort
Holden Gallery
Faculty of Art & Design
Manchester Metropolitan University
Cavendish Street
Manchester M15 6BR
{Bill Drummond is ex KLF and John Hyatt a Three John}
Opening Thursday 23 January 5 - 7 pm
with a presentation by Bill Drummond
This ad-hoc coalition of artists makes no claim to a fixed strategy or
singular voice and offers no universal observations. Rather, the group
has
been brought together by the artists' shared conviction that in the
fallout
of September 11, the 'War Against Terrorism', the need for an
alternative
cultural reaction to war is acute. Rejecting the idea that art should be
neutral, they engage from individual positions with the reality, rituals
and
symbols of what they see as a 'new barbarism'and question militarism as
a
failed response to social inequality.
Among the participating artists are lecturers from Hull School of Art
and
Design - Clare Charnley, the designer Andy Edwards, the photographers
Casey
Orr and 24449753, an ex-serviceman - alongside John Hyatt, a painter and
Head
of the Manchester Institute for Research and Innovation in Art and
Design at
MMU. They are joined by the London-based sculptor, multimedia performer
and
radio DJ Tracey Sanders-Wood, the artist and writer on art and politics
Bill
Drummond, and Disinformation, a creative duo whose repertoire covers
'almost
every conceivable artform'.
--
Chris Paul mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.idea.org.uk
This petition could help the lawyers in Belgium who are suing that
lunkhead
Ariel Sharon for war crimes. http://www.petitiononline.com/warcrime
They need 1,000,000 signatures and have 901,682 (10.09.02).
Please sign and forward the web address to all your contacts.
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FLUXLIST: Re: priceless
Fluxlisters may like to consider this one. I guess the exhibition with be physically centred in Manchester England but that electronic and faxed and described works will be accepted. I'll get a fax number and check the physical location. Off licence is liquor store, and one of Adele's previous productions was Opening Night (name?) which consisted mostly of the sponsors' spirits in piles and clusters around the space with various colouring and mixers. Many of the opening nighters scarcely noticed the lack of other art objects as they tucked into the art liquor. adele myers wrote: > hi > > please can you circulate this to all the artists that > you know or have on your database > > thanks adele > ___ > > PRICELESS > > A call for submissions > > You are invited to donate artwork for this exhibition. > You can submit ANYTHING (a piece of your work whatever > it may be ? a performance, a sound piece, a photograph > etc, something of value, something of no value) to > PRICELESS. > > Is the art world becoming increasingly commercialised > to a degree where the art and the artist are left > behind in a whirl of agents, style gurus and corporate > whores? We invite you to cock a snook at this by > taking part in an exhibition where the only money > changing hands will be between the organisers and the > off-licence. > > This exhibition examines our attitudes to current > trends in the contemporary art world, to the status of > the object, alongside monetary and personal value. Is > value granted to art works because of the prominence > of its creator? Are prices arbitrarily placed on it by > agent/ gallery to make a profit? Or can a works value > exist independently of these factors? > > All work of art in PRICELESS are to be auctioned off > at the end of the exhibition to the highest bidder. > The catch is that no money will change hands. The > currency here is the personal value you feel the > bidder places on your work. Throughout the running of > the exhibition viewers will be asked to make a bid by > writing down WHY they feel they should receive the > work. > > Any reason can be given, the only judge will be the > creator of that work, YOU . You will be asked at the > end of the exhibition to choose whom you feel most > deserves the piece from those who have bid. You can be > as arbitrary or as deliberate as you like in your > decision. You will go away at least knowing that your > piece will be in the hands of someone who values it. > > The exhibition opens of the 6th February and will run > until 12th February 2003, with works given away on > Saturday 15th February 2003 > > If you want to be involved in the event please contact > Ovalproductions by January the 19th > > Ovalproductions will charge 0% commission each work > disposed of in this manner. > > For details please contact > by telephone on 07733 227335 > Or email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Ovalproductions are Adele Myers, Eleanor Bullen and > Janet Griffiths, practitioners of art, dedicated to > questioning the systems in which we and the art world > operate.
