Gallery of Instruction Works
Whereever you are what ever your doing, STOP, Move toward the nearest wall. Front body facing, get as close as you can, outstreached arms, head forward or turned to side. Eyes closed.
by DE , at the wall , 2006-01-31 13:49:47
Know that a person was meant for you.
Dream and wish you were with that person every moment then force yourself to be apart from that person. Know 100 different ways to communicate with them and still don't. Feel the heartache.
See glimpses of them everywhere, have everything remind you of them. Hope to accidentally meet anywhere, anytime.
Wish that you had met them under different circumstances. Wish that they were with you right now.
by Love Someone , here , 2005-10-08 22:26:18
meet a stranger for a brief moment and despite the chemistry you share, believe that if it were meant to be, fate will intervene
by the way: always hopeful , 2005-10-05 21:52:41
make a decision today based solely on the intrinsic value it holds
by the sea:you and me , 2005-10-05 21:47:08
1) Mingle among people
2) Choose the people you don't like right away
3) Spend 30 minutes talking to that person
4) Introspect, what parts about that person did you not like.
5) Introspect, What characteristics about yourself do you not like.
6) Compare the two introspections
by Love Everyone , here , 2005-10-05 20:29:39
Write an anonymous thank you note to the people who have impacted your life, be specific about their characteristics.
by Love Everyone , here , 2005-10-04 21:27:10
Sit quietly behind a person who is not facing you.
Clear you mind and only focus on that person turning around to look at you.
Visualize their head, their neck, their body as it moves to face you and their eyes meeting yours.
smile at them.
by alone , in a crowd , 2005-10-02 22:43:47
1) Find a local nursing home
2) Find a person in the nursing home with no family.
3) Tell the staff and that person you're an old friend's child.
4) Let them share the precious life they have left. Hang on every word like it is a diamond. Sing songs that bring back good memories. Reminisce about time you may or may not have had.
by Love Everyone , 2005-09-28 13:42:12
Meet a girl
tell her a joke, make her smile
see her flaws, love her endlessly
by Jennifer , Redlands, CA , 2005-09-24 21:07:09
156) Build identity - (im)Possible Instruction for the Construction of Public Space
Build identity for 4 hours. Make people passing by identify with this place.
by Klaus W. Eisenlohr [ site ] , any open urban space , 2005-04-17 11:45:31
155) Claim place - (im)Possible Instruction for the Construction of Public Space
Claim place for 4 hours. Take possession of the place and negotiate with other people how they might be allowed to use “your place” without violating your own claims.
by Klaus W. Eisenlohr [ site ] , any open urban space , 2005-04-17 10:53:32
154) Connect - (im)Possible Instruction for the Construction of Public Space
Connect for 4 hours. Bring people to get to know each other and talk to each other who otherwise would not talk with each other.
by Klaus W. Eisenlohr [ site ] , any open urban space , 2005-04-17 10:52:49
153) Take responsibility - (im)Possible Instruction for the Construction of Public Space
Take responsibility for 6 hours: Try to convince everybody who is about to commit a crime, abuse or molest someone else, or to destroy something worth to be kept up not to do so. Stop anybody who puts him or herself in danger. Try to find support in anybody affiliated to the place or just being present. Don’t put yourself in danger but call the police only in absolute necessity.
by Klaus W. Eisenlohr [ site ] , any open urban space , 2005-04-17 10:52:12
152) Make Remember - (im)Possible Instruction for the Construction of Public Space
Make remember for 12 hours. Make people think of their past and their memory related to this place.
by Klaus W. Eisenlohr [ site ] , any open urban space , 2005-04-17 10:32:46
151) Show Power - (im)Possible Instruction for the Construction of Public Space
Show power for one day (during daylight). Demonstrate the power you are able to gain and show others the limit of their power.
by Klaus W. Eisenlohr [ site ] , any open urban space , 2005-04-17 10:32:08
150) Exchange information - (im)Possible Instruction for the Construction of Public Space
Exchange information for 4 hours. Collect orally available information and spread (broadcast) this information from the people and to the people on this local respectively.
by Klaus W. Eisenlohr [ site ] , any open urban space , 2005-04-17 10:31:35
149) Provoke - (im)possible Instruction for the Construction of Public Space
Provoke for one afternoon: Bring people to orally and physically resist against a proceeding activity undertaken by yourself. Make them resist by this activity and not by any other means.
by Klaus W. Eisenlohr [ site ] , any open urban space , 2005-04-17 10:30:52
148) Convince - (im)possible Instruction for the Construction of Public Space
Convince 20 local people. I.e. gain the support of 20 people for a given idea.
by Klaus W. Eisenlohr [ site ] , any open urban space , 2005-04-17 10:30:13
147) Take action - (im)possible Instruction for the Construction of Public Space
Take action for three hours: actively interfere with the local daily activities without changing the given and actual structure of the place.
by Klaus W. Eisenlohr [ site ] , any open urban space , 2005-04-17 10:28:16
1. stand on any busy corner you choose.
2. listen there for 1 hour
by suse [ site ] , 2004-10-30 20:24:04
1) Find a friend (an existing friend is OK - find a new friend if you feel ambitious)
2) Buy some chalk
3) Go to any major, trafic light controlled intersection. (don't forget your chalk)
4) Start together at the North-East corner.
5) You start crossing clockwise (head south first).
6)Your friend starts crossing counter-clockwise (heads west first).
7) Obey traffic signs/lights
8) Half way across each intersection, stop and chalk an X on the street.
9) Your friend will also stop half way across each intersection and will chalk an O on the street.
10) Stop chalking when you have each chalked three marks. Congratulate each other on tic tac toe victory.
by AllanR [ site ] , Toronto , 2004-10-30 19:24:15
jump in a revolving door behind another person.
by anonymous , 2004-10-30 16:00:20
Items: portable or pc with internetconnection
Go to a place with lots of people, and perhaps an a wireless access point.
Make a ceremony.
