TO ORIGINS OF NEO-DADA OR THE ARTIST’S BOOK AND THE EVENT FESTIVAL AS A TOTAL ART PROJECT
Abstract
The fi rst completed project of Neo-Dada that of Water Yam (artist’s book) by George Brecht and George Maciunas and the Yam Festival has come to be seen as an organizational model related to Fluxus projects of the 1960s. The article aims to restore the preparation and implementation of that project with the help of foreign sources and researches. The main actors’ views regarding the aesthetic program and their interpretation of the results of the festival are considered as well as a historical signifi cance of Water Yam (artist’s book) for Fluxus movement is revealed. The author translated and analyzed the fi rst edition of Water Yam collection of event-scores which in turn classifi ed according to their types. The article comes to the end with conclusions about the value of the project for a history of avant-garde art.
About the Author
L. A. Menshikov
Saint Petersburg State Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Leonid A. Menshikov — Cand. Sci. (Philosophy)
Teatralnaya Square, 3, St. Petersburg 190000
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Menshikov L.A. TO ORIGINS OF NEO-DADA OR THE ARTIST’S BOOK AND THE EVENT FESTIVAL AS A TOTAL ART PROJECT. Bulletin of Vaganova Ballet Academy. 2017;(6):85-102. (In Russ.)
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