[Reader-list] Volunteers for Ben Patterson performance

[Amitabh Kumar]

Volunteers for Performance
Goethe- Max Mueller Bhavan is looking for
12 Volunteers
who will participate in a performance

by Ben Patterson

on May 16, 2008

Rehearsals on May 14, 2008

from 3 pm to 5 pm

Specialised knowledge of music or musical instruments is not required.

Please Contact: Sarah Aini

011- 23329506, Extn: 292/ 112

Email: aini at delhi.goethe.org

On the occasion of the Fluxus exhibition coming to the National  
Gallery of Modern Art, the renowned Fluxus artist Ben Patterson will  
perform some Fluxus masterpieces with 12 volunteers from Delhi. The  
pieces include amongst others ‘’Piano piece, 1962’’ (George Brecht),  
‘’4’33’’ (John Cage), ‘’Sculpture musicale’’ (Marcel Duchamp), ‘’One  
for Violin’’ (Nam June Paik), ‘’Wall Music for Orchestra’’ (Yoko  
Ono), ‘’In Memorian to Adriano Olivetti’’ (George Maciunas) and  
‘’Paper Piece’’ & ‘’Carmen’’ (Ben Patterson).

Ben Patterson is a Fluxus artist from the early days: back in 1962 he  
organized the first Fluxus Festival in Wiesbaden with George Maciunas  
and many more Fluxus Events until the seventies. In 1982 he  
participated in the 20th Fluxus Festival in Wiesbaden, 1983 he  
participated in the Sao Paolo Biennale. His compositions “Paper  
Piece” and “Variatons for Double bass” still belong to the classic  
Fluxus pieces. Ben Patterson lives and works in Wiesbaden and is  
pursuing the idea of Fluxus from there.

Fluxus means a long story with many knots. The roots of the fluxus  
movement lie in the experimental directions of art in the early 20th  
century. In order to tell, describe or present this story, the ifa  
exhibition, which will take place in the NGMA from May 15 to June 4,  
documents original works by fluxus artists as well as the most  
important photographic, film and tape documents, and complementary  
objects such as books, catalogues, magazines, posters, invitation  
cards, folded sheets, and music scores.