
Welcome to
FLUXUS Laboratories. We set the standards for Fluxus activities, test
products and procedures, offer approval and provide certification
processes for those working
in the field. Fluxus Laboratories explore the world's most
crucial and complex problems. Laboratory personnel play leading roles
worldwide in basic and applied Fluxus research and product development.
Whether it's conducting crucial experiments in procedures related to
Fluxus events and performances or developing breakthroughs in Fluxus
theory and determining how best to dispense Fluxus into the general
population, our experts and specialists help lead the way.

As broad, deep, and complex as the Laboratories' activities may be,
12 Lab wide Ideas
convey their
essence, and recent achievements toward them demonstrate our
commitment. Additionally, Fluxus Laboratories is testing the following
additional ideas or qualities of Fluxus works.
Twenty Four Additional
Fluxus Ideas
Contemporaneousness - many works are
intended to be present in the
present rather than left for history or for the future.
Interactivity - many fluxus works
intend to be directly interactive
rather than views from a distance
Equivocalness - many fluxus works
are designed to be ambiguous and open
to multiple interpretations
Inclusive - a fluxus idea is to
include rather than exclude whether
other members/non-members of the group or spectators/audience
Poetical - many works have a poetry
quality to them
Portability - many fluxus objects
are designed to be easily stored and
moved about through shipping or mail services, often reduced to scores
to be realized on location rather than created in a studio and then
moved about at great expense.
Productionalist - many fluxus works
are intended to become manufactured
multiple products rather than unique works of art.
Programmatic - many fluxus projects
happen according to a plan or program
Communal - many fluxus works are
held in common among a group of
artists for general use by all of them.
Didactic - many fluxus works are
intentionally instructional
Progressive - works that take
previous ideas in a new direction
Self Empowered - many fluxus works
exhibit an indifference to accepted
norms
Mimetic - many fluxus objects mimic
commonly experienced products,
designs, scientific procedures, government activities, etc.
Nostalgic - many fluxus artists
often refer to past works in current
works and/or use retro design concepts
Tentativeness - fluxus works are
often the product of uncertainty -
works are often created without a certain intention in mind allowing
the artist to explore alternate possibilities
Quirkiness - works often exhibit a
certain strangeness or unusualness
about the thought processes used in their creation
Obsessiveness - many works imply an
obsessive nature in their creators
Uselessness - works often, as part
of their quality, render useful
objects or performance materials useless or apparently useful
activities are accomplished to achieve uselessness.
Materialistic - many fluxus works
exhibit a love of the materials that
they are made from and exhibit attention to those materials. Many
fluxus works do not suggest a dialog beyond their own scope.
Multidimensional - many works can
exist in a variety of forms or are
designed to have a multitude of possible meanings
Adaptive - many fluxus works are
intended to adapt to new situations
and are not locked into a specific place, time or style.
Collaborative - many fluxus works or
collections of works are the
result of collaboration and/or are intended for collaboration between
artists or between artist and public.
Porousness - Fluxus has no rigid
boundries and allows anyone to take up
fluxus activity. Anyone can join in with other fluxus artists and be
accepted as a part of the group.
Revolutionary - many fluxus works
suggest a program of revolution
against one thing or another and especially against the 'establishment'
or status quo.
Impervious - Fluxus as an idea is
impervious to historification.