FLUXLIST: paint can debate
http://home.sprynet.com/~mindweb/can.htm can within a can within a can
FLUXLIST: Re: FLUXLIST Box #2
> Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2003 13:56:52 -0800 > From: "Alex Cook" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: FLUXLIST: Re: FLUXLIST Box #2 > > then there's always ziploc freezer bags. > you can get 50 for about $5, Holds a gallon of art with no spills and you > can affix a sticker lable to the outside. > > in fact it seems rather "fluxus" to make our second box a plastic bag. > > Alex > NP: Cat Power - Moon Pix Could get either the sort of plastic bag which all the air is sucked out of once the contents are in; or the sort which is inflated with the contents in an inner compartment; or indeed both nested? A bit most costlyu. IDEA could source and fund these if logistics allow that.
FLUXLIST: meanwhile, the Thatcher decapitator is in court in London
Art Student Admits Planting Boxes In Subway Station http://www.ny1.com/ny/TopStories/SubTopic/index.html?topicintid=1&subtopicintid=1&contentintid=26573 An art student has confessed to planting dozens of suspicious boxes that led to the evacuation of the Union Square subway station last week,. Clinton Boisvert, 25, a student at the School of Visual Arts, turned himself in to the Manhattan district attorney's office Monday. He admitted he placed the 38 black boxes, labeled with the word "fear," around the busy station last Wednesday. Boisvert said the stunt was part of a assignemnt to study reactions to art in public places. His lawyer said it was "an innocent art project gone awry." Police evacuated the subway station and trains skipped the stop for about five hours as the bomb squad investigated the boxes, which were attached to walls, benches and floors. The boxes, some painted black and others wrapped in electrical tape, were determined to be empty and the station was reopened. Boisvert was charged with aggravated harassment and reckless endangerment.
FLUXLIST: Treacle, in Manchester, UK
Distributed on behalf of the artist John Hyatt.
FLUXLIST: [Fwd: Whirl-Mart Consumption]
--- Begin Message --- On Saturday, Nov. 30th at 1pm, there will be a Whirl-Mart Consumption Awareness Ritual in recognition of Buy Nothing Day. Groups will gather to push empty carts through the aisles of supermarkets for an hour of contemplative resistance to the post-thanksgiving consumer binge. for more information on Whirl-Mart and documentation of past events visit: http://www.breathingplanet.net/whirl The event will be taking place in the U.S. and abroad, such as, Austin TX, Scranton PA, Kansas City, San Francisco, and also in the UK and Canada. if you are interested in organizing a Whirl-Mart event in the UK email this address direct [EMAIL PROTECTED] links http://www.buynothingday.co.uk Whirl Mart http://www.breathingplanet.net/whirl Fanclub shopping actions: http://www.fanclubbers.org Reverend Billy: http://www.revbilly.com --- End Message ---
FLUXLIST: BUSH STOP!
Bristol anti war activists take to the streets. Campaigners in Bristol have taken to the streets armed with a pot of yellow paint and a large brush. They are adding a large H at the end of the word Bus, to all the BUS STOP signs painted on the road. Bristol now has a number of "BUSH STOP" painted on their streets. ...Just a suggestion --
FLUXLIST: event this evening - early hours worldwide
Subject: Event invitation Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 10:50:13 +0100 From: "fee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ben" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> the-phone-book invites you to join us in person at TheCircle or live online via http://www.the-phone-book.com for the launch of a new discussion group and our first live spoken word event, performed by authors from the-phone-book's North of England collection. Wednesday June 12th 2002 Part One ~ 7pm (British Summer Time) Part Two ~ 9pm (British Summer Time) ~ Part One ~ This chat is the first of a series of discussions that will follow the developments of the-phone-book Limited to the end of the year as we produce three of our main commissions utilising the limitations - and potentials - of wireless interfaces across the world. Chatters' include: Brian Crawford (ifone, UK) Nick Crowe (artist, UK) Derek Hales (Huddersfield University, UK) Tom Holley (Creative Director, Huddersfield Media Centre, UK) Kathy Rae Huffman (Cornerhouse Creative Director, UK) Haruo Ishii (ISEA2002, Japan) Nickie