Scores 51-100
100 Event Scores generated by an AI trained on the Fluxus Performance Workbook. To learn more about this project, see the “About” section. I also interviewed the same AI about the collaboration.
Scores are read as follows:
Title
Instructions (to be performed in front of an audience or independently)
Date
(Date is an arbitrary number assigned by the program; all pieces were created in June 2019)
Zen Encore
The end of a meditation.
1974
#11
Take pictures without holding camera.
Date Unknown
Handshake
Believe in two things. Know only one of them to be true.
1966
The Storyteller
Talk to another fellow in the theater.
1970
A Time to See
Borrow a television for one day. If you're at the set, turn it off.
1964
Tongue
Put the tongue into a jar and let it go wild.
Put an object in a jar.
The object moves along with the tongue.
Date Unknown
Pumpkin Games
Play a game by pouring water on a pumpkin, then sprinkling cinnamon on it.
1985
Untitled
Sitting at the dining table of a lovely woman.
1970
Lying on the Ground
Make sure you are not lying on the ground.
Make sure you are upright so you have a good chance.
1965
Noisy Event
All persons standing in front of the newspaper stand are painted white, or black, or red all over.
1965
Lessons
Give me a dollar, and I'll give you a dollar.
1973
Lessons (2)
Put some tape on your arm and make it stick to my arm.
1974
TV Game
Have a television and a television face each other, playing tennis on a court.
1966
All Is Now In Balance (Crow Variation)
Crows or crow sounds are placed in front of a Church choir and amplified as both perform songs of their choosing.
1973
The New Testament
Pierce a window frame or piece of wood and put it into a glass container.
1984
Sparrows for the Deaf
Sounds of sparrows are heard on one side of the room and a loud series of sound effects play on the other side.
1978
No One Laid a Hand
Two children play in their yard.
1983
Cream Soda and Chlorine*
Cream drinks and Chlorine are mixed together.
1972
[*=editor’s note, this one should only be performed by an expert in chemical safety.]
Bubble Bath
A bath has a very small bubble inside, and one person has to use a bucket to get the water off of the bubble.
1972
Carbonated Water Bottles
The artist paints his/her painting in carbonated water bottles and returns them for recycling.
Date Unknown
Anthropocene
Decorate the Earth by painting it over as it has been painted over time.
1992
The Art of Peeing
Pee into a toilet of a pub and ask for a reward.
The reward should be $30 or $40, depending to the situation.
1962
Fluxus Challenge
Walk on water.
Date Unknown
Alcoholic
A man in a liquor store is not drinking beer!
1988
A Gift to Others
A house is sold.
A garden is cultivated.
A garden is planted.
A book is found.
1971
Cleaning Day
Clean the house.
A lamp bulb is removed from inside and out.
Bombs are detonated to cover the house.
Some decorations are put away.
1972
A Man and His Cat
A man meets a cat.
1972
Pushing a Stone
Crowd cheers.
Performer reaches stage.
Performer enters tunnel for next event.
1973
Happiness
Take a picture of the universe.
1969
Take a Picture of Yourself As Your Heart Breaks
Place a cardboard bag over your heart and cover it with tape.
1986
Raccoons?
A man in a rubber suit walks up to a window.
1969-1970
Don’t Touch Me
The man’s hands touch the ground, a woman’s hands touch the air.
1969
Ink to the Sky
With a brush, paint your fingers with ink.
1969
We Shall All Be Damned
God calls everyone into the room to pay attention to the performance.
1968
All Is Now In Balance
Performer dances in front of a funeral.
1974
Cancellation Concerts
Cancel the concert.
1966
Dummy Dance Band
Dance Band performs on a stage in front of empty concert hall.
1960
Event Score
The score must include, at least once, each possible note that can be played.
1966
1962
A movie is shown from 3:30 to 4:30 AM in which the main character enters the cinema at 3:30 to 4:30 AM and runs into the trouble of a black screen.
1962
In the Name of G-d
Create a white feather with the words “In His Name” written on it.
2016
Furniture
Cut furniture with a cutting knife.
1978
Memory Test
Try to keep a list of ten facts about the world as it appears today.
1962
Thinking Machine
Create a series of questions. It is your job to take 30 sentences from a series of different books, and answer the questions using only those words.
1988
Socrates
Use a hammer and sickle to smash down a wall.
1972
Shoes
Put ten shoes on your feet one after another.
2004
An Instrument of the Human Body (for Lúcio)
Use objects – the ear, nose, tongue or chest/upper abdomen – for producing various sounds. Record these sounds and their intensity in the form of phonograms.
1989
The Cat Sings
A cat responds to a person coming near to it.
1969
Carry on
The stage becomes a large canvas and is filled with all manner of objects by the audience, including clothing, shoes, glasses, hair clips and plastic objects. Strings are attached to each and maneuvered. The lights on the stage will slowly turn off and on. This creates an illusion of "floating light."
2000/2003
On the Other Side of Midnight
Each of us has a hand in deciding who writes that first song we all sing together in a bar.
1972
Conversation With the Moon
Vocalist is in the moonlight listening as a child says: "What's your name?" (in Japanese)
1929