GEORGE MACIUNAS AND BEYOND – FLUXUS NEVER STOPS
Curator: Keith A. Buchholz. Local producer: Vėjūnė Sudarytė. Initiator: Ed Carroll.
As part of the USA Government’s culture week in Lithuania, Kaunas Biennial marks the 50th anniversary of the 1st Happenings of George Maciunas in New York. A group of 220 contemporary Fluxus artists mark his unique contribution to contemporary art practice. Location: Kaunas City Trolleybus with performances by Leard Reed Altemus III, Melissa Rose McCarthy and Mary Campbell (USA).
Premiere of the movie “Re: Maciunas and FLUXUS” (dir. J. Mekas) will be shown.
Program:
October 19, 12:00
1. Kaunas Castle premises: The procession leaves Kaunas Castle premises and is headed to S. Daukantas bus stop in K. Donelaičio street.
2. K. Donelaicio street, S. Daukantas bus and trolleybus stop: opening ceremony, Reed ALtemus, Mary Campbell, Melissa McCarthy performances. The Fluxus Trolleybus with more than 200 artworks and DIY fluxus kit for the visitors is released to Kaunas transport networks.
October 19-21
The Fluxus Trolleybus is working in Kaunas public transport network.
October 22 – 23, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
M. Žilinskas Art Gallery premises (Nepriklausomybės sq. 12)
The Fluxus Trolleybus gallery is placed in Nepriklausomybės square and open for all visitors to come.
October 24 – 26
The Fluxus Trolleybus gallery is back on the road in Kaunas public transport network.
3 Responses to FLUXUS week and Jonas Mekas film premiere
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Jono Meko filmas bus rodomas fluxusus troleibuse?
Bienale
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Bus rodomas atskirai, paskelbsime netrukus
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This is beautiful, Danielle: Understanding [the rsiotianehlps between Fluxus and ab-ex, between Fluxus and Soho, etc.] is crucial in order to create a good map. [T]he map itself will help me to understand the rsiotianehlps I am attempting to map better. I want to incorporate the information I found on Maciunas’ maps to my map, I also would like to map when and where he created his series of maps. Creating a network, rather then a collection of addresses is my ultimate objective for my project. How interesting. You want to combine two forms of mapping information mapping or data visualization, like Maciunas’ Expanded Art Diagram; and cartographic mapping of Fluxus’s urban landscape. And yes, rather than mapping simply for the sake of plotting out a collection of addresses, you want to provide some context, to reveal the connective tissues social, aesthetic, etc. tying together these addresses into a spatio-cultural network. I’m excited to watch your conceptualization of this project evolve!