Category: NEWS
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Fluxus konservieren und aktivieren: Ein Interview mit Lisa Schiller und Josephine Ellis von Nicole Grothe
Last April I spoke with Lisa Schiller and Nicole Grothe, conservator and head of collections respectively at the Museum Ostwall in Dortmund, about some of the challenges Fluxus (and related) artworks pose to conservation practices and the museum more broadly. The interview was published in an edition of the MO_Magazin accompanying the Museum’s opening of…
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The Matter of Activity: Flux Mystery Food by Ben Vautier
An enigma surrounds Flux Mystery Food, which first appeared as canned food presented by the French artist Ben Vautier at the Fluxus Festival in Nice in 1963. A black-and-white documentary photograph captures Vautier consuming the contents of an unlabelled can— a unique and somewhat forgotten event, allegedly followed by him brushing his teeth [Image 1].…
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Event Swirl: Scoring Digital Connections
Event Swirl is a webb app and communication method inspired by the principles of Fluxus practice. Each participant receives simple instructional scores and responds with their own interpretations through images, video, or sound—forming a collaborative network where chance, play, and everyday moments become opportunities for collective creative experience.
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The Multiple as Agential Object: Daniel Spoerri’s Object Complicity
When, in late November 1959, Spoerri established the first of three instalments of the Edition MAT, it was also the first attempt of its kind to build something of a concrete infrastructure around the multiple’s production and dissemination. Taking Spoerri’s logic of the multiple as my point of departure, gleaned from a mixture of Spoerri’s…
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Weronika Trojańska: The Ten Thousand Things of Charlotte Moorman
Weronika Trojańska, PhD candidate at the Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław, shares her archival investigations at the Archivio Conz, Berlin. Trojańska takes, as her focus, a mysterious suitcase signed by Charlotte Moorman filled with equally mysterious contents, and attempts to discern what they are—and what they might become.
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Fluxus Study Day #4. Wiesbaden: A Visual Essay
During the fourth Fluxus Study Day, the Activating Fluxus Team explored Wiesbaden, where the groundbreaking “Fluxus: Internationale Festspiele Neuester Musik” took place fom September 1-23, 1962. This visual essay traces the festival’s impact and examines Fluxus’s legacy that endures throughout the city and its surroundings.
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From SoHo to Venice: Emily Harvey and the Two Art Households
Emily Harvey, an influential gallerist, played a vital role in supporting Fluxus artists through her gallery in New York and her foundation’s residency program in Venice, hosting over 500 creative individuals since its inception.
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Andrej Mirčev: Performance Diagrams / Research Wednesday, October 2, 5:30pm CEST / join us!
On October 2 at 5:30 PM CEST, Andrej Mirčev, the postdoctoral fellow in our sister project “Performance: Conservation, Materiality, Knowledge,” is giving a lecture titled “Performance Diagrams” that might be of interest to the community of Fluxus fans and scholars. The lecture, which is part of the Research Wednesday series, can be attended in person…
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2024 with Fluxus: exhibitions and events
In this post, you will discover a comprehensive compilation of present, and upcoming exhibitions highlighting Fluxus and Fluxus artists held in 2024. We will diligently update this list throughout the year to ensure its accuracy. Should you happen to come across an exhibition that we have omitted, kindly reach out to us via email at
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Ben (1935– 2024)
On June 5, 2024, the world lost Ben Vautier, known simply as Ben. Rather than composing a traditional obituary, I chose to delve deeper into the photograph of Ben on the homepage of our website, unpacking what it represents and the circumstances under which it was captured.
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