From Fluxus to Media Art at MAYA STENDHAL GALLERY

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James Kalm drops in for a viewing of artifacts and documents that cover nearly a half century of developments that began with the meeting of Jonas Mekas and George Maciunas in 1955. Evolving from the anti-aesthetics of Dada and Marcel Duchamp, Fluxus came of age during a period that encompassed radical technological and social change. Features works by Andy Warhol, Jonas Mekas, George Maciunas, George Brecht, Nam June Paik, Shigeko Kubota and Studio IMC with an in-depth interview with Jonas Mekas

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Uploaded: March 20, 2008 at 9:06 am
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Tags: James Kalm Andy Warhol Jonas Mekas George Maciunas Brecht Nam June Paik Shigeko Kubota Studio IMC Maya Stendhal video

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toleranceofculture (Wednesday 21st of May 2008 04:16:31 AM)
we had similar exhibition- 'The Avant-Garde: From Futurism to Fluxus' in The Jonas Mekas Visual Arts Center (JMVAC) in Vilnius, Lithuania Pas mus vyko panaši paroda- Jono Meko vizualiųjų menų centre Vilniuje- pirmoji paroda „Avangardas: nuo futurizmo iki Fluxus" :>
MrWowforever (Monday 24th of March 2008 11:32:34 AM)
when i moved to new york city in 1996 the Anthology film archives (jonas mekas' place) was one of the first places i went. i watched jim jarmucshs' dead man, i remember watching the audience come in and thinking, 'these are new yorkers!?', it was my education. thank you mr. mekas. thanks mr. kalm:)
MrWowforever (Saturday 22nd of March 2008 09:38:14 AM)
history is a tale told by the winners
RonSchira (Saturday 22nd of March 2008 06:06:58 PM)
and the losers are the forgotten ones, no statues in their honor, their meaningless names rubbed smooth on the stone.
MrWowforever (Saturday 22nd of March 2008 08:45:56 PM)
kinda makes the present the important thing:)
RonSchira (Saturday 22nd of March 2008 09:49:35 PM)
you got it, my friend
eenkjet (Sunday 23rd of March 2008 09:50:44 PM)
here here. as for art. 99% of what we are appreciating so much is "great moments in art history". but like crackling old films they show their age. the present is literally where we/it's at.
spawndonacle (Friday 21st of March 2008 11:05:07 PM)
If we had absolute knowledge of the future, would we call it history?
RonSchira (Saturday 22nd of March 2008 06:05:08 PM)
Spawn, It was a pleasure to listen to Jonas' comments because he was there when it happened, for a New York outsider like myself it was like a conduit to the past, but to answer your question, I think we make history as we go by doing remarkable things that are documented and remembered, we may have a hint of its importance but we can never know for sure. In 500 years from now it will mean a hell of a lot less than in fifty.
MrWowforever (Tuesday 25th of March 2008 09:18:52 AM)
no, we call that fundamentalism