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Please note this is not a live event.

George Maciunas (1931-1978) was the founder of Fluxus, a radical avant-garde art movement of the 20th century. The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxus traces how the Lithuanian-born iconoclastic polymath assembled an international network of artists, musicians, and poets that provoked social and political change through performance, ready-mades, and artworks aimed at collapsing the boundary of art and life. From developing the first artist-owned lofts in SoHo, New York, to his attempt to realize a utopian society on a desolate island in the Caribbean, Maciunas was an uncompromising visionary with a rebellious sense of humor. What emerges in the film, is a kaleidoscopic, often contradictory but always revealing portrait of Maciunas' bold and tragic life. With interviews among over thirty artists and scholars including Yoko Ono, Jonas Mekas, and Nam June Paik, the film recounts Maciunas' mercurial personality, asks questions that remain central to our contemporary moment, and explores how one can live a meaningful and artful life.

Watch the trailer →

📖 Our tradition is to conclude each event with a poetry reading, so we encourage you to read poems from our current issue after watching the films.

Poetry from the December 2021 / January 2022 issue →

🙏 A special thanks to Jeffrey Perkins, David Koh, and Kino Lorber for making this virtual screening possible!