Compose two styles
Rather than blending two styles into a middle, this assigns them roles: one carries the structure, the other appears as an accent. Where the two fight, it says so before you start.
How to divide the work
- Composition
- Follow Conceptual Art: Set work beside statement and order everything by the record, not by drama
- Type
- Set in Conceptual Art's manner (Plain office grade type presenting the definition exactly as written), and let Fluxus's lettering (Write each instruction as one imperative line and print it still open to reading.) appear only where you want the eye to catch.
- Material
- Ground in Conceptual Art's material (Cheap carriers such as photostats, typescript, index cards and wall writing); bring in exactly one thing from Fluxus (Found objects, paper, wooden boxes, cheap printing, no signature or scarcity.).
- Colour
- Build on #efede7, #898986, #1d1d1c and admit one accent from #ece6d7, #c43d31, #22201d.
Where they fight
These two are already listed as related, so the join should come easily.
Caution
- Conceptual Art Styling the surface to look administrative without a rule or question anyone can test leaves only curt graphic design. Change what counts as the work, including structure, site and the relation to the audience.
- Fluxus Imitating random instructions and plain boxes settles nothing about ownership, authority and the audience's role, and a score framed on the wall without ever being performed loses the premise of action and participation.
Image prompt
An original image that takes its structure from Conceptual Art (Style, mid-1960s–1970s) and its accent from Fluxus (Style, early 1960s–late 1970s). Structural cues: Words and definitions; Instructions and rules; Documentary photographs; Dematerialization. Accent cues, used sparingly: Event scores; Boxes and multiples; Everyday actions; Anti-art humor. Composition: Set work beside statement and order everything by the record, not by drama. Type and lettering: Plain office grade type presenting the definition exactly as written. Let one material quality come from the second style: Found objects, paper, wooden boxes, cheap printing, no signature or scarcity.. Mood: Rebellion, Trust, Calm, Play, Intimacy. Color: build on #efede7, #898986, #1d1d1c with a single accent drawn from #ece6d7, #c43d31, #22201d. Constraints: do not imitate, reference or name any specific artist, studio, brand, character or copyrighted work. Produce an original composition in the general period languages described above.
Related entries
- Conceptual Art mid-1960s–1970s / Style / Postwar American Art
Puts the idea at the center of the work and presents it through words, definitions, rules, documentation and placement, caring little for finish as an object.
- Fluxus early 1960s–late 1970s / Style / Avant-garde
Values the act and the participation above the finished piece, working in scores, boxes, cheap multiples, performances and events until the border between art and daily life gives way.
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