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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. Aspen, CO. 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 Section 10: Introduction to the Yong Turtle Asymmetries Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Mac Low, Jackson, 1922-2004 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Pamphlet Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant ||||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.) Subject The topic of the resource Experimental poetry; Chance operations; Performance poetry; Simultaneous performance; Nonstanzaic poetry; Aleatory composition; Fluxus; Language poetry; Indeterminate music; Sound poetry; Acrostic procedures; Nonintentional composition; Poetry scores; Turtle biology; Scientific sources in poetry Description An account of the resource An explanatory text printed on five detachable cards that provides instructions and contextual information for performing chance-generated poems designed for simultaneous reading by multiple voices. The work documents Mac Low's compositional methodology for creating the "Young Turtle Asymmetries," poems generated through systematic chance operations using source material derived from scientific descriptions of turtle mating habits and life cycles. Mac Low employed what he termed "acrostic reading-through nonintentional text-selection procedures," wherein objective systems rather than authorial intention determine the selection and arrangement of linguistic units from existing texts. The poems are described as nonstanzaic, meaning they lack traditional stanza structure, and are notated as performance scores requiring five simultaneous readers whose voices overlap and interact to create complex sonic textures. This introduction accompanies the audio recording on Section 5 (the flexidisc), where the asymmetries are performed by Carol Berge, Spencer Holst, Iris Lezak Mac Low, and Anne Waldman. Mac Low's work, influenced by John Cage's experimental music and informed by Buddhist philosophy and anarchist-pacifist politics, challenges conventional notions of authorship and meaning-making in poetry by removing ego and intentionality from the creative process. 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); Berge, Carol (Performer, Section 5 recording); Holst, Spencer (Performer, Section 5 recording); Mac Low, Iris Lezak (Performer, Section 5 recording); Waldman, Anne, 1945- (Performer, Section 5 recording) Relation A related resource Is part of Aspen Magazine No. 8 (Fall-Winter 1970-1971); Explains performance on Section 5 flexidisc recording; Part of "Asymmetries 1-501" series (1960-1961); Subset published as "Asymmetries 1-260: The First Section of a Series of 501 Performance Poems" (Printed Editions, 1980); Connected to Mac Low's co-publication with La Monte Young of "An Anthology of Chance Operations" (1963); Influenced by John Cage, Earle Brown, Christian Wolff; Associated with Fluxus movement; Preceded Language poetry movement Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Performance instructions; Poetry score; Explanatory text; Artist's documentation; Compositional notes