FLUXUS ST.LOUIS

FLUXFEST NEW YORK

2011-04-07T10:49:00.001-07:00

Fluxus Museo Minimo

2011-02-24T14:51:00.000-08:00

A link to the Fluxus Museo Minimo show in Venice & Napoli, Italy
Organized by Giancarlo Da Lio / Tiziana Baracchi

http://www.museominimo.it/

!!! FLUXFEST - CHICAGO - 1 WEEK AWAY !!!

2011-02-06T00:11:00.000-08:00

CHICAGO IN FEBRUARY........

2010-12-16T07:43:00.000-08:00

Please join us for a full week of Fluxus Performance at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago !!! Plenty of room to add additional performances ... Dig out your scores and your Bowler Hats !!!

Texas in January ...

2010-12-16T07:11:00.000-08:00

If anyone is going to be in Texas in January, Please join us ...

Fluxfest - Chicago

2010-12-08T08:35:00.001-08:00

Please Join us to Perform and Congregate : at the MCA – Chicago, week of Feb. 15th – 20th, 2011.
“FLUXFEST - CHICAGO”
organized by Keith A. Buchholz and Picasso Gaglione.
A weeklong exploration of Fluxus activity, from it’s earliest scores and actions, to contemporary re-interpretations of classic scores, and Recent works by Contemporary Fluxus Artists.
Held inside the Museum of Contemporary Art - Chicago, Illinois
February 15th – 20th, 2010

Tuesday, 2/15 12:31 P.M.
The New Fake Picabia Brothers ( Picasso Gaglione / Keith A. Buchholz )
Guitar Kick ( Robin Page ) Performers kick a guitar throughout galleries, until guitar is completely dismembered. – Classic performance score by an anchor artist of the british “school” of 70’s Fluxus.

Tuesday, 2/15 6: 35 P.M.
The Chicago Fluxus Ensemble - Classic Scores and Interventions
Founded in 2009 by Hannah Higgins, Simon Anderson and Alison Knowles, The Chicago Fluxus Ensemble has performed multiple times with Fulcrum Point’s New Music Series. ( Simon Anderson, Picasso Gaglione, Jeff Abell, Sally Alatelo, Keith A. Buchholz, Joshua Rutherford, Jessica Feinstein, Kyle White, Darlene Domel , and others. )

Wednesday, 2/16 12:03 p.m.
“ Eternal Networking “
Guided by artists Picasso Gaglione, Darlene Domel, Keith A. Buchholz, Andy Oleksiuk, Adamandia Kapsalis, Neosho, and others, Visitors will have the ability to interact with the Postal Art Network. Supplies for Collage, Stamping, and Postal Mail Making will be provided, along with insights, and guidance into making works which will be sent into the “Eternal Network “.

Thursday, 2/17 12:15 p.m.
3 Durational Works
1. Premiere of “ Time / Space Ritual “ a New work by Keith A. Buchholz, involving the layering of sound and manipulation of found sources through 4 turntables, influenced by Nam June Paik’s Turntable manipulations and Steve Reich’s Tape Loop work. Duration : 60 Minutes.
2. Premiere of “ Magic Mushrooms” a New work by Andrew Oleksiuk, Utilizing Live telepresence, Virtual FLUXUS Performance in Second Life, with special guest performers. Duration 60 minutes.
3. Dragging Suite - Nam June Paik Performed by Picasso Gaglione, Darlene Domel, Keith A. Buchholz, and others, Paik’s Suite calls for the dragging of multiple dolls throughout the space. Comical and Irreverent, this is a Paik work not often seen. Duration 45min – 1 hr.

Friday, 2/18 12:36 p.m.
TRISTIN TZARA - performance by Miekal And, Camille Bacos .
Explores the relationship of Tzara to his hometown, with filmed imagery, and spoken word.

DADA machine FLUXUS ( Darlene Domel, Keith A. Buchholz, Picasso Gaglione, Andy Oleksiuk, and others.) * Expected guest performers include Melissa McCarthy (Flux- New Hampshire), Reed Altemus ( Fluxus Maine), Jennifer Kosharek ( Fluxus South), Cecil Touchon ( Fluxus-Texas), as well as other incoming Flux-Folk.
Manic Re - Interpretations of Classic Fluxus Scores, as seen through the direction of Picasso Gaglione.

