CALARTS INTERIM - FLUXUS EVENT SCORES
TOKYO FLUXUS COMPOSERS
Group Ongaku and Hi Red Center
Toshi Ichiyanagi and Yoko Ono
Nam June Paik

1960: Group Ongaku formed by Yasunao Tone and Takehisa Kosugi, with Mieko (Chieko) Shiomi, Takemitsu Toru, Mayazumi Tushiro
1961: Toshi Ichiyinagi moves to Tokyo
1962-64: Yoko Ono lives in Japan: does sound for films by Takahiko Iimura and premieres Cut Piece
1962: Nam June Paik's Neo-Dada in Music concert in Dusseldorf with Ichiyanagi, La Monte Young, Wolf Vostell and Cage's former students George Brecht, Jackson MacLow, Dick Higgins
1963: Hi Red Center formed by Akasegawa Genpei, street events with Yoko Ono and Nam June Paik
1966: Mieko (Chieko) Shiomi's Fluxfilm for Disappearing Music for Face with Yoko Ono


audio from UbuWeb:
Yasunao Tone's Anagram for Strings performed in Copenhagen Fluxus Festival (1962)
Takehisa Kosugi's Micro

video:
Yoko Ono's Cut Piece (Carnegie Hall, 1965) on You Tube
Mieko (Chieko) Shiomi's Fluxfilm No. 4 Disappearing Music for Face (1966) on UbuWeb


0'00 (4'33" No. 2) - John Cage
(Tokyo, 1962, dedicated to Toshi Ichiyanagi and Yoko Ono)
In a situation provided with maximum amplification (no feedback), perform a disciplined action. Solo to be performed in any way by anyone.

Below: Yoko Ono's Fluxfilm No. 14 One (1966)
based on Lighting Piece event score (1955)


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