Place the machine on the ground ground
Connect to the internet
select a website of your choice
praise the device
in a form you like
( i think i would prefer a simple bow )
but you might as well knee down and bang your head on the stone :)
then finish the prayer
close the book and
set it on fire
:)
or give it away.
Have a party afterwards!
by sim [ site ] , the web , 2004-10-29 17:53:49
Sit on a bench with a piece of chalk, somewhere where cars or people are passing. Make a chalk mark on the ground or the bench every time a car passes, or a person if you prefer. If you have colored chalk, you can mark one color for cars, one for people.
Time yourself. Sit for 15 minutes.
When the 15 minutes is up, make one last mark for yourself as you get up and leave.
Take the chalk with you.
The marks can be anything you like. Composed however you like.
by Hannah Burr [ site ] , Gloucester MA , 2004-10-29 09:04:17
Proposed by Peter BUOTTE, MFA Maine College of Art, Portland:
Hug as many people as you can in one day.
Ask each person for permission before doing.
Keep a total number of those accepting, and the total number of people refusing.
by Peter BUOTTE [ site ] , Today in Maine,USA, tomorrow Paris , 2004-10-27 13:08:49
Research:
collect libretto and audio file melody at
http://sparror.cubecinema.com/macdunlop/audio/humanities_histories.htm
Action:
join subway commuters on the subway platform of Union St. Station, Spadina Line Nothbound at 8:30 am on any weekday.
Sing or recite "Humanities Histories" (dur: approx 2 min
performance options: board next train, and repeat at any station platform as desired.
by mac dunlop [ site ] , over here , 2004-10-27 03:58:11
Start with a bicycle (an older model will shorten the duration of the piece).
Set the bicycle in a public place (it will have to be locked up, unfortunately).
Go to the bicycle every 15-30 minutes (one or more participants rotate). Take a part of the bicycle off, using whatever tool available/necessary. Replace the missing part with an index card with the name of the part and a definition of the name of the part. (Tape the card in place of the part OR attach the card with a screw or bolt OR wrap the card in cellophane or a waterproof bag (ziploc, e.g.) and leave next to the bicycle.
Continue process until there are no more parts to remove. Continue process until there is no more bicycle (a lock and a pile of paper and plastic will remain).
If there is time, repeat the procedure in reverse. Reassemble.
Alternative: you may replace the cards above with small tape players, each playing a 30 second tape loop of a different person talking about the missing part. (This will be more expensive to realize.)
by Geoffrey Neal , North Carolina, USA , 2004-10-26 14:46:33
1. Find a partner or small group of people to join you.
2. Find one block of a street that you all think is interesting.
3. On one end of the EVEN numbered side of that street, start walking and count the numbers of: art, public spaces, celebrations, collectivities, artists, street corners, urban landscape, commuting, garbage collection, farmer's markets, downtown, suburbia, museums, populations, initiatives, youth, monuments, corporations, demographics, grandmothers, real estate, alleys and bicycles… that you see on that side of the street.
4. When you reach the end the block, record your results.
5. On the same block cross the street to the ODD numbered side of the street and start walking and count the numbers of: art, public spaces, celebrations, collectivities, artists, street corners, urban landscape, commuting, garbage collection, farmer's markets, downtown, suburbia, museums, populations, initiatives, youth, monuments, corporations, demographics, grandmothers, real estate, alleys and bicycles… that you see on that side of the street .
6. When you reach the end of the block, record your results.
7. If desired, repeat the above steps on adjacent city blocks.
8. When finished discuss the results with people in your group and others you know and post them for others outside of your group to see and comment on. If possible document and archive the discussions as part of with your results.
9. Save the results so that this performance can be repeated and compared at a future date and different city.
by James Manning , Boston , 2004-10-26 14:32:48
137) buy a bunch of flowers and give them away
buy a bunch of flowers and give them to someone that passes. If you are asked why, say "because they belong to you", repeat this till you run out of the money that 7a11d gives you for this performance.
by André-Philip lemke , Köln/ germany , 2004-10-26 11:19:07
Buy a single drywall screw for cash. Screw cannot be part of a larger purchase. Screw must not be part of a box of screws. Place screw and receipt for your purchase in a suitable location to proclaim your success.
by Michael Mittelman , 2004-10-26 10:44:46
find these people, hug them, kiss also, and tell them joanne sends her love. if they cannot be found a close relative, friend or colleague of theirs can be a proxy messenger
heather james, bloor street
ydessa hendeles, king street
bill grove, richmond ave
mark hesselink, no address known
mara korkola, no address known
by anonymous , north adams, mass , 2004-10-26 09:57:38
1) Find someone who looks sad.
2) Present him/her with something shiny and pretty to wear (can be cheap - think Dollar Store dress up kits, costume bowties, etc.). See that person actually wears the gifted item.
3) Smile. You may have made a new friend.
4) Encourage the person to smile in return.
5) Likewise encourage the person to have a good day, enjoying his/her pretty shiny thing.
6) Repeat until all pretty shiny things are gone.
by Heather Nicole , Kingston , 2004-10-26 08:25:40
at various intersections: bay and king, college and bathurst, yonge and bloor, for example, run across the street upto people waiting for the light to change, tap them on the shoulder and say "you're it" and then run in the opposite direction. don't be surprised if they try and chase you back.
by laura , toronto , 2004-10-23 20:19:41
132) Roselee Goldburg is a propagandist and so am I
go to the abandoned "Caberet Voltaire" building near the corner of Wolselly and Bathurst and write the title of the work in ketchup on the boarded up facade of the building
by Jamie McMurry [ site ] , corner of wolselly and bathurst , 2004-10-23 16:06:58
Stand on a busy street corner with a crowd waiting to cross. Continually announce, as loud as possible, the current status of the traffic lights to the crowd. Sound as informative and helpful as possible. For instance, when the adjacent light is turning yellow announce to the crowd that they may soon cross the street, then give them the go ahead when the light has changed in their favor. If people approach you, engage in their inquiries, but do not stop your constant announcements.