Hirst (Pogo, UK) Stephan Meyers (Nokia, USA) Stuart Nolan (needleworkTV, UK) Sadie Plant (writer of Motorola's 'On The Mobile' report) Douglas Rushkoff (American cyber journalist) Join us here, live and online, at the following international times: 7pm ~ UK (British Summer Time/Daylight Saving Time) 8pm ~ Central Europe 8pm ~ Johannesburg, Africa 9pm ~ Jerusalem, Israel 11am ~ Vancouver, Canada 12pm ~ Banff, Canada 2pm ~ Montreal, Canada 11am ~ Los Angeles, USA 2pm ~ New York, USA 3pm ~ Sao Paolo, Brazil 11.30pm ~ Calcutta, India 3am ~ Tokyo, Japan (13th June 2002) 4am ~ Sydney, Australia (13th June 2002) 6am ~ Auckland, New Zealand (13th June 2002) Part Two ~ The Circle Club RSVP only Doors open at 8pm for a 9pm performance. Unit 13 Barton Arcade, Barton Square, Manchester M3 2BB. With readings of Mini, Micro and Short Micro Stories, both published and unpublished from writers based in the North of England, webstreamed live to our international audiences: Ken Barlow | v2.0, v3.0, v6.0 David Bateman | v1.0, v2.0, v4.0, v5.0, v6.0 David Gaffney | v3.0, v4.0, v5.0, v6.0 Cath Staincliffe | v2.0, v3.0, v4.0, v5.0, v6.0 To confirm your desire to attend in person, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] or call 07801 837281, or join us here, live and online, at the following times: 9pm ~ UK (British Summer Time/Daylight Saving Time) 10pm ~ Central Europe 10pm ~ Johannesburg, Africa 11pm ~ Jerusalem, Israel 1pm ~ Vancouver, Canada 2pm ~ Banff, Canada 1pm ~ Los Angeles, USA 4pm ~ New York, USA 5pm ~ Sao Paolo, Brazil 5am ~ Tokyo, Japan (13th June 2002) 1.30am ~ Calcutta, India (13th June 2002) 6am ~ Sydney, Australia (13th June 2002) 8am ~ Auckland, New Zealand (13th June 2002) - - - - - - - -> fee plumley, producer http://www.the-phone-book.com - the world's shortest fiction, brought to you wherever you want it. Check out our new look for the sixth version!
FLUXLIST: [Fwd: do it (home version)]
--- Begin Message --- thought some people might be interested in this. tim -- From: "e-flux" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 2 May 2002 08:30:23 -0700 Subject: do it (home version) May 2, 2002 Dear Friends, We are very pleased to present the first installment of Do It (home version), an online project curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist at our site >>> http://www.e-flux.com Do It is the third participatory online project presented by e-flux. We hope you enjoy it. Do It is an exhibition of artist's instructions to be executed by you. Should you decide to take part in it, segments of the show can materialize in your home, office or any other place you may find appropriate. Once you have realized an instruction by an artist of your choice, please send us a picture and your name, we will include it on the site. This practical utopian exhibition, then, becomes a collaboration between the artists and you. Do It at e-flux is also an online compendium of artists writings; a 'webzine' containing fascinating essays on the peculiar subject of artworks in the form of instructions and experimental exhibitions, as well as an informal community for people interested in such subjects. Starting with this first installment of works by over 50 artists, many new instructions, essays and interviews, as well as your participation and feedback will be added to the site, so please visit us often! Throughout its duration at e-flux, the contents of do it will grow exponentially. The initial list of participants includes: Marina Abramovic, John Baldessari, Matthew Barney, Dara Birnbaum, John Bock, Christian Boltanski, Louise Bourgeois, Joan Brossa, Lygia Clark, Amy A. Cohen & Francisco J. Varela, Jimmie Durham, Diller + Scofidio, Maria Eichhorn, Cerith Wyn Evans, Ayse Erkmen, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Yona Friedman, Liam Gillick, Dan Graham, Gilbert & George, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Douglas Gordon, Joseph Grigely, Tomislav Gotovac, Ulrike Grossarth, Mona Hatoum, Fabrice Hybert, Carsten Holler, Shere Hite, Ronald Hoffmann, Joan Jonas, Gulsun Karamustafa, Mike Kelley, Ben Kinmont, Alison Knowles, Jeong-A Koo, Surasi Kusolwong, Bertrand Lavier, Lee Lozano, Paul McCarthy, Christian Marclay, Annette Messager, Jonas Mekas, Eileen Myles, Bruce Nauman, Yoko Ono, Pepón Osorio, Damian Ortega, Nam June Paik, Steven Pippin, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Cesare Pietrousti, Marjetica Potrc, Jason Rhoades, Pipilotti Rist, Martha Rosler, Andreas Slominski, Michael