Performing and visual artist Ben Patterson (born 1934) was a
founding member of Fluxus' participatory, do-it-yourself,
anticommercialist avant-garde network. While many Fluxus artists,
influenced by John Cage's precedent, employed conceptual techniques
borrowed from music (e.g., the event score), Patterson's fusion of
art and music was informed by his background as a classically
trained double-bassist. His "Variations for Double Bass" (1960),
for example, was played with the titular instrument balanced upside
down on its scroll. Published for a retrospective at the
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, this volume includes an anthology
of Patterson's scores, edited by Fluxus scholar Jon Hendricks; a
chronology of the artist's life and work; a CD compilation of his
musical performances from 1961 to 2009, produced by Alga Marghen;
and essays by a variety of scholars, assessing the career of one of
Fluxus' foremost and wittiest artists.
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