If possible, have another performer simultaneously translate your announcements into sign language or another spoken language.
by Dresden Mollock [ site ] , 2004-10-23 00:58:23
Needed: two handheld digital cameras, with or without recording medium (with or without tape).
Activity: Give one camera to a woman. Give second camera to a man. The woman follows women into the women's restroom, is if filming. The man follows men into men's room as if filming. If asked they are doing a gender documentary. Next they switch; the man follows people into the women's restroom, and the woman follows people into the men's restroom. For unisex bathrooms both filmers should be present.
by J Gomula [ site ] , midwest , 2004-10-22 19:16:19
Do something that connects Canada’s PMU horses and/or cars and/or garbage collection. Try to make it ‘nice’. Maybe an employment bureau.
What are PMU horses? For the past six decades, the pharmaceutical company Wyeth-Ayerst has paid Canadian farmers to provide horse urine of pregnant mares to produce the hormonal, menopausal treatment drug Premarin. Some 8 million women take Premarin and it makes Wyeth-Ayerst billions of dollars a year.
The 75,000 or so PMU horses in Canada and North America are kept in constant pregnancy. Usually the mares are in foal again while still nursing the last foal. PMU horses’ lives are lived in concrete stalls often with little water and no antibiotics if they get sick.
Premarin has become very controversial because of the conditions under which the horses are kept and because of side effects produced by the drug. As a result, last year, Wyeth has reacted and cancelled so far 50% of contracts with the farmers, creating a horse surplus on farms where horses have no other than an economic value. Canada's PMU horses are being sold by the thousands. Approximately 14,000 - 20,000 horses are being ‘let-go’ at present, some pregnant. Many who cannot find homes fast enough are sold for slaughter.
Further info: http://www.thinknovascotia.com/The%20Hoof%20Beat/Pages/pmu.html
by Black Beauty , 2004-10-22 03:46:47
Find suitable subjects on the street; ask if you may take a photograph with them, citing the fact that 'we may never see eachother again.' Set up a camera, or have someone take a photo: instill the pose with sentimentality.
by Elliott , Minneapolis MN , 2004-10-21 17:39:16
for one hour do not do anything.
by melissa [ site ] , nh , 2004-10-21 14:42:11
-find a person
-ask them where they are going
-ask if you may follow them to their destination
-if no ask another
-if yes follow them and ask them questions about their path
-if possible enter their final destination
-thank them and clap & cheer for them in front of their friends or co-workers or family members...
by moy , cyberspace_eastNetwork , 2004-10-21 11:17:22
simple instructions in two parts:
part one:
write an open letter
let your dripping heart soak your sleeves
or your maddening intellect shine
pick a group of people you know or dont, have met or havent, who may or may not feel as you do.
email it to them or
mail it by post or
hand it in person
part two
formulate a fully articulated sentence
speak it to a stranger
wait for their response
then, formulate an intelligent response
speak it from start to finish
listen for their response
then, formulate another response (not bland agreements)
speak it to them
listen fully to their response...
by ijosé benin [ site ] , jand , 2004-10-20 21:52:27
scour the streets until you find a piece of discarded/lost jewelry. try to sell it to a passer-by for $1 using the most creative argument you can think of.
by anonymous , 2004-10-20 20:05:09
NOSE TO NAVEL – 1 MINUTE
ELBOW TO CHIN – 1 MINUTE
KNEE TO SMALL OF BACK – 1 MINUTE
BIG TOE TO OPPOSITE SHOULDER – 1 MINUTE
by REED ALTEMUS , 2004-10-20 18:52:43
go to a public gathering indoors. ( art gallery, theatre lobby) sniff the air with panic, ask bystanders if they smell hot wires or smoke. calm down after a few minutes. repeat twice more. leave so no one notices.
by atomicelroy [ site ] , CO. USA. , 2004-10-19 17:16:47
go to a public gathering out doors. put an empty backpack next to a lamp post. leave
by atomicelroy [ site ] , CO. USA. , 2004-10-19 17:12:34
Instruction:
shoplift from any multinational big box store in the surrounding g.t.a.
by Edward Michaels , 2004-10-19 10:33:13
Using some, all or none of the ingredients listed below, create either a public sculpture or a public meal in recognition of the fleeing of the Great Potato Famine by Irish immigrants to Toronto:
>potatoes
>soil
>snow
>Indian maize
>fungus
>whiskey
>sand
>cabbage
>maple leaves
by ric royer [ site ] , england , 2004-10-17 16:19:49
1) Purchase 4 potted flowers at St. Patricks Grocery on Queen Street West between McCaul and John Streets in Toronto
2) From the grocery store walk two blocks east on Queen and turn left on St. Patrick Street. Just a bit north you will find a grey concrete modernist laneway that connects St. Patrick to Simcoe Street. Place the potted flowers on top of the four lower concrete protrusions. If you like leave a small kind message on a sticky note on the back of each flower pot.
3) for images of the store and laneway please visit: http://www.year01.com/instruction.html
by Michael Alstad [ site ] , Toronto , 2004-10-16 16:33:29
1) Find 100 clean, recycled paper bags.
2) Collect objects of interest that are not costly into the bags (e.g. mishapen macarroni's that are supposed to look like fish or dinasaurs or such, beautifully coloured leaves, a nice rock, some sweet smelling herbs from a friend's garden, a found photograph that puzzles you, etc.).
Note: Make the offerings something that you would want.
4) Include in the bag a small business card that says: Thank you for allowing me this small act of kindness.
5) Label the bags with marker or a sign that says: This is just for you.
6) Pile the bags into a borrowed shopping buggy or cart (to be returned at the end of the event).
7) Walk around areas of Toronto (with buggy-o-baggies in tow) where you suspect there might be people who need kindness in their lives.
8) When you see someone who might fit this description, give them a bag from your cart in a kind way.
9) Carry on until all the bags are distributed. Other dialogue may take place, not prescripted.