Smith, Nancy Spero, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Rosemarie Trockel, Uri Tzaig, Lawrence Weiner, Erwin Wurm, and many more artists to come soon. Site architecture and design by FDTdesign, New York. To enter do it please click here: http://www.e-flux.com do it began in 1993, with a discussion amongst Christian Boltanski, Bertrand Lavier and Hans Ulrich Obrist, concerning works of art that contain written instructions. The first do it took place in 1994, at the Ritter Kunsthalle in Klagenfurt, Austria. The exhibition has since been realized in more than 40 venues worldwide, including 25 institutions in the United States and Canada from 1997 through 2002 in a tour organized by Independent Curators International (ICI), New York. The initial do it project was financed by AFAA, The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Paris, France. contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more information go to: http://www.e-flux.com --- End Message ---
FLUXLIST: PHEW
Dear all Personally I'd have called this journal Perspectives on Human Evil and Wickedness (PHEW). An opportunity missed in my opinion. Anyhow, this seems a timely opportunity to reason about Terrorism which is the theme for volume 2. The first volume evidences an open book. Best wishes Chris P CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS Perspectives on Evil and Human Wickedness (PEHW) ISSN: 1471-5597 Volume 2. : July 2002 (themed issue: Terrorism) http://www.wickedness.net/ej.htm (main ejournal page) For further details and information regarding the upcoming issue, please contact Rob Fisher at mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or Salwa Ghaly at mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
FLUXLIST: [Fwd: 52 Events by Ken Friedman [Digital edition]]
Hi there I know this publication has been mentioned here before; but now there's more info, a URL to download, and a review. Best www Chris P --- Begin Message --- Dear Colleagues, Those who are interested in Fluxus and intermedia may be interested a new digital edition of my event scores from Heart Fine Art. A published last month in Scotland on Sunday appears below. The publisher has also produced a free digital edition. The digital edition contains the complete contents of the paper edition. In true Fluxus spirit, Paul Robertson of Heart Fine Art has made the digital edition freely available for artistic or educational use. With best regards, Ken Friedman 52 Events Ken Friedman REVIEW BY sb kelly Show and Tell Editions, £25 Scotland on Sunday January 27, 2002 l THIS book was initially due to appear in Spring 1967, designed by George Maciunas, founder of the Fluxus art movement. Maciunas's untimely death meant the project was effectively mothballed, although it toured as a series of exhibitions during the 1970s. It is therefore a pleasure to possess, 35 years after its conception, Ken Friedman's 52 Events. The book at last exists, and in three formats: as a desk diary, beautifully designed by Paul Robertson; as a free internet version (http://www.heartfineart.com/Images/Friedman.html); and as a £195 deluxe edition in a hand-crafted box, painted by the artist and containing various artefacts required to stage the Events. Fluxus, whose membership famously included Yoko Ono, can be seen in retrospect as one of the key postwar art movements; a continuation of Surrealism and Dadaism, and the launching pad for Conceptual, Installation and Anarcho-dandyist Art. Indeed, Turner Prize-winner Martin Creed's work is barely conceivable outside of the Fluxus perspective; and Tate Modern are currently showing an exhibition of Friedman's work. The pieces of the Fluxus Group were minimal, provocative and witty - famously described as "Zen Vaudeville" - and were preserved as 'scores' that could be re-enacted by others. Most importantly, Fluxus spanned Europe, America and Asia; drawing on traditions as diverse as Norse Sagas and Japanese Noh-plays. That very internationalism goes some way towards explaining the endurance of this genre of avant-garde art. Perhaps the best way to illustrate Fluxus is in their own words, with two of Friedman's Events. "Flow System: Anyone may send an object or a work of any kind to the exhibition. Everything received is displayed. Any visitor to the exhibition may take away an object or work." "Deck: Collect playing cards found in the street until a complete deck of found cards is assembled." Fluxus was, as these examples show, a two-pronged