DICK HIGGINS.(Columbia College Chicago Center for Book & Paper Arts exhibition)(Brief Article)

COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO CENTER FOR BOOK & PAPER ARTS

One of the founders of Fluxus in the early '60, Dick Higgins (1938-98) lived long enough to witness the '90s revival of interest in the movement. Before the term "interdisciplinary" existed, Higgins called his work and that of his colleagues "inter-media," referring to the collaborative and cross-pollinating performative approach that defied media-based categorization. Such an approach also reflected Higgins's overriding emphasis on freedom: He and his fellow Fluxoids pursued liberating impulses into ...

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