Abstract
In this article, the author explores how Fluxus artists of the 1960s and '70s disrupted conventional ideas of function by altering equipment structures in order to make the equipment open-ended and/or dysfunctional. The author examines how these artists reconfigured tools like ping-pong paddles or chess sets to question not only how we interact with objects, but with the social and cultural values embedded in their design as well.
Preservation Process
Archived from https://switch.sjsu.edu/archive/mambo/switch23/the_function_of_disfunction_3.html. Documentation of the preservation processes used for this collection is available at https://github.com/NickSzydlowski/switch.
Recommended Citation
Bowan, Dore
(2007)
"The Function of Dysfunction,"
SWITCH: Vol. 23:
No.
1, Article 11.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/switch/vol23/iss1/11