Ping Pong Rackets

Three rackets' alterations:

1. "Grinder Racket"
     Edited for Fluxus Concert, Lugano, 1967,
     27 x 15 x 5 cm.
     Authentication by G. E. Simonetti: "It refers to one
     of the two rackets by G. Maciunas to ED 912
     for the Concert Fluxus in Lugano (1967)..."
     (The white racket is the copy of the one got lost)

2. Two prepared rackets
    Edited for Perpetual Fluxfest, Fluxsports,
    Washington Square Gallery, New York, 1964
    27 x 15 x 4 cm. each
- "Soft Racket" with foam rubber    
- "Racket with wood pieces"

3. Documentation of the installation:
a. Realised during the Festival "Fluxus East", Berlin, 2007
    Artpool/Budapest version of George Maciunas' ping pong table
    Video downloaded from youtube
b. Realised during the exhibition "...soudain l'étè Fluxus", Paris, 2009
    Colour photos by L. Bonotto
    See also: "...soudain l'été Fluxus", No. FXC1763

Exh.: 2006, Pavia ; 2009, Paris ; 2010, Moscow ; 2012, Chiasso (#1).



Bibl.: G. Maciunas, "Biographical data", included in "Letters", 1975, No. FX0471-3 ; J. Hendricks, "Fluxus Codex", Detroit-New York, 1988, p.376 ; "Dada e dadaismi del contemporaneo 1916-2006", exhibition catalogue, Pavia, 2006 ; "Sudain l'été Fluxus", exhibition catalogue, Passage de Retz, Paris, 2009 ; "Fluxus. A Creative Revolution", exhibition catalogue, Chiasso, 1962-2012, p. 29 (#1).