FLUXUS WORDS

New stickers

2011-10-26T10:45:00.000-07:00

Some new stickers were printed to attach to the outgoing envelopes containing a Fluxus Word.

Zalup

2011-10-26T10:44:00.000-07:00

Simple Flux

2011-10-26T10:43:00.000-07:00

Zolop

2011-10-26T10:39:00.000-07:00

Zalip

2011-10-16T22:58:00.000-07:00

Zalip, Zolep

2011-10-01T01:27:00.001-07:00

Zapil

2011-10-01T01:26:00.003-07:00

Zolai

2011-10-01T01:26:00.001-07:00

Zalup

2011-10-01T01:25:00.002-07:00

Zolip

2011-10-01T01:25:00.001-07:00

Zalop

2011-10-01T01:24:00.002-07:00

Zolep

2011-10-01T01:24:00.001-07:00

Zalip

2011-10-01T01:23:00.000-07:00

Ojep

2011-10-01T01:22:00.002-07:00

Sool

2011-10-01T01:22:00.001-07:00

Letef

2011-09-27T11:24:00.000-07:00

LOOK

2011-09-27T10:07:00.001-07:00

Ojep

2011-09-27T10:06:00.001-07:00

Ufa

2011-09-27T10:05:00.000-07:00

Zola

2011-09-27T10:04:00.002-07:00

Sot

2011-09-27T10:04:00.001-07:00

Pota

2011-09-27T10:03:00.000-07:00

Fluxible Sometom Ploe

2011-09-25T02:25:00.002-07:00

Zolip

2011-09-25T02:25:00.001-07:00

Hota Mist

2011-09-25T02:24:00.002-07:00

Focu Ties

2011-09-25T02:24:00.001-07:00

Poti Fluxible

2011-09-25T02:23:00.000-07:00

Polot

2011-09-25T02:22:00.002-07:00

Gof

2011-09-25T02:22:00.001-07:00

Zola

2011-09-25T02:21:00.002-07:00

Sot

2011-09-25T02:21:00.001-07:00

Pota

2011-09-25T02:20:00.000-07:00

Chos - Chaos

2011-09-21T22:41:00.000-07:00

Zalopas

2011-09-04T09:39:00.001-07:00

Cavelinni

2011-09-04T09:37:00.000-07:00

Normally Cavelinni is spelled Cavellini. Special Fluxus Word for "E" in France.

Zalopy

2011-09-04T09:36:00.000-07:00

Zalopa

2011-09-04T00:14:00.000-07:00

GOTCHI

2011-08-17T23:34:00.001-07:00

Xulf

2011-08-17T22:56:00.001-07:00

Poefa

2011-06-19T10:10:00.000-07:00

Is this a surpo 4u

2011-06-19T10:07:00.001-07:00

Sub Fluxus

2011-06-11T23:40:00.001-07:00

Livulo

2011-06-11T23:39:00.002-07:00

FOS

2011-06-11T23:39:00.001-07:00

Belive

2011-06-11T23:38:00.001-07:00

Op SLot Plos Zo

2011-05-26T11:49:00.001-07:00

Disasti

2011-05-26T11:48:00.000-07:00

Zepo

2011-05-15T08:35:00.002-07:00

Eat Flux

2011-05-15T08:35:00.001-07:00

Stulo

2011-05-06T00:20:00.001-07:00

Goppaz Dodal

2011-05-06T00:19:00.002-07:00

Polilas

2011-05-06T00:19:00.001-07:00

IUOMA

2011-05-06T00:18:00.000-07:00

Gospu Sipko

2011-05-05T00:03:00.000-07:00

Loflu

2011-05-05T00:01:00.002-07:00

Poo Pix

2011-05-05T00:01:00.001-07:00

Fluxible ZoLl

2011-05-02T00:29:00.001-07:00

Extra Folka

2011-05-02T00:28:00.001-07:00

Fojp

2011-04-03T09:00:00.001-07:00

Ol Sop Toop

2011-04-03T04:10:00.001-07:00

Patona

2011-04-03T04:09:00.002-07:00

Spolice

2011-04-03T04:09:00.001-07:00

Geloef

2011-04-03T04:08:00.000-07:00

Geloef

2011-04-01T22:44:00.000-07:00

Xulf

2011-03-20T04:18:00.000-07:00

Bope

2011-02-27T08:10:00.000-08:00

Zalop

2011-02-20T09:47:00.000-08:00

Polut

2011-02-20T09:46:00.001-08:00

DoDuNET

2011-02-20T09:45:00.000-08:00

Fluxible Situaty

2011-02-13T04:29:00.000-08:00

Zalop Group

2011-02-13T04:09:00.000-08:00

http://iuoma-network.ning.com/group/zalop

is a group where the word ZALOP is being discussed further. An international group, so the result is quite stunning and causes some funny things too. Check out the Zalop-video for instance!

Flos

2011-01-09T01:59:00.002-08:00

Iopa

2011-01-09T01:59:00.001-08:00

Pilaats

2011-01-09T01:52:00.000-08:00

Oorje

2010-12-28T08:34:00.001-08:00

Thopiesis

2010-12-19T21:47:00.001-08:00

Reaction from Bifidius on the arriving Fluxus Word:

"Ruud invented the Fluxus word THOPIESIS and, since I am the recipient of it, I'm to determine its meaning Here goes:

Thopiesis--a condition in which mail art is the antithesis of mob mentality.

