Higgins, Dick, 1938-1998
Dates
- Existence: 1938 March 15 - 1998 October 25
Biography
Dick Higgins was born in Cambridge, England in 1939 and died in Quebec in 1998. He was a Fluxus artist who studied with John Cage and Henry Cowell (1958-1959), and co-founded Happenings in 1958. He is credited with coining the phrase intermedia to describe his particular approach to artmaking that included (but is not limited to) his visual, musical and literary efforts. He was a theorist, poet, composer, performance artist, printmaker, filmaker, and book publisher. Most notably, Higgins founded Something Else Press (1963-1974), operated the Something Else Gallery (1966-1969) and founded Unpublished Editions (Printed Editions) in 1972.
Nationality
American
Found in 214 Collections and/or Records:
Liste 3/91 (Six Years: The Dematerialization of the Art Object from 1966 to 1972 / Bisson-Millet, Paule-Leon ; Brecht G ; Ulrichs T ; Higgins D ; Weiner L ; Long R ; Ruscha E., 1991
Liste 3/92 (4'33") / Bisson-Millet, Paule-Leon ; Cage J ; Brecht G ; Spoerri D ; Shiomi M ; Maciunas G ; Knowles A ; Higgins D ; Saito T ; Williams E ; Ben ; Filliou R ; Vostell W ; Young L., 1992
Contains major listing of works by John Cage. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Lost and Found Times. No.9/Nov / John M. Bennett, editor ; Ackerman A ; Beining G ; Bennett C ; Bennett JM ; Crozier R ; Ernst K ; Higgins D ; Kostelanetz R ; Petasz P ; Porter B ; Rosenberg MR ; Steele C ; Yalkut J., 1980
Edited by John M. Bennett. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Mail-Interview Project / Ruud Janssen ; Dick Higgins ; Johnson R ; Silverman G ; Silverman L ; Rehfeldt R ; Goldsmith K ; Sohm H., 1999
Interview by Rudd Janssen with Dick Higgins describes the beginnings of mail art and fluxus. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Mart-Communica: L'Archivo di Nuova Scrittura. No.2 / DellaGrazia P ; Higgins D., 1999
Measure-Cut-Stitch, 1989
Higgins reviews Ruth Laxson's book "Measure-Cut-Stitch," held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Metamorphosis 5 / Fallon, Tom; Higgins D., 1981 - 1982
Metamorphosis 6 / Fallon, Tom; Olson C; Higgins D; Kostelanetz R., 1981 - 1982
Modernism Since Postmodernism: Essays on Intermedia / Higgins, Dick ; Andrews B ; Apollinaire G ; Bernstein C ; Breton A ; Cage J ; Chopin H ; Cobbing B ; Duchamp M ; Dupuy J ; Filliou R ; Fludd R ; Friedman K ; Gomringer E ; Hansen A ; Hausmann R ; Heidsieck B ; Higgins D ; Maurus H ; Jandl E ; Johnson R ; Joyce J ; Kaprow A ; Knowles A ; Kostelanetz R ; Kosuth J ; Kriwet F ; Laxson R ; Lebel JJ ; Lora-Totino A ; Maciunas G ; MacLow J ; Marinetti FT ; McCaffery S ; McLuhan M ; Minarelli E ; Mon F ; Moore B ; Ono Y ; Polkinhorn H ; Porter B ; Roth D ; Rothenberg J ; Ruhm G ; Sarenco ; Schneemann C ; Schwitters K ; Noel A ; Ben ; Maurus H ; Schafer RM., 1997
The book is divided into three sections: The State of Things Now; Pages from the History of Intermedia; Three Considerations of Fluxus. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Modular Poems, 1974
In his introduction, Higgins defines a modular poem "in which the principle structural factor is the repetion, usually in different contexts, of one of more elements of th text. Each element becomes a module which may be expanded, compressed or otherwise altered. Or not." The book is illustrated with photographs mainly of old machinery by Eugene Williams. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.