Avant-gardism and the Fluxus Project

A Filliou for the Game: From Political Economy to Poetical Economy and Fluxus

“…But Fluxus humour, considered by Maciunas to be an effective cultural weapon, was criticized by artists such as Tomas Schmit, who worried that Fluxus was becoming too plebian and too bourgeois. 27 In fact, many of the European members of Fluxus considered that the emphasis on humour in the early 1960s had become a depoliticizing tendency and "evidence that Fluxus was losing its confrontational edge." 28 Maciunas's efforts to politicize Fluxus also encountered strong opposition from American artists.…”

“…27 In fact, many of the European members of Fluxus considered that the emphasis on humour in the early 1960s had become a depoliticizing tendency and "evidence that Fluxus was losing its confrontational edge." 28 Maciunas's efforts to politicize Fluxus also encountered strong opposition from American artists. 29 Whatever the differences among participants in Fluxus events, humour informed the development of Fluxus towards games and open forms.…”