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  • CFP: Activating Fluxus, Expanding Conservation | 112th CAA Annual Conference
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    CFP: Activating Fluxus, Expanding Conservation | 112th CAA Annual Conference

    The Activating Fluxus research team is excited to extend an invitation for the submission of paper proposals to our panel at the 112th College Art Association Annual Conference. While the conference will be hosted in-person in Chicago from February 14–17, 2024, our panel will be conducted virtually. Authors interested in contributing to the panel are

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  • Online symposium “The Crazies are on the Loose: FLUXUS GLOBAL/DIVERS” at Museum Ostwall

    Online symposium “The Crazies are on the Loose: FLUXUS GLOBAL/DIVERS” at Museum Ostwall

    On Thursday, June 22 and Friday, June 23, the Museum Ostwall in Dortmund is hosting an online symposium titled The Crazies are on the Loose: FLUXUS GLOBAL/DIVERS. The symposium’s main title is an English translation of the German phrase “Die lrren sind los,” which was originally scratched into a poster advertising Internationale Festspiele Neuester Musik,

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  • Julia Robinson: Working In the Spirit of Fluxus
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    Julia Robinson: Working In the Spirit of Fluxus

    How do museums handle the legacy of a collectivist initiative whose life and energy had a great deal to do with its avoidance of museums, galleries, and the art market? Julia Robinson, Associate Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art in the Department of Art History at New York University, speak about the musealization and preservation…

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  • Sally Kawamura: Towards Infinity: Mieko Shiomi’s “Transmedia”
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    Sally Kawamura: Towards Infinity: Mieko Shiomi’s “Transmedia”

    Associated researcher Sally Kawamura explores the idea of “transmedia,” a term first coined by artist Mieko Shiomi in 2012. This concept refers to the process of creating new works or responses to existing pieces or concepts. Shiomi’s ideas resonate with other artistic attempts to build upon pre-existing work, particularly within Fluxus.

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  • Stefanie Manthey: The common arts of Fluxus
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    Stefanie Manthey: The common arts of Fluxus

    Stefanie Manthey, one of our associated researchers in the Activating Fluxus network, has contributed an article to the first HKB newspaper of 2023. Stefanie’s article, ‘The common arts of Fluxus’, highlights the playful agency of Fluxus objects, performances, and events created in the 1960s-70s, and additionally considers the methodological potential of Fluxus play for contemporary…

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  • Activating Fluxus now on YouTube

    Activating Fluxus now on YouTube

    We have just launched our project’s YouTube channel! The channel has been designed to feature recorded lectures and research seminars organized within our project, Activating Fluxus. The channel will also feature video interviews and stories illustrating the Radio Fluxus episodes and other products of our research activities.

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