Fluxkids (Overview)

Abstract

"Fluxkids" is a group name that evolved among a particular group of the children of Fluxus artists in and around New York in the 1960s and 1970s. The Fluxkids lived Fluxus in a way unlike anyone else has ever done — they grew up together backstage and in the concert halls of Fluxus performances and at Fluxus exhibitions, as well as at other venues such as Charlotte Moorman's Annual New York Festival of the Avant-Garde. The texts in this article represent a group portrait of the "Fluxkids." Assembled by Hannah Higgins, many of the Fluxkids contributed to this collection. It presents their unique view of Fluxus activities and offers a group portrait of Fluxus as the children of the New York Fluxus artists experienced it. The mutual context of growing-up Fluxus means that they shared similar experiences. As different people from different families, much is unique to each of them and each voice has its own place in the collection.