Fluxfilm Anthology Mit Filmen von Yoko Ono, Wolf Vostell, George Maciunas u. a.

In the organizer's words:

On the occasion of the comprehensive solo exhibition YOKO ONO: MUSIC OF THE MIND, the Gropius Bau and Arsenal - Institute for Film and Video Art are presenting the Fluxfilm Anthology (1962-70) - a film collection of 32 short films by various Fluxus artists, including Yoko Ono.

Democratizing art - from the early 1960s, a loose, international group of artists worked under this motto in an attempt to abolish the separation between art and everyday life. Fluxus, as the architect and designer George Maciunas first called the art movement in a magazine, relied on actions that involved the public - so-called "happenings" -, chance processes and collective work.

In the mid-1960s, George Maciunas began compiling very short, experimental films by Fluxus artists, which were shown at events and happenings in New York and still form the canon of cinematic Fluxus work today. As part of the overview exhibition on Yoko Ono, we are showing 32 films from this collection, which are held in the film archive of the Arsenal - Institute for Film and Video Art, in the Gropius Bau cinema. The films come from 19 artists and only two female artists. Among them are three works by Yoko Ono: EYE BLINK, we are showing the Studio Yoko Ono version, FOUR and ONE, all from 1966.

With contributions by the following artists: Erik Andersen, George Brecht, John Cale, John Cavanaugh, Albert Fine, Dick Higgins, Joe Jones, Peter Kennedy and Mike Parr, George Landow, George Maciunas, Yoko Ono, Nam June Paik, Jeff Perkins, James Riddle, Paul Sharits, Chieko Shiomi, Pieter Vanderbeck, Benjamin Vautier, Wolf Vostell and Robert Watts.

The Arsenal - Institute for Film and Video Art is a research and education center, archive, distributor, festival and cinema all in one. With its move from Potsdamer Platz to the silent green Kulturquartier, Arsenal will not have its own movie theater until the new cinema is completed in early 2026. As part of Arsenal on Location, film programs are created in collaboration with numerous cultural institutions in Berlin, throughout Germany and internationally. Arthouse cinemas and cultural institutions such as the Gropius Bau support the continuation and further expansion of the cinematic dialog, especially during this time.

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