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Fluxus

 Subject

Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 78 Collections and/or Records:

Jewelry Fluxkit, 1980

 Item — Box 213: [Barcode: 31858072459310]
Identifier: CC-08899-9075
Scope and Contents

Artist's name is engraved under ring magnet in box. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

Killing the Books: An Action 1971-2, 1972

 Item — Box 66: [Barcode: 31858072538493]
Identifier: CC-33342-34980
Scope and Contents

The handwritten statement on cardboard collaged to the back of the frame reads, The books are killed - by shooting - by burning - by drowning - by cutting - by gluing - painting white, or red, or black, etc. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1972

La Brosse de Ben / Ben., 1998

 Item — Box 272: [Barcode: 31858072460938]
Identifier: CC-31552-33047
Scope and Contents

The black toothbrush is printed "Keep smiling (Ben)" in the artist's characteristic, white calligraphy. The box also adds "embrasse moi (Ben)." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

Language Box, 1966

 Item — Box 298: [Barcode: 31858072460870]
Identifier: CC-27279-27840
Scope and Contents

Each card is printed on both sides with a single word selected by Hendricks "in accordance with no fixed laws. Some are likes, others are antitheses. often the pairs are reversible, sometimes not." The author suggests playing with the cards like building blocks to make whatever individual creation is desired. "Language Box is an invitation to the reader to involve himself in this process of creative synthesis. It is an attempt to break out of, not to break down, traditional habits and inhibitions in order to arrive at a richer, fresher sense of language and the world." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

Magnetische Postkarte, 1975

 Item — Box 275: [Barcode: 31858073143384]
Identifier: CC-22451-22876
Scope and Contents

The printable iron sheet in this piece cannot be magnetised. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975

Moi, Ben Je Signe, 1975

 Item — Box 335: [Barcode: 31858072491040]
Identifier: CC-21980-22392
Scope and Contents

This edition of the book is a reprinting from a book published in 1962-1963; it is the ordinary edition - the other 85 copies contained signed original work by Ben. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975

Museum of Modern Art, 1983

 Item — Box 301: [Barcode: 31858072460912]
Identifier: CC-55720-53512
Scope and Contents

The keys presumably unlock the door of the museum. The colophon reads, ...is a box of mauricio nannuccci (1971) published by adlers editions in 30 copies signed and numbered in malmo sweden autumn 1983 -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

Musterkoffer, 1990

 Item — Box unknown: [Barcode: 31858073143665]
Identifier: CC-08214-8375
Scope and Contents

The photogaphs are profiles in solid black and white of political figures. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Name Dropping Game, 1984

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: CC-61976-50442
Scope and Contents

Cards are name dropping "Tiffanys", "Museum of Modern Art", "Nabisco", "George Maciunas", "Marcel Ducamp" and "The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry". -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

Nowoczesnosc od czasu postmodernizmu, 2000

 Item
Identifier: CC-35764-37521
Scope and Contents

The book was edited by Piotr Rypson. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

Participations to the Festival of Non Art -- Anti Art --Truth Art -- How to Change Art and Mandkind, 1969

 Item — Box 335: [Barcode: 31858072491040]
Identifier: CC-36467-38262
Scope and Contents

Although this catalogue was published in Monte Carlo, the non-artistic events constituting the festival took place all over the world. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

Pictures To Be Read/Poetry To Be Seen [box], 1967

 Item — Box 291: [Barcode: 31858072460706]
Identifier: CC-04845-4938
Scope and Contents

This duplicates the correspondence for the exhibition archive and includes letters and cards by Arakawa, George Brecht, Tenny Duchamp, Ovind Fahlstrom, Ray Johnson, Allan Kaprow, Alison Knowles, Ron Kitaj, Gianni Simonetti, and Wolf Vostell. There are drawings by Baruchello, Mary Bauermeister, George Brecht, and James Nutt, and a collage by Granni Simonetti that deals with plans for assembling the found objects to be placed in a plexiglas box by museum personnel. The box is also accompanied by the catalogue of the exhibition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

Put....In, 1995

 Item — Box 287: [Barcode: 31858072460680]
Identifier: CC-27079-27553
Scope and Contents

Consists of Ay-O's typical Fluxus works, e.g., objects with different textures that invite the viewer to put a finger into. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995