In MiniFlux I reproduced, in miniature, over 1,000 items referenced in Fluxus scores.

MiniFlux comprised a printed booklet that listed all the objects found in Fluxus scores alongside their roughly worked Plasticine replicas. My original idea to house a collection of all the items referenced in the scores looked impossible after I realised I would have to include a full orchestra, elephant and wolf. So I decided it would be simpler to make miniature versions of the items.

The work came out of a long-term passion for Fluxus actions, strategies, events and humour. Part of my motivation to make MiniFlux came from an interest in how everyday things were, and continue to be, used in performance work. Historically, performance practice is seen to come out of the activity of painting, this work proposed another route through sculpture via Marcel Duchamp, George Brecht and the readymade. 

The exhibition was accompanied by a Mini Flux [PDF] designed by Phil Baines, which listed all the objects I found referenced in the scores.

On 26 November 2005 musicians and artists were invited to devise a series of musical performances in response to the list. The evening was titled ‘A Concert’ and took the form of a conventional concert with works by Anne Bean, The Bohman Brothers, Bruce Gilbert and Margarita Gluzberg. 

An extract from the list:

Adhesive tape

Needle

Quarter

Rubber tubes

Drum skin

Airmail envelope

Marching band

Screw

Red spray-paint

Hoist

Vin Rosé

Change

Mirrors

Bowler hat

Pants

Megaphone

Racket

Cup of coffee

Plasma tank

A second item

Double bass

Foot switches

Gravedigger

MiniFlux took place in the context of the exhibition Her Noise at the South London Gallery, London, 10 November - 18 December 2005. Artists included: Kim Gordon (US), Emma Hedditch (UK), Christina Kubisch (DE), Kaffe Matthews (UK), Hayley Newman (UK). MiniFlux was commissioned by Electra Productions.  

Installation photographs copyright Marcus J Leith.