10) Record your thoughts about this experience of Toronto and share it on your website.
by Kym Pruesse , Toronto , 2004-10-16 12:26:38
take some art. place yourself by a table. bring a scale and tools (knifves, scissors, hammers or whatever). let people point out what pieces they want from the artstuff - then cut it out. weigh the cutout and sell it at kilo price.
by robert ek [ site ] , sweden , 2004-10-15 09:12:56
115) stupid performance art mistake event
strip naked, paint left leg blue, put on roller skates, strap a roast beef to your head, skate around in circles, talk about your problems (50 minutes)
by Todd Barker [ site ] , San Francisco , 2004-10-15 00:21:45
Go to a public space (museum, park, city street, etc.) and search through garbage cans that are for public use. Look for non-packaging and non-food items. Place eleven of these items in a row, eleven inches apart in an area where people will have to walk around them to continue where they are going.
by eamess [ site ] , Olympia, Washington, USA , 2004-10-14 00:52:51
1. Invite a friend to go with you to your place of choice. Bring with you your favorite art medium and a pad of paper.
2. Ask the person to start out drawing their favorite place to visit and give them 15 minutes to work on their drawing or painting.
3. After the fifteen minutes is up, switch places and finish the artwork munipulating it however you want.
4. Take finished work of art and display it on the web so that others can see this work and enjoy it as much as you did making it.
by Chariti [ site ] , Seattle, WA , 2004-10-13 22:50:37
1. Invite a friend to go with you to your place of choice. Bring with you your favorite art medium and a pad of paper.
2. Ask the person to start out drawing their favorite place to visit and give them 15 minutes to work on their drawing or painting.
3. After the fifteen minutes is up, switch places and finish the artwork munipulating it however you want.
4. Take finished work of art and display it on the web so that others can see this work and enjoy it as much as you did making it.
by Chariti [ site ] , Seattle, WA , 2004-10-13 22:49:59
111) Invisible Lines of Authority
1. Research all of the recorded boundaries of a municipality [in this case, Toronto].
2. Physically retrace each of these boundaries with your body (walking, driving, cycling, etc.). You may or may not want to make each tracing distinct by, for example, wearing a different colour of clothing, carrying a sign indicating the year(s) the boundary was/were in effect, etc.
VARIATION FOR SHORTER TIME PERIOD AND MULTIPLE PERFORMERS:
Assemble a number of bodees, equal to the number of different boundaries you discover, and have each body retrace a different boundary.
by Paul Couillard [ site ] , Toronto, Canada , 2004-10-13 11:56:16
1. Open a web browser and start with the home page of your web browser(do not enter any new URL).
2. Click on one link per page that you find interesting until you reach an end(a page doesn't have any link on it).
3. If that link opens another new window, you have to click on the link on that new window.
4. You can't go back to the previous page.
5. Finally, count how many links you have clicked until you reach the end.
by amos , Seattle , 2004-10-12 22:11:58
1. Buy 100 sheets of Oragami paper
2. Buy some inexpensive string (about 100 ft.)
3. Go to a garden that has a Japanese cherry tree or a tree w/which you can reach the branches.
4. Construct Japanese paper cranes out of the Oragami paper (it can be in various sizes).3. Write one name, a victim/eye witness from the Hiroshima bombing (alive or deceased)on each crane using a dark black marker. You will have a total of 100 names.
4. punch a hole on each individual crane and cut out a piece (~6 inches) of string to tie a knot on that end and then hang each paper crane on a branch of that tree. So you will have a total of 100 paper cranes hanging from that tree.
by Katherine Estacio [ site ] , Seattle, WA , 2004-10-12 19:07:36
1.- Buy: paper (1 sheet), pencil (faber-castell 4B or similar), a pencil sharpener, an eraser (rubber)
2.- Look for a bar with a nice table near a window. Ask for a cofee and pay it.
3.- Carefully fill the paper with a beautiful black pencil color. Uniform, silver-glowing, deep black color. Use your fingers or a napkin to stump the color. Enjoy while doing this.
4.- When finished, completely erase it.
5.- Leave everyting on the table.
by svcnt [ site ] , Straits of Gibraltar , 2004-10-12 03:56:05
Collect instructions.
Reproduce and
publish as a book.
Distribute either
freely, for a price,
or for barter.
Variants:
1. Place the above instruction
at the begining or end
of the book.
2. Horde all copies.
by Ian Thal [ site ] , Allston, MA USA , 2004-10-11 20:55:52
Recollect shells and other natural artifacts to send to the Mamas (spiritual leaders) of the Kogui, Arahuco and Wiwa tribe of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta located in the country Colombia. This, so that the mamas may use these artifacts to make offerings to mother earth, and thus help in regaining her balance.
Step 1: Learn about the mamas and these tribes, there is a brief introduction below and more information at the following links:
Download PDF transcribed speeches of the mamas:
www.intermundos.org/sierra_nevada1.htm
See recent coverage by National Geographic:
http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0410/feature3/
See Alan Ereira’s documentary:
http://www.eremite.demon.co.uk/
http://www.insight-books.com/new/1561762474.html
Step 2: I don’t know if your lake has shells, but it probably does, if so go out and recollect some of these.
Step 3: Go visit friends, tell them about the mamas and the Sierra Nevada and convince them to give up their precious shell collection, special crystals, treasured fossil, piece of meteoroid to send to the mamas
(a lot of people have a jar with shells and rocks in it).
Step 4: Print out the poster on my website (or not), put it on a card board and go knocking on people’s door and tell them about the mamas and the Sierra Nevada so that they give you shells etc..
Poster opens when you clic on last icon on the bottom of this web page:
www.intermundos.org/sierra_nevada1.htm
Step 5: Send the shells to the following address in Colombia (include your name and picture):
Att: Julio Barragán y Mamos
Casa Indígena - Organización Gonawindúa Tayrona
Carrera 19A #23-05
Santa Marta
Colombia
Tel – 57 5 420-3751
Brief Introduction:
As we dive into the new millennia and a new interconnected world, non technological cultures loose their connectivity - In the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, a snow caped triangular mountain range on the edge of the Colombian Caribbean exist a people that is loosing a certain type of connectivity that has been the soul of their culture for millennia’s . They make up four tribes – The Kogui, Arhuaco (or Ika), Wiwa and Kankuamos all descendent of the Tairona people.
