KEN FRIEDMAN - 92 EVENTS

92 Events are instructional texts that can be compared to notices for sculptures, absurd actions and concrete poetry. The works are deliberately playful – or absurd – and describe a series of actions that defy the traditional notion of art by leaving the execution up to the viewer.

Friedman’s score is living document. Operating in language as instructions, descriptions and documents, they slide between past, present and future and function in a kind of state of possibility with an unimaginable potential for variation and interpretation. They are excellent examples of how art can function as a mental game where our imaginations can travel even if our bodies don’t. Ken Friedman (born 1949 in New London, Connecticut) joined Fluxus in 1966 as the youngest member of the group.

He has had close collaboration with other artists and composers within Fluxus, including Dick Higgins, Nam June Paik and John Cage. Friedman was instrumental in the establishment of Fluxus West, a focal point for Fluxus-related activities in the western states of North America. During the 1960s and 1970s, Fluxus West was expanded to also include Germany and Great Britain.