Fluxus and the new John Cage performance

I know I said i didn't care too much for Cage in my last blog but after watching the actual performance i think I've started to warm up to him.  It was cool to see something other than 4'33".  I understand 4'33" a little better now- but I'm still more interested in his other experimentation.  so anyway thanks for finding that video and posting it, it really helped change my opinion.  

Fluxus-

The Fluxus movement is very hit or miss with me.  There is a lot of art i find interesting that came out of this period - and a lot I don't really care for.  I think I connected with Nam June Paik the most because he still was concerned about how things looked visually.  Even though he was working in different media for his time, his work still felt cared for- like he wasn't just joking around all the time.  There was still some seriousness to his work, and because it wasn't so ethereal and intangible (like a lot of the other work) I felt like I could connect with him better.  I think across the board for this movement I connected with the work that was still concerned with how it was interpreted visually.  For the sound pieces and performances I think i was still interested in the ones that were maintaining a visual aesthetic, but it was more hit or miss depending on what i personally thought was interesting to listen to- or in some cases not listen to.  I forget the artist and the name of the performance but the performance that sticks out the most is the one with the tuba or french horn player that was on stage standing for a minute or so- then takes a bow and white confetti spills out of the horn on to the floor.  I really enjoyed this piece which I thought was beautifully conceptualized and executed.  Although it seemed very short for a performance, I can't see it needing to be any longer- in fact If it was longer it might have lost its appeal.  I definitely think that the fluxus movement was a healthy response to the stuffy side of the art world, but in no means do i think that it should replace it. I am glad to see that we have begun to mesh the fluxus ideas into the other movements in art history so that artists can be free to explore more ideas in their art making.