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Maciunas, George, 1931-1978

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 19311108 - 19780509

Nationality

Lithuanian (born), American (based)

Found in 52 Collections and/or Records:

Fluxus Newspaper: Fluxus Vaudeville TouRnamEnt. No.6/Jul / George Maciunas, editor., 1965

 Item
Identifier: CC-12986-13278
Scope and Contents

The second and third pages consist of a poster announcement for a Perpetual Fluxfest in NYC. The fourth page carries an announcement for a Fluxus concert. This reprint of the original was published in 1972 by Flash Editions, Milan. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965

Fluxus Vision / Revich, Allan ; Maciunas G ; Higgins D ; Cage J., 2007

 Item
Identifier: CC-55552-9999183
Scope and Contents

Revich contributes a simple "elevator" description of Fluxus. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2007

George Maciunas, Fluxus and the Face of Time Volume II / Truck, Fred ; Maciunas G., 1984

 Item
Identifier: CC-60657-10003526
Scope and Contents The number of copies of this book are unknown but because of the magic marker lines, no two are exactly the same.Steve Heller on internet describes tenghe original Selectric Composer, announced in 1966, required text to be typed twice. On the first pass, the machine would automatically measure the length of the line, providing the operator with a color+number (i.e. green-2) combination to be noted in the right margin. When the operator finished all lines of the document, they would put a clean sheet of specially coated paper into the machine and engage the justification lever. This time, prior to typing each line of text, the operator would turn a color dial to the noted color, and another dial to the noted number. Once the dials were set, the operator would begin typing the text. While typing, the Composer would insert incremental amounts of additional space between words such that the line would always be flush on the right margin. Errors could not be corrected, and when they...
Dates: 1984

Jean Brown, 82, an Art Collector Called the Den Mother of Fluxus / Smith, Roberta; Brown J; Duchamp M; Cage J; Maciunas G., 1994

 Item
Identifier: CC-02848-2891
Scope and Contents

Obituary of Jean Brown, whose archive inspired the Sackners to focus their collection on concrete and visual poetry. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

[Monograms] / Maciunas, George., 1966

 Item
Identifier: CC-05867-5977
Scope and Contents

These cards depict the individual names of the artists involved in the Fluxus movement. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

No Smoking [1] / Maciunas, George; Brecht, George., 1971

 Item
Identifier: CC-06032-6146
Scope and Contents

This original piece was reprinted as a silkscreen print by the Maciunas Foundation in an edition of 500 in 2009. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971