Folder containing seven documents from the "Fluxwedding" of George and Billie Maciunas, including a copy of the marriage certificate stamped "Collage by Geoff Hendricks"; a copy of the register of witnesses, stamped "Collage by Brian Buczak"; a photograph of the wedding ceremony by Hollis Melton; a three-page typed script of the wedding ceremony, adapted by Geoffrey Hendricks; and a typed copy of the wedding program identifying the various members of the wedding party, including 'Best Man' Alison Knowles and Joe Jones providing wedding music. Quarto (11 1/2 x 9 3/8 inches). Cream paper folder with title stamped to front and "Money For Food Press", contents loose as issued. Some toning and minor soiling to folder. N.p.: Money for Food Press, 1978.

George Maciunas was a founding member of the Fluxus art movement, and one of the first to organize and perform happenings. At the end of a very prolific artistic career, he developed cancer of the pancreas and liver in 1977. Three months before his death, he married his friend and companion, the poet Billie Hutching, in a legal ceremony in Lee, Massachusetts. Following that, they held a "Fluxwedding" at a friend's loft in SoHo. The bride and groom traded clothing, various Fluxus artists attended or performed at the wedding, and the ceremony text resembled Mad Libs, with random nouns such as "reindeer" and "gargoyles" inserted into an otherwise traditional marriage ceremony. Maciunas died less than 3 months after the wedding. As of March 2025, OCLC locates five holdings in North America.

Book ID: 53454

Price: $2,250.00