Their mountain range for the last millennia’s was not wild but had been designed by the Tairona as a vast ecological system that sustained its human population threw the exchange of goods from the many sub climates found at different altitudes. This type of economical system made it necessary for the population to constantly travel from one area of the Sierra to another. This movement was considered not only important for trade but also at a spiritual level. It was a way of constantly moving the energies threw out the Sierra Nevada by making offerings in its many sacred places - thus maintaining the Sierra Nevada’s balance. Threw this collective movement and work of balancing the energies of the Sierra, the Tairona and today their descendants believe that they are working not only for their own benefit but that they are maintaining the balance of the entire planet. They believe that this is their responsibility and their whole culture revolves around this idea. To this day this movement continues but is unfortunately becoming evermore restrained because of loss of territory and heavy guerrilla and paramilitary activity in the region.
As their lands and sacred grounds have gradually been robed from them, they have seen the precious balance of the Sierra Nevada’s ecological system crumble. They understand that it is not only their Sierra Nevada that is suffering, but that the entire planet is in an ecological crisis.
There are many sacred places or energetic points within their mountain range, Sierra Nevada, that have become inaccessible because of governmental, guerrilla or paramilitary presence. The low lands of the Sierra, where the beaches are, were lost centuries ago with the arrival of the Spaniards - A very important object that they utilize to make offerings are shells. Since they are no longer able to access the beaches or travel, they no longer obtain these sufficiently.
Some of the Mamas are asking for people from all over the world to send them shells and other natural artifacts to be used as offerings. In this way they will be able to interconnect with the entire planet and cure it.
by pata de perro [ site ] , Colombia , 2004-10-11 20:48:45
a performer stands on a street corner with a clip board, first in an urban, then a suburban setting, and asks passers by if they would like to "sign up". regardless of how many times they ask, the performer may not tell the passer by what it is they are "signing up" for.
by atomic elroy [ site ] , CO. USA. , 2004-10-09 18:34:28
104) Instruction for a Street Corner: A Flower for a Song
Make an appointment with a friend and then stand on a street corner with a bouquet of flowers. Communicate to passerbys that you will gift them with a flower if they sing a song in exchange. You may communicate this with speech, with signs, with a recording, or with any other communications technology that appeals to you. Record each singer’s song by whatever means available to you, and to each singer give a flower. Leave when you have either given away every flower or when it is time for your appointment. Should any flowers remain, give them to your friend. If no flowers remain, give the recordings of the songs to your friend.
by Ian Thal [ site ] , Allston, MA USA , 2004-10-08 08:08:54
made some artistic object about your life,for example drawing your first toy and change with one drawing of another friends
by Domenico [ site ] , cuneo (italy) , 2004-10-07 14:12:27
wear white
place a blue ice cube in your mouth
sit on the ground
write "I promise" on your arms with a blue ink pen or marker
repeat until the ice cube has melted
by Cindy Rehm , 2004-10-06 07:52:47
101) Ski Me the Underground Electric
Obtain a video documentation assistant. Arm her with a videocamera that includes a wide angle lens.
Don a sleek bodyfitting garment, boots, skis, poles, and a full face covering balaklava (ski mask). You become The Skier.
Site yourself--The Skier--within a subway car and assume the tucked highspeed downhill position.
You will remain tucked while you ride from station to station.
You will remain tucked at stops as people walk by you to enter and to exit.
At all times, your video assistant should be taking static handheld video shots of you from behind and from in front.
Emphasis of the resulting video document will be on the still image of you, the Skier, in the tucked pose; emphasis will be on your body as you try to resist the various motive forces; emphasis will be on the vibration of the camera; emphasis will be on the clattering sounds picked up by the microphone; and emphasis will be on those moments of speed made so visible as the subway car bursts out from the tunnel and into the wide open light and space of the next station--the next stop.
by Scott F. Hall [ site ] , Merritt Island, Florida, U.S.A. , 2004-10-05 17:01:40
1)Find a Chinese paper cut out of the character– "Double Happiness" and trace it onto glass windows.
2)Using any light source, cast a shadow on the floor/wall by the window tracing.
3)Trace the shadow on the floor.
by Jeremy Chu , 2004-10-05 15:35:26
99) Playing Indian-Re-membering the Boston Tea Party
At least 4 members
All props must be Authentic!
War paint
Head Dresses
Buckskin outfits
Moccasins
Drums
Teapot
Tea
Cups
Table
Tablecloth
Chairs
I would like to see the Boston Tea Party re-created as a tea party (the kind my daughter and hers friends have). Performers are welcome to choose the location of the Tea Party. Sit and drink tea the way “Indians” would. Simulate being “Indian.” Discuss, amongst your fellow “Indians”, the promise of America. Interact with the audience if there is one. Begin to insert critiques of “Indianness” in global popular culture, for example, the Washington “Redskins.” Take off the fake “Indian” stuff and reveal yourselves for who you are. Take the fake “Indian” materials, perhaps including the teapot, tea, cups, and table and chairs, and create a sculpture text that says STOP.
I am an MFA student in eMAD (electronic media art and design) at the University of Denver. My site is currently undergoing some changes, my cv is not posted, but you are welcome to use it. I have an M.A. in American Studies from the University of New Mexico and a B.A. in Art from Adams State College.
by matthew benjamin jenkins [ site ] , 2004-10-05 14:52:10
98) Pigeon à la Nasturtium by Marie-Suzanne Désilets
1 performer
1 rooftop
1) Locate a rooftop that fits your aspirations.
2) Circle the building to identify the points of access.
