>sure it's fun to break violins but the piece can not possibly have as much >relevance as it once did. I always thought that was one of the main points of the fluxus perfomances, that the activities are more rooted in the fun of doing them than in the relevence and place in art history. I saw Simon Anderson give a lecture about Fluxus at a small gallery in Baton Rouge, LA. During the course of the lecture, he performed a number of fluxus pieces while talking, like the Yoko piece of rubbing a grapefruit over his clothes, and some others I don't recall. He didn't announce he was doing the pieces or provide a program or anything, but he just did them, and it was very enlightening and entertaining. I don't mean this to be a dismissal of anyone's opinions about the conference, which I didn't attend. I just think its more interesting to see pieces performed, even if they are old familiar ones, than to just discuss them. The art, if its good enough, can then speak for itself. But then I'd rather hear a band play "Freebird" than listen to them talk about their new album. Alex ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
