Fluxus is well-known as an (anti-)artistic, international network with centers in the US, Western Europe and Japan. But what about this “intermedia” art beyond the “Iron Curtain”? What echo did Fluxus find in the states of the former Eastern Bloc, and what parallel developments existed there?
After 1962, Fluxus East developed through creative exchange between Fluxus artists and artists of the former Eastern Bloc. 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, which are still adopted by some young artists
today. Besides the “classic” Fluxus objects, the display will include photographs, films, correspondence, secret police files, interviews 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.
For a schedule of events, visit www.lumu.hu
Dates: April 18th – June 1st, 2008
Opening on April 17th at 6 p.m.
Place: Ludwig Museum
(Palace of Arts)
1095 Budapest, Komor Marcell u. 1.
Tel.: +36.1.555.3444
