Fluxus Continued

The section of Higgins’ chapter entitled “Experience as Art” particularly struck me. Thinking of art as a physical experience seems to engage audience participation much more thoroughly. This also seems to be Higgins’ idea when she introduces The Happenings. The word “happen” itself evokes this feeling of physical time. The art occupies a space in the existence. I was interested in this idea of The Happenings, and in doing a little further research, I realized things like Flash Mob and Improv Everywhere fall into this Fluxus category of The Happenings. The idea of integrating art and life seamlessly is both engaging and beautiful. It forcefully immerses society into art, causing people to surround themselves with it. While it seems as though forcing art upon people would counteract their appreciation of it, what better way to be exposed to different art forms than to be fully enveloped in it.