Saturday, 2/19 12:34 p.m.
FLUXUS NOW !!!
Contemporary Fluxus Scores interpreted by their authors and members of their circle.
A sampling of recent work, performed by contemporary artists from the Fluxus community, many of whom are coming to Chicago specifically to perform at these events. Artists from throughout the U.S., (and possibly Mexico and Canada as well), will converge to perform their recent scores.
* A commemorative Zine of scores will be published by Fluxpress in conjunction with this event, and will be distributed free to MCA visitors during these performances.

Saturday, 2/19 7:13 p.m. ( OFFSITE )
The New York Correspondance School of Chicago Dinner
In Keeping with the traditions of Ray Johnson’s New York Correspondance School, it’s Chicago Affiliates will host an informal dinner gathering at a downtown location TBA. Members of the Chicago Fluxus and Mail Art communities as well as incoming performers and guests will be in attendance. The public will be notified of time and place, by flyers distributed throughout the week at the MCA.

Sunday, 2/20 12:33 p.m.

FLUX – SOLOS
A variety of Classic and Contemporary Fluxus scores, interpreted by Contemporary Fluxus artists.
This performance gives Contemporary performers the opportunity to present works from the 50 year canon of scores, that personally resonate with them. Performances will undoubtedly be insightful, and will run the gamut from irreverent to introspective. ( discussion with the artists to follow. )
* artists will include all involved during the “Fluxweek” and will conclude the weeks activities.

* As part of the weeks activities, Posters, Flyers, Stampsheets, and Booklets will be printed and distributed freely to visitors at the museum. ( Ephemera is an integral part of the Fluxus practice).
More Performances to be added ---- As you think of them .....

Please contact Keith Buchholz for more info : 1-314-276-4802 Keith9963@sbcglobal.net

Press about the upcoming show ....

2010-05-27T11:56:00.000-07:00

What the Fluxus?
By Paul Friswold Wednesday, May 26 2010

Some people will tell you that Fluxus died in 1978 with George Maciunas, but how can Fluxus die? The Fluxus approach to art is not any one thing; by nature, Fluxus art is intermedia, combining sound, object, image, text, audience and time into a single experience that allows for both happenstance and accident. That's a way of life in the 21st century, not a dead movement.
Homecoming: Fluxus and Visual Poetry by Regional Natives, an art exhibition featuring work by John M. Bennett, Keith A. Buchholz, Larry Miller and Cecil Touchon, is further proof of Fluxus' ongoing vitality. The show encourages interaction and promises fun for those open to share in the experience — and fun is a vital element of Fluxus.
Homecoming opens with a free public reception from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Friday, May 28, at the Regional Arts Commission (6128 Delmar Boulevard; 314-863-5811 or www.art-stl.com), and the performance begins at 7 p.m. The gallery is open daily, and the show remains up through Sunday, July 11.
May 28-July 11, 2010

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Hey Everybody, This is an update on the week of April 15th,
as activities in New York have Expanded for the week . If you were thinking about coming up,
please try, as with most events, the more people, the better - and a chance to perform with
everyone on Friday .

1. Thursday, April 15th - Gaglione opening at Stendhal / Dada machine Fluxus performance :
Performers are : Picasso Gaglione, Darlene Dormel, Joshua Rutherford, Jessica
Feinstein, Keith Buchholz, Reed Altemus, Melissa McCarthy,Ruud Janssen, Christine Tarantino,
and Mark Bloch .
he show opens at 7pm. We will perform at 8:32 sharp.

2. Friday, April 16th - Inside / Outside Fluxfest at Printed Matter
Performers ( So Far ) are :
Reed Altemus, Picasso Gaglione, Joshua Rutherford, Melissa McCarthy, Perry Garvin, Ruud Janssen, Christine Tarantino, Darlene Dormel, Warren Fry, Jennifer Zoellner, Jessica Feinstein, Mark Bloch, Keith A. Buchholz, Olchar F. Lindsann, Tomislav Butovic, and whoever else shows up to perform .
The performance is at 6 pm with the first 30 minutes inside Printed Matter.
At 6:30 we will move outside and unroll a banner that says “ FLUXUS STREET THEATRE “
and begin the second part of the performance .
( Printed Matter will be featuring the release of our new series of Performance score pamphlets that evening ).

3. Friday Night, Following the Performance - 8pm
New York Correspondance School Dinner - at Katz’s Deli
Spread the word !!! - a classic meeting re – emerges at historic Katz’s ….
Let everybody know - It would be great to have as many folks there as
possible .

