The Assemblagist

A ques­tion, posed by the Demon­stra­tive Fluxus Admin­is­tra­tor Cecil Tou­chon, answered thusly upon the Face­book Fluxus collective:

Bat­tles for legit­i­macy rarely end in power alliance.

Flux is dis­tinct from Fluxus.
Fluxus relates to an ongo­ing process.

Flux relates and inflates, describes and con­tains a phys­i­cal body of work. It encom­passes math­e­mat­i­cal pos­si­bil­i­ties as well as a state of mind. The eter­nal quan­ti­fier with a legit­i­mate def­i­n­i­tion in the con­fines of the mate­r­ial and dimen­sional universe.

Fluxus is emo­tion and art and with­out the sum of whole, there is no flux. Those who bla­tantly post the delib­er­ate word to describe their activ­i­ties (art-​related) need to respect the process and con­sider whether fluxus is a viable deter­mi­nant of their efforts.

Often it is not… but the art world is awash with poseurs, just as any cul­tural or soci­o­log­i­cal cat­e­gory is drown­ing in mis­ap­pro­pri­ated terms. Think first to polit­i­cal and then to phys­i­o­log­i­cal des­ti­na­tions — con­ser­v­a­tive? rad­i­cal? reac­tionary? The sub­cul­ture of alienation?

I con­sider “Fluxus” to be appro­pri­ate only in a well-​rounded uni­ver­sal sense and not to be applied to one event or process.

So the answer, there­fore, to the ques­tion posed above is, “Yes.”

The Dig­i­tal Salon con­tains much infor­ma­tion about the Fluxus Move­ment. Please join with us in main­tain­ing the fluxus momen­tum in a most pro­pi­tious move­ment dic­tated by proper appli­ca­tion of the term. It is pure pish-​tosh, a ridicu­lous notion, to con­sider fluxus dead. Shall we of the Fluxus Move­ment be forced under­ground whilst con­tin­u­ing? Let us pray not. Is Fluxus Dead? God­lessalmighty stu­pid thoughts or des­ig­na­tions — brought about by museum cura­tors and star-​washed crash­lings who negate domes­tic ardor with flight­less wings.

When Fluxus Dies, So Do We All.

In the words of Johnny Car­son: “More to come”

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