Fluxus. The word evokes mystery and thoughts of revolution. Members of the group have been characterized as art gangsters, provocateurs, the bad kids of international art scene. Images of shaggy anarchists, Molotov cocktails in hand, stealthy approaching the scrubbed parlors of our cultural palaces, come to mind… Here for the first time, a research team systematically tackles the question, “What is a Fluxus work?” using extensive correspondence by George Maciunas – architect and primary organizer of the movement – to a number of Fluxus artists, as well as original documents and all known Fluxus publications. Fluxus Codex traces the development of every Fluxus work, planned or made, from the beginning to Maciunas’ death in 1978.

Winner of the Wittenborn Prize. Bookjacket design by Peter Downsbrough.