Collection, 1964-1971.

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Collection, 1964-1971.

Personal papers and other documents assembled by Friedman documenting his involvement from 1964-1971 in the Fluxus movement and the Free Religious Youth and Liberal Religious Youth, two organizations affiliated with the Unitarian Church.

7.8 lin. ft. (9 archives boxes; 31 oversize folders)

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Higgins, Dick, 1938-1998

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American artist, poet, writer, publisher, composer, and educator. From the description of Dick Higgins papers, ca. 1960-1994 (bulk 1972-1993). (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 146003268 Artist, poet, publisher, and composer; New York and Barrytown, NY. Member of the artists' group, Fluxus. Died Oct. 25, 1998. From the description of Dick Higgins papers, 1958-1997. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79005545 D. October 25, 1998. Fro...

Sharits, Paul

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Free Religious Youth.

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Cage, John, 1912-1992

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John Cage was born in Los Angeles in 1912. He studied composition with Richard Buhlig, Henry Cowell, Adolph Weiss, and Arnold Schoenberg. In 1938 he began working as an accompanist for dance and a teacher at the Cornish School of the Arts in Seattle, Washington. It was here that he first met the dancer Merce Cunningham, with whom he would have a lifelong working relationship. Together they were responsible for a number of radical innovations in musical and choreographic compositions, such as the...

Spoerri, Daniel, 1930-....

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Rubin, Jerry

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Liberal Religious Youth

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Levy, D. A.

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D.a. levy (Darryl Allen Levy) was a central figure in poetry and the publishing of poetry in Cleveland, Ohio, from 1962 until his death in 1968. Using a small hand letterpress and mimeograph, levy produced and distributed hundreds of chapbooks, pamphlets, magazines, and newspapers. From 1963-1968 his 7 Flowers Press and his publications The Marrahwannah Quarterly and The Buddhist Third Class Junk Mail Oracle printed the works of scores of Cleveland poets. His own poetry appeared in journals thro...

Johnson, Ray, 1927-1995

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Ray Johnson (1927-1995) was a painter from Locust Valley, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Ray Johnson, 1968 Apr. 17 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82223586 Born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, Ray Johnson is frequently referred to as the "father of mail art." He attended Black Mountain College in North Carolina from 1945 to 1948, then moved to New York. Although he worked as an abstract painter for several years, by 1953 Johnson h...

Williams, Emmett, 1930-

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Maciunas, George, 1931-1978

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Sohm, Hanns, 1921-....

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Kaprow, Allan

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Allan Kaprow, Painter, educator of Pasadena, Calif. From the description of Oral history interview with Allan Kaprow, 1968 Sept. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 657039358 From the description of Allan Kaprow interview, 1968 Sept. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220186948 Allan Kaprow (1927-2006) was a painter and educator from Pasadena, Calif. From the description of Oral history interview with Allan Kaprow, 1968 Sept. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat recor...

Brecht, George, 1925-

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Friedman, Ken, 1949-....

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Conceptual artist, sculptor, educator, composer, and writer; San Diego, Calif.; b. 1949 in New London, Conn. Educated at San Francisco State College. Lived and worked in San Diego, Calif. Also active in Germany. From the description of Ken Friedman papers, 1969-1978. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86122741 Writer, musician, conceptual artitst, and the founder of Fluxus West, Friedman is a principal participant in the Fluxus movement which flourished during the l...

Knowles, Alison, 1933-....

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Alison Knowles (1933- ) is an artist and a founding member of Fluxus in New York, N.Y. Judith Olch Richards (1947- ) is a former director of iCI in New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Alison Knowles, 2010 June 1-2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 744436674 ...

Fugs (Musical group)

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The Fugs were a group of poet-musicians who performed throughout the 1960s. During their theatrical live performances, they satirized everything from political involvement and patriotism to rock and roll, from war and hate to super-abundant love. The Fugs consisted of three members: Tuli Kupferberg, Ken Weaver, and Ed Sanders. From the description of Fugs Archive, ca. 1963 - ca. 1971. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58785163 ...

Knížák, Milan.

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Czech artist born 1940. Knížák influenced Czech underground music, especially with his rock project Aktual, was a member of Fluxus in the 1960s and 1970s, and served as Director of the National Gallery in Czechslovakia, 1967-1971. From the description of Destroyed music, 1963-1979. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 419263495 ...