George Maciunas
1966
Gilbert and Lila Silverman Fluxus Collection Foundation, Detroit
Purge the world of bourgeois sickness, “intellectual”, professional & commercialized culture, PURGE the world of dead art, imitation, artificial art, abstract art, illusionistic art, mathematical art, - PURGE THE WORLD OF “EUROPANISM”!
PROMOTE A REVOLUTIONARY FLOOD AND TIDE IN ART, Promote living art, anti-art, promote NON ART REALITY to be fully grasped by all peoples, not only critics, dilettantes and professionals.
FUSE the cadres of cultural, social & political revolutionaries into united front & action. - The Fluxus Manifesto, George Maciunas, 1963
From the Latin word meaning “to flow” or “to change,” the international group of Fluxist artists combined a do-it-yourself, anti-art way of thinking with with political and social activism. The goal of the Fluxist artist was not the product, and certainly not fame from the product, but in the artist’s creation of art. The media involved was as eclectic as its artists: sound art, spoken word, collages, music, video, and poetry, to name a few.
This post is for evamayha, who responded with a great “people don’t know enough about FLUXUS” in response to the “What do you want to see more of?” post.
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