3) Climb onto the roof using what is at hand: garbage cans, fire escape, fence, etc. If necessary, use a rope or other climbing equipment. The more dangerous the climb, the tastier the results.
4) Once on the rooftop, enjoy the horizon (rare in big cities) and observe the bubbling of human activity around you.
5) On the roof, it is possible to do a variety of wonderful actions, such as: eating a nasturtium salad, waving to individuals working in the neighbouring office towers, performing one of the recipes included on this site or inventing one of your own.
Note: For maximum pleasure, it is suggested to do this action from sunset to sunrise. You can then discretely ascend, sift your experiences throughout the night and descend in the early morning hours to rejoin the city fermenting below. Simmer in place all night, if possible.
Marie-Suzanne Désilets lives in Montreal. She is interested in human relations in unusual situations. She works in/with the public. Her background is in both visual arts and design.
by Christine Redfern , 2004-10-05 09:15:32
97) The Breast Cancer Bomb by Pam Patterson
1 or more performers
1 clear plastic bag
yellow “Hazardous Waste” tape
1 hospital gown
filling of choice
1) Gather easily (or not so easily) available material that relates to breast cancer. Some possibilities are: handfuls of lost hair; puke; drug receipts (anti-nausea, pain, oral chemotherapy); 1 (or more) breast prosthesis, removed breast(s) or portions and nodes not used by research; hats, wigs, photos of “Her Baldness”; biopsy, ultrasound, mammogram, and MRI reports; relevant newspaper articles; carcinogenic materials; syringes of drawn blood or cancer tissue samples lost and redone. Fake material is acceptable – use your imagination.
2) Mix together and form into a solid mass.
3) Expose to radiation (a microwave works well).
4) Put in a clear plastic bag and tie with long yellow “Hazardous Waste” tape.
5) Put on a messy hospital gown and drag your bomb out in public: bring it to cancer prevention walks, deliver it to your MP, MPP and city councilors when they next renege on their pesticide ban, or serve as just desserts at the board meeting of any major carcinogen-producing company.
Spicing: To make it more pungent, scream into the bag while thinking about: the frustration of waiting for appointments, tests, results, treatments; stress from diagnosis, the medical system, unsupportive workplaces; physical pain from surgery, chemotherapy, radiation.
Note: Dishing out “The Breast Cancer Bomb” can invigorate those who, until now, have been only its consumer. So drop it off, give it away. You don’t have to swallow it alone.
Pam Patterson, PhD, is a writer, performance and visual artist, educator and academic. Her artistic practice, informed by a personal experience of politicization, merges the body in performance within visual media. She is currently living with breast cancer.
by Christine Redfern , 2004-10-05 09:13:59
96) Anthology of Displacement by Julie Andrée T.
1 performer
1 hot-water bottle, 1 cigarette, fast-food, 1 coffee “to go”, 1 newspaper, 1 walkman, 1 cell phone, 2 dictionaries, duct tape, 1 blindfold, 4 cups of coffee, 1 city map, 1protest sign, 2 pails of soapy water, 1 walker or crutches, 1 bucket filled with Coca-Cola, 1 white rug, red paint
1) Walk on all fours.
2) Walk while singing a jingle.
3) Walk with a water bottle between your legs (let the water slowly leak out).
4) Walk while smoking a cigarette.
5) Walk while running.
6) Walk while eating (fast-food).
7) Walk while drinking a “take out” coffee.
8) Walk while reading the paper out loud.
9) Walk while listening to a Walkman.
10) Walk while making a call on a cell phone.
11) Walk backwards (without looking).
12) Walk with a dictionary strapped to each foot with duct tape.
13) Walk blind (eyes blindfolded).
14) Walk with your feet and hands in four coffee cups (fill the cups with coffee).
15) Walk while looking at a map of the city.
16) Walk with a protest sign.
17) Walk with your pants and underwear around your ankles.
18) Walk with your feet in two buckets of soapy water.
19) Walk with a handicap.
20) Walk while falling down repetitively.
21) Walk using a walker or crutches.
22) Walk with your head immersed in a bucket filled with Coke.
23) Walk on a white rug with feet dipped in red paint.
24) Walk by slithering along the ground.
25) Synthesis (try to walk while performing as many of the above actions as possible, at the risk of going nowhere)
Note: Each displacement needs to be done from a point A to a point B. It can be done there and back or just one-way. Make sure the list of actions is visible so that it can be consulted by both the performer and spectators. Simply do the proscribed action, without extra or superfluous gestures. Let the performance BE; don’t BE the performance.
With the body and space at the heart of her research, Julie Andrée T. works in both installation and performance. Between the poetic and the commonplace, her work proposes common zones that are abstract, yet recognisable, in order to explore different aspects of cultural and existential theory.
by Christine Redfern , 2004-10-05 09:13:03
95) Take the Pulse of a Taboo by Suzanne Joly & Sylvie Tourangeau
12 performers
(3 couples: lesbian, gay, heterosexual and 3 examiners)
1. The three couples position themselves in a public area approximately ten metres from each other. Start kissing long and passionately on the mouth.
2. The third parties position themselves in front of the scene to observe the reactions (comments, attitude) of the public, merchants and authorities.
3. Repeat the action in multiple contexts: open public spaces (in a popular neighbourhood, business district, ethnic quarter) and in closed urban spaces (bus, metro, train station, airport).
Variations:
a) Commence the action at different times (morning, afternoon and evening).
b) Recreate the same scenario, but in a suburban setting. Note the differences.
c) To enlarge the study, coordinate different groups to perform the recipe in different parts of the world.
In the end, you will have taken the pulse of a taboo.
Suzanne Joly has been making performances since 1989. She intervenes in public space with sound contraptions. She is known for her implication in the suburban environment. She is interested in the phenomenon of urban sprawl.
