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Fluxism is an emerging movement in contemporary photography founded by Siarhei Mikhaliuk

that remains fundamentally unrepeatable by AI.

Fluxism: A radical rebirth of photography's artistic status


Fluxism:


Reimagining and rebooting art


AI is powerless, always one step behind


New possibilities for visually impaired artists


A manifesto against digital perfectionism


Unlike any classical or contemporary art form


Shatters photography's documentary chains


Unique collectible - impossible to replicate, even by the author


Triggers cellular-level renewal processes


Museums compete to showcase Fluxism

             Fluxism transforms museums into spaces of encounter with the               irretrievable.

Introduction.

Contemporary Photography on the Brink of Revolution.

In an era where artificial intelligence can generate flawless images, one question emerges: what remains for human creativity? The answer is Fluxism (from the Latin flux — "flow") — a radically new approach where the photographer becomes a conduit for reality itself.

This is neither a style nor a technique. It’s a philosophy of spontaneity, where chance, time, and matter itself become co-authors.


1. What is Fluxism?

Fluxism is a photographic movement built on:

Surrendering control (the image is created with the world, not imposed upon it)

Capturing states, not objects (the energy of a flow, a moment that can never be replicated)

Embracing randomness as artistic language (blurs, flares, and "flaws" become aesthetic virtues)

The result? An image of something that never existed before — and never will again.


Core Principle:
"I don’t photograph something specific — I let the world’s movement pass through me."
"I don’t create images — I become a medium for what wants to emerge."

The Paradigm Shift


Traditional photography:
Photographer → sees → decides → captures. The author is sovereign.

Fluxism shatters this:
Photographer (30-50%) + Reality (30%) + Connection to the Unmanifest (30%) = THE FRAME

Why isn't this a "decisive moment"?

Classical Photography


Creator = Human intellect controlling reality
"I captured this moment!"
Result: Controlled. Documented. Finite.

Fluxism

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*Creator = Human (40%) + Visible World (30%) + River of Chance (30%)*
"Did this moment truly exist? Will it again?"
Result: Unpredictable. Felt rather than seen. A whisper of reality.






Traditional photography is like playing sheet music note for note.
Fluxism is a jazz improvisation — where 50% of the music is born from the very air in the room.

In Fluxism, the true value lies not in the object itself,
but in that fleeting space between "what just was" and "what might be."

Fluxism: A Dialogue With the Fleeting

Fluxism Is Not a Style — It’s a State of Being

The Essence of Fluxism: Co-creation with the Intangible.
Embracing accidents that are never truly accidental.

Fluxism Explained:


A Dialogue With the Present Moment
When photographing a crowd, you become the crowd. (Flux = the eternal flow where observer and observed merge)

No Separation Between Artist and Reality. The photographer isn't capturing subjects - they're exchanging energy with matter itself.
(Non-duality philosophy in action: as you study reality through your lens, reality studies you back. Light and shadow birth each other.)

Seeing Beyond Sight


Perceiving through:

Unity consciousness

Harmonic resonance

Radical trust in aliveness


Example in Practice:
"When shooting a busy street, you're not photographing people - you're tracing the vanishing echo of their presence."


Here’s a refined comparative analysis of Fluxism versus other art movements in a clear, visually engaging format:

Movement


Impressionism


Surrealism


Abstraction


Street Photography


Core Principle


Capturing sensory impressions


Deliberate distortion of reality


Intentional creation of non-representational forms


Decisive moment theory (Cartier-Bresson)

How Fluxism Differs


Fluxism seeks not impressions, but premonitions of moments yet to fully form


Fluxism embraces reality as-is, finding magic in raw spontaneity


In Fluxism, form emerges without authorial intent - it's a collaboration with chaos


Fluxism pursues not the moment, but its afterimage - the vibration left behind








"Fluxism isn’t mere motion blur—it’s an untranslatable visual dialect."

"A snapshot of the impossible, fleeting and irreproducible."

Not Fluxism—a pretty picture

a) I’ve captured 10+ such frames...

b) Another photographer could replicate this

c) Beyond the water’s blur, reality remains unchanged—a winter waterfall. It existed yesterday, a century ago, and will persist a century hence."

Why These Are Not the Same?

 

Long exposure documents movement—it shows you how water flows or how crowds blur. It's physics.

A technical record of "what moved."

 

Fluxism steals the invisible—it captures why that moment shivered. Not the steps of people,

but the air trembling under their feet. Not the river, but the damp chill of its spray on your skin

Metaphor:

Classic photography: Recording a song in a studio (polished, controlled).

Fluxism: Recording the hum of a concert hall before the show—squeaking chairs, scattered coughs, the weight of anticipation.

Fluxism isn’t about the music—it’s about the air trembling before the first note.

 

Fluxism: Photography That Artificial Intelligence Cannot Replicate


a) AI works with the past. Fluxism — with the present.

AI recycles existing images.

Fluxism freezes unique, never-to-repeat states of reality.

AI may mimic Fluxism’s style, but you’ll always be one step ahead — because you live the moment it tries to reconstruct.


b) AI doesn’t err. Fluxism worships errors.

Algorithms "fix" flaws; AI’s only mistake is human bias, not life’s chaos.

In Fluxism, lens flare, grain, motion blur — these are signatures of an alternate reality.


c) AI converses with an upgraded mechanical self. Fluxism speaks in nature’s raw glyphs.

AI: A feedback loop of human logic.

Fluxism: Visual tremors of a mind dissolved in the world.


d) AI computes. Fluxism feels.

AI’s "choices" are statistical equations — zero understanding.

Fluxism is kin to poetry (but not poetry). It’s alive.


Fluxism Demands:

Physical presence (dissolving into reality).

