Σαβ 11 Δεκ 2021
'ΥΛΗ[matter]HYLE in collaboration with Bios.Romantso presents: Henry Flynt
συναυλία /μουσική
'ΥΛΗ[matter]HYLE in collaboration with Bios.Romantso presents: Henry Flynt born 1940, Greensboro, North Carolina, is an American philosopher, musician, writer, historian, activist, and artist connected to the 1960s New York avant-garde.
In 1961, he dropped out from Harvard University where he was studying mathematics after being introduced to jazz, to the "New Music" of John Cage, and to country blues music. Through his classmate Tony Conrad - in 1960 - he met La Monte Young, then the leading figure of the New York avant-garde scene and took part in the monthly concert series held at Yoko Ono's Chambers Street loft.
Flynt’s work developed from what he called "cognitive nihilism,” a concept he derived from insights about the vulnerabilities of logic and mathematics, and aims to turn the principles of scientific positivism and analytical philosophy against themselves.
In 1961 Flynt coined the term "concept art" in Young’s proto-Fluxus book An Anthology of Chance Operations released in 1963. Flynt maintained that to merit the label concept art, a work had to be an critique of logic or mathematics in which the material is a linguistic concept, a quality which he claims is absent from subsequent "conceptual art."
In 1962 Flynt began to campaign for an anti-art position. He advocated that avant-garde art and its institutions be superseded by the terms of veramusement and brend—neologisms meaning approximately pure recreation. He demonstrated against cultural institutions in New York City (MoMA and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts) with Tony Conrad and Jack Smith in 1963 and against Karlheinz Stockhausen twice in 1964 (accusing Stockhausen of cultural imperialism). Flynt read publicly from his text From Culture to Veramusment at Walter De Maria's loft on February 28, 1963.
In 1965, Flynt published the article "Communists Must Give Revolutionary Leadership in Culture" in collaboration with George Maciunas, criticizing the white supremacist cultural touchstones of the left-wing tradition and championing African-American music.
In 1987 he revived his "concept art" for tactical reasons.
Henry Flynt is also known for his musical work that attempts to fuse hillbilly music with the avant-garde. Other influences included the free jazz of Ornette Coleman; rockabilly and country blues music; and the North Indian classical music he learned with Pandit Pran Nath.
Flynt performed duets with La Monte Young in the 1960s, played briefly with the Velvet Underground, and in 1966 recorded several rehearsal demo tapes with Walter De Maria et al. in the garage rock band the Insurrections, which were later compiled as I Don't Wanna. In the 70s, Flynt led the group Nova'Billy and formed the jazz-rock group Dharma Warriors with C. C. Hennix (1978)In 1975, Flynt's early philosophical writings on logic and epistemology, was published in Milan in the book Blueprint for a Higher Civilization.During the same decade he earned a Ph.D. in economics at The New School, New York.
From 1980, Flynt has written on philosophy and economics focusing on two concepts which did not achieve yet the notoriety of the early actions: his concepts of meta-technology and personhood theory. These concepts continue his work in sketching a worldview which would supersede scientific objectification.
Dec 11, 21:00
Entrance: 8€ | Romantso Main, Anaxagora 3-5 Athens
Screening: “Club Dances”, filmed by Jeff Perkins at the Emily Harvey GalleryLecture Performance: Henry Flynt “Ruinous Spirituality” from New York
Q&A: Henry Flynt in dialogue with philosopher Katalin Balog and curator Hans-Jürgen Hafner
Book Presentation: "Three Essays: On Spirituality and Art" with the editors, artists Joao Simoes and Christian Xatrec
Concert: With artist, composer Stefan Tcherepnin from Stockholm, musician Taketo Shimada from New York, composer Mano Plitsi and artist Georgia Sagri in Athens.
συναυλία /μουσική
'ΥΛΗ[matter]HYLE in collaboration with Bios.Romantso presents: Henry Flynt born 1940, Greensboro, North Carolina, is an American philosopher, musician, writer, historian, activist, and artist connected to the 1960s New York avant-garde.In 1961, he dropped out from Harvard University where he was studying mathematics after being introduced to jazz, to the "New Music" of John Cage, and to country blues music. Through his classmate Tony Conrad - in 1960 - he met La Monte Young, then the leading figure of the New York avant-garde scene and took part in the monthly concert series held at Yoko Ono's Chambers Street loft.
Flynt’s work developed from what he called "cognitive nihilism,” a concept he derived from insights about the vulnerabilities of logic and mathematics, and aims to turn the principles of scientific positivism and analytical philosophy against themselves.
In 1961 Flynt coined the term "concept art" in Young’s proto-Fluxus book An Anthology of Chance Operations released in 1963. Flynt maintained that to merit the label concept art, a work had to be an critique of logic or mathematics in which the material is a linguistic concept, a quality which he claims is absent from subsequent "conceptual art."
In 1962 Flynt began to campaign for an anti-art position. He advocated that avant-garde art and its institutions be superseded by the terms of veramusement and brend—neologisms meaning approximately pure recreation. He demonstrated against cultural institutions in New York City (MoMA and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts) with Tony Conrad and Jack Smith in 1963 and against Karlheinz Stockhausen twice in 1964 (accusing Stockhausen of cultural imperialism). Flynt read publicly from his text From Culture to Veramusment at Walter De Maria's loft on February 28, 1963.
In 1965, Flynt published the article "Communists Must Give Revolutionary Leadership in Culture" in collaboration with George Maciunas, criticizing the white supremacist cultural touchstones of the left-wing tradition and championing African-American music.
In 1987 he revived his "concept art" for tactical reasons.
Henry Flynt is also known for his musical work that attempts to fuse hillbilly music with the avant-garde. Other influences included the free jazz of Ornette Coleman; rockabilly and country blues music; and the North Indian classical music he learned with Pandit Pran Nath.
Flynt performed duets with La Monte Young in the 1960s, played briefly with the Velvet Underground, and in 1966 recorded several rehearsal demo tapes with Walter De Maria et al. in the garage rock band the Insurrections, which were later compiled as I Don't Wanna. In the 70s, Flynt led the group Nova'Billy and formed the jazz-rock group Dharma Warriors with C. C. Hennix (1978)In 1975, Flynt's early philosophical writings on logic and epistemology, was published in Milan in the book Blueprint for a Higher Civilization.During the same decade he earned a Ph.D. in economics at The New School, New York.
From 1980, Flynt has written on philosophy and economics focusing on two concepts which did not achieve yet the notoriety of the early actions: his concepts of meta-technology and personhood theory. These concepts continue his work in sketching a worldview which would supersede scientific objectification.
Dec 11, 21:00
Entrance: 8€ | Romantso Main, Anaxagora 3-5 Athens
Screening: “Club Dances”, filmed by Jeff Perkins at the Emily Harvey GalleryLecture Performance: Henry Flynt “Ruinous Spirituality” from New York
Q&A: Henry Flynt in dialogue with philosopher Katalin Balog and curator Hans-Jürgen Hafner
Book Presentation: "Three Essays: On Spirituality and Art" with the editors, artists Joao Simoes and Christian Xatrec
Concert: With artist, composer Stefan Tcherepnin from Stockholm, musician Taketo Shimada from New York, composer Mano Plitsi and artist Georgia Sagri in Athens.
