Henry Flynt: Difference between revisions

'''Henry Flynt''' is the author of the piece, [[Blueprint for a Higher Civilization|''Blueprint for a Higher Civilization'']], which mentions his previous [[protocel|involuntary celibacy]] in the chapter called "[[Creep (book chapter)|Creep]]".<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/ChapoTrapHouse/comments/8obluz/til_the_term_incel_was_coined_60_years_ago_by_a/ TIL the term "incel" was coined 60 years ago by a Marxist Leninist.], Reddit</ref> His description of [[involuntary celibacy]] was the most detailed of the 20th century and he used the term verbatim. He was heavily involved in the 1960s avant-garde New York-based [[Fluxus]] art scene. He coined the term concept art and produced anti-art activism, avant-garde music, and philosophy about the political left. Henry Flynt would briefly also join New York-based band "the Velvet Underground", performing violin in 1966 as a short-term stand in for John Cale. He would later receive guitar lessons from Lou Reed.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Don%27t_Wanna_(album)</ref> Flynt was politically far-left and converted to marxism in the mid-60s, he collaborated with artists such as Yoko Ono.