Since 1978, Sylvie Tourangeau has been interested in performance, physical presence and the relationship with the spectator.
by Christine Redfern , 2004-10-05 09:12:10
94) DIVERSIONARY TARGETS by Johanna Householder
4 or more performers, 12 is a good number
1 personal wearable target
1 flashlight
1. Meet at noon in a park, field, parking lot, or other open space.
2. Each performer attaches a personal wearable target, purchased or homemade.
3. Form a circle large enough to be seen by a Stealth bomber.
4. Disperse wearing your target and continue your normal day’s activities.
5. Reassemble after dark at the original location with your flashlights on.
6. Reform the circle.
7. Disperse.
Note: Diversionary Targets is a response to the targeting of civilians in military actions, to the general feeling of being a target, and/or to express solidarity with those who are known to be targets.
Johanna Householder has been making performances since 1976. She is a founder of 7a*11d International Performance Festival (based in Toronto), and co-editor of “Being Difficult,” an anthology of performance art by Canadian Women published by YYZ Books.
by Christine Redfern , 2004-10-05 09:10:14
93) Make your own evidence of fictional weapons of mass destruction(How to make a covert and suspicious mini satellite communications station.) by Tagny Duff
1 or more performers
100 (biodegradable) paper plates
100 wooden skewers
Internet account
1) Surf through the Internet and Google “live webcams” in the city in which you live. Or go directly to www.earthcam.org and search for public webcams in your area.
2) Find a webcam site in your location that provides you with a satisfying aerial perspective of a local public space.
3) Travel to the site and bring 100 (biodegradable) paper plates (or more if desired) and 100 wooden skewers (or more if desired).
4) Locate the webcam. Tip: if you have a laptop with a wireless Internet connection, bring it along so that you can see your proximity within the webcam’s frame.
5) Poke the skewers through the paper plates. Then place the skewers in the ground (preferably solid dirt) one at a time until a large area is covered. Grids and geometric crop circles are popular design choices.
6) Once you have finished installing your skewers and plates, leave your freshly-made satellite station and go to a nearby computer with a connection to the Internet (this can be a café, an artist-run centre, library etc.). Go to the website and find the webcam now depicting your own homemade satellite station. Save the image as a jpeg and email it to your own email account.
7) Go to your Internet account, label the webcam image as “Evidence of fictional weapons of mass destruction” and forward it as an email attachment to letters@nationalenquirer.com.
Tagny Duff is an associate of The Evidence Research Centre currently researching the use and effect of webcams upon the individual and networked communities
by Christine Redfern , 2004-10-05 09:09:01
92) A Touch of Class by Mara Verna
6 or more performers
1. Stand arms width apart in a horizontal row.
2. Choose one person to read the List of Questions below.
3. Each performer responds “Yes” by taking a step forward or “No” by taking a step backward. Each participant reserves the right of privacy and can choose to not respond to a question. In such a case, he/she must remain in the same place until the next question is asked.
4. List of Questions:
When you were young, did your family have a pet?
Have you travelled to another country in the last six months?
Have you received a Master’s degree in your field of study?
Have you ever won an award, scholarship, or grant?
Do you own a car?
Do you speak more than 2 languages fluently?
Have you ever been sexually harassed in the workplace?
Have you ever received a family inheritance, trust fund, or endowment?
Have you ever run out of gas while driving a car?
Has your credit card ever been declined at point of sale?
Have you ever been robbed?
Are you a homeowner?
Are you currently unemployed?
Have you ever been fired?
Have you ever been assaulted?
Have you ever been discriminated against?
Do you own a G4 laptop?
5. Remain in place
6. Turn around to face one another
7. Shake hands with those closest to you.
8. Game over.
The site-specific nature of Mara Verna’s practice revolves around issues of representation and hypotheses of otherness in the struggle to challenge where art is located and for whom it is intended.
by Christine Redfern , 2004-10-05 09:07:59
1) choose a wall in front of crowdy street
2) write on it peace & love words
3) create a large hole on it
4) take a stretcher
5) call 5 men to help you passing through the hole
6) remain 45 minutes with half/down body in front of street
by skander , rossano - calabria , 2004-10-05 06:06:12
90) S, M, L by Shawna Dempsey & Lorri Millan
1 or more performers
Compelled-to-do it Performance Morsel
Preparation time: several minutes
1) Ask yourself, if you could only say one more thing, ever, what would it be?
2) Say it out loud, over and over again, in many different ways to as many people as possible.
Irrational-need-to-make-things Performance Meal
Preparation time: several hours
1) Write down all the ways to say what it is you need to say.
2) Draw yourself saying them, as if you are a comic book character. Where are you? What are you wearing? What are you holding?
3) Take one visual element from your comic and build it.
4) Hold it; wear it; play with it.
5) Go out and get people's attention with it. Maybe you will need to speak, maybe you won't.
Definitely-not-a-diet Performance Regime
Preparation time: lifetime
1) You will notice that there are many ways to say the same, urgent thing, and that you will need to keep saying it for a very long time. Years. Decades.
Note: Each time you find new words and images you will kid yourself that this is a brand new dish, but you will come to realize that you are saying the same thing over and over again. This is OK. It is what is in you to say and it needs to be said.
Long-time collaborators Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan create feminist performances, videos, publications and public art projects. They find art-making to be terrifying, exhilarating, hard and fun. Winnipeg is their chosen home.
by Christine Redfern , 2004-10-04 12:46:43
89) Three Huggers by Nathalie Derome & Anna Beaudin
2 or more performers
1 tree
1. Choose a tree in a public space with a circumference greater than four outstretched arms.
2. Get into position: hold hands with the other performer, face the tree trunk and stretch your arms around the tree.
3. Wave your free hands at passers-by, inviting them to join you by yelling: YOO-HOO!
4. As a threesome, hug the tree, breath, enjoy.
5. Time: variable.
6. Repeat as needed.
Note: Statements made by a friendly witch / osteopath inspired this recipe. She claims that feeling the energy of the earth by hugging one tree a day is all that is required to be happy.
Variations:
A) If you live in British Columbia it is possible that this action will require more than two performers.
B) If you live in a region where there are no trees, make a circle around something else, preferably alive: a cow, a haystack, etc.