attack; a debunking of the spaces where art is displayed, and a celebration of the possibilities of normal locations. If you could put urinals into galleries, conversely you could find art in the street. Whereas the Situationists, almost exact contemporaries, were railing against everyday life, Fluxus wanted to turn the everyday into an ongoing art-work. Of course, one might level the accusation that it's all rather self-indulgent. Nonetheless, I tried one of the events (sending a postcard a day to a friend, with just one letter on it, until it spelt a phrase; then receiving a reply in like fashion) and the effect was weirdly charming. There is a certain innocence in the sense of participation. Actually following the suggestions each week may be impractical, but I would strongly advise any reader to try one or two. Although with some of the other Fluxus artists, such as Ay-O or Ben Vautier, the mischief teeters over into cruelty - audiences locked in theatres - the overwhelming feel of Friedman's 52 Events is a gentle melancholy. The notes offer not only some valuable insights into the history of the movement, but a delightful sketch of his genuine bewilderment about the separation of 'art' and 'life', musings on publishing, and personal explication of the meaning of the works. Robertson's typography for the diary is beguiling; a non-linear ebb and flow of days, rather than the strict and regimentalised schedule. My only regret about the book is that it doesn't include one of my favourite Events from the previous "30 Events" exhibition: "Explain Fluxus in five minutes or less, using a few simple props." Shoes, ice-cubes and telephones would be my choice. I look forward to the diary for 2003. -- Heart Fine Art Web site http://www.heartfineart.com/ -- Scotland on Sunday Web site http://news.scotsman.com/ --- End Message ---
FLUXLIST: [Fwd: RHIZOME_RAW: In One Year and Out the Other]
In One Year and Out the Other may be a familiar exercise for many here CP in 2001 still Original Message Subject: RHIZOME_RAW: In One Year and Out the Other Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 18:54:56 +0100 From: Ken Friedman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Ken Friedman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In One Year and Out the Other On New Year's Eve, make a telephone call from one time zone to another so that you are conducting a conversation between people located in two years. 1975 I have been performing this event every year since 1975. I invite you to join me this year using telephone, telefax, or email to send New Year's greetings across the shifting time boundary between 2001 and 2002. Ken Friedman + not all at the same time -> Rhizome.org -> post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -> questions: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -> subscribe/unsubscribe: http://rhizome.org/subscribe.rhiz -> give: http://rhizome.org/support + Subscribers to Rhizome are subject to the terms set out in the Membership Agreement available online at http://rhizome.org/info/29.php3
FLUXLIST: bush's new rules, fw from cybermind, fw from washington post
Here's an amusing letter, sent by one F. F. Martin to the editor of the Washington Post: / / skip ---forwarded message follows If President Bush decides to try any terrorist suspects by military commission, he should reconsider in light of the fact that he himself would be subject to criminal prosecution under the U.S. War Crimes Act of 1996 for committing a grave breach of the Fourth Geneva Convention. Grave breaches include willfully depriving a person of war of the right to a fair and regular trial, which means the right to an impartial and independent tribunal. Section 2(a)(1) of President Bush's military order in conjunction with Section 4(c)(8) violates the right to an independent and impartial tribunal by making him both prosecutor and final judge -- a grave breach of the Geneva Convention (article 147) and a clear violation of the War Crimes Act. And, by the way, a violation of the War Crimes Act may be punishable by death. FRANCISCO FORREST MARTIN Saskatoon, Canada http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14449-2001Nov25.html
FLUXLIST: Let's drop the big one now .. but make it butter, rice and information
