Message to Nam June Paik

Living Fluxsculpture
Living Flux sculpture by Ben Vautier has a picture of a monkey looking at the outside from behind bars, which is attached to a small plastic box. This box, which is in fact empty, allows more freedom and imagination when you open it. Flux or fluxus means in Latin ‘flow’ and is a name given to the most experimental and progressive art movement which emerged mainly in Germany and New York in the 1960s. From the beginning, the Fluxus movement involved various media including happening, performance, sculpture, poetry, and so on. Although the movement was titled and articulated by George Maciunas, it was a stream that was too diverse and free to come under a single category.
Nam June Paik was a leading figure in the 1960s Fluxus movement. Fluxus was the root of his artistic sprit. In 1997, Paik planned a concert titled “A Celebration of Arts without Borders” in memory of the movement. Ben Patterson presented his new work, Message to Nam June Paik, in the NJP Art Center in 2010. The ‘living fluxus’ running through the borders between our life and arts is still in effect.