Organized by Keith A. Buchholz
and members of the contemporary Fluxus community.
Poster design Keith Buchholz
Documentation for Chicago Fluxfest 2016
May 26, 27, 28 and 29
Photos, videos and links.
Group Photo Chicago Fluxfest 2016
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Exhibition Opening and Reception
"DO IT NOW" - Contemporary Networking in Mailart and Fluxus" Joan Flasch Artistbook Library, School of the Art Institute of Chicago Thursday, May 26th 4-7pm
Exhibition in display cases -- click to view larger images
Special submission: Fluxus Rug from Patrick Lichty
Adamandia Kapsalis with her submission
Kicking off Chicago Fluxfest 2016
"Conversations"
Video by Shirley Hathaway
Green Chair at The Palmer House
Photos by C. Mehrl Bennett. Animation by Allen Bukoff.
CHICAGO FLUXUS DAY - Performances, Installations, Mailart Making, Mayhem ... Chicago Cultural Center Friday, May 27th 11-5pm
A Red Trench Coat and a Bunch of Fluxus Artists at Chicago Fluxfest 2016
Video by Viv de Dada
Two Performances
"DADA Cheer" by Reid Wood
"Fluxus Kiss" by C. Mehrl & John M. Bennett
Video by Mary Campbell
"Fair Warning" by Reid Wood
Video by Reid
Asymmetric Fluxus (with dog) by Allen Bukoff
Jokie X Wilson, John M. Bennett, Jonathan Stangroom, Jane Benight & her dog, Jennifer Weigel.
RUBRIC by Jane Flury. Performed by Jane Flury & Viv Vassar. Music by Allan Revich.
Video by Mary Campbell
"Another goddamn video of twirling letters and people"
by Allen Bukoff
Video by Allen Bukoff
Special Project Some Recognition: Installation, Performance, Poster
By Allen Bukoff/Fluxus Midwest
World Premiere
"Some people sometimes doing Fluxus at Fluxfests"
Video by Allen Bukoff
Installation at Fluxfest
View, download, and print poster
Reid Wood performing DADA AD. Photos by C. Mehrl Bennett. Slideshow by Allen Bukoff.
Jennifer Weigel performing a score by Melissa McCarthy called YOUR PICTURE AS SOMEONE ELSE. Photos by C. Mehrl Bennett. Slideshow by Allen Bukoff.
Click below to explore C. Mehrl Bennett's Photos from the Chicago Cultural Center
New York Correspondance School of Chicago
Annual Dinner and Meeting
(This year honoring William S. Wilson) The Berghoff Friday, May 27th 7pm
Can you guess who took these pictures?
A Tour of "A Feast of Astonishments: Charlotte Moorman and the Avant-Garde, 1960s-1980s"
and Fluxus Street Theatre -- Guerrilla Performance activities on the Plaza at the Museum
Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University Saturday, May 28th 10 AM - ?
Visit the Charlotte Moorman exhibition at The Block Museum online
During the course of the afternoon fluxfest participants were asked to pose as a Fluxus Clown Shaman. These pictures were used to create a Fluxfest poster. Project by Allen Bukoff/Fluxus Midwest.
Final Gathering: Potluck Performance, Conversation, Collaboration, Community ... 6018North - Chicago's Home for Experimental Arts & Culture Sunday, May 29th 11-4pm
If you know of any other video or audio files, photos, or accounts of this 2016 festival that should be included here, please let us know! Email us here.