Is Fluxus still going or is it dead?
Dick Higgins “For a long time after Maciunas, our group secretary and chairperson, died in 1978, those of us who had been part of Fluxus or close to him debated this question. If Fluxus was a form, then anyone who did it at any time, then or even now, could be Fluxus. If Fluxus was its members, then it was still going on. If Fluxus was a series of publications edited by Maciunas or an association with him, then it was over. We combined these notions like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle, we got terribly ingenious and also, at times, adamant and passionate about the matter. We distinguished between “Fluxus” and “Fluxism,” etc. Finally it didn’t matter, because we were still alive and changing and whether or not what we did was “Fluxus,” it was also other things too and it simply stopped being useful to call it Fluxus. There are many sites on the web where you can get old and new Fluxus pieces, and I suggest you do so.” Also see the Fluxus Portal and The Fluxus Bulletin Board.