Greetings fluxlisters Randy Newman once wrote : No one likes us We don't know why Let's drop the big one now (or words to that effect, please excuse memory lapses) Let's make the big one butter, rice and information as suggested below. (I don't really like the 'civilization' line however). And let's work up the answer to Randy's riddle. Having seen Colin Powell interviewed on BBC TV by Jeremy Paxman I believe that Powell understands why there should be no almighty CNN war, why there are grievances with US/West actions down the years, why no fuel should be added to that, and why as much as possible taken away from the coal holes/wood piles etc. Even perhaps why continued and continuous humanitarian support is vital. I think he said something along the lines that US had provided the most aid to Afghanistan and would in future. Implying a hiatus. That would be a mistake IMO. I hope what Powell understands (if I'm right) and keeps other forces in America and the West under control. Meanwhile, in the real world, the UN World Food programme is commanded by US to cease shipping food to the Afghan/ Pakistan borders. I hope this is overturned in time for winter. It would be a big mistake to starve millions of wholly innocent people to catch a handful. Best wishes Chris P > -Original Message- > From: Andrew Hund [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 1:20 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [AEDF] Bomb Them With Butter > > Something to consider -- > > by Kent Madin > > A military response, particularly an attack on Afghanistan, is exactly what > the terrorists want. It will strengthen and swell their small but fanatical > ranks. > > Instead, bomb Afghanistan with butter, with rice, bread, clothing and > medicine. It will cost less than conventional arms, poses no threat of US > casualties and just might get the populace thinking that maybe the Taliban > don't have the answers. After three years of drought and with starvation > looming, let's offer the Afghani people the vision of a new future. One > that includes full stomachs. > > Bomb them with information. Video players and cassettes of world leaders, > particularly Islamic leaders, condemning terrorism. Carpet the country with > magazines and newspapers showing the horror of terrorism committed by their > "guest". Blitz them with laptop computers and DVD players filled with a > perspective that is denied them by their government. Saturation bombing > with hope will mean that some of it gets through. Send so much that the > Taliban can't collect and hide it all. > > The Taliban are telling their people to prepare for Jihad. Instead, let's > give the Afghani people their first good meal in years. Seeing your family > fully fed and the prospect of stability in terms of food and a future is a > powerful deterrent to martyrdom. All we ask in return is that they, as a > people, agree to enter the civilized world. That includes handing over > terrorists in their midst. > > In responding to terrorism we need to do something different. Something > unexpected. Something that addresses the root of the problem. We need to > take away the well of despair, ignorance and brutality from which the Osama > bin Laden's of the world water their gardens of terror. > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.zacha.org/mailman/listinfo/cyberculture > http://www.cyberculture.zacha.org/ -- Chris Paul - IDEA @ @ Innovation in Digital and Electronic Arts \ / Grosvenor Building, Manchester, M15 6BR @ - @ - @ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] / \ 0161 273 4414 fax 0161 273 4432 @ @ http://www.idea.org.uk/go A Catalyst For Art and Ideas http://www.idea.org.uk/archive http://www.idea.org.uk/cinemaconcret
FLUXLIST: stop drugged driving now with fluxus scripts, and feel good
> > from the BBC (in London) > > "Drivers will have to perform roadside tests if police suspect them of > taking drugs. > > The tests include making drivers stand on one leg and touching their noses > with their eyes closed. " > standing on one leg and touching nose _at one time_? this really is a brutal police state we live in. once it's established that you're "a bit wobbly" it seems that the police then intend to carry out a further battery of top-notch scientific tests to determine (beyond a shadow of doubt, bang to rights, it's a fair cop, hello hello sunshine etc) which substances have been ingested by the accused. the police have made it clear that the possible effect of alcohol will have been eliminated by the well-established "walking the 10 yard line" test. the fluxus section of the metropolitan police have recently put out a request for a series of diagnostic scripts for different substances; no mention was made of commission fees however so I suspect that any responses used will be considered to have been in the line of public duty. if scripts are posted to the list I will make sure they reach the correct officers ... -- Chris Paul - IDEA @ @ Innovation in Digital and Electronic Arts \ / Grosvenor Building, Manchester, M15 6BR @ - @ - @ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] / \ 0161 273 4414 fax 0161 273 4432 @ @ http://www.idea.org.uk/go A Catalyst For Art and Ideas http://www.idea.org.uk/archive http://www.idea.org.uk/cinemaconcret
