Dick Higgins
1938–1998
Introduction
Dick Higgins (15 March 1938 – 25 October 1998) was an American artist, composer, art theorist, poet, publisher, printmaker, and a co-founder of the Fluxus international artistic movement (and community). Inspired by John Cage, Higgins was an early pioneer of electronic correspondence. Higgins coined the word intermedia to describe his artistic activities, defining it in a 1965 essay by the same name, published in the first number of the Something Else Newsletter. His most notable audio contributions include Danger Music scores and the Intermedia concept to describe the ineffable inter-disciplinary activities that became prevalent in the 1960s.
Wikidata identifier
Q1209700
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Introduction
Higgins was a seminal figure in Happenings, the concrete poetry movement and a co-founder of the Fluxus movement in the early 1960's.
Country of birth
United Kingdom
Roles
Artist, composer, mixed-media artist, painter, performance artist, poet, publisher, writer
ULAN identifier
500034921
Names
Dick Higgins, Richard Higgins, Richard Dick Carter Higgins
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