4. Saturday, April 17th Lectures at Stendhal - John Held Jr., Ruud Janssen ,
and Geert De Decker ( Stuka Fabryka ) Lecture on Mail Art, Rubber Stamp, and
Fluxus .
1 pm ( tentatively ) I’m not completely sure of the time, but We’ll know the
lineup for sure by the time we get to New York .

5. Saturday Night - Please Mr. Postman !!!! It’s Sticker Dude’s Birthday !!!
Joel Cohen (Stickerdude) hosts an evening of music and mayhem with mailartists at a coffeehouse in Brooklyn ….
Details to follow in New York !!!!!!

6. Sunday Morning - The Raid on Rutgers ……..
For those who wish to venture out on the train …..
The Post Neo Absurdists have put together an informal tour of HISTORIC FLUXUS
SITES on the Campus of RUTGERS ….. see where the FLUXMASS really
happened ……. And lots more ….
Our hosts Olchar, Warren, and Tomislav have done all the footwork - this will be fun ……
Poster and Flyer files for both shows are posted at
That's all I’ve got for now, I’m sure there will be more to add by the 15th …..
Looking forward to Seeing everyone, Peace, - Keith

Call For Art ......

2010-02-18T13:03:00.001-08:00

FLUXUS ST.LOUIS in collaboration with MUSEUM of CONTEMPORARY ART ST. LOUIS Open Studios
Presents a call for Mail Art, Publications, Fluxus, Sound and Video work to be presented at
Fluxus St. Louis / Artfarm . Exhibition will take place July 24th and 25th, 2010.
All types of work are encouraged, All work will be shown, as well as permanently archived by
Fluxus St. Louis for further exhibition . Throughout the exhibition, Keith A. Buchholz will give
Informal talks on Fluxus and Mail Art Networks. We are hoping for this event to be our largest yet.
Last year, we were visited by Curators from several museums and universities, art admirers from 6 states, and tour buses of interested people from the region. Fluxus St. Louis maintains an outpost for the Mail Art and Fluxus communities, as well as the extended Avant – Garde network and is the only place to see this kind of work in the region. Deadline for work is July 15th, 2010 .
Send work to :
FLUXUS ST.LOUIS
c/o Keith A. Buchholz
4615 Oregon Av.
St. Louis, Mo 63111
U.S.A.

Art Critic John Perreault weighs in on FLUXFEST !!!

2009-09-21T07:44:00.000-07:00

Item: Fluxfest Waves the Fluxist Flag

Fluxfest at Pierogi's The Boiler (on Sept. 11, with not a mention of 9/11)

had the genuine Fluxus offhandedness and the historically correct disregard for ceremony or performance-niceties such as a printed program. The latter would have allowed the patient audience -- outnumbered by the performers, as is also traditionally Fluxian -- to ascertain authorship, date of creation, and performer.

Thus, 13 or so friendly Fluxians from here and abroad, most of whom had not met before, presented an hour-and-a-half of Fluxus pieces, old and new. For the record, they were listed in WAGMAG, the Brooklyn Art Guide (which I had picked up at 111 High Street) in anti-alphabetical order: Allan Revich, Reid Wood, Mark Block, Christine Tarantino, Carol Starr, Reed Altemus, Tamara Wyndham, Don E. Boyd, Melissa McCarthy, Keith A. Buchholz, Bibiana Padilla Maltos, Bradstifter, Mary Campbell, Pronoblem and more!!

Balloons were inflated, water poured from one plastic cup into another in a circle of plastic cups, jellybeans dispersed, toy instruments given out -- as were miniature versions of U.S. tender. Various classic Dada texts were read, including a poem by Louis Aragon called Suicide, which consisted of reciting the alphabet. (It is one of my all-time favorites.) But in another rather anti-Fluxian demonstration, a woman asked if anyone could love her as much as she loved herself. Obviously not. So shopping bag in hand, she stormed out, never to return.

The best was saved for last. The interlocutor, one of five participants wearing black hats, tacked a piece of paper on the wall behind him, then left. Other Fluxians got up, read what was on the piece of paper, and also left. Then members of the audience, myself included, did likewise. I copied what was on the piece of paper: "Word Event/Exit/ George Brecht, 1961."

