Chapter 3

"Fluxus experiences sensitize the perceiver to the life world by creating a special place--called art--for the sensitization to occur" p3. I thought this sentence helped to embody what the Fluxus movement does. The different experiences that are intended to come out of a Fluxus piece of art show the subject something new in the world. Anything that is new or creative can be called art. Fluxus does that by stimulating the mind and body in unconventional ways. Instead of an individual experience art by simply reading with their eyes, or hearing with their ears, the person finds art in the physical presence of the piece. Like the installation described in chapter three, the art is there in front of you, it is intended to be touched an experienced, as opposed to art in a museum. People are supposed to derive their own interpretation from the art, and come away with something totally unique.