NEW ACQUISITION: The Fluxus Performance Workbook, 1990“The first examples of what were to beco

NEW ACQUISITION: The Fluxus Performance Workbook, 1990

“The first examples of what were to become Fluxus event scores date back to John Cage’s famous class atThe New School, where artists such as George Brecht,Al Hansen, Allan Kaprow, and Alison Knowles began to create art works and performances in musical form.One of these forms was the event. Events tend to be scored in brief verbal notations. These notes are known as event scores. In a general sense, they are proposals,propositions, and instructions. Thus, they are sometimes known as proposal pieces, propositions, or instructions”