Henning Christiansen

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Henning Christiansen (28 May 1932 in Copenhagen – 10 December 2008) was a Danish composer and an active member of the Fluxus-movement. He worked with artists such as Joseph Beuys, Nam June Paik, Bazon Brock and Wolf Vostell as well as with his wife Ursula Reuter Christiansen.^[1] Other collaborators include Bjørn Nørgaard, , , , Ben Patterson, David Moss, Ute Wassermann, , Christophe Charles, , , , Vladimir Tarasov, , and many others.^{[citation needed]}

His overall goal was to work collaboratively and to trespass conventional boundaries. He resented the idea of an isolated artistic genius and his entire production can be seen as a subsequent and vibrant example of praxis in a constant flux. He believed in the need to trespass conventional boundaries between artistic disciplines. This is visible from his engagement in Fluxus, over numerous collaborative performances to his position as a professor at the Art Academy in Hamburg (Hochschule für Bildende Künste – HfBK).^{[citation needed]}

Christiansen lived almost 40 years on the Danish Island Møn. He presented a retrospective exhibition in Copenhagen and participated in the music festival Wundergrund shortly before his death.^{[citation needed]}

Works (selected)[]

• Sonate Op. 13 (1962)
• Perspective Constructions (1965)
• Beckett-sange Op. 14 (1963)
• Den arkadiske op.32 (1966)
• fluxorum organum Op.39 (1967)
• Hulemåned Op. 143 (1981)
• Betrayal Op. 144 (1981)
• Sulemåned Op. 145 (1981)
• Kong Frost Op. 147 (1982)
• Maskemåned Op. 148 (1982)
• Kameliadamens kærlighed og død Op. 152 (1983)
• Symphony Natura Op.170 (1985)
• Abschiedssymphonie Op.177 (1988)
• Kreuzmusik (1989)
• Verena Vogelzymphon (1991)
• Dust Out of Brain (1995)

References[]

Further reading[]

• Reynolds, William H., and Thomas Michelsen. 2001. "Christiansen, Henning". The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell. London: Macmillan Publishers.

External links[]

• Henning Christiansen page on ubu.com website

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