The Fluxus movement is an "anti-art" movement dealing in areas from literature to urban planning that created an international network of artists from various fields and combined their disciplines in order to open up the definition of art. It combined the work of the revolutionaries from culture to politics.
"Under the leadership of George Maciunas. Fluxus staged a series of festivals in Paris, Copenhagen,
Amsterdam, London and New York, with avant-garde performances often spilling out into the street."
Fluxus came about through a series of concepts explored by John Cage, a composer of experimental music in the 50s. It was also hugely influenced by French artist, Marcel Duchamp, who had previously been active in the Dada movement. With his work made of found objects, he eliminated the need for artistic ability in order to create what we qualify as art.
For this project I'm interested in working on the idea of shoes and how we dress for the weather. Recently forecast will say there's a chance of rain, so you'll wear boots (like me today!), but the day is entirely clear and cloudless. The same thing goes for the opposite where it will appear sunny but then you have to slosh through puddles and walk through wet grass. The idea is entirely relatable but can also be comical as the Fluxus video was today, especially if it includes some audio of the subject protesting about the weather. So I'll most likely take shots of someone walking in wet shoes, walking in shoes with dirt in them, etc.
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