37 Short Fluxus Films (1962-1970)

By: La Schiff

U B U W E B : 37 Short Fluxus Films
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“Films by Nam June Paik, Dick Higgins, George Maciunas, Chieko Shiomi, John Cavanaugh, James Riddle, Yoko Ono, George Brecht, Robert Watts, Pieter Vanderbiek, Joe Jones, Eric Anderson, Jeff Perkins, Wolf Vostell, Albert Fine, George Landow, Paul Sharits, John Cale, Peter Kennedy, Mike Parr, Ben Vautier. (16 mm, b&w/color, 120 minutes, 1962 – 1970)

Starting in the early sixties, Fluxus followed in the footsteps of the Futurist and Dada avant-gardes, going against the established grain of Fine Art and Official Art and promoting imposture as an aesthetic dimension.

Fluxus interdisciplinary aesthetic brings together influences as diverse as Zen, science, and daily life and puts them to poetic use. Initially received as little more than an international network of pranksters, the playful artists of Fluxus were, and remain, a network of radical visionaries who sought to reconcile art with life.

Dating from the sixties and compiled by George Maciunas (1931-1978, founder of Fluxus), this is a document consisting of 37 short films ranging from 10 seconds to 10 minutes in length. These films (some of which were meant to be screened as continuous loops) were shown as part of the events and happenings of the New York avant-garde. Made by the artists listed above, they celebrate the ephemeral humor of the Fluxus movement."

01 Nam June Paik – Zen For Film (1962-64)
02 Dick Higgins – Invocation of Canyons and Boulders (1966)
03 George Maciunas – End After 9 (1966)
04 Chieko Shiomi – Disappearing Music for Face (1966)
05 John Cavanaugh – Blink (1966)
06 James Riddle – 9 Minutes (1966)
07 George Maciunas – 10 Feet (1966)
08 George Maciunas – 1000 Frames, (1966)
09 Yoko Ono – Eye Blink (1966)
10 George Brecht – Entrance to Exit (1965)
11 Robert Watts – Trace #22 (1965)
12 Robert Watts – Trace #23 (1965)
13 Robert Watts – Trace #24 (1965)
14 Yoko Ono – One (1966)
15 Yoko Ono – Eye Blink (1966)
16 Yoko Ono – Four (1967)
17 Pieter Vanderbeck – Five O’Clock in the Morning (1966)
18 Joe Jones – Smoking (1966)
19 Erik Andersen – Opus 74 Version 2 (1966)
20 George Maciunas – Artype (1966)
22 Jeff Perkins – Shout (1966)
23 Wolf Vostell – Sun in Your Head (Television Decollage) (1963)
24 Albert Fine – Readymade (1966)
25 George Landow – The Evil Faerie (1966)
26 Paul Sharits – Sears Catalogue 1-3 (1965)
27 Paul Sharits – Dots 1 & 2 (1965)
28 Paul Sharits – Wirst Trick (1965)
29 (unnumbered) Paul Sharits – Unrolling Event (1965)
29 Paul Sharits – Word Movie (1966)
30 Albert Fine – Dance (1963)
31 John Cale – Police Car (1966)
36 Peter Kennedy & Mike Parr – Flux Film 36 (1970)
37 Peter Kennedy & Mike Parr – Flux Film 37 (1970)
38 Ben – Je ne vois rien, je n’entends rien, je ne dis rien (1966)
39 Ben – Le Traversee du port de Nice a la nage (1963)
40 Ben – Faire un effort (1969)
41 Ben – Regardez-moi, cela suffit (1962)