Fluxus: Collectivism and Intermedia Art in the 1960s and 1970s
ARHA 363
Fall 2010
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01
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This course will examine the art collective Fluxus, as it formed on three continents from 1962-1978, paying particular attention to the group's collective organization on an international scale in the context of post-World War II advanced capitalism; the diversity of subject positions occupied by its members, based on issues of race, ethnicity, gender, and class; the multidisciplinary character of its composition, including artists with backgrounds in music, painting, film, sculpture, poetry, design and architecture; and its pioneering of "intermedia" art, combining performance, object-making, and video. The relationships between Fluxus and contemporaneous artistic trends as well as Fluxus's influence on art today will also be considered. |
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Essential Capabilities:
Intercultural Literacy, Interpretation
Students will learn how to analyze, contextualize and evaluate artworks across diverse media towards understanding their meanings within postwar culture more broadly.
Students will be introduced to a wide array of international art as we aim to understand the complex relationships, identities, meanings that emerge within processes of cultural exchange.
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ART |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: None |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Ken Friedman, ed., THE FLUXUS READER (Chicester, West Sussex: Academy Editions, 1998)
A selection of required essays will be posted online
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Examinations and Assignments:
No exams
Student presentation of readings
Written reading responses
Final research paper |
| Instructor(s): Dumett,Mari Times: .M..... 01:10PM-04:00PM; Location: DAC300; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 12 | | SR major: 4 | JR major: 4 | | |
| Seats Available: 2 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 2 | JR non-major: 2 | SO: X | FR: X |
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