Ben Vautier

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• Movie

  On March 24, 1979, The Kitchen presented a two-part program dedicated to the work of various Fluxus artists. The programming began with the premiere of Alison Knowles’s “Natural Assemblages and the True Crow.” For the piece, Knowles engaged in a dialogue with her own taped voice, which read aloud selections from various natural history books. Simultaneously, violinist Michael Goldstein provided an improvised score while dancer Jessie Higgins executed a number of one-movement phrases by following instructions on index cards. The second part of the night’s programming consisted of forty rapid performances—most sixty seconds or less—by various Fluxus members, including Yoko Ono, George Brecht, La Monte Young, and Nam June Paik. Ken Friedman and Larry Miller coordinated this portion of the event.

  Flux-Concert

  1979

• Movie7.0

  Documentary

  The film portrays a group of artists who since the early 1960s have completely disrupted our ideas of what art can be. In large part filmed in Venice in 1990, when many of the original Fluxus artists met to hold a large exhibition almost 30 years after the first highly untraditional Fluxus' performances. Features Eric Andersen, Philip Corner, Dick Higgins, Yoko Ono, Nam June Paik, Ben Vautier, and many others.

  The Misfits - 30 Years of Fluxus

  1993 · 1 votes

• Movie5.4

  Swimming across Nice harbour fully clothed. Ben swims across a bay in Nice.

  La traversée du port de Nice à la nage

  1963 · 5 votes

• Movie4.5

  Seeing, Hearing, Saying Nothing. Ben stands with ears, eyes, mouth bandaged.

  Je ne vois rien, je n'entends rien, je ne dis rien

  1966 · 4 votes

• Movie4.3

  Lifting and holding up a chest of drawers.

  Faire un effort

  1969 · 3 votes

• Movie5.0

  Sitting on a promenade in nice with a sign: Watch me, that’s all.

  Regardez moi cela suffit

  1962 · 3 votes