FLUXLIST: [Fwd: SERVICE 2000]
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FLUXLIST: from collab-l : moo theatre
Date:Mon, 22 May 2000 04:57:20 -1000 From:Juli Burk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Performance at ATHEMOO *** apologies for cross-posting *** _Scheherazade's Daughters_ by Karen Wheatley Friday 26 May 7pm GMT(3pm EDT, noon PDT, 9am HST, 8pm BST) Thursday 1 June5pm GMT(1pm EDT, 10am PDT, 7am HST, 6pm BST) a discussion will follow each performance During a recent routine @dig in ATHEMOO, a hole appeared in an office wall. There behind the wall was found four women - sisters suspended in time and space. Each sister living under a curse to endlessly tell endless tales in hypertext. These are the daughters of Scheherazade. Visit them, hear their stories, experience theatre online! ATHEMOO is at http://moo.hawaii.edu:7000 or moo.hawaii.edu If you need assistance or more information, please do not hesitate to contact Juli Burk at [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** please forward as you wish *** -- Chris Paul - IDEA @ @ Innovation in Digital and Electronic Arts \ / Grosvenor Building, Manchester, M15 6BR @ - @ - @ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] / \ 0161 273 4414 fax 0161 273 4432 @ @ http://www.idea.org.uk/go A Catalyst For Art and Ideas http://www.idea.org.uk/archive http://www.idea.org.uk/cinemaconcret
FLUXLIST: Re: [Fwd: autoparts launch]
Sorry, should have been Spring 2001. Life's a blur. Chris Paul wrote: > > See below. IDEA's "before" show in our new building - due > to open as art-media-IT incubator workspace, Spring 2000. > -- Chris Paul - IDEA @ @ Innovation in Digital and Electronic Arts \ / Grosvenor Building, Manchester, M15 6BR @ - @ - @ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] / \ 0161 273 4414 fax 0161 273 4432 @ @ http://www.idea.org.uk/go A Catalyst For Art and Ideas http://www.idea.org.uk/archive http://www.idea.org.uk/cinemaconcret
FLUXLIST: [Fwd: autoparts launch]
See below. IDEA's "before" show in our new building - due to open as art-media-IT incubator workspace, Spring 2000. There is also a performance - Autoconversion : "A family car transformed into a series of audio CDs by power tools. A durational performance. Spencer HW Marsden with Municipal Constructions." That's 29 May 00, 12 noon to 7 pm. There is webstuff at http://www.idea.org.uk/autoparts Original Message Subject: autoparts launch Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 21:22:27 +0100 From: "Jen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] INVITATION TO PRIVATE VIEW OF * AUTOPARTS * TEN NEW WORKS FOR AN OLD BUILDING on Saturday 20th May - Beer and Jam from 6pm - 9pm May 20th - July 7th 2000 Thursday - Saturday 12 - 6pm 10 Irwell Street (At Chapel Street and Trinity Way), Salford Jenna Collins Chara Lewis Greg Lock David MacKintosh Jim Medway Spencer HW Marsden with Municipal Constructions Kristin Mojsiewicz Graham Parker Gary Peploe Anneke Pettican Marc Provins Andrew Robinson Ten temporary interfaces to a building and an area which has a history of build and re-build, use, disuse and re-use, of shifting populations and changing fortunes. Idea has recently bought the old Brown Bothers Building in Salford which will be renovated in the early months of the year 2000. IDEA is adapting the building for more flexible use in training and by new businesses and artists whose working practice and physical needs are changing radically due to the use of new creative technologies. The building was originally built in 1878 as a brewery by Watson & Woodhead brewers. In 1927 the building became Mackie & Sons Fruit Preservers until 1955. In 1957 Brown Brothers auto parts moved in and stayed until 1986. Idea has commissioned 12 artists to make 10 new works for the old Brown Brothers Building with a particular focus on site-specific work which reflects an interest in transitional spaces and technologies.