Precognition of aesthetics — not staging, but anticipating the unseen.

Surrendering control — letting chaos autograph the frame.


Why This Matters Beyond Photography:

A meditation on "here and now".

A revolt against digital perfectionism.

Proof that true art cannot be algorithmized.


How to Spot True Fluxism?

Unrepeatable (even by the author).

Reality’s tremor visible — the photo ceases to be a document; it becomes a new interpretation of matter.

A parallel reality — one that didn’t exist before the shot and will never exist again.


Is Fluxism Possible Only in Photography?

1. Photography as Art: A Historical Debate
For decades, photography was seen as inferior to painting due to its:

Documentary nature ("mere fixation of reality"),

Technical reproducibility (no "unique authorial mark"),

Limited control (light, motion, and randomness dictate the outcome).

Yet, Fluxism transforms these "limitations" into its core strengths.

 

2. Why Only Photography Can Achieve Fluxism?

2.1. Painting & Sculpture: Total Authorial Control

The artist governs every line, color, and form—even in abstraction or action painting, chaos is consciously orchestrated.

2.2. AI Art: The Illusion of Chance

Algorithms generate "unpredictability," but only from existing data. Their "randomness" is a calculated simulation.

2.3. Fluxism: A Unique Symbiosis

50% Artist (intuition, trust in the moment, the dance with the camera),

50% The World (wind, trembling hands, film grain, digital noise—raw, unedited life).

Fluxism is the only medium where the artist and reality co-create in real time.

 

3. What Does Fluxism Offer Art?

3.1. Shatters "Documentary Chains"

A Fluxism photo is not evidence—it’s an energy imprint of a fleeting collision between human and moment.

3.2. Reclaims Magic

In the age of digital perfection, Fluxism legitimizes glitches, blurs, and accidents as artistic language.

3.3. Achieves the Impossible

No other art form can so literally capture the dialogue between:

Human and time,

Intention and chaos.

 

4. Why Is This a Revolution?

For Photographers: No more chasing the "perfect shot"—imperfection is the masterpiece.

For Art: Proves photography isn’t a technique but a philosophy of presence.

For Viewers: Offers authenticity in a world of simulacra.

"Fluxism is the final reckoning: photography isn’t painting’s ‘little sister’—it’s a sovereign universe."

Tactile Light: How Fluxism Rewrites the Rules of Photography

Fluxism: Photography Becomes the Eyes of Those Who Cannot See

Fluxism transforms the camera into a conduit for an alternative experience—where light writes not for the retina, but for the entire body. This is not "photography for the blind," but an alternative optics where the tremor of a hand matters more than focus.


If traditional photography is a "frozen gaze," then Fluxism is tactile poetry of light. Here, those who do not rely on vision become translators of invisible landscapes.


Fluxism Challenges Conventional Photography

It proves: to see is not merely to look. Like a martial artist who sharpens intuition with closed eyes, a Fluxist photographer relinquishes visual control to:


Immerse in the Flow

The camera becomes an extension of the body, capturing not a "frame" but the very state of presence.

Heighten Perception

Without visual crutches, sensitivity to light, motion, air temperature, and spatial vibrations intensifies.

Create Beyond Templates

Images emerge not from compositional rules, but from raw interaction with reality.


Why Is This Aesthetically Significant?

Timelessness

Fluxist images evade recognizable styles, approaching universal visual archetypes:

Chaotic light patterns evoke both quantum processes and ancient symbols.

Blurs transmute from defects into the "breath" of a moment.


Photography as Mindfulness Practice

The act of shooting becomes meditation:

Long exposures (0.3-5 sec) capture the body’s dance, not a static scene.

Shooting blindfolded triggers physiological and spiritual metamorphosis.

The body, deprived of sight, switches to a deeper, almost mystical mode of perception.

The camera’s spontaneous movements record not images, but light patterns of inner energy—akin to qigong or Zen inkblots.

Flow state during shooting activates cellular renewal—a photographic act of self-restoration.


The Power of Alternative Perception

Those who abandon visual reliance often create more potent images because:

There’s no fear of "ruining the shot."

Chance is trusted as a co-author.


Philosophical Core

"Fluxism is not the rejection of vision. It is its expansion.
When eyes close, the photographer sees through skin, hearing, pulse.
The camera records not an object, but light’s touch upon reality."


Scientific Parallels

Research in psychoneuroimmunology confirms:

Mindfulness practices (like Fluxism) reduce oxidative stress (Elizabeth Blackburn, Nobel Prize 2009).

Sensory deprivation (temporary sight loss) heightens neuroplasticity—the brain forges new neural pathways (Norman Doidge).



Fluxism is not about specific objects—it’s about a state of being that can be felt anywhere.

Fluxism is quantum physics in art: reality already shifts under the influence of your intention to look its way."

Conclusion:

Fluxism is not the future of photography—it is its present. In the age of AI, movements like this will define the value of the human element in art.


Exhibitions of Fluxist photography offer a unique encounter with something that never existed outside the photograph itself—and never will beyond the walls of museums and galleries. Fluxism is not "blind" photography. It is photography of blinding light, which, passing through the prism of the body, transforms not only the image but also the one who creates it. Here, the camera acts as a conduit between the external and internal, and every frame is the result of a molecular dance between light and cells.


A true image is born somewhere between the world and your willingness to receive it.

Fluxism is the alchemy of light and body, where creativity becomes an act of biological renewal.


Founder of the Fluxism movement in photography: Belarusian photographer, choreographer, and artist Siarhei Mikhaliuk.

P.S. This is the first article on Fluxism in the world. If this philosophy of photographic art resonates with you—let’s develop the movement together.


April 15, 2025