Joe Jones (Fluxus musician)
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Joe Jones (1934–1993) was an American avant-garde musician associated with Fluxus, especially known for his creation of rhythmic music machines.
Early life and career
Joe Jones was born in New York City in 1934. He grew up in Greenpoint, Brooklyn and received a classical musical education at Hartnett Music School in New York City.[citation needed] [1]
In the late 1950s he began a short career as a
Fluxus
Jones first started experimenting with mechanical instruments in 1962, creating objects like musical boats, solar music umbrellas and a pedaled vehicle that pulled handmade instruments on wheels called "The Longest Pull Toy in the World".[2] The following year his works were exhibited at the Betty Parsons Gallery in New York City.
Beginning in 1963 Jones participated in the
Tone Deaf Music Store
In 1969 Jones opened his own Tone Deaf Music Store (aka Joe Jones Music Store and/or JJ Music Store) at 18
After Jones moved out of this store-loft space, it became the art studio of Fluxus archivist and artist Joseph Nechvatal, then the once Theatre of Eternal Music member Jon Hassell and finally video artist Bill Viola, before being merged into Walkers Restaurant.[citation needed]
Work with Yoko Ono and John Lennon
From April 18 to June 12, 1970,
In 1971 Jones participated in the making of the album Fly with Lennon and Ono. Jones made automated instruments for Ono's recordings "Don't Count The Waves", "You", and "Airmale" that appear on Fly and the Onobox.[7] Photos of these automated instruments can be seen in the gatefold of Fly.
Jones also co-founded the Fluxus-Airline with George Maciunas.[8]
Move to Europe
Soon after, Jones left New York for Europe; living in Amsterdam, Asolo, Berlin, Düsseldorf, and finally Wiesbaden and continued to exhibit worldwide in galleries and museums. Since the mid-1980s Jones produced short digital art films on computer that he called Fluxus-Home-Movies. His 1989 book My first book of computer drawings : Joe Jones music machines, 1962-1989 was published by Rainer Verlag in Berlin [9]
Jones also devised larger orchestra-like installations with his music machines called Solar Orchestras[10] that would perform automatically as the sun came up until the sun went down, powered by solar power. In 1988 his works could be seen at the Museum Ludwig in Cologne and in 1992-93 there was a touring exhibition of his work with stops in Helsinki, Nuremberg, Rotterdam, and Wuppertal.[3]
Death
Jones died in Wiesbaden in 1993.[citation needed]
References
- ^ Joe Jones, an Artist With a Musical Bent And an Inventor, 58. New York Times Feb. 18, 1993
- ^ a b Obituaries, New York Times, 2/18/1993 "Joe Jones, an Artist With a Musical Bent and an Inventor, 58"
- ^ a b [1] Interview with Joe Jones by Nakagawa Shin (1992)
- ^ Owen Smith (1998) Fluxus: The History of an Attitude, San Diego State University Press, pp. 118
- ^ Owen Smith (1998) Fluxus: The History of an Attitude, San Diego State University Press, pp. 206-209
- ^ "Joint Yoko Ono, John Lennon, & Fluxgroup Project / Press Release -- April 1, 1970". Archived from the original on January 21, 2021. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
- ^ "ONOBOX by Yoko Ono".
- ^ Owen Smith (1998) Fluxus: The History of an Attitude, San Diego State University Press, pp. 117-119
- ^ [2] Joe Jones, My first book of computer drawings : Joe Jones music machines, 1962-1989
- ^ [3] mp3s of music by Joe Jones at UbuWeb
Bibliography
- Owen Smith (1998) Fluxus: The History of an Attitude, San Diego State University Press
- Block, René, ed. 1962 Wiesbaden Fluxus 1982. Wiesbaden (BRD): Harlekin Art; Wiesbaden: Museum Wiesbaden and Nassauischer Kunstverein; Kassel: Neue Galerie der Staatliche, 1982.
- Friedman, Ken, ed. The Fluxus Reader. Chicester, West Sussex and New York: Academy Editions, 1998.
- Gray, John. Action Art. A Bibliography of Artists’ Performance from Futurism to Fluxus and Beyond. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1993.
- Hendricks, Geoffrey, ed. Critical Mass, Happenings, Fluxus, performance, intermedia and Rutgers University1958–1972. Mason Gross Art Galleries, Rutgers, and Mead Art Gallery, Amherst, 2003.
- Hendricks, Jon. Fluxus Codex. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc. 1989.
- Jon Hendricks, ed. Fluxus, etc.: The Gilbert and Lila Silverman Collection. Bloomfield Hills, Michigan: Cranbrook Museum of Art, 1982.
- Higgins, Hannah. Fluxus Experience. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002.
- Kellein, Thomas. Fluxus. London and New York: Thames and Hudson, 1995.
- Fluxus y Di Maggio. Museo Vostell Malpartida, 1998, ISBN 84-7671-446-7.
- Milman, Estera, ed. Fluxus: A Conceptual Country, [Visible Language, vol. 26, nos. 1/2] Providence: Rhode Island School of Design, 1992.
- Moren, Lisa. Intermedia. Baltimore, Maryland: University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 2003.
- Paull, Silke and Hervé Würz, eds. How we met or a microdemystification. Saarbrücken-Dudweiler (Germany) 1977, Engl.-German, AQ 16, Incl. a bibliography by Hanns Sohm.
- Phillpot, Clive, and Jon Hendricks, eds. Fluxus: Selections from the Gilbert and Lila Silverman Collection. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1988.
- Schmidt-Burkhardt, Astrit. Maciunas’ Learning Machine from Art Historyto a Chronology of Fluxus. Detroit, Michigan: Gilbert and Lila Silverman Fluxus Collection, 2005.
Discography
- Joe Jones, In Performance, Harlekin Art Records, LP, 1977, Liner Notes by Yoko Ono
- Joe Jones, Fluxus Is Dead, Freibord, cassette, 1980, with cardboard box, produced in an edition of 100, numbered and stamp-signed
- Joe Jones, Solar Music Tent, Tone-Deaf Music (Joe Jones Self-released), cassette, 1982
- Joe Jones, Solar Music, April 20, 1983, Hundertmark Editions, CD, Edition of 500
- Joe Jones, A Garden Party, Edition Telemark, LP, 2016, Recorded in Erik Andersch's garden in Düsseldorf 26 June 1983. Produced in an edition of 200 in gate-fold PVC sleeve including a book, poster and postcard. The book was originally released by Jones in 1987 in an edition of 15. The audio recording was previously unreleased.
- Joe Jones, Back and Forth, Exhibition Sound, 31.8.1985, Hundertmark Editions, CD, Edition of 500
- Joe Jones, Meditations, Tone-Deaf Music (Joe Jones Self-released) cassette & LP, 1989
- Joe Jones, Xylophone, Hundertmark Editions, CD, Edition of 500
- Joe Jones, Solar Music at Sierksdorf, Ostsee, Hundertmark Editions, CD, Edition of 500
- Joe Jones, Solar Music #5, Tone-Deaf Music (Joe Jones Self-released), CD, 2001
- Joe Jones, Solar Music Tent, Edition Telemark, LP, 2018
- Joe Jones, Meditations 18.2, Slowscan, LP, 2001
External links
- Archivio Coz
- [4] Joe Jones "Flux Music Box"
- [5] Interview with Joe Jones by Nakagawa Shin (1992)
- [6] mp3s of music by Joe Jones at UbuWeb