In 1961 Lithuanian American artist and impresario George Maciunas established the avant-garde art movement Fluxus. ​George​ details the rise of Fluxus following a sensationalized tour of “concerts” in Europe in 1962, and continuing in New York for most of the 1960s and ’70s. During this time Maciunas was converting the dying industrial buildings of Soho into a network of artists’ lofts, creating one of the first official real estate co-ops of artist-owned buildings. Maciunas’s life and legacy—as recounted by artists of his generation, including Yoko Ono and Jonas Mekas—ignited debates that remain pivotal to artists working today.

Directed by Jeffrey Perkins

Edited by Jessie Stead

Featuring Yoko Ono, John Lennon, Richard Foreman, John Cage, Nam Jun Paik, and others…

Coming soon to Kino Lorber!

Sound design, sound edit and 5.1 mix. Feature film.

World Premiere at the MoMA Documentary Fortnight 2018

PRESS

“Mr. Perkins livens up what could have been a dull talking-heads presentation with vortex-like editing, often dividing the screen into multiple panels and making inventive use of sound design.”
–The New York Times

“Perkins sees how Maciunas applied that taxonomic impulse to the unruly art world springing up around him. Yoko Ono and La Monte Young were hosting edgy concerts downtown; John Cage was freaking the music world out in classes at the New School; artist George Brecht was starting to use chance happenings and think of instructions as artworks.”
–The Hollywood Reporter