Look back(3)Fluxus (and something about John Cage)

 -------What is fluxus?

     

Fluxus music from Korea
Fluxus Voices vol.3 - "우리의 밤
은 당신의 낮보다 아름답다

Fluxus/Performance Art: Do 

Geese See God?

   

Fluxus DesignersFluxus-Good Day LA/Style File June 2010

                                                                               

Fluxus Artists

Fluxus composersWSCXVI JULIETTE HERBET Fluxus by Luis Rizo-Salom

 The official explanation by wikipedia:

   Fluxus—a name taken from a Latin word meaning "flow, flux" (noun); "flowing, fluid" (adj.)—is an international network of artists, composers and designers noted for blending different artistic media and disciplines in the 1960s. They have been active in Neo-Dada noise music and visual art as well as literature, urban planning, architecture, and design. Fluxus is sometimes described as intermedia.  

My feelings for the Fluxus:

 Through Fluxus, I broke my origin view of art. In the past years, I always regard art as something elegant, up to sky that can be hardly touched unless I kept on perfect myself. Well, it is in some aspects, however, it can also be down to earth sometimes. It can be as simple as possible, as close as it could be. From now on, I would be able and be happy to see something different or even something awkward and weird, meanwhile, try to find the true feeling beyond.

------- The Key Word: Inter Media

-------- The pioneer: John Cage

                          The very famous 4'33'' by John Cage

    John Cage (1912-1992) ----- who explore the original concept of the Fluxus.

    He was failed in learning professional composition, which led him to Japan, the place where he first get in touch with the Zen and the Asian culture. The period was essentially vital and subtle for him cause he totally change his thoughts. From then on, he started to regard music as ' an aimless game' and see music as something occasional. On one side, thanks to the objection of his traditional composition, or now we can not have such wonderful and unprecedented thought like his. On the other side, thanks to his composition education, which gave some other inspiration like tempo and timbre. And one very typical example is the 'sonatas and interludes'.

                           sonatas and interludes for prepared piano (1/5)

  I also found something very interesting about him. besides being a pioneer in the fluxus art, he was also an amateur expert in mucedine, which quite surprises me!

          John Cage: "Mushroom Haiku" and "At the Middle"

---The philosophy of the Fluxus

1. Fluxus is an attitude. It is not a movement or a style.
2. Fluxus is intermedia. Fluxus creators like to see what happens when different media intersect. They use found and everyday objects, sounds, images, and texts to create new combinations of objects, sounds, images, and texts.
3. Fluxus works are simple. The art is small, the texts are short, and the performances are brief.
4. Fluxus is fun. Humor has always been an important element in Fluxus.

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