{"id":82106,"date":"2026-09-04T15:58:56","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T15:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/bookshop\/?post_type=product&#038;p=82106"},"modified":"2026-09-04T15:58:56","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T15:58:56","slug":"fluids-allan-kaprow-2005","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/bookshop\/catalog\/fluids-allan-kaprow-2005\/","title":{"rendered":"Fluids: Allan Kaprow (2005)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Fluids&#8221;<\/strong> is an art publication documenting a seminal reimagining of the iconic 1967 &#8220;Happening&#8221; by pioneering conceptual artist <strong>Allan Kaprow<\/strong>. Published by Walther K\u00f6nig (ISBN: 3-88375-996-1), this 70-page paperback serves as both a historical record and a visual exploration of temporary architecture, collective action, and impermanence.<\/p>\n<h4>Book Overview<\/h4>\n<p>On June 13, 2005\u2014nearly 40 years after its original staging in California\u2014<em>Fluids<\/em> was reinvented for the first time. Enacted across three distinct locations in Basel to mark the opening of Art Basel Unlimited, Kaprow and his collaborators constructed three monumental ice-brick enclosures. True to the original 1967 score, these structures were deliberately left alone to be discovered by passersby, to interact with the environment, and to ultimately melt and evaporate into nothingness.<\/p>\n<p>This softcover publication intricately chronicles that entire process, capturing the tension between heavy, structured physical labor and the inevitable, entropic dissolution of the final object.<\/p>\n<h4>Key Features<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Extensive Photography:<\/strong> Contains 6 pages of color photographs and many black-and-white photos tracking the ice structures from their construction to their complete melting.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Historical Context:<\/strong> Outlines Kaprow&#8217;s original 1967 dystopian allegory targeted at the obsolete nature of human labor and the refutation of permanent art commodities.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Collectible Documentation:<\/strong> Includes a laid-in facsimile of the 1967 announcement poster.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Specifications<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Author\/Artist:<\/strong> Allan Kaprow<\/li>\n<li><strong>Publisher:<\/strong> Walther K\u00f6nig, K\u00f6ln<\/li>\n<li><strong>Publication Date:<\/strong> 2005<\/li>\n<li><strong>Format:<\/strong> Paperback \/ Softcover<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pages:<\/strong> 70 pages<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dimensions:<\/strong> 7.5 x 6 inches (15.0 \u00d7 19.0 cm)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Language:<\/strong> English<\/li>\n<li><strong>ISBN-10:<\/strong> 3883759961<\/li>\n<li><strong>ISBN-13:<\/strong> 978-3883759968<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This book is highly recommended for collectors, art historians, and enthusiasts of performance art, Fluxus, and 20th-century avant-garde movements.<\/p>\n<p>[Box #6]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Fluids&#8221; is an art publication documenting a seminal reimagining of the iconic 1967 &#8220;Happening&#8221; by pioneering conceptual artist Allan Kaprow. Published by Walther K\u00f6nig (ISBN: 3-88375-996-1), this 70-page paperback serves as both a historical record and a visual exploration of temporary architecture, collective action, and impermanence. Book Overview On June 13, 2005\u2014nearly 40 years after [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":82107,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[7,467],"product_tag":[1629,1630,1258,462,1121,1150],"class_list":["post-82106","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-arts-culture","product_cat-fluxus","product_tag-allan-kaprow","product_tag-art-basel","product_tag-assemblage","product_tag-fluxus","product_tag-happenings","product_tag-performance-art","first","instock","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/bookshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/82106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/bookshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/bookshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/bookshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/bookshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/bookshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=82106"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/bookshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=82106"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/bookshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=82106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}