Fluxus poetry
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Fluxus poetry is normally created during a performance, an essential difference with visual poetry
. The result of the performance can be a text, a visual poem, etc. Dick Higgins
was one of the leading Fluxus
people who also published his concrete poetry
and invented Intermedia. Litsa Spathi
developed the concept of Fluxus Poetry where the performance itself creates the result, a Fluxus Poem. With the use of computers a new result is generated after each performance. It is characterized by very quick cuts, that is several images per second, by wit, by the use of letters as a substitute for words. When the result is a video appropriate minimalist music is added. Fluxus Poetry is published by the Fluxus Heidelberg Center
that is run by Litsa Spathi and Ruud Janssen
and is located in Heidelberg
, Germany.
Visual poetry
Visual poetry is poetry or art in which the visual arrangement of text, images and symbols is important in conveying the intended effect of the work. It is sometimes referred to as concrete poetry, a term that predates visual poetry, and at one time was synonymous with it.Visual poetry was heavily...
. The result of the performance can be a text, a visual poem, etc. Dick Higgins
Dick Higgins
Dick Higgins was a composer, poet, printer, and early Fluxus artist. Higgins was born in Cambridge, England, but raised in the United States in various parts of New England, including Worcester, Massachusetts, Putney, Vermont, and Concord, New Hampshire.Like other Fluxus artists, Higgins studied...
was one of the leading Fluxus
Fluxus
Fluxus—a name taken from a Latin word meaning "to flow"—is an international network of artists, composers and designers noted for blending different artistic media and disciplines in the 1960s. They have been active in Neo-Dada noise music and visual art as well as literature, urban planning,...
people who also published his concrete poetry
Concrete poetry
Concrete poetry or shape poetry is poetry in which the typographical arrangement of words is as important in conveying the intended effect as the conventional elements of the poem, such as meaning of words, rhythm, rhyme and so on....
and invented Intermedia. Litsa Spathi
Litsa Spathi
Litsa Spathi is a Greek painter, performer and Fluxus artist, currently living in Heidelberg, Germany and Breda, Netherlands. She makes collages, objectbooks, fluxus poetry and large acrylic paintings. She used to be active in mail art as well. Her paintings belong to the category fantastic realism...
developed the concept of Fluxus Poetry where the performance itself creates the result, a Fluxus Poem. With the use of computers a new result is generated after each performance. It is characterized by very quick cuts, that is several images per second, by wit, by the use of letters as a substitute for words. When the result is a video appropriate minimalist music is added. Fluxus Poetry is published by the Fluxus Heidelberg Center
Fluxus Heidelberg Center
Fluxus Heidelberg Center was founded by Litsa Spathi and Ruud Janssen. Under the name Fluxus Heidelberg, the artist duo are creating performance art and documenting everything on their site and with publications...
that is run by Litsa Spathi and Ruud Janssen
Ruud Janssen
Ruud Janssen is a Dutch Fluxus and mail artist currently living in Breda in the Netherlands.Ruud Janssen studied Physics and Mathematics. He became active with mail art in 1980 and did several international mail art projects...
and is located in Heidelberg
Heidelberg
-Early history:Between 600,000 and 200,000 years ago, "Heidelberg Man" died at nearby Mauer. His jaw bone was discovered in 1907; with scientific dating, his remains were determined to be the earliest evidence of human life in Europe. In the 5th century BC, a Celtic fortress of refuge and place of...
, Germany.