Compostition No. 2 - Music

Milan Knížák Czech Pronunciation ˈmɪlan ˈkɲiːʒaːk Born April 19 1940 In Pilsen Czechoslovakia Is A Czech Artist Founder Of Musique Concrète Early Industrial Music Group Aktual 1967-1972 . He Was A Member Of Fluxus An International Anti- Artistic Community Of Music Actions Poetry Objects And Events. Milan Knížák Was Director Of Fluxus East From The Year 1965. He Is Known For Organising And Performing The First Happenings And Concerts In Czechoslovakia E.G. A Walk Around Novy Svět New World And The Demonstration For Oneself Both 1964 . Milan Knizak Contact To Fluxus About In 1965 Through The Czech Critic Jindřich Chalupecký. Knížák Was Promoted To “Director Fluxus East” By Maciunas About 1965. In The Eastern Bloc There Were Managed These Activities Fluxus Festivals In Vilnius 1966 Prague 1966 Budapest 1969 And Poznan 1977 . In October 1966 Knížák Organised The First Fluxus Concert In Czechoslovakia In Prague. In Which He Appeared Together With Ben Vautier Jeff Berner Alison Knowles Serge Oldenbourg And Dick Higgins. George Maciunas Invited Knížák To The USA In 1965 But He Had A Visa In 1968. He Participated In The Fluxus Events There In New Brunswick He Realised Lying Ceremony And In New York The Difficult Ceremony. G. Maciunas Prepared The Publication Of Knížák’s Collected Works As A Fluxus Edition. Knizak Returned To Czechoslovakia In 1970. His Works Was Exhibited In The Galleries In The "East" Europe F.E. Kraków In Poland Budapest Hungary But Also In Austria. He Received A Fellowship From The DAAD In 1979. Knížák Is A Professor Of Intermedia At The Academy Of Fine Arts In Prague Since 1990. Director Of The National Gallery In Prague Since 1999. During Communist Era He Was Under Police Surveillance And He Was Also Arrested During Process With The Music Band Plastic People Of The Universe. read less