George: The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxus poster

Basic Info

Release: February 21, 2018

Runtime: 121 min

Rating: ⭐ 7.0/10 (1 votes)

Status: Released

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GEORGE: THE STORY OF GEORGE MACIUNAS AND FLUXUS trailer | BFI London Film Festival 2019 (YouTube)

George: The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxus

2018 121 min ⭐ 7.0/10 1 votes

Overview

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.