Henning Christiansen
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Henning Christiansen was a Danish composer and an active member of the Fluxus
-movement. He worked with artists such as Joseph Beuys
and Nam June Paik
, as well as with his wife Ursula Reuter Christiansen. Other collaborators include Bjørn Nørgaard
, Carlo Quartucci, Carla Tato, Ernst Kretzer, Ben Patterson
, David Moss
, Ute Wassermann, Andreas Oldörp, Christophe Charles
, Bernd Jasper, Henrik Kiel, Vilem Wagner, Vladimir Tarasov
, Niko Tenten, and many others.
His overall goal was to work collaboratively and to trespass conventional boundaries. He resented the idea of an isolated artistic genius and his entire production can be seen as a subsequent and vibrant example of praxis in a constant flux. He believed in the need to trespass conventional boundaries between artistic disciplines. This is visible from his engagement in Fluxus, over numerous collaborative performances to his position as a professor at the Art Academy in Hamburg (Hochschule für Bildende Künste - HfBK).
Christiansen lived almost 40 years on the Danish Island Møn
. He presented a retrospective exhibition in Copenhagen
and participated in the music festival Wundergrund shortly before his death.
Fluxus
Fluxus—a name taken from a Latin word meaning "to flow"—is an international network of artists, composers and designers noted for blending different artistic media and disciplines in the 1960s. They have been active in Neo-Dada noise music and visual art as well as literature, urban planning,...
-movement. He worked with artists such as Joseph Beuys
Joseph Beuys
Joseph Beuys was a German performance artist, sculptor, installation artist, graphic artist, art theorist and pedagogue of art.His extensive work is grounded in concepts of humanism, social philosophy and anthroposophy; it culminates in his "extended definition of art" and the idea of social...
and Nam June Paik
Nam June Paik
Nam June Paik was a Korean American artist. He worked with a variety of media and is considered to be the first video artist....
, as well as with his wife Ursula Reuter Christiansen. Other collaborators include Bjørn Nørgaard
Bjørn Nørgaard
Bjørn Nørgaard is a Danish artist who has been active in a variety of fields. He has significantly influenced the art scene in Denmark both through his "happenings" and his sculptures in Danish cities...
, Carlo Quartucci, Carla Tato, Ernst Kretzer, Ben Patterson
Ben Patterson
Ben Patterson is an American musician, an artist and one of the founders of the Fluxus movement.-Biography:Born in Pittsburgh May 29, 1934. From 1956 to 1960, he worked as a double bassist at the Halifax Symphony Orchestra , the US Army 7th Army Symphony Orchestra and the Ottawa Philharmonic...
, David Moss
David Moss
David Moss is an American professional ice hockey right winger for the Calgary Flames.-Playing career:Moss was selected 220th overall in the seventh round of the 2001 NHL Entry Draft and played for the Flames' AHL affiliate, the Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights from the 2005–06 season. While with the...
, Ute Wassermann, Andreas Oldörp, Christophe Charles
Christophe Charles
Christophe Philippe Charles is a Haitian poet. Born in Port-au-Prince, Charles received a philosophy degree from the University of Haiti. One of his best-known poems is Désastre .-References:...
, Bernd Jasper, Henrik Kiel, Vilem Wagner, Vladimir Tarasov
Vladimir Tarasov
Vladimir Tarasov is a Russian animator and animation director. He studied at the Moscow Polygraphic Institute from 1965 until 1970....
, Niko Tenten, and many others.
His overall goal was to work collaboratively and to trespass conventional boundaries. He resented the idea of an isolated artistic genius and his entire production can be seen as a subsequent and vibrant example of praxis in a constant flux. He believed in the need to trespass conventional boundaries between artistic disciplines. This is visible from his engagement in Fluxus, over numerous collaborative performances to his position as a professor at the Art Academy in Hamburg (Hochschule für Bildende Künste - HfBK).
Christiansen lived almost 40 years on the Danish Island Møn
Møn
-Location:Møn is located just off the south-eastern tip of Zealand from which it is separated by the waters of the Hølen strait between Kalvehave and the island of Nyord, at the northern end of Møn. Further south is Stege Bugt...
. He presented a retrospective exhibition in Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
and participated in the music festival Wundergrund shortly before his death.
Works (selected)
- Perspective Constructions (1965)
- Den arkadiske op.32 (1966)
- fluxorum organum Op.39 (1967)
- Symphony Natura Op.170 (1985)
- Abschiedssymphonie Op.177 (1988)
- Kreuzmusik (1989)
- Verena Vogelzymphon (1991)
- Dust Out of Brain (1995)