How to make a "happening"? Apparently, the answer to the question is not easy and even intertwined with the very definition of "happening" - A kind of performance previously staged, although given many times the improvisation exercises, which typically occurs in unusual places and encourages the involvement of the viewer in the action itself. Incessantly created and exploited by the American Allan Kaprow in the late 50s, would become quite popular in the next decade, thousands of artists when they adopt it as the means of artistic expression par excellence, gradually abandoning painting.
The democratization of the "happening" not only in America but all over the world, gave rise to a new chapter of central importance in the history of twentieth century art. Despite its acceptance by the art institution, the medium was far from consensual. The discussions around the "happening" animated the academic circles, that every day raised a number of problems with which it was difficult to handle.
The truth is that everyone was a "happening" but they were few who ventured to describe step-by-step preparation of the same, since the birth of the idea to its completion. In 1966, Kaprow decided to finally unveil the recipe and cast album "How To Make A Happening", which explains in detail what we do, and do, develop a "happening". Originally posted by Mass Art, the album never came to be distributed on a large scale due to the bankruptcy of the publisher just before its launch. Now, by the hand of the publisher Primary Information, "How To Make a Happening" back on shelves in CD format (1000 copies) - a duly signed release during its presentation at the Maccarone Gallery in New York, where historic recording was played simultaneously by one hundred radios. Orders are made here.
