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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M26476
People
Mieko (Chieko) Shiomi, Japanese (Okayama, Japan born 1938)
Yoko Ono, American (Tokyo, Japan born 1933)
Peter Moore, American (London, England 1932 - 1993 New York, USA)
Published by Fluxus, American
Title
Disappearing Music for Face
Classification
Prints
Work Type
artist's book
Date
late 1960s
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/29162

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Offset-printed flipbook
Technique
Photolithograph
Dimensions
cover: 4.6 x 5.8 x 0.3 cm (1 13/16 x 2 5/16 x 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Barbara Moore, Bound/Unbound, New York, New York, partial gift partial purchase; to Harvard University Art Museums, June 28, 2005.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
S. 407

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Barbara and Peter Moore Fluxus Collection, Margaret Fisher Fund and gift of Barbara Moore/Bound & Unbound
Copyright
© Yoko Ono
Accession Year
2005
Object Number
M26476
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
The "Disappearing Music for Face" flipbook was produced by Maciunas using stills from the fluxfilm of the same name. The film is of a smile (Yoko Ono) filmed (by Peter Moore) with a high-speed camera. When projected at normal speed, the effect is of extreme slow-motion. Maciunas had hoped to produce a number of flipbook versions of Fluxfilms, but only this and Dick Higgins's "Invocation of Canyons and Boulders" were made. See also George Brecht's flipbook "Nutbone: A Yamfest Movie", included in "Flux Year Box 2" (M26448.2).

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 1100 60’s Experiment, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/20/2022 - 04/24/2023

Verification Level

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