George Maciunas

George Maciunas

Birthday: 1931-11-08

Place of Birth: Kaunas, Lithuania

Biography: George Maciunas (Lithuanian: Jurgis Mačiūnas; November 8, 1931 – May 9, 1978) was a Lithuanian American artist. He was a founding member and the central coordinator of Fluxus, an international community of artists, architects, composers, and designers. Other leading members brought together by this movement included Ay-O, Joseph Beuys, Jonas Mekas, George Brecht, Dick Higgins, Yoko Ono, Nam June Paik and Wolf Vostell. He is most famous for organising and performing early happenings and for assembling a series of highly influential artists' multiples. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Movies

Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV

The quixotic journey of Nam June Paik, one of the most famous Asian artists of the 20th century, who...

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Zefiro Torna or Scenes from the Life of George Maciunas (Fluxus)
Zefiro Torna or Scenes from the Life of George Maciunas (Fluxus)

The life and work of Fluxus artist George Maciunas as seen in clips filmed between 1952 and 1978....

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I Don't Know Which Tree It Comes From that Fragrance
I Don't Know Which Tree It Comes From that Fragrance

In his latest film, Mekas shares what he describes as “a valentine to Yoko Ono,” done in his signatu...

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He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

A film collage tracing the story of the lives, loves, and deaths within the artistic community surro...

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Guns of the Trees
Guns of the Trees

Barbara, a young woman consumed by despair, contemplates suicide, while a man she meets in a church ...

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George: The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxus
George: The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxus

In 1961 Lithuanian American artist and impresario George Maciunas established the avant-garde art mo...

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Scenes from the Life of Hermann Nitsch
Scenes from the Life of Hermann Nitsch

A casual, personal portrait of Hermann Nitsch, made with footage I took over the many years of our f...

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Happy Birthday to John
Happy Birthday to John

On October 9, 1972, the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse hosted an exhibition of John Lennon and Yo...

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Flux-Concert
Flux-Concert

On March 24, 1979, The Kitchen presented a two-part program dedicated to the work of various Fluxus ...

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Warhol and Maciunas
Warhol and Maciunas

Consists of images of the Andy Warhol show at the Whitney Museum in May of 1971. It also includes a ...

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