MASON GROSS SCHOOL OF THE ARTS PRESENTS THE EXHIBITION

HAPPENINGS, , PERFORMANCE, and RUTGERS UNIVERSITY 1958–1972 CRITICALMass ALEVENTS FALL 03RTESUNIVERSITY RUTGERS 2003 be available.ItisdistributedbyRutgers Press. University Moore, SusanElizabeth Ryan, KristineStilesandothers will MillerandSaraby HannahHiggins,Larry Seagull,Barbara ,and RobertWatts; andcriticalessays ,AllanKaprow, MilanKníˇ by artistsincludingGeorge Brecht, PhilipCorner, AlHansen, catalog editedbyGeoffrey Hendricks,withscores andtexts 1–June 1,2003.Acompanion220pagefullyillustrated February installed attheMeadArtMuseum,Amherst, MA, This istheexhibition’s second venue. Itwasoriginally Mason Gross GalleriesatCivicSquare 1958-1972.Intermedia andRutgersUniversity, Happenings,Fluxus,Performance, MASS: CRITICAL for theexhibition reception opening 5 PM: SATURDAY 4,2003 OCTOBER Winatrophy! track andfieldevents!Team up! Zen Sprint,Metronome Runandmore. Test yourskillin Overloaded Race,SlowSpeedCycleContest,BalloonDash, the extraordinary athleticsofStiltSoccer, Team SkiRun, celebrated gamesfrom 1970 atDouglassCollege.Joinin Come andcompeteasFlux-Olympiansinareturn ofthe Loree Gymandenvirons, DouglassCampus. Directed Miller byLarry Flux-Sports 3 PM: SATURDAY, 4,2003 OCTOBER programs & events related Gallery Hours: 33 LivingstonAvenue,NewBrunswick,NJ08901. Mason Gross GalleriesatCivicSquare 1958-1972Intermedia andRutgersUniversity, Happenings,Fluxus,Performance, MASS: CRITICAL 2003 5, NOVEMBER 1– OCTOBER exhibition eehn:(3)9222 x.798 Telephone: 932-2222 ext. (732) odyStra:10am–4pm Monday–Saturday: zak, HermannNitsch, zak, [ 3 [ [ ] 2 1 ] ] [ conjunction withtheexhibition 16,2003)in at JohnsonChapel,Amherst College(February Fluxus inWiesbaden,Germany(September21,2002),and Flux-Masswasrecreated of Anniversary forthe40th the 17,First performedonFebruary 1970 inVoorhees Chapel, Voorhees Chapel,DouglassCollege. Directed byGeoffrey Hendricks Yoshi Wada, Flux-Priest;Carolee Schneemann,Flux-Bishop Maciunas of George Flux-Mass 3 PM: 1,2003 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER Gun Show Dick Higgins, Nicholas MusicCenter, DouglassCampus. , conductor by Dick Higgins Symphonies The Thousand (World Premier) selectionsfrom 8 PM: SATURDAY 4,2003 OCTOBER concert [ Flux Post 17-17 An Anthology Flux-Mass Illustrations: 6 this worldpremier isDickHiggins, Downtown Ensemble,NewYork. Alsoontheprogram with andmembers University ofthe School oftheArts/Rutgers The orchestra iscomposedofmusiciansfrom MasonGross be thefirst full-scaleconcertofthisimportantwork. event nowreturns toitsoriginallocation. 7 with the Douglass Art Gallery with theDouglassArtGallery took placeinconjunction some ofthesymphonies a modestperformanceof of orchestral paper. Although gunning onethousandsheets bymachine- 1968 created in the musicalscores were wasthegenesisforthisworkinwhich Symphonies” (1962), ] Hannah andJessie,1979, Paul Hoffman,piano. 1958-1972 Fluxus, Performance, IntermediaandRutgersUniversity, McElroy/Licensed by VAGA, , by VAGA, NY. McElroy/Licensed ] Elizabeth Ryan. College, December9, 1968; photos:DasAnudas. ,1970. the shotpaperfrom shooting thescore (detail), design: GeorgeMaciunas,1970,(detail), OldGym,DouglassCollege. , Voorhees 17, Chapel,February 1970; PhilipCornerconducting that year, thiswill , editedby LaMonteYoung MacLow,design: GeorgeMaciunas, 1 &Jackson installed attheMeadArtMuseum.Thissecular Danger Music#12, , stamps by Robert Watts, 1964. byRobert , stamps 1 8. . Flux-Show The ThousandSymphonies Allan Kaprow, The ThousandSymphonies 7 . [ [ Yoshi Wada, FluxPriest at 5 4 otr(eal,dsg:Gog ains 1970, DouglassCollege. 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Miller,work ofJoeJones,JonasMekas,Larry , including GALLERY THE IN SHOWINGS VIDEO AND FILM OCTOBER 1– ongoing Mason Gross GalleriesatCivicSquare. for theexhibition reception closin 5 PM: 1, 2003 NOVEMBER SATURDAY the (Mr. Fluxus)created hismajorlatecomposition, George Maciunas Douglass campusin1958, Kaprow’s first happeningonRutgers University’s New York andabroad. Adozenyears afterAllan Fluxus created worksthathadamajorimpactin art world.ArtistsconnectedwithHappeningsand at thecenterofmanynewdevelopmentsin to1972, from 1958 was UNIVERSITY RUTGERS 1970 (Action 33), Meat Joy to1960 Allan Kaprow: earlyHappenings,1958 in theexhibition include: documented events Ryan, andLawrence Shustak. Peter Moore, SusanElizabeth RobertR.McElroy, Mangolte, AlfredEisenstaedt, RolfJährling,George Maciunas,Babette Julie Abeles,StevenBalkin,Francesco Conz,DasAnudas, with photographers: Vis,YoshiJerry Wada, RobertWatts, andRobertWhitman. 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acknowledgements: George B. Stauffer, Dean of Mason Gross School of the Arts • Carmen Ambar, Dean of Douglass College • Jill Meredith, Director, Mead Art Museum, Amherst, MA • Rina Carvajal, Curator, Mason Gross Galleries at Civic Square • Geoffrey Hendricks & Sur Rodney (Sur), co-curators of the exhibition • Yoko Ono • Gilbert & Lila Silverman • Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum. New Brunswick, NJ • Mason Gross Department of Visual Arts • Students of graduate class: Media in Flux • Mason Gross Department of Music. exhibition lenders: Letty Lou Eisenhauer • Nye Ffarrabas • Estate of , Courtesy Richard L. Feigen & Co., New York • Aurora Hendricks • Bracken Hendricks • Eléonore Hendricks • Geoffrey Hendricks • Jon & Joanne Hendricks • Judson Memorial Church, New York • Alison Knowles • Dorothy Lichtenstein • Larry Miller • Estate of Peter Moore, Courtesy Barbara Moore/ Bound & Unbound, New York • Yoko Ono • Raphael Montañez Ortiz • Helen Henning Palmer • Michael Rockland • Carolee Schneemann • Gilbert & Lila Silverman Fluxus Collection, Detroit, MI • Mimi Smith • Keith Sonnier • Yoshi Wada, Courtesy Emily Harvey Gallery, New York • Estate of Robert Watts, Courtesy Larry Miller and Sara Seagull, New York • William S. Wilson