Fluxus administration

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Though widely recognised as the founder of the legendary Fluxus movement, George Maciunas has long been a puzzling figure in the history of 20th-century art. Many have questioned w hether he should be considered an artist at all. In 'Fluxus Administration', critic and art historian Colby Chamberlain reveals the consistent artistic practice hidden behind Maciunas's varied work in architecture, music, performance, publication, graphic design, film, and real estate as an attempt to create models for community through structures of bureaucracy. He traces how Maciunas's art insinuated itself into settings as unlikely as the routes of the postal service, the fine print of copyright law, the zoning strictures of urban planning, and the corridors of hospitals. These shifting frames of reference expand our understanding of where an artistic practice can operate and what forms it might assume. Show more