FLUXUS.GRAM is an Instagram-based curatorial experiment and artistic offshoot of the research project Activating Fluxus. It gathers a growing collection of historical and contemporary Fluxus and Fluxus-inspired scores—concise, often playful instructions for performances, objects, and situations—inviting participation rather than passive viewing.

Artists, makers, and the simply curious are invited to interpret, activate, or reinvent these scores. Selected responses are shared online, forming a living, ever-evolving archive of Fluxus-inspired practice today.

Through these activations, FLUXUS.GRAM asks what Fluxus can mean now—bridging art and everyday life, re-reading and re-imagining its legacy across new media, and keeping its spirit vibrantly in motion.

FINAL EVENT

28 Feb 2026, 1pm – 6pm
Cabaret Voltaire, Spiegelgasse 1, 8001 Zürich

The event and exhibition at Cabaret Voltaire mark the artistic culmination of the SNSF research project Activating Fluxus and the conclusion of the three-day Fluxus Fête—a celebration of Fluxus’ radical, playful and transformative spirit.
On view is a curated selection of Fluxus scores from FLUXUS.GRAM, spanning both historical Fluxus texts and contemporary contributions created in the spirit of Fluxus and gathered over the past months. Throughout the afternoon, we will activate selected scores live—sometimes guided by the artists themselves, sometimes with the spontaneous participation of the audience. A dedicated program segment reflects on historical Fluxus positions and their most recent resonances and successor projects. The event concludes with an open stage, inviting further interventions, actions, and unexpected moments.
Documentation of all score activations will become part of the growing FLUXUS.GRAM score collection (IG: @fluxus.gram).

Program

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM – Welcome, exhibition walkthrough, live score activations
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM – Live score activations with special guests and audience participation
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM – Talks by Ann Noël, Ken Friedman and Nicholas Schärer
(Error 417 Expectation Failed)
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM – Open stage: surprise guests and experiments
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM – Aperitif and farewell

Performers and speakers
Leire Aranberri, Ken Friedman, Gang Group, Nathan Gruno, Johannes M. Hedinger, Irini Karavouzis, Flora Karetka, Basile Mudry, Ann Noël, Julien Paccard, Nicholas Schärer, Sneila, Liliana Torres Eaquivias, Yannick Wey, and others.

Scores shown, activated, or discussed by
Ai Weiwei, Eric Anderson, Leire Aranberri, Ay-O, Ioanna Bachmann, Robert Barry, Blind Art Collective, Dineo Seshee Bopape, George Brecht, Stanley Brouwn, John Cage, Paul Chan, Judy Chicago, Com&Com, Megan Cope, Olafur Eliasson, Error 417 Expectation Failed, Ken Friedman, Gang Group, Félix González-Torres, Douglas Gordon, Marlon Griffith, Ana Halprin, Johannes M. Hedinger, Dick Higgins, Hanna B. Hölling, Miranda July & Harrell Fletcher, Joan Jonas, Steve Kaltenbach, Allan Kaprow, Flora Karetka & Elsa Cailletaud, Christine Sun Kim, Bengt af Klintberg, Milan Knížák, Alison Knowles, Takehisa Kosugi, Shigeko Kubota, Barbara Lubliner, George Maciunas, Lino Muff, Bruce Nauman, Ernesto Neto, Ann Noël, Yoko Ono, Julien Paccard, Pritam Mitra, Nam June Paik, Ayumi Paul, Benjamin Patterson, Niels Poiz, Pedro Reyes, Ugo Rondinone, Eszter Salamon, Takako Saito, Grgur Savić, Mieko Shiomi, Daniela Solís, Ben Vautier, Robert Watts, Erwin Wurm, La Monte Young, Mingyue Zhang, and others.

Special presentation of
– Activating Fluxus (Radio Fluxus podcast, website, book)
– 13 Scores Against Tech Fascism (Error 417 Expectation Failed)

Curation: Johannes M. Hedinger, Basile Mudry based on an idea by Com&Com
Moderation: Johannes M. Hedinger
Production, technical support: Gregory Maret, Basile Mudry
Activating Fluxus Research Team: Hanna B. Hölling, Aga Wielocha, Josephine Ellis
Thanks and support: Cabaret Voltaire, SNSF, HKB, ZHdK, !Mediengruppe Bitnik, Error 417 Expectation Failed
Info: www.activatingfluxus.com / Instagram @fluxus.gram
Contact: fluxus.gram@gmail.com

OPEN CALL (expired)

How it works

We collect scores through OPEN CALLS and invitations. You can:

Submit a score you’ve written—a concise instruction for an action, performance, object or installation
Activate a score from our Instagram feed in your own way—reinterpret, reimagine or restage it. Document your response with a photo, short video (up to 60 seconds), or a brief written reflection and share it with us.
Perform a score live at Cabaret Voltaire on 28 February 2026 (4-5 pm).
Please let us know which of the scores published so far (see Instagram) you would like to activate. If you wish to perform a new score, please submit it to us in advance using the same form below.

Join us

Browse @fluxus.gram, (I) create your own score OR (II) pick an existing score and activate it.
Share your contribution as instructed below:

For scores, use this Online Form (available in English, German, and French),
Alternatively, you can use this PDF (available in EN, FR, DE) and send it to: fluxus.gram@gmail.com by 31 January 2026.
For activations or reactions to the scores use this Online Form (available in English, German, and French), the submission deadline is 31 January 2026.
For Live Performances at Cabaret Voltaire on 28 February 2026 (4-5 pm)
use this Online Form. The submission deadline is 20 February 2026.

What happens next

Your submission will be:

Featured on Instagram @fluxus.gram
Presented at the final event on 28 February 2026, at Cabaret Voltaire, Zurich
Included in the collaborative network and research archive of Activating Fluxus

RIGHTS & CONDITIONS

You retain full authorship and all rights to your score or activation. You grant FLUXUS.GRAM a non-exclusive right to publish the score on Instagram and to present it at the closing event at Cabaret Voltaire, always in connection with your name credited. Any further use requires your prior consent.

Restrictions: As a rule, contributions will be published. However, the curatorial board reserves the right to exclude submissions containing racism or discrimination, hate speech, harassment, defamation, or slander—especially content targeting individuals based on ethnic origin, skin color, nationality, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or age.

CREDITS

After an idea by Com&Com
Curated by Johannes M. Hedinger and Basile Mudry
Developed within the research project Activating Fluxus.
Contact: fluxus.gram@gmail.com