Critic John Perreault on artsjournal.com/artopia 9/20/09

Contemporary Collage / Emily Amy Gallery, Atlanta

2009-08-28T15:41:00.001-07:00

Contemporary Collage: Paper's Many Forms..September 11 - October 12, 2009
Reception for the artists: Friday September 11th, 2009 7-10 pm

Emily Amy Gallery presents new collage from gallery artists' Paul Rousso and Cecil Touchon, as well as a curated selection of works from the International Museum of Collage. Robert Motherwell stated, "Collage is the twentieth century's greatest innovation," and the collages created by these artists legitimize his statement.

I'll be showing 5 new Box Works at this show ! Curated by Cecil Touchon.

A Book About Death

2009-08-28T14:42:00.000-07:00

A Book About Death Opening Sept 10 at The Emily Harvey Foundation
Please take a look: 313 entries thus far. Note the posters (8 of them), free to download and print.
Visit: http://abookaboutdeath.blogspot.com/

FLUXFEST NYC !

2009-08-26T11:17:00.001-07:00

2009-07-06T15:11:00.000-07:00

CAMSTL OPEN STUDIOS

2009-07-01T22:05:00.000-07:00

In conjunction with this year’s Contemporary Art Museum St.Louis Open Studio tour, FLUXUS / ST.LOUIS will present :

FROM THE ARCHIVE : FLUXUS and MAILART WORKS BY CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS.

A selection of Artists Books, Objects, Mailart, Text and Visual Poetry, with works by over 350 artists.

From the archives of FLUXUS / ST. LOUIS, an arts outpost founded in 2006 by Keith A. Buchholz.

Please Join us on Saturday, July 25th from 10 am until 4 pm .

