Select Flux-Concerts (1962-1980)

Neo-Dada in Der Musik, Kammerspiele, Düsseldorf, June 16, 1962. Dick Higgins' Danger Music and Structure are performed. 

Fluxus Internationale Festspiele Neuestem Musik (14 Konzerte), Wiesbaden, September 1-23, 1962. Dick Higgins' Graphis 82, Constellation No. 7 & No. 4, Danger Music No. 15 & 17,  and Requiem. 

Dick Higgins being filmed while performing George Maciunas’ In Memoriam to Adriano Olivetti at the Fluxus internationale Festpiele Neuester Musik, Wiesbaden September 8th 1962. Photograph by George Maciunas

Fluxus Festival, Nikolai Kirke, Copenhagen, November 12-28, 1962

Dick Higgins performing George Brecht's Drip Music at Fluxus Festival, Nikolai Kirke, Copenhagen, November 23rd, 1962. Photograph by Jørgen Sperling

Parallele Aufführungen Neuester Musik, Kunsthandel Monet, Rokin 97, Amsterdam, October 5th, 1962

Dick Higgins and Alison Knowles performing John Cage's Solo for Voice 2 at Parallele Aufführungen Neuester Musik, October 5th 1962. Photograph by Hans de Boer

Alison Knowles performing John Cage's Solo for Voice 2 at Parallele Aufführungen Neuester Musik, October 5th 1962. Photograph by Hans de Boer

Poster for Parallele Aufführungen Neuester Musik, October 5th 1962, Amsterdam, designed by Nam June Paik

Festum Fluxorum Fluxus- Musik Und Antimusik. Das Instrumental Theater, Staatliche Kunstakademie, Düsseldorf, February 2nd-3rd, 1963. Performances of Dick Higgins’ Constellation No.7, Constellation No.6, Graphis 119-120, Litany Piano Piece #1 (For Emmett Williams), Requiem for Wagner the Criminal Mayor

Dick Higgins, Alison Knowles, Happenings, Danger Music, Fluxus, Stockholm, March 1st, 1963

Performance roster for Dick Higgins, Alison Knowles, Happenings, Danger Music, Fluxus, Stockholm, March 1st, 1963

Yam Festival, everyday of May, 1963. Dick Higgins participates in "Yam Hat Sale"  May 9th; Performs "Mud" on May 17th and "Lots of Trouble," May 19th

Fluxus Festival, Hypokriterion Theater, Amsterdam, June 23rd, 1963

Performance of Dick Higgins' Gloves at Fluxus Festival D'Art Total, July 26th 1963. L to R: Robert Bozzi, George Maciunas, Ben Vautier. Photograph by Philippe François

Poesie Et Ectera (Anti-Theater), Musee d’art Modern, Paris October 10th, 1963

12 Fluxus Concerts, Fluxhall, New York, April 11th-May 23rd, 1964. Performances of Dick Higgins' Danger Music No. 13  & Contribution Number 1(April 11th), Graphis No. 24 & Constellation No. 7 (April 18th), Requiem to Wagner (April 24th), Sonata and Concert No. 2 (April 25th), Constellation No. 4,  Meaningful Lives Through Meaningful and Rewarding Work, Bubble Music, Music for Stringed Instrument (May 2nd)

Promotional photograph for 12 Fluxus Concerts by George Maciunas. L to R: Dick Higgins, Letty Eisenhower, Daniel Spoerri, Alison Knowles, Ay-O, 1964. Photograph by George Maciunas

8 Lectures in New York by Dick Higgins as they appear in cc Valise e TRangIE  (Fluxus Newsletter #3, 1965) 

Fluxus Symphony Orchestra in Fluxus Concert, Carnegie Recital Hall, New York, June 27th, 1964. Performances of Dick Higgins’ Music for Stringed Instruments

Gesto E Segno, Fluxus Festival, Galleria Blue, Milan, November 16th, 1964. Performance of Dick Higgins' Requiem for Wagner. 