FLUXLIST: Live, on vinyl
Came across this today : LIVE, Pavel Buchler 'Live' is composed from almost 400 live recordings from Pavel Buchler's record collection, spanning a variety of music styles over 40 years and bringing together the sounds of audiences from all over the world. Each record was digitised, then the sound of the music deleted leaving only bursts of applause, separated by periods of silence. Following its inauguration as a sound installation at the Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art, 'Live' has been released on limited edition vinyl LP. Produced by FACT with financial assistance from Manchester Metropolitan University Price #19.99 (plus #1.00 p&p Europe, #2.00 p&p outside EU) Pavel is Research Professor at MMU Fine Arts ... http://www.fact.co.uk/pubs/pubs1.htm
FLUXLIST: Signs of the Times
Hi all If anyone is in London tomorrow and would like to go to the Private View of the above (Posters from Central and Eastern Europe) 6.30-8.30 at The Imperial War Museum then send your address *now* and I'll pop an invite in the post first class. Sneak preview on the website http://www.idea.org.uk/posters. Best www Chris P
Re: FLUXLIST: Winter Break
Roger Stevens wrote: > > Hiyall, > > (snip) > Very interesting reading it this way. It > would be nice to condense it into a document or book. Maybe I'll make that a > project of mine. Would anyone object? There was a debate on Liveart (a mailbase academic list in the United Kingdom) a few years ago about moving a list dialogue into printed form. The objections were pretty fierce and several members promised to never write again if this was implemented ... I may have the archive somewhere. Tim Etchells of Forced Entertainments (innovative theatre company and now multimedia producers) who makes his living producing words for the stage, the page, the gallery and the rom was among the correspondents. Although the plan was not carried forward I think there may have been some effects on the frequency and type of postings to that list. It's an interesting topic, and I'm looking forward to reading some of the answers.
Re: FLUXLIST: V-I-P in Manchester
sorry, the middle URL was wrong in the V-I-P footer, this one's right ... Chris Paul wrote: > > http://www.idea.org.uk/cinemaconcret > http://www.idea.org.uk/splitshift > http://www.idea.org.uk/archive > -- Chris Paul - IDEA @ @ Innovation in Digital and Electronic Arts \ / c/o DADI 135, Manchester, M1 7HE, UK @ - @ - @ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] / \ 0161 273 4414 fax 0161 273 4432 @ @ http://www.idea.org.uk A Catalyst For Art and Ideas
FLUXLIST: V-I-P in Manchester
>>>>>>>>>> Reminder <<<<<<<<<<<< IDEA/Switchboard is hosting a presentation by artist Lucy Kimball tommorow night at CUBE Need something to tickle your fancy? Come and find out about V-I-P, the next generation of sexy toy. What: V-I-P product launch event in Manchester When: Saturday 5th February, 7pm Where: CUBE, 113-115 Portland Street, Manchester Supported by IDEA. An exciting British e-commerce venture has announced what it calls a new kind of networked product - the Vibrating Internal Pager. It's an ergonomically designed internal sex toy that vibrates when it receives pages, like regular pagers. V-I-P owners can use it in one of two ways - you either subscribe to the group page, triggered by callers into the V-I-P Vibration Line; or you can have your own private number to distribute personally. Callers can leave messages on the Vibration Line, or, in the future, personal information and even photos on the web site. "The V-I-P is the first non-sleazy sex toy," says V-I-P product manager Lucy Kimbell. "It's more designer object than Soho brown paper bag. We're expecting enormous demand and it will only be available over the web." V-I-P Group - the company behind the pager - is urging customers to reserve theirs early at the company web site. (Reservation is free and does not constitute an order until confirmed.) The pager toy is designed for use by both women and men. The V-I-P will be available for Valentine's Day 2000, while the company finalises its rigorous safety tests. Until the full launch, the company is keeping under wraps what the V-I-P pager toy actually looks like. "The whole point is that it's fun to wear - it's not something that'll be on display," says Kimbell. http://www.v-i-p.co.uk <<<<<<<< also >>>>>>>> http://www.idea.org.uk/cinemaconcret http://www.idea.org.uk/switchboard http://www.idea.org.uk/archive -- Chris Paul - IDEA @ @ Innovation in Digital and Electronic Arts \ / c/o DADI 135, Manchester, M1 7HE, UK @ - @ - @ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] / \ 0161 273 4414 fax 0161 273 4432 @ @ http://www.idea.org.uk/go A Catalyst For Art and Ideas
