https://exhibits.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/90f3fd0643dc45519aea864ef9c0262e.jpg bd2e02d3b8221efc995d07a6c9ee949c https://exhibits.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/4b75c400285338c3f2a1ef10669b94f9.jpg 59a13295d9af84731a7363c642f4d5b8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Aspen Magazine, No. 8: The Fluxus Issue Subject The topic of the resource Fluxus (art movement), conceptual art, Intermedia (Art), Artist's periodicals, 1970s avant-garde Description An account of the resource Issue No. 8 of Aspen Magazine, known as the Fluxus Issue, was guest edited by Dan Graham and George Maciunas. It embodies the intermedia aesthetic of Fluxus through conceptual instructions, scores, a vinyl record and printed works. The issue's contents blur the boundaries between magazine, art collection and exhibition, reflecting the Fluxus commitment to merging art and life through participatory and ephemeral forms. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Edited by Dan Graham and George Maciunas Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Original issue form the collection of the University of Toronto's Art History Library Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Roaring Fork Pres (New York, N.Y.) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Fall-Winter 1970-1971 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource George Maciunas, David Antin, Terry Atkinson, Michael Baldwin, Phillip Glass, Jackson Mac Low, Richard Sara, Steve Reich, La Monte Yong, Yvonne Rainer, Jo Baer, Dennis Oppenheim, Robert Smithson, Edward, Ruscha Relation A related resource Part of: Aspen Magazine (1965-1971); Related to Fluxus works and works by George Maciunas. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Multiple media in box format: printed cards, posters, flexi-disc, and other ephemera. Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text; Image; Sound; Physical Object Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Temporal: 1965-1971 Spatial: New York, N.Y. 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Title A name given to the resource Section 6: Lead Shot / Pendulum Music Side A: Lead Shot Side B: Pendulum Music Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Serra, Richard, 1938-2024 (Author, Side A); Reich, Steve, 1936- (Author, Side B) Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Single printed sheet; Double-sided document; Text instructions; Verso/recto format Subject The topic of the resource Process art; Conceptual art; Minimalism (Music); Experimental music; Performance instructions; Sculpture proposals; Molten lead; Audio feedback; Gravity; Physics in art; Site-specific art; Sound sculpture; Indeterminate music Description An account of the resource A double-sided printed sheet presenting two related process-based artworks that explore physical phenomena through artistic means. Side A contains a textual proposal for an unrealized sculptural work involving molten lead dropped from extreme heights (fifteen thousand to thirty thousand feet) into water or soft earth, where gravitational forces and velocity would transform the liquid metal into precise spherical masses during descent. The artist references Richard Feynman's Lectures on Physics and Baltimore's historic Shot Tower, a nineteenth-century industrial structure where molten lead was dropped approximately two hundred feet to create spherical ammunition. Side B presents performance instructions for an audio work using suspended microphones and amplifiers positioned on the floor, where the swinging microphones create overlapping patterns of feedback tones that gradually phase in and out of synchronization as pendular motion brings them closer to and farther from the speakers. Both works exemplify 1960s process art principles, wherein the method of creation and physical laws become the artwork itself, with gravity serving as the primary compositional force in both pieces. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Part of Aspen Magazine No. 8: The Fluxus Issue; Serra's Lead Shot references Shot Tower, Baltimore (early 19th century) and Richard Feynman's Lectures on Physics (1963); Reich's Pendulum Music originally performed Whitney Museum of American Art, May 27, 1969 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Fall-Winter 1970-1971 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Graham, Dan, 1942-2022 (Editor); Maciunas, George, 1931-1978 (Designer); Johnson, Phyllis, 1926-2001 (Publisher) Relation A related resource IsPartOf Aspen Magazine No. 8 (Fall-Winter 1970-1971); Serra's proposal relates to his splash/cast works from molten lead (1968-1969, 1980-1996); Reich's piece relates to his phasing works including Piano Phase (1967), Violin Phase (1967); First performance of Pendulum Music featured Richard Serra, James Tenney, Bruce Nauman, and Michael Snow; Serra and Reich were close collaborators in late 1960s New York; Serra worked as Philip Glass's studio assistant 1971-1974 Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Artist's proposal; Performance score; Conceptual art documentation; Process art instruction; Text-based artwork Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context United States; New York City; 1970-1971; Downtown New York experimental art scene; Post-Minimalism; Process art movement; Baltimore Shot Tower (historical reference) Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant |3|0.0000000|0.0000000|osm Temporal: 1965-1971 Spatial: New York, N.Y. Aspen, CO. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Roaring Fork Pres (New York, N.Y.)