Dick Higgins

Dick Higgins (March 15, 1938 – October 25, 1998) was an English born composer, poet, printer and early Fluxus artist.

Quotes

 * All form is a process of notation.
 * An Exemplativist Manifesto (1976)
 * If you haven't done it twice, you haven't done it.
 * What truly remains of me Is that very thing- my absence.


 * Quoted in 1998 obituary - colophon.com

The Ruud Jansson Mail Interview 1995

 * I am a polyartist.
 * I never feel quite complete unless I'm doing all the arts-visual,musical,literary.
 * I guess that's why I developed the form 'intermedia'.You are always focussing on all kinds of media to express yourself.

The Origin of Happenings (1976)

 * Happenings are a fusion of visual art, music and theatre.


 * Concrete poetry is a fusion of visual art and poetry.


 * Sound poetry is a fusion of music and literature.

External link

 * Examples of Higgins 'metadrama' poems