What the Flux?

Reading this short story about the history of Fluxus was just as fun as participating, in it. the activities paralleled each other and was a great experience. What I got from the story is just like any art is created, It is born, and then grows up as a child would and if brought around the wrong elements or the wrong people it can be corrupt and lose it's original flavor, purpose, and energy. This has been true for art throughout the ages, especially in Music and in Dance where different genres of music will be born and create a buzz, as well as dances the ones that originated it, Are seen by the fancy folk as an accident and only people of their station in life can create things like this so just as in fluxus the Fancy put people that look like they created the artform or genre by giving the creations, etc. fancy names, and the artists have fancy names too. It becomes a spectacle, and is mistaken for art and seen by the general public as Art. What a shame.


I have always liked the simple because so much can be done with it especially when it's things that you can imagine for whatever object you are using, and the ideas can be simple or complex it's creates wonder, and moves things forward. The sad thing is the way the general public will see it being presented by the fake folk it is seen as the ultimate, and nothing can be done better or different, that this is the way it's done and that's it. I have seen that done throughout media

and programs. I was blessed to have grown up to see different wrestling promotions all the over the U.S. and other parts of the world thank God that I saw AWA, World Class, and the NWA first and Later WCW, Triple AAA, ECW, and I liked the WWF, before it became WWE, and TNA was great too the reason why I make this point because you got to see different styles of wrestling from all of them and you saw Truth in them they concentrated on bringing the best wrestling to the people, by presenting wrestling and not sports entertainment without all the spectacle as associated with the WWE of today. And throughout the Fluxus article you could tell Fluxus was
about giving a show, as well as people being apart of it, and it wasn't about the spectacle the people involved, and the people involved or the audience was the show sharing ideas,and doing
things that didn't seem possible.

As of a few years ago you could see identical things like this being done with books and music, Such as people forming Music bands with Household items such as Brooms, Garbage can lids, Mop Sticks, cookware etc. or Balloons, and bottlecaps that was found in the Old cartoon Show Fat Albert and was seen in Live performances of the documentary Stomp out Loud, and for the last 20+ years with the Blue man group that also thrives on crowd interaction with the performance, as was also in ECW where the audience could hand the wrestlers chairs, and signs to hit the wrestlers opponent. And with that The audience in this promotion, as well as the other earlier ones were engaged in the product and the participants themselves the energy drives the Art.

And also a few years back where artist were selling Fried Books, This is the stuff the fancy folk won't touch or even have a clue about. The fluxus artform from what I read is not stagnant and it just doesn't have one thing, that it is known for or built it's history off that, it's very inclusive and has many different influences, and many different artforms inside the Art itself which I feel that is what art is all about. You stick to the roots of something and it takes on many forms, changing the art itself. It's not One dimensional, it's whatever you want it to be, and that's Alright!

As anything that has anything to do with Art the General Public accepts the dumbing down of everything as those who jump on it for the bandwagon, and the ones that look the part of the Artform but don't know anything about it accept as what was said by a music Historian " The Music industry is not original, what they do is take a successful formula and copy it." Just as was described by the author, the fake will always copy it, or make it be almost unaccessible by making it expensive, and profitable instead of accesible and sensible which all art's original purpose is, depending on the people that originated it and those who pioneered it.

This same thing exists in Restaurants with creative and original dishes, and drinks, Movies, documentaries, TV shows, etc. You know the real when you see it, and when you experience or participate in it. And the founder of this art continued it up until he left this world which tells you something You have to love what you do, and it will keep you not only happy but young. Let's
get into the Flux.




Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids








Stomp Out Loud: Man I know the real!!!! Saw it in 97'. Been puttin' people up on it since.








Example of Spectacle, and Hype:




Spectacle and Hype Fake:





Example of The Real:






The Blue Man Group