Fluxfest, Washington Square Gallery, New York, September 9th - November 3rd, 1964. Dick Higgins' "Theatre" on Dec. 11th. 

Monday Night Letter, Cafe Au Go Go, New York, organized by George Brecht and Robert Watts.  Performances of Dick Higgins' Danger Music No. 17  (November 2nd, 1964) and his opera Hrušalk (December 7th, 1964)

will/just/drink/or/perhaps/do/something/or/not,  Museum College of Art, Philadelphia, October 16th, 1964

Octopus Allstars First World Congress: Happenings, St. Mary's of the Harbor, New York, August 30th - September 1st, 1965

World Theatre, Cafe Au Go Go, New York City, October 4th, 11th, & 18th, 1965

Perpetual Fluxfest, New Cinematheque, New York, September 5th - December 12th, 1965 

Fluxus Concert presented by Galerie Block in the foyer of the Forum-Theater, Berlin, October 4th, 1972

Dick Higgins performing Benjamin Patterson’s Paper Piece at Fluxus Concert presented by Galerie Block in the foyer of the Forum-Theater, Berlin, October 4th, 1966. Photograph by Hans-Rüdiger Strey

Claus Bremer performs Dick Higgins' Lecture Number 1 at Fluxus Concert, Berlin, October 4th, 1962. Photograph by Hans-Rüdiger Strey

Koncert Fluxu, Galerie Platyz, October 13th, 14th, 17-18th, 1966

Dick Higgins lecturing with translator at Koncert Fluxu, Prague, 1966. Photograph from archive of Ben Vautier

Performance of Dick Higgins’ Meaningful Lives Through Meaningful and Rewarding Work at Koncert Fluxu, October 14th, 1966. L to R: Dick Higgins (conducting), Serge Oldenburg (obscured), Alison Knowles, Ben Vautier, others unknown. Photograph from archive of Ben Vautier

Performance of Dick Higgins’ Card Game to George at Koncert Fluxu, Prague, October 14th, 1966. L to R: Ben Vautier, Dick Higgins, Alison Knowles. Photograph from archive of Ben Vautier

Dick Higgins and Alison Knowles, Events y New Music, Salon de actos de la escuela tecnica superior de arquitectura, Madrid, November 12th, 1966 

Dick Higgins and Walter Marchetti performing Dick Higgins’ Musical Process No. 2 “Vocal Composition, January 1959: The Sound of the Animals Dying Thirteen to One,” at Events y New Music, November 12th, 1966. Photograph by Alberto Schommer

Performance of Dick Higgins’ Celestials (for Bengt af Klintberg) at Events y New Music, November 12th, 1966. L to R: Walter Marchetti, Dick Higgins, Juan Hidalgo(obscured), Alison Knowles, Ben Vautier, others unknown. Photograph by Alberto Schommer

Happening for Sightseeing Bus Trip in Tokyo, Organized by Ay-O, Yamaguchi Katsuhiro, and Akiyama Kuniharu, Tokyo, December 18th, 1966. Dick Higgins' Piece to Shake Hands is performed

Akiyama Kuniharu and Yasunao Tone perform Dick Higgins’s Piece to Shake Hands at the Gokokuji temple in Tokyo, at dusk. Photograph by Nishiyma Teruo

John Cage, Alison Knowles, Dick Higgins, What Did You Bring?, Second City, Chicago, October 23rd, 1967

Intermedia '68, Multiple locations, New York, February 16th - April 12th, 1968

Intermedia '68 roster

Happening & Fluxus,  Kölner Kunstverein, Cologne, June 11th, 1970- June 1st, 1971. Organized by Harald Szeemann and Wolf Vostell

A performance of Dick Higgins’ Constellation for Harpsichord at Flux Cembalo-Abend, Berlin September 3rd, 5-17, 1976. L to R: Ben Vautier, Robert Filliou, Yoshimasa Wada, Nam June Paik, George Brecht. Photograph: Hanns Sohm, Archiv Sohm, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart