Saturday 29 November 2008

Fluxus in Aberystwyth 1968-2008












"...if you don't know what a Fluxconcert is you must come and see for yourself..." [Brian Lane, 1968]





Date: Saturday, November 29, 2008
Time: 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Location: Castle Theatre, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom



"The Fluxus Concert was a real success... Slides of cowboy drawings. We pull crackers, burst bags, howl. Somebody chases his mate around the parish hall to hit him. Flux-Pin-Up No. 1 showers down. It is a picture of Brian. ...People howl and throw streamers, and stick coloured papers on their faces, and somehow behind the light Brian throws us another set of instructions. Caution, Art Corrupts."
(John Hall, A State of Flux - John Hall at the Aberystwyth Festival, The Guardian 30 November 1968)

From the 27th to the 29th November 1968, artist Brian Lane came to Aberystwyth with his collaborators, the First Dream Machine, to organize a 3-day Fluxus event.

We will pay tribute to this seminal example of experimental art practice exactly 40 years after it first occurred. Aberystwyth-based artists will perform their interpretation of the original Fluxus scores used in 1968.

Admission is free. To book tickets visit:
http://performancewales.express.ts.com/

The restaging is part of What’s Welsh for Performance? Beth yw performance’ yn Gymraeg? A major research project aiming to uncover and archive the history of performance art in Wales.
Project Director: Dr Heike Roms, Performance Studies, Aberystwyth University

With the support of the Sir David Hughes Parry Awards 2008; Aberystwyth University Research Fund; Aberystwyth University.