The Eve of Fluxus, a fluxmemoir

The Eve of Fluxus, (with three different cover options), reveals the personal story behind George Maciunas, the founder of NYC artist community Soho, as well as the 1960s avante-garde artists' group Fluxus. Today, Fluxus and the concepts of process-as-art, non-art, artist collaboration, and the role of chance are an integral part of the aesthetic toolset of todays artists. George Maciunas' work, so far well-known only in art circles, has become accessible to the public through the acquisition of the largest collection of Fluxus and Maciunas work, The Gilbert and Lila Silverman Collection, by the MOMA in New York City. The original Fluxus group was associated with or included many Twentieth Century artists who have shaped our culture including: Nam June Paik, Jonas Mekas, Andy Warhol, Joseph Beuys, Yoko Ono, Mieko Shiomi, Jackson Mac Low, LaMonte Young, and Louise Bourgeoise. Billie Maciunas met many of the first-generation Fluxists through her marriage with George Maciunas. She is close friends with artists, filmmakers, and art historians who have contributed to this book in the interest of unfolding important facets of the enigmatic personality of the prolific genius George Maciunas, who died in 1978 at the age of 47. The Eve of Fluxus: A Fluxmemoir manifests itself as a new genre, combining scholarship, art history, the author's own poetry, visual art, collaborative commentary, and never-before published historical photographs. This special memoir details Billie's intimate experience as diarist, researcher, poet, artist, friend, participant, wife, and firsthand witness to the Flux Wedding, which took place at 537 Broadway, NYC, now the Emily Harvey Gallery.