so what is fluxus
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Directed by Jeffrey Perkins
George: The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxus
George
A grounded, ensemble documentary.
Documentary
2018
2h 1m
In 1961 Lithuanian American artist and impresario George Maciunas established the avant-garde art movement Fluxus. George details the rise of Fluxus following a sensationalized tour of “concerts” in Europe in 1962, and continuing in New York for most of the 1960s and ’70s. During this time Maciunas was converting the dying industrial buildings of Soho into a network of artists’ lofts, creating one of the first official real estate co-ops of artist-owned buildings. Maciunas’s life and legacy—as recounted by artists of his generation, including Yoko Ono and Jonas Mekas—ignited debates that remain pivotal to artists working today.
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1George: The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxus is showing in 1 cinema in Los Angeles - next screening Sunday 2 August at 14:00 at 2220 Arts + Archives.
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5What people say
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Intriguing documentary that seems to be presented as a Fluxus-inspired project in it's own right. Many of the principles are interviewed and one comes away with a portrait of a man who desperately wanted to start an art movement involving artists who wanted nothing to do with being a part of it. His attempts to organize them were so relentless and passionate that they became an art unto themselves, evolving into a series of public performances, the most famous of which was destroying an entire piano. You can see the roots of other, more confrontational art collectives like COUM being born out of this and many of the performances look as thought provoking as they do pointless and absurd. It's an interesting peek at an intensely creative period and it's fun to see artists like Yoko Ono and John Cage in a different light. Nam June Paik is particularly delightful, laughing hysterically at his memory of the whole thing, and that may just be the point
Common questions
What is the film about?+
The film explores the life of Lithuanian American artist George Maciunas and his role in founding the avant-garde Fluxus art movement during the 1960s and 1970s.
Who directed the film?+
The documentary was directed by artist and filmmaker Jeffrey Perkins and released in 2018.
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