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
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Thursday, March 25, 2010
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
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
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Call For Art ......
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.
Monday, September 21, 2009
Art Critic John Perreault weighs in on FLUXFEST !!!
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
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
Friday, August 28, 2009
Contemporary Collage / Emily Amy Gallery, Atlanta
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
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/
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
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