Scores
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 our 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)
Giant Mountain
Plant seeds. Water from the trees is turned into tea.
1973
The Great Escape
Find a new way out of your house.
1974
Lemonade
Performer wants to get a bit of lemonade, and sets up a table to offer a penny for cups of lemonade from passerby.
1966
Grass Music
Rush into a grassy area.
Dance until your movements have transformed a patch of it.
1961
Fluxus Bank
Borrow from people who need things.
1962
13 Seconds
14 secs
13 secs
14 secs
12 secs
12 secs
5 secs by 11 secs
15 secs
1,118 secs
100 days
14 secs
12 secs
13 sec, 113x
12 secs
13secs
Date Unknown
Three Faces of God
You can only think of the same God once in your day; then you must imagine or create the other two.
1962
Apartment Music
In an apartment building, sit at a piano and write music for the sounds of your cohabitants, breathing, rising from chairs, etc.
1961
Interference
Move in any direction described on the radio.
1961
Run With the Wind
Arrange string instruments in such a way that when they break, the strings land upon the surface of other strings.
1966
Shoepie
Put a straw in your drink to make your drink more straw-like.
1972
I Want to Know the Sound of Your Heart
Open your hand to silence.
Listen closely to the acoustics of your voice when speaking.
1961
Civil War
Speak of what you love with the least amount of emotion.
Say your best feeling or ideal with the least amount of words.
1962
Starry Night
A bright orange candle lights the stage.
1961
Black Sheep
Gather some sheep for the funeral.
1971
Wagon Wheel
Let the wood get so heavy that you start thinking you have no weight.
Take your own weight and bend it until it becomes a wheel.
1960
Apple
Hang an apple on a tree branch.
1961
Boules et Ornaments
Create a bouquet where there is nothing.
1912
A.I.O.T.A.R.E. (American in the Room with the Robot Eyes)
(See: American Girl)
Put your voice into a computer program
for a character you are creating.
1985
American Girl
Create your own fantasy with an object.
1968
Troublemaker
Play a game. Make your own problems.
1954
The Way
Become a self-described artist.
1961
Dance
Receive an invitation to dance.
1979
The World According to Henry VIII
Give orders to the Queen personally.
1969
Stuff
Put all of your clothes on a bed and sleep naked.
1989
Letter to a Star
Two scores written with piano notation in French, and with beats notated in Polish.
Audience sounds the notes out loud with a slapstick.
Date Unknown
First Round
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Date Unknown
Puzzle of the Month
1. Choose the instrument to play when you dream, such as the sky, people, trees, and dogs.
2. When you dream, take the instrument(s) and create music for one hour.
1978
Sky Box
Carry a box and hold it near your ear to look at the sky.
If the sky contains clouds, see them and move the box into these clouds.
1964
Romantic Couple
Kiss again.
1966
Inner Light
Place a soft light in front of one of your objects or put a candle behind it. When a shadow appears, use this as a guide for what you want to do with the object.
1965
Balloon
Roll a balloon into the sky and then let it fly into the ground.
1987
Walking In Your Dream Waters
The performer does nothing very original, something along the lines of, singing, solo playing, etc.
1981
Moon Music
Observe objects through a telescope to see if they, too, will return to you, again and again.
1978
Beautiful Crimes
Just once, don’t speak, don’t tell about it.
1966
Thanksgiving
Teamsters take center stage.
1961
For a Violinist
A performer is given a particular string to play. A conductor plays the others.
To avoid problems, change the string that the player has to play for each performance.
1968
Prelude of a New Music
A large object is recorded with a recording device.
The recording is then played back to the same space, but occupied by some other material.
1968
Pulse TV
Turn a television on and off to generate an ambient or static tone.
1959
Sagrada Familia
A performance during which the audience makes comments, gestures, and moves; the aim being to make it more difficult for the actors to complete the movement.
1958
Phenomenonopoeia
Each person may assign their own definition of "phenomenonopoeia."
1965
Tarantula Play
Show the play by making a spider (not a tulip) spin spider webs.
1975
Figure/Ground
Wear white clothes and skate into a snowy landscape.
1968
Cleaning Brush
A large amount of trash is dumped into a water bottle.
1968
Walking on Walls
With a stick or other small object, performer’s hands are pressed against a wall. They may try to move their hands across the floor, or the floor may be pulled from behind by some external force.
1972
Pizza Event
A pizza is presented to the listener by an unknown player.
1970(91)
Gardening Out
Performers participate in in-situ gardening by picking vegetables from a large container of water, and placing them into a container made from some kind of garden fertilizer, such as compost.
1969
Manipulated Object
A group of performers try to sell off their anonymous personal belongings, using a "manipulated object" or "trap" technique to create a sense of urgency.
Date Unknown
Finger Music for Cello
Cello music performance variant with a strong infusion of finger painting.
1962
#205
Walk past empty room where a door was. Break the door to get inside.
Date Unknown