As our project enters its final phase, momentum is growing toward Fluxus Fête, the concluding events to be held on February 26–28, 2026 – please save the date!
Fluxus Fête is a series of events celebrating the radical spirit of Fluxus, while simultaneously marking the conclusion of the research project Activating Fluxus. Over three days and across multiple formats, the Fête brings together artists, scholars, and audiences to explore Fluxus’s playful, experimental, and boundary-pushing practices. The program features lectures, panels, and discussions that interrogate Fluxus’s history, philosophy, ongoing influence, and afterlife, alongside performances that activate scores and reinterpret Fluxus-inspired works.
DAY ONE: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2026
The (Im)possibilities of Touch: Ay-O’s Finger Boxes
—A Conservation Study Day
The expert meeting is dedicated to the study of Ay-O’s finger boxes. Co-organized with the Getty Research Institute, this hybrid event will take place online with limited in-person participation in Bern. This event is by invitation only.
DAY TWO: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2026
Activations: An International Symposium
With speakers from the Fluxus milieu and beyond, including Tim Ingold, Natasha Lushetich, and Judit Bodor, moderators and discussants Natilee Harren, Elke Gruhn, Sally Kawamura, Emilie Parendeau and Stefanie Manthey, as well as presentations of research carried out by the project team members Josephine Ellis, Aga Wielocha and Hanna Hölling. The symposium takes place at HKB Bern, Fellerstrasse 11 and is open to the public.
DAY THREE: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2026
FLUXUS.GRAM
The final day, taking place at Cabaret Voltaire Zürich, and organized as a part of the artistic contribution to the project, includes artistic enactments, readings, and an exhibition of scores. This is a public part of the program, taking place in the historical premises of Cabaret Voltaire at Spiegelgasse 1, 8001 Zürich. Space is limited.
Fluxus Fête offers a platform for reflection and experimentation, as well as convivial exchange between specialists and non-specialists and all those interested—honoring Fluxus’s ethos of openness, collaboration, and dialogue.
For further details, assistance, or advice regarding accommodation and travel to Bern or Zürich, please get in touch with us at activatingfluxus@gmail.com.
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