Fluxus—a name taken from a Latin word meaning "flow, flux"
(noun); "flowing, fluid" (adj.)—is an international network of
artists, composers and designers noted for blending different
artistic media and disciplines in the 1960s. They have been
active in Neo-Dada noise music and visual art as well as
literature, urban planning, architecture, and design. Fluxus is
sometimes described as intermedia. The Fluxus movement...
developed its 'anti-art', anti-commercial aesthetics 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. Most of the experimental artists of the period,
including Joseph Beuys, Yoko Ono and Nam June Paik, took part in
Fluxus events. The movement, which still continues, played an
important role in the opening up of definitions of what art can
be. History to 1965  The origins of Fluxus lie in many of the
concepts explored by composer John Cage in his exp