The Happening (Pixies Song)
A happening is a performance, event or situation meant to be considered art. Happening, Happenings, or The Happening may also refer to: Music * The Happenings, an American pop music group that originated in the 1960s Albums * Happenings (Hank Jones and Oliver Nelson album), ''Happenings'' (Hank Jones and Oliver Nelson album) (1966) * Happenings (Bobby Hutcherson album), ''Happenings'' (Bobby Hutcherson album) (1966) * Happenings (Kasabian album), ''Happenings'' (Kasabian album) (2024) Songs * The Happening (song), "The Happening" (song), a song by the Supremes from the 1967 film * Happening (song), "Happening" (song), a 2012 song by Medina from ''Forever'' * "The Happening", a 1990 song by the Pixies from ''Bossanova (Pixies album), Bossanova'' Films * The Happening (1967 film), ''The Happening'' (1967 film), a comedy film starring Anthony Quinn ** The Happening (1967 soundtrack), ''The Happening'' (1967 soundtrack) * The Happening (2008 film), ''The Happening'' (2008 f ...
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Happening
A happening is a performance, event, or situation art, usually as performance art. The term was first used by Allan Kaprow during the 1950s to describe a range of art-related events. History Origins Allan Kaprow first coined the term "happening" in the spring of 1959 at an art picnic at George Segal's farm to describe the art pieces that were going on. The first appearance in print was in Kaprow's famous "Legacy of Jackson Pollock" essay that was published in 1958 but primarily written in 1956. "Happening" also appeared in print in one issue of the Rutgers University undergraduate literary magazine, ''Anthologist''. The form was imitated and the term was adopted by artists across the U.S., Germany, and Japan. Jack Kerouac referred to Kaprow as "The Happenings man", and an ad showing a woman floating in outer space declared, "I dreamt I was in a happening in my Maidenform brassiere". Happenings are difficult to describe, in part because each one is unique. One definition com ...
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