Comments on: DIY fluxus: bridging gap between art and life

By: makingtime

makingtime — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 09:33:32 +0000

thanks for the comments!

i love fluxus, and conceptual art. sometimes it’s like little one-liner ha-ha’s… but sometimes it’s sublime and ’scratches your brain in places that are hard to reach’ (if you know what i mean). ;)

By: ptichka

ptichka — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 00:24:41 +0000

This was really interesting! I was in Vienna a few summers ago and saw a huge Fluxus exhibition at the Vienna Modern Art Museum. As I walked into this massive room full of oddly-familiar art, my first thought was that it reminded me of the current DIY/mail art/indie art movements and aesthetics. This post really fleshed out the link between Fluxus and the present, thanks!

By: Amber

Amber — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 11:59:09 +0000

Excellent! Thanks for your post. I really love the idea of the ‘fluxkit’. Something about it makes me think of Fukubukuro bags – but of course these are more commercial than artistic.

Thanks also for the link about Yoko Ono’s work. Considering the insane amount of information I know about John Lennon, I know surprisingly little about Yoko. I enjoyed the article immensely.

By: alice

alice — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 03:53:15 +0000

Your post really struck a cord with me. Most of us will never be famous artists or live glamorous lives doing our craft-of-choice. But I think that there is a little art in everyone and a little art in everything we do. We just have to learn to recognize and celebrate those random moments as the art they are.

By: admin

admin — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 03:00:59 +0000

hi heather
great post and some great feedback – keep it up I look forward to seeing what you do next
k

By: laura

laura — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 13:40:25 +0000

your post is invigorating! thank you for digging under and around the present craft/art movement and writing about other places and times of similar thought processes and aesthetics.

By: rebecca

rebecca — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 21:19:27 +0000

great stuff! this also sort of vaguely reminds of me of you are beautiful (http://www.you-are-beautiful.com/), which just pleased me so much – weird guerilla art makes me very happy.

i don’t know about other people, but having the time to do everything on the creative project list is a huge issue. sometims it is the small creativity that carries you through and keeps you in the right place until the masterpiece can be worked on.

By: korinthe

korinthe — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 14:31:47 +0000

IANAA, nor hosting anything, and my kind of creative “happening” doesn’t extend past simply knocking over the paint (accidentally or for fun).

But… this strongly reminds me of cameramail (http://kvh.threebunnypress.com/projects/cameramail.html) and I think that those of you with more of the artist’s bent would really enjoy reading about it or even starting your own interpretation of it.

By: jacqueline

jacqueline — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 02:04:49 +0000

This was great! I am currently hosting a mail art show in conjunction with my little towns Festival of the Arts. I am so excited about bringing exciting new work to the Ozarks!