Flux Reliquary
Hendricks, Geoffrey
New York. Fluxus Editions. 1973
Geoffrey Hendricks' 'Flux Reliquary'.
From the unlimited edition; unsigned and unnumbered as issued.
'This Fluxus Edition exists in at least three versions: a seven compartment plastic box with relics [the present version], a vending machine dispensing cat shit, and a drawer in the Flux Cabinet where Maciunas attributes the work to both himself and Hendricks.' (Fluxus Codex).
The 'Flux Relic' objects are as follows:
No. 1: 'Pen used by Theodore of Mopsuestia to write his Nestorian errors';
No. 2: 'Fragment of rope by which Judas Iscariot hung himself';
No. 3: 'Finger-nails of Monophysitists cut at the Council of Chalcedon';
No. 4: 'Holy shit from diners of the Last Supper';
No. 5: 'The final stone that killed St. James the Less';
No. 6: 'Nails from the cross of St. Andrew';
No. 7: 'Sweat of Lucifer from the heat of Hell'.
[Fluxus Codex 263 / 264; Silverman (MoMA) 153].
From the unlimited edition; unsigned and unnumbered as issued.
'This Fluxus Edition exists in at least three versions: a seven compartment plastic box with relics [the present version], a vending machine dispensing cat shit, and a drawer in the Flux Cabinet where Maciunas attributes the work to both himself and Hendricks.' (Fluxus Codex).
The 'Flux Relic' objects are as follows:
No. 1: 'Pen used by Theodore of Mopsuestia to write his Nestorian errors';
No. 2: 'Fragment of rope by which Judas Iscariot hung himself';
No. 3: 'Finger-nails of Monophysitists cut at the Council of Chalcedon';
No. 4: 'Holy shit from diners of the Last Supper';
No. 5: 'The final stone that killed St. James the Less';
No. 6: 'Nails from the cross of St. Andrew';
No. 7: 'Sweat of Lucifer from the heat of Hell'.
[Fluxus Codex 263 / 264; Silverman (MoMA) 153].
Plastic box. (100 x 120 x 20 mm). Seven 'Flux Relic' objects contained within seven plastic compartments: turd in clear plastic box, pebble stone, pen nib, grey cable / 'rope', nail paring in clear capsule, fragment of melted yellow plastic / 'sweat' and nails in clear capsule. Hinged plastic box with pasted typographic label designed by George Maciunas verso; recto with names of the seven objects.
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