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Higgins, Dick, 1938-1998

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1938 March 15 - 1998 October 25

Biography

Dick Higgins was born in Cambridge, England in 1939 and died in Quebec in 1998. He was a Fluxus artist who studied with John Cage and Henry Cowell (1958-1959), and co-founded Happenings in 1958. He is credited with coining the phrase intermedia to describe his particular approach to artmaking that included (but is not limited to) his visual, musical and literary efforts. He was a theorist, poet, composer, performance artist, printmaker, filmaker, and book publisher. Most notably, Higgins founded Something Else Press (1963-1974), operated the Something Else Gallery (1966-1969) and founded Unpublished Editions (Printed Editions) in 1972.

Nationality

American

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

A Primer of Happenings & Time/Space Art, 1965

 Item
Identifier: CC-27351-28080
Scope and Contents

This book was written by Hansen as a first-hand account of the Happenings of the 1960's and documents these now historic performances with photographs by Peter Moore. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965

Calling / Kaprow, Allan; Higgins, Dick., 1967

 Item
Identifier: CC-50273-71340
Scope and Contents Dick Higgins comments are printed on the verso of the plywood cover. They read "Calling, a Happening by Allan Kaprow performed in and out of New York in the summer of 1965, is one of the landmarks of the form, and its scenario typifies the poetic rictual syle he has developed. This present graphic representation, however, began as an improvision when Kaprow, playing with a set of rubber stamp letters, stamped out each word of the scenario on a separate index card. I continued the game by assembling the cards on the copyboard of a graphic arts camera and shooting themby adding an element of color play. The resulting object os not, however, a final one in any sense. While the original acenario may be read by starting from bottom to top, right hand column to left hand, on the silver, blue, red, yellow, and, finally, brown sheets, there are other stories which the reader is invited to tell, other games for him to play." Kaprow died at age 78 years in San Diego on April 5, 2006 --...
Dates: 1967

recorthings: bodies electric: arches (1981); requiem for wagner the criminal mayor (1961-1962). No.5 / Dick Higgins., 1983

 Item
Identifier: CC-49145-70185
Scope and Contents

Stored in box containing tape cassette periodicals of Linebreak, Recorthings and Tellus. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

Something Else Press / Higgins, Dick., 1991

 Item
Identifier: CC-09191-9372
Scope and Contents

This exhibition consisted of all the Something Else Press publications. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

Trios, 2008

 Item
Identifier: CC-37177-39021
Scope and Contents

These poems reflect Lurie's relationship with language and music. Lurie writes that he is a poet/musician who crosses "that fine border of separation between language and music, molding those two disciplines into a single unified form." In this book language is shaped with the forms of music: fugues, rondos, canons, counterpoint and crab-fugues. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2008