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A fantastic cartographic poster documenting the activities of the Tokyo-based art collective Hi Red Center. Hi Red Center was a short-lived art and performance art collective active in 1963-64. It took its name from the meanings of the initial kanji of the surnames of founders Jiro Takamatsu (1936-1998), Genpei Akasegawa (1937-2014) and Natsuyuki Nakanishi (b. […]
![Chieko Shiomi [and George Maciunas], spatial poem no. 2[:] a fluxatlas[:] THIS IS THE RECORD OF VARIOUS DIRECTIONS TO WHICH PEOPLE WERE SIMULTANEOUSLY MOVING OR FACING AROUND 10PM ( GREENWICH TIME ) OCTOBER 15TH 1965. [NP:] Fluxus, 1966/reprinted 1992.](https://bostonraremaps.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/BRM3173-Shiomi-Fluxatlas-1965_1992-map-lowres-scaled-e1607457245196-150x150.jpg)
A crowdsourced cartographic work documenting a moment on October 15, 1965, spatial poem no. 2 was the second of nine such events staged by artist Chieko Shiomi. In 1964 Japanese artist and composer Chieko (or Mieko) Shiomi (1938- ) was invited to New York City by George Maciunas, founder of the Fluxus network of artists, […]
A scarce world map, or “fluxatlas,” one of a series of conceptual artworks designed by Chieko Shiomi and published by Fluxus. In 1964 Japanese artist and composer Chieko (or Mieko) was invited to New York City by George Maciunas, founder of the Fluxus network of artists, composers and designers. She remained for more than a decade […]