"Similar to the SPATIAL POEM series (1965-1975) this FLUXUS BALANCE (1991-1992) using the mail as the medium. People received the following invitation: 'Write down in one of the squares on the balance what you want to balance with something which another person wants to balance. It can be either an object/s or a concept, indicating or not indicating its weight.' Of course nobody knew what other people would offer.
Different from SPATIAL POEM, which was merely a panorama, the FLUXUS BALANCE is a kind of conceptual game which everybody can play afterwards. There have been 68 contributions sent back which turned out to amazingly reflect each person’s spirit.
You can enjoy making pairs either by choice or by chance."
An ”anonymous poem” or a ”conceptual game” conceived by Mieko Shiomi for which she invited 68 Fluxus-related people to contribute (among them D.Albrecht, E.Andersen, Ay-O, M.Berger, R.Block, G.Brecht, J.Brown, G.Chiari, H.Christiansen, F.Conz, P.Corner, D.Daniels, J.Dupuy, W.Feelisch, P.Frank, K.Friedman, K.Groh, G.Hendricks, J.Hendricks, D.Higgins, D.det Hompson, A.Hutchins, B.af Klintberg, M.Knizak, A.Knowles, T.Kosugi, J.Kozlowsky, B.Loebach-Hinweiser, D.Mayor, L.Miller, B.Moore, P.Moore, B.Patterson, K.Pedersen, C.Phillpot, W.de Ridder, H.Ruhe, T.Saito, C.Schneemann, P.Sharits, G.Silverman, D.Spoerri, E.Tot, B.Vautier).
Consists of a cream-coloured embossed folder (33 x 24 cm), containing a printed sheet (30 x 21 cm) with an explanation and the names of the contributors, a glossy cardboard sheet (32 x 23 cm) featuring a reproduced photograph of some scales (the ’Fluxus Balance’), and in two plastic bags, the card by artist that can be placed on the scales and several weights for adjusting the balance, numbered/750, n.p. 1993