Used in a sentence: One may suspect thopiesis in IUOMA members’ work if their mail art acts like a knife, like Shiva the Destroyer, toppling idols and cutting everything down to the moment.

As recipient of the word THOPIESIS, it is my duty to promote it worldwide as a new word. A worthy goal for the new year. Thanks, Ruud!"

Poti Fluxible

2010-12-12T00:10:00.000-08:00

Fluxible Sipo

2010-12-12T00:09:00.000-08:00

Poefa

2010-12-12T00:08:00.000-08:00

Sitoo

2010-12-06T10:20:00.000-08:00

Ojep

2010-12-06T10:18:00.002-08:00

Thopiesis

2010-12-06T10:18:00.001-08:00

Zalop

2010-12-06T10:17:00.001-08:00

Collage of Fluxus Words

2010-12-02T10:34:00.000-08:00

After a short break some more acrylic painted envelopes went out last weekend. Lots of Fluxus Words among them which will soon be in the collection of someone else.

Fluxible

2010-12-02T10:32:00.000-08:00

Fluxible

2010-12-02T10:31:00.002-08:00

Soleb

2010-12-02T10:31:00.001-08:00

Piloto

2010-12-02T10:29:00.000-08:00

Fluxible

2010-11-07T07:42:00.000-08:00

Fluxible Hove

2010-10-28T07:37:00.000-07:00

Slopjet

2010-10-24T05:43:00.000-07:00

Review by De Villo Sloan - USA

2010-10-24T05:38:00.001-07:00

Received: Fluxus word mail-art and performance score from Ruud Janssen (Breda, Netherlands)

October 22 - Ruud Janssen has released a new mail-art series featuring Fluxus words on hand-painted envelopes. You can see other examples here at the IUOMA and elsewhere on mail-art blogs. These captured my interest as soon as they appeared because the creation of Fluxus words seemed to be such an intriguing process. Only I had no idea how they were created, what they meant, or how they were to be used. These questions were answered when I (carefully) opened the envelope and found among its contents a Fluxus performance score:

(Apologies: I just couldn't get this to scan straight.) A number of us at IUOMA, I'd have to call it, fool around with the idea of performance as it relates to mail-art. Ruud Janssen's "Fluxus Words" are part of a performance related project that has been going on for some time. Those at all familiar with Fluxus know the performance score is part of a tradition (?) genre (?) (although always in flux), going back decades and providing one of the points of continuity between the "old" Fluxus and the new. The performance scores I have seen tend to be, like Ruud's piece, very minimal - although there are also far more complex examples, especially when you cross over to musical compositions. This provides some tremendous advantages for the creator and the participants. Someone interested in creating a performance doesn't have to deal with the complex task of elaborate scripting and directions. Some I've seen use found language that in some way suggests an activity. This kind of score provides tremendous interpretive leeway for the "performers" and "audience" - put in quotes here because, of course, these traditional boundaries are usually eradicated in this medium. In some cases, the audience members simply are the performers and must decide what to do with the performance score. The various permutations and possibilities are limited only by our imaginations. (If you're interested in creating a performance score that might be produced and definitely will be shown and documented - see Jim Leftwich's event listing on the IUOMA board.) More about Fluxus words and a growing list can be found on Ruud Janssen's excellent blog:
http://www.fluxuswords.blogspot.com
Submit your own Fluxus word and participate in this very interesting and ongoing project!

My interpretation of Fluxus words is that they can be interjected into our everyday usage and become part of our shared language. People might eventually develop other uses for them too. I was thinking of Jackson Mac Low's poetry - akin to music by John Cage - that relies so much on chance operation word systems. Using the idea, I composed some bits of verse for IUOMA friends using Fluxus words - not meant for submission in the literary arena but only for some fun strictly among friends:

CHUP (NY School one-liner for Bifidus Jones)

Feop wuz sloj, seka.

(Bifidus - we have ascemic poetry, haptic poetry - there must be some precedent for invented or artificial languages - I'll check, but have you heard of this?)

MOI (haiku for Erni Bar)

Moi lefi pola
opsir fu. Moi kefi api. Psun
moi pola! Woisoh?

NOJ (Aram Saroyan variation for Marie Wintzer)

noj
flo
flo

STAX (anaphora for Cheryl Penn)

Losi slax
Losi pasta zore
Losi gip eyeeye

SOO? (Olson variation for Jen Staggs)

Soo pelo. Soo lojo. Soo mulit. Soo undeming art.

This is just some experimenting, plugging into convenient forms and using randomness more than anything. I think the ultimate idea is to give definitions to the words, which might mean a Fluxus Lexicon. The point, I think, is to use them too. And to put the words together, is there a need for a Fluxus syntax? Fluxus seems to have created its own versions of a variety of things in life and art, so why not a Fluxus language? Just fascinating stuff to me.

Wonderful mail-art correspondence - many thanks.

(first published on IUOMA Network by De Villo Sloan, USA)

Bejlo

2010-10-11T10:38:00.000-07:00

Duoz / Detail

2010-10-11T10:37:00.000-07:00

Undeming Art

2010-10-11T10:36:00.001-07:00

Fluxible

2010-10-11T10:34:00.001-07:00

Zalop

2010-10-11T10:27:00.000-07:00

Soef

2010-10-10T08:10:00.000-07:00

DUOZ

2010-10-10T07:56:00.002-07:00

IUOMA

2010-10-10T07:56:00.001-07:00