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artists & participants
Gabor Altorjay,
Eric Andersen,
Azorro,
Fluxus East,
Miklos Erdely,
Robert Filliou,
György Galantai,
Tibor Hajas,
Geoffrey Hendricks,
Dick Higgins,
Tadeusz Kantor,
Raivo Kelomees,
Kiwa (Jaanus Kivaste),
Milan Knizak,
Alison Knowles,
Julius Koller,
Jaroslaw Kozlowski,
Vytautas Landsbergis,
Leonhard Lapin,
George Maciunas,
Raul Meel,
Jonas Mekas,
Larry Miller,
Arvo Pärt,
Ben Patterson,
Mieko Shiomi,
Tamas St. Auby,
Endre Tot,
Gabor Toth,
Nomeda & Gediminas Urbonas,
Jiri Valoch,
Ben Vautier,
Branko Vucicevic,
Emmett Williams
press release
Fluxus was received in many different ways, sometimes through personal contacts, leading to very diverse Fluxus actions. These included a few concerts with Fluxus compositions organized by the Experimental Studio of the Polish Radio (1964) and organized through Józef Patkowski; a journey by Eric Andersen (Copenhagen), who was the first Fluxus artist to travel through several Eastern European countries, performing in private apartments; Fluxus concerts in Lithuania, (organized by Vytautas Landsbergis, George Maciunas` former school pal in 1966), Prague (1966 organized by Milan Knížák, who was appointed „Director Fluxus East“ by Maciunas) and Budapest (in 1969 Tamás St. Auby organized a concert without personal contact to Fluxus artists, using a compilation of Fluxus scores, 1969); and later a Fluxus Festival in Poznań (1977), organized by Jarosław Kozłowski in Galeria Akumulatory.
Fluxus East represents a first stocktaking of the diverse Fluxus activities in the former Eastern Bloc; the exhibition shows parallel developments and artistic practices inspired by Fluxus. Besides "classic" Fluxus objects and scores, the display includes film interviews with Fluxus artists, photographs, films, correspondence, and recordings of music that document the presence of Fluxus in the former Eastern Bloc. As an interactive exhibition, Fluxus East aims to facilitate a profound encounter with ideas, works and texts - some presented as facsimiles to permit intense study. In the course of its tour the exhibition has been developed further and considerably enlarged, including new documents and art works especially from Hungarian, Lithuanian, and Estonian collections.
The exhibition was produced by Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, and funded by the German Federal Cultural Foundation. Former exhibition venues: Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin; Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius; Bunkier Sztuki, Cracow; Ludwig Museum, Budapest; Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn; and Kunsthallen Nikolaj, Copenhagen.
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FLUXUS EAST
Kurator: Petra Stegmann
Künstler: Gabor Altorjay, Eric Andersen, Azorro , Miklos Erdely, Robert Filliou, György Galantai, Tibor Hajas, Geoffrey Hendricks, Dick Higgins, Tadeusz Kantor, Raivo Kelomees, Kiwa (Jaanus Kivaste), Milan Knizak, Alison Knowles, Julius Koller, Jaroslaw Kozlowski, Vytautas Landsbergis, Leonhard Lapin, George Maciunas, Jonas Mekas, Raul Meel, Larry Miller, Arvo Pärt / Mart Lille / Kuldar Sink / Toomas Velmet, Benjamin Patterson, Mieko Shiomi, Slave Pianos , SOUP 69 / Leonhard Lapin, Tamas St. Auby, Endre Tót, Gabor Toth, Nomeda & Gediminas Urbonas, Jiri Valoch, Ben Vautier, Peeter Volkonski, Branko Vucicevic, Emmett Williams...
Stationen:
28.10.10 - 27.02.11 Henie Onstad Kunstsenter
07.03.09 - 17.05.09 Kunsthallen Nikolaj, Kopenhagen
05.09.08 - 23.11.08 KUMU Art Museum, Tallinn
01.04.08 - 01.06.08 Ludwig Museum Budapest
08.02.08 - 23.03.08 Bunkier Stzuki, Krakau
30.11.07 - 13.01.08 Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius
27.09.07 - 04.11.07 Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin