Series No.1: From Utopia to Zen in Daily Life: Past and Present of Fluxus

When we look at 20th-century art history, Fluxus as a cross-disciplinary practice fundamentally redefined the relationship between art and life. Rather than being characterized by any particular style or formal features, Fluxus centers on a conceptual core, and incorporates actions, incidents, and everyday interventions to question artistic systems and the boundary of creation.

This lecture will unfold from three angles: first, reviewing the historical background of Fluxus in the mid-to-late 20th century and its position within the Western contemporary art lineage, exploring its ideological connections with avant-garde movements such as Dadaism; second, citing representative works and practices to illustrate how core concepts like “anti-art,” “element of chance,” and “cross-border” are embodied in specific actions; third, discussing Fluxus’s profound influence on postmodern art and contemporary creation, reflecting on the real-world significance of the idea “making life more interesting than art” in the present day.