M26474: Spatial Poem No. 3: A Fluxcalender [sic]
MultiplesThe roughly finished leather is folded length ways to form a cover for sheets of paper. The paper is held in place by metal bolts. The cover is printed, a hand appears to peel back a corner of the page to reveal text reading “Spatial Poem No. 3 by Mieko Shiomi a Fluxcalender 1968.”
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- M26474
- People
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Mieko (Chieko) Shiomi, Japanese (Okayama, Japan born 1938)
Designed by George Maciunas, American (Kaunas, Lithuania 1931 - 1978 Boston, MA)
Published by Fluxus, American
- Title
- Spatial Poem No. 3: A Fluxcalender [sic]
- Classification
- Multiples
- Work Type
- multiple
- Date
- 1968
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/29322
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Loose printed sheets, leather, metal bolts
- Technique
- Photolithograph
- Dimensions
- 18.5 x 12.6 x 2.5 cm (7 5/16 x 4 15/16 x 1 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. >412.I
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
- Accession Year
- 2005
- Object Number
- M26474
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- This Fluxus edition documents one of Shiomi's worldwide mail art events. Described as a "falling event", Shiomi mailed each participant the following instructions: "the phenomenon of a fall is actually a segment of a movement towards the center of the earth. This very moment countless objects are falling. Let's take part in this centripetal event." Maciunas designed the edition in the form of a calendar with pages loosely attached with bolts so that the sheets would continue to fall off.
Exhibition History
- Multiple Strategies: Beuys, Maciunas, Fluxus, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/24/2007 - 06/10/2007
- 32Q: 1100, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/10/2019 - 10/04/2021
Verification Level
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