FLUXUS / ST. LOUIS, 4615 Oregon Ave., St. Louis, Mo.,

Artists include: Blaster Al Ackerman, Reed Altemus, Viktorova Anastasia, Mikeal And, Simon Anderson, Anticham, William Aponto, Claudia Kipps Aulita, Vittorio Baccelli, Carlyle Baker, Paola Baldassini, Anna Banana, Bansky, Tiziana Baracchi, Vittore Baroni, Keith Bates, Horst Baur, Angela Behrendt, Lancilotto Bellini, C. Mehrl Bennett, John M. Bennett, Truman Bentley Jr., Jason Berlin, Diane Bertrand, David Berube, Scott Blake, Buz Blurr, Boek861, Bolderaja Group, Adriano Bonari, Boog, Carlos Botana, Jason Bowles, Tricia Bowles, Alan Bowman, Don Boyd, Maxi Boyd, Brad Brace, Anne Braunschweig, Bread and Puppet, George Brecht, Cherie Bright, Patti Bristow, Narie-Pierre Brot, Keith A. Buchholz, Laurence Bucourt, Ed Buddz B, Alan Bukoff, Sean Burn, Dirty Jimi Camero, Richard Canard, Mike Cannell, Antonio Carano, Cascadia Artpost, Bruno Cassaglia, Torma Cauli, Achille Cavellini, Mauro Cesari, Christine Chapponiere, Denis Charmot, Bruno Chiarlone, David Baptiste Chirot, Ernie ori Choon-Guan, Ryosuke Cohen, Edwin Collazo, Sarah Condon, Eric Coraboeuf, Corentine, Aliette Couette, Kelly Courtney, Crackerjack Kid, Creative Thing, Carla Cryptic, Pal Csaba, Daniel de Culla, David Dalchinsky, Coralette Damme, Victor DaSilva Jr., Jacque Lynn Davis, Chris Day, Dear Diary, Marc Deb, Michel Della Vedova, David Dellafiora, Joan Desmond, Antonio De Sousa, Antonio DeMarchi-Gherini, Tim Devin, Mike Dickau, The Diggers, Darlene Dormel, Peter Dowker, Dragonfly Dream, Sved Uwe Dressler, Wilma Dugay, Nicole Eippers, Karen Eliot, John Emolo, Walt Evans, ExPostFacto, Fast Eyes Fluxus, Ficus Strangulensis, Luc Fierens, Lino Foffano, Maurizio Follin, Roberto Formigione, Rachel Freeman, Franz Frisch, Thorsten Fuhrmann, Bill “Picasso” Gaglione, Greg Gambone, Chuck Gattuso, Ed Giecek, Eugenio Giustizieri, Michael Goetz, Estelle Toby Goldstein, Claudio Grandinetti, Mark Greenfield, Vladimir Gritsay, Valerie Gros, Elke Grundmann, Haddock, Brandon Hainey, Frances Haney, Roland Halbritter, Donna Ham, Haphazard, Jim Hayes, Faith Heisler, John Held Jr., Stephanie Hendrickx, Christopher Hoddinott, Haje Holmstrom, In-Young Hong, Honoria Starbuck, Nula Horo, Neil Horsky, Jason Hozinsky, Denise Hunley, Geof Huth, Vladimir Jakushonok, Eberhard Janke, Ruud Janssen, Andrea Jay, Miguel Jiminez, Dewi Johan, Jon Johnson, Nicholas Johnson, Ray Johnson, Konstantin Kalendaroff, Patricia Kambitsch, Rodica & Dobrica Kamperlic, Istvan Kantor, Adamandia Kapsalis, Kasten Mailart Action, Vadim Katorgin, Kiyotei Xi, Ann Klefstad, Matthew Lee Knowles, Kunst Keller, Susanna Lakner, Michael Leigh, Pascal Lenoir, Alfonso Lentini, Brent Leopold, Pierpaolo Limongelli, Lex Loeb, C.Z. Lovecraft, Lucky 13, Serse Luigetti, Billie Macuinas, Madawg, Gastao de Magalhaes, Magenta Raven, Ruggero Maggi, Mailarta, Malok, Russell Manning, Dorian Ribas-Marinho, Matt, McMurtagh, Massimo Medola, Medwolf, Carol Melichar, Moreno Menarin, Miche Art-Universalis, Martyna Mikita-Bobowska, Larry Miller, Thais Miller, Henning Mittendorf, Opal Moiety, William Monachesi, Samuel Montalvetti, Servane Morel, Kazunori Murakami, Sheila E. Murphy, Musicmaster, Keiichi Nakamura, The Neoists, Neosho, Angela & Peter Netmail, Jamie Newton, Katerina Nikoltsou, Node Pajomo, Jose Noguiera, Nolan, Obvious Front, Okadaskat, Yoko Ono, Clemente Padin, Silvano Pertone, William Philyaw, Phlox 13, Barry Edgar Pilcher, Philippe Pissier, Jean Pitzer, Nadia Poltosi, Bill Porter, Ross Priddle, Sarah Puorro, Rain Rein, Scott Ray Randall, Raz, Bernd Reichert, Terry Reid, Steven Renald, Jorge Restrepo, Tulio Restrepo, Allan Revich, Mudhead Reynolds, John Rininger, Jason Rodgers, Massimo Rognini, Claudio Romeo, Irene Ronchetti, Josh Ronsen, Matthew Rose, Schoko Casana Rosso, Rudi Rubberoid, Marco Ruiz, Joshua Rutherford, Marina Salmaso, Mete Sarabi, Evie Satajadi, Ed Schenk, Schmuel, Wilhelm Schramm, Gunter Schwind, Jose Roberto Sechi, Anne Seltzer, Jarmo Sermila, Dominico Severino, Gary Shilling, Valery Shimanofsky, Wolfgang Skodd, Judith Skolnick, Owen Smith, Snappy, Silvia Soarez, Soluna, Something Blue, Mark Sonnenfeld, Bruno Sourdin, Andrea Sozzi, Litsa Spathi, D.C. Spaulding, Carol Starr, Giovanni & Renata Strada, Marcus Steffen, Steinman, Roger Stevens, Stickerdude, Saartje Stiers, David Stone, Andrew Stys, Rod Summers, Eric Sundermann, Jaromir Svozlik, Orfee Swerts, Matt Taggart, Christine Tarantino, Test Tower, David W. Thomas, Thompson, Paul Tillia, Theirry Tillier, Toca do Lobo ( Celestino Neto), Cecil Touchon, Emily Townsend, Lothar Trott, Robert Tucker, Lubomyr Tymiziv, Mamoru Uemura, Joseph A. Uphoff, Sigismund Urban, Calendrina Valentina, Anke Van den Berg, Henk J. Van Ooyen, Kat Van Trollebol, Ed Varney, Kimberly Varykino, Ben Vautier, Bart Verburg, Guido Vermeulen, Vistext, Wackystuff, Susan Walker, Peter Whitson Warren, Crispin Webb, Ma Wen, Rod Weston, Clark Whittington, Jokie X. Wilson, Lutz Wohlrab, Karen Wood, Reid Wood, Tamara Wyndham, Bill Wyatt, Isao Yoshii, Miss Yves, David Zack, the Zaj Group, Ivan Zemtsov, Zen Baby, Bernhard Zilling, Sharon Zimmer, Jennifer Zoellner, And scores of other international artists !