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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notably, Higgins founded Something Else Press (1963-1974), operated the Something Else Gallery (1966-1969) and founded Unpublished Editions (Printed Editions) in 1972.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 210 Collections and/or Records:

Fluxus Etc.: The Gilbert and Lila Silverman Collection / Jon Hendricks, curator ; Higgins D ; Knizak M ; Sharits P ; Williams E ; Ben ; Knowles A ; Brecht G ; Cage J ; Friedman K ; MacLow J ; Ay-O ; deRidder W ; Filliou R ; Williams E ; Koepcke A ; Maciunas G ; Oldenbourg S ; Ono Y ; Paik NJ ; Patterson B ; Shiomi C ; Spoerri D ; Watts R., 1981

 Item
Identifier: CC-11588-11804
Scope and Contents

This exhibition catalogue describes the philosophy, attitudes, influences and purposes of Fluxus. It documents Fluxus editions, periodicals and bibliographic materials. Includes a chronology of Fluxus performances from 1962 to 1978. The exhibition was curated by Jon Hendricks. R.W, Smith: Massive exhibition of 683 works organized in three parts: Fluxus Editions & Related Works; Fluxus Periodicals and Documents, Related Publications and Bibliographic Material; and Fluxus Performance: Documentation of Events. Introduction by John Hendricks; A Complete History of Fluxus, Including Philosophy, Attitudes, Influences and Purposes (consisting of statements by Fluxus artists and Fluxus founder George Maciunas reproduced in facsimile); chronology of Fluxus Performance. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981

Fluxus Etc./Addenda II: The Gilbert and Lila Silverman Collection / Jon Hendricks, curator ; Brecht G ; Cage J ; Friedman K ; Higgins D ; Knizak M ; Miller L ; Ono Y ; Ben., 1983

 Item
Identifier: CC-11587-11803
Scope and Contents

This exhibition consists mainly of Fluxus instructional drawings, writings and typings. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

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

For the Birds: In Conversation with Daniel Charles / Cage, John ; McLuhan M ; Fuller B ; Duchamp M ; Joyce J ; Berberian C ; Tudor D ; Young L ; Feldman M ; Wolff C ; Wittgenstein L ; Riley T ; Kaprow A ; Higgins D ; Cunningham M ; Paik NJ ; Satie E., 1981

 Item
Identifier: CC-16646-17000
Scope and Contents

The introduction of this book by Cage has an experimental typographic layout. The remainder consists of a standard layout of questions and answers. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981

From the Library of R. Buckminster Fuller / Horowitz, Glenn ; Cage J ; Vostell W ; Higgins D ; Bayer H ; Kepes G ; Bradbury R ; Williams J ; Schlossberg E ; McLuhan M ; Corita M., 2004

 Item
Identifier: CC-43525-45598
Scope and Contents

The books listed were from Fuller's library and often inscribed to him. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2004

futura: January Fish. No.21 / Dick Higgins., 1967

 Item
Identifier: CC-27471-28519
Scope and Contents

The two major poems of the four in this presentation are two sound poems that use permutations of repetitions of English words to create a catchy musical rhythm. The first poem, seven box bus its, the first begins, 1 boxes boxing 2 busses boxes - busses - boxes - busses - busses bussing - busses bussing bounds - busses bussing - busses bussings busses... The second poem, animals yes animals begins, animals how come animals animals with newpapers animals quickly animals shoo skat animals observing winches animals... -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

Fylkingen Och Sveroges Radio Presenterar / Higgins D ; Novak L ; Heidsieck B ; Hanson S ; Chopin H ; Cobbing B ; Giorno J ; Johnson BE ; Roth D ; Williams E ; Hodell A ; Lille C., 1969

 Item
Identifier: CC-12224-12448
Scope and Contents

Bob Cobbing has made notations for the actual performance times on Swedish radio on this personal copy. He notes that Valoch's contribution was not received in time for the festival. This copy is stored with Cobbing material. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

Giordano Bruno and the Geometry of Language / Saiber, Arielle ; Accame V ; Adorno T ; Carroll L ; Drucker J ; Higgins D ; Joyce J ; Perec G ; Pignotti L ; Queneau R ; Severini G ; Williams E., 2005

 Item
Identifier: CC-44642-46806
Scope and Contents

In the introduction, Saiber describes Bruno as a 16th century polymath who was a philosopher, poet, playwright, mnemonist and magus but at his core an architect of ideas. Saiber further adds that "Many among the educated class familiar with esoteric learning, like Bruno, looked to locate and empower themselves through spacial manipulation and symbloic permutation, such as memory theaters. encyclopedias, kabbalah, natural magic, alchemy, and searches for the 'perfect language.' Bruno's writing indeed contains verbal patterns that signal an unusual sensibility to the shape of of space - whether of the heavens, between people, on a page, or of one's mind." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2005

glasslass, July 17th, 1970

 Item — Folder 82: [Barcode: 31858072460037]

Great Bear Pamphlet, A: A Dick Higgins Sampler: Betwixt & Between: The Life and Works of Fluxus Artist Dick Higgins. No.Last / Simon Anderson, Hannah Higgins, editors ; Higgins D., 2000

 Item
Identifier: CC-35712-37464
Scope and Contents

This book documents a commemorative exhibition to Dick Higgins after his death in 1998. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

Happening & Fluxus / Hans Sohm, curator ; Harald Szeemann, curator ; Higgins D ; Williams E ; Paik NJ ; Lebel JJ ; Spoerri D ; Beuys J ; Brecht G ; Sohm H ; Knowles A ; Ono Y ; Filliou R ; Saito T ; Maciunas G ; Hansen A ; Kaprow A ; Klintberg B ; Schneemann C ; Shiomi C ; Ben ; Watts R ; Vostell W., 1970

 Item
Identifier: CC-09816-10010
Scope and Contents

This exhibition was co-curated by Hans Sohm and consisted of material from his Archive. It included a chronology of Fluxus performances. Haralld Szeeman (1933-2005) was a Swiss curator and art historian whose Archive and Library was acquired by the Getty Research Institute in 2011. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970