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Fluxus Biennial. George Maciunas, Auditorium Parko della Musica, through 17 March, Rome
The show mounted by the famous Italian art curator Achille Bonito Oliva, a tribute to the founder of the Fluxus art movement, the Lithuanian-born American artist George Maciunas (Jurgis Mačiūnas), opens a two-year series of exhibitions - the Fluxus Biennale project focusing on one of the most radical experimental art trends of the 20th century. Today, Fluxus is seen as a legendary and somewhat outlandish phenomenon in the history of art, closely linked to the names of iconic figures like Joseph Beuys, Yoko Ono, Nam June Paik, John Cage, et al. George Maciunas, the spiritual father of the movement, arrived in the United States from Lithuania in 1948. According to Ben Patterson, another of the Fluxus icons, the young artist - who considered Fluxus an actual lifestyle - was full of crazy ideas like buying an island; it would become the place where artistically-minded people could bring to life the Fluxus utopia. Incidentally, Maciunas did really manage to buy an island, failing, however, to build the utopia he had dreamed of.
Fluxus spoke of things and phenomena, liberating them from the mundane context. The followers of the movement used words, images, fashion, sounds and the accepted rules and standards to present them in a completely new way, put in a different context. They experimented with poetry, music and visual arts; the impressive circle of their activities ranged from exhibitions to concerts.
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pino boresta
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Fluxus-blitz Pino Boresta
Auditorium Parco della Musica (Rome)
BIENNIAL Fluxus - After Fluxus
20:30 Friday, February 26, 2010
Psychic Interview # 2
Interviewed by George Maciunas Ramundas Malašauskas
Arrival, quickly visited the room dedicated to Maciunas when Lucio Perotti then starts at the piano and began to play gathers around a large number of people who have a semi circle. After the first song I realize that it's my time, I take off my jacket and I support them and I go next in the crowd near the piano and jumping scream "Luckily, there is Maurizio Cattelan .... And thank goodness Maurizio Cattelan is that "No one stops and the pianist is still playing as if nothing the public can not understand if this was part of the performance or not. After a couple of minutes someone organization makes me nod politely to stop, I almost passed out for themselves despite the effort I make him sign his watch that had almost finished my blitz-perfomance. Keep it up again for another couple of minutes. When exhausted stop unexpectedly entire audience greets me with a nice round of applause.
When he visibly tired sitting in a chair on the porch of the Auditorium someone asks me why I did, I would say that was certainly a tribute to three brilliant minds such as George Maciunas, Simon Cristicchi and Maurizio Cattelan and not everyone could draw their own conclusions.
Pine Boresta
pino boresta
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Fluxus-blitz di Pino Boresta
Auditorium Parco della Musica (Roma)
FLUXUS BIENNIAL - After Fluxus
Ore 20.30 Venerdì 26 Febbraio 2010
Intervista psichica # 2
George Maciunas interviewed by Ramundas Malašauskas
Arrivo, visito velocemente la sala dedicata a Maciunas quando poi Lucio Perotti si mette al pianoforte e incomincia a suonare si raduna tutto intorno un cospicuo numero di persone che si dispone a semi cerchio. Finito il primo brano musicale capisco che è arrivato il mio momento, mi tolgo la giacca che appoggio li accanto e vado in mezzo alla folla vicino al pianoforte e saltando strillo "E meno male che c'è Maurizio Cattelan.... E meno male che c'è Maurizio Cattelan" Nessuno mi interrompe e il pianista continua a suonare come se nulla fosse il pubblico non riesce a capire se ciò facesse parte della performance o meno. Dopo un paio di minuti qualcuno dell’organizzazione mi fa gentilmente cenno di smettere, io nonostante stessi quasi svenendo per la fatica gli faccio segno guardando l’orologio che avevo quasi terminato il mio blitz-perfomance. Continuo così ancora per un altro paio di minuti. Quando esausto smetto, inaspettatamente tutto il pubblico mi saluta con un bel applauso.
Quando poi vistosamente affaticato seduto su una sedia sotto il portico dell’Auditorium qualcuno mi chiede perchè lo avessi fatto, rispondo che era un omaggio a tre menti indubbiamente geniali come George Maciunas, Simone Cristicchi e Maurizio Cattelan e comunque ognuno poteva tirare le proprie conclusioni.
Pino Boresta
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