Fluxus

Fluxus began as an informal international network of artists and composers founded by the Lithuanian-American artist George Maciunas. Around 1960 Maciunas picked the name, from the Latin word for “flowing”, for a magazine he was planning. Fluxus never had a house style or a fixed membership; Tate calls it a shared attitude more than a movement. Its participants set out to remove the divisions between art and daily life, between one art form and another, and between performer and audience, and they prized spontaneity and humour. They worked in many media with a do-it-yourself spirit, used whatever materials lay to hand, often staged performances left partly to chance, and welcomed collaboration, including with the audience. The first festival held under the Fluxus name took place in Wiesbaden, Germany, in September 1962. For its Nam June Paik exhibition, Tokyo's Watarium Museum introduces Paik as an artist who joined Fluxus activities.

Notice the everyday materials the work is made from, and any trace of an action it keeps: does it seem to be waiting for someone to take part?

• Media art and video art メディアアートとビデオ・アート→The Watarium's page for its Paik exhibition says Paik began media art in 1963.
• Performance Art 퍼포먼스 아트→Tate lists performance art among the terms related to Fluxus.