Higgins, Dick, 1938-1998
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notably, Higgins founded Something Else Press (1963-1974), operated the Something Else Gallery (1966-1969) and founded Unpublished Editions (Printed Editions) in 1972.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 211 Collections and/or Records:
Une Generation 1960-1985 / Donguy, Jacques ; DeCampos H ; Higgins D ; Kolar J ; Sarenco ; Miccini E ; Balestrini N ; Blaine J ; Heidsieck B ; Bory JF ; Giorno J ; Wendt L., 1985
Consists of critical essays with photographic reproductions of several poems. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
[Untitled] / Left Hand Books ; Doria C ; Higgins D ; Knowles A., 1992
Video / Martel, Richard, editor ; Spatola A ; Higgins D ; Blaine J ; McCaffery S ; Dutton P ; Sarenco ; Arias-Misson A ; Corner P ; Minarelli E ; Olbrich JO ; Hainke W ; Aguiar F ; Ferrando B ; Szombathy B ; Nieslony B ; Partum A ; Fontana G ; Petocz A ; Nagy P., 1992
Visible Language: The Luminous Object: Video Art/Video Theory. No.2/Jul / Hans Breder, Herman Rapaport, editors ; Zurbrugg N ; Paik NJ ; Kuspit D ; Kostelanetz R ; Maciunas G ; Beuys J ; Higgins D ; Brecht G ; Ben ; Cage J ; Wilson R ; Vostell W ; Viola B ; Sherk B ; McLuhan M., 1995
Nam June Paik in his interview with Nicholas Zurbrugg points out differences between the academic and creative people in video art. The layout in this issue is highly experimental with a concrete poetic sensibility. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Visual Poetry in Ukrainian Literature / Soroka, Mykola; Higgins D; Rypson P; Cobbing B; McCarthy C; Balan J., 1994
Vostell. Rare publications and documents 1961 - 77 - update May 2009 / Art Base ; Vostell W ; Higgins D ; Ligeti G ; Paik NJ ; Voss J ; Mon F ; Kaprow A., 2009
Wiesbaden Fluxus 1962-1982 / Rene Block, curator ; Williams E ; Vostell W ; Cage J ; Higgins D ; Maciunas G ; Patterson B ; Paik NJ ; Knowles A ; Schmit T ; Klintberg B ; Beuys J ; Page R ; Schippers J ; deRidder W ; Ben ; MacLow J ; Shiomi M ; Brecht G ; Filliou R ; Kopcke A ; Andersen E ; Moorman C ; Young L ; Ruhm G ; Gosewitz L ; Kosugi T ; Knizak M ; Schneemann C ; Iannone D ; Broodthaers M ; Hansen A ; Chiari G ; Jones J ; Ay-O ; Friedman K ; Kaprow A ; Corner P ; Hendricks G ; Kirkeby P ; Spoerri D ; Watts B., 1983
This catalogue consists mostly of a large number of photographs documenting Fluxus performances in Wiesbaden, West Germany. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Words Worth. No.3 / Alaric Sumner, Peter J. King, editors ; Edwards K ; Finch P ; Nations O ; Vonna-Mitchell E ; George G ; Reedy C ; Ernst M., 1979
World Visual Poetry / Soroka, Mykola ; Higgins D ; Cobbing B ; Sackner MA ; Rypson P ; Garnier P ; Lora-Totino A ; Padin C ; Nazarenko T ; Miroshnychenko M ; Iov I ; Trubaj V ; Apollinaire G ; Mayer HJ ; Williams E ; Kostelanetz R., 1999
There is a brief, very informative abstract in English at the beginning of the book. The book is divided into three chapters, viz., 1) Evolution of visual poetry to the 20th century, 2) Contemporary visual poetry of the 20th century, and 3) Evolution of Ukrainian visual poetry in a world context. A photograph of Soroka flanked by Dick Higgins and Marvin Sackner taken at the EyeRhymes visual conference at Edmonton, Canada 1997 is reproduced. Marvin Sackner is characterized as "the owner of the biggest archive of visual poetry."The book depicts more than 20 examples in the Old Ukrainian language and 49 examples in many national literatures. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.