C) If you live in an urban setting in which it is impossible to find something large and alive, try encircling: a building filled with workers, a school bus, etc.
Anna Beaudin is a painter who lives in Montreal. Her work deals with memory in a playful and dreamlike manner.
Nathalie Derome is an interdisciplinary artist who also lives in Montreal. Her work questions the boundary between public and private spheres.
Both come together in a joyful complicity.
by Christine Redfern , 2004-10-04 12:45:34
88) KOPFSTAND by Colette Urban
3 to 333 performers
+ equal number of small head pillows or other soft item
1) Choose a comfortable place on a city street in a public location.
2) Find a stable support, such as a wall, to begin your action.
3) Place a pillow or other soft item four inches from the support surface.
4) Kneel down, place both hands on opposite sides of the pillow, and place the top of your head on the pillow.
5) Using your hands as support, raise your torso and legs to an upright position. Your body should be perpendicular to the ground, feet pointing skyward.
6) Maintain this position for 33 seconds, then gradually bring your feet to the ground by folding your knees and return to a standing position. The action is complete.
Colette Urban lives two lives; one in St Marys, Ontario where she teaches visual art at the University of Western Ontario and the other in Meadows, Newfoundland where she practices headstands. Her studio practice and life reflect her keen interest in balancing figments.
by Christine Redfern , 2004-10-04 12:44:29
1) Try to find someone willing to be carried whom you don't already know.
2) Talk. It demands a great trust to be carried so you need to show that you know what you are doing.
3) Listen. People usually have the weirdest excuses why they don't want to participate (or why they’re afraid to). These discussions are a great part of the performance.
4) Carry them. You only need to lift the person so that his/her feet rise a few centimetres from the ground.
5) The distance you carry them might be only a few steps. The important thing is to give the person the sensation of someone being willing to take her / his weight.
6) Carry someone only if you know you can handle it - take no risks.
7) Enjoy the conversation; enjoy carrying; enjoy the people.
TIPS: The easiest way to carry is to use your back. Try to get the weight onto your legs. Listen to your own body, there should not be any pain when carrying. Once you find a comfortable position, the person being carried can just relax.
Essi Kausalainen was born and lives in Helsinki, Finland. She graduated from the Turku Arts Academy in 2003 and presently works with interdisciplinary media (visual arts and performance). Her work is marked by her physical presence. She explores the body as a physical, social and emotional space, as well as a site for communication.
by Christine Redfern , 2004-10-04 12:43:26
86) Public Yawning by Vida Simon
1) Choose a location where people are waiting, in transition, or moving at a stressful pace. Some possibilities are a bank line-up, a bus, or in the lobby or elevator of a tall office building.
2) Stay near each other, but try not to talk.
3) Take a few deep breaths, be yourself, and soon you will start to yawn. Try pulling on your ears to relax the jaw muscles.
4) Make yawning sounds.
5) Watch the yawns circulate even amongst strangers - it is contagious.
6) Continue for a minimum of ten minutes.
Variations:
A) Stand immobile in a row.
B) Keep your eyes closed.
C) Nonchalantly wander around the location.
by Christine Redfern , 2004-10-04 12:41:54
On a Thursday morning at 10:30 a.m. go to the nearest flower shop and purchase a bouquet of flowers. Follow your instinct and lay the flowers at the entrance of a commercial business where you suspect an employee has recently died.
On a Friday evening at 9:45 p.m. turn on the television, leave the channel that was last on and wait to view someone fictitiously getting killed.
On a Saturday afternoon at 1:00 p.m. go to the nearest specialty coffee shop, order something and sit down. Ask the closest person, who is sitting alone, their favourite childhood memory then tell them yours.
On a Sunday morning at 10:00 a.m. go visit the nearest place of religious worship. Once inside think of someone who has died in your family and contemplate how they lived their life.
On a Monday early evening at 5:30 p.m. go to the nearest street and start to walk backwards for one block.
On a Tuesday late evening at 11:15 p.m. go outside to the nearest residence that have their lights on. Wait on the street until their lights are turned off.
On a Wednesday afternoon at 12:10 p.m. go to the nearest music shop. Once inside count the total amount of coin change you have in your pocket. Go to the row of CD’s that is closest to you and count from top to bottom and over to the next row, if need be, till you find the CD that correlates to the total amount of your pocket change i.e. One penny equals one CD, two pennies equals to two CDs, two dollars equals two hundred CDs. If your total change amounted to zero, then find the farthest compact disc from you at that moment. Take the selected CD to the Purchasing area and ask to listen to it. Listen to it till you are asked to stop or till the disc is over.
by Kenneth Doren [ site ] , Canada , 2004-10-04 10:58:09
Luc Fierens
Possible Flux Performances or Postfluxgames
Undress someones and kiss the navel of
his/her body.
Take a balloon. Blow. Let it go. Say:
‘Goodbye’ !!!
Take a rose, cut off the thorns. Give it to
someone !!
Take lipstick, do your lips and kiss a bald
person!
Undress someone and put lipstick on his/her buttocks!!
Ask a child to dance with you. 1 minute.
Ask a young woman/ man to dance with you.
1 minute.
Ask a middle-aged person to dance with you.
1 minute.
Ask an old woman to dance with you.
1 minute.
Dance with yourself. 1 minute.
Blow a balloon. Take a child’s hand. Give it a kiss and
smile.
Slimegame : ask two persons to wrestle in mud with two lipsticks,
the first one who has a lipstick mark on his nose is the loser.
Light a candle! Go to the nearest café and wait for the Godot!
Put a stamp on your head and deliver yourself to the nearest museum.
If you are not accepted. Take a shower. Light a candle and start dieting!
1987
see also :
http://www.performance-research.net/pages/epublications.html
by Luc Fierens [ site ] , Belgium , 2004-10-02 04:51:03
Choose one or several pieces of music you consider unpleasant. (Or those that you assume are generally held in this regard by others.)
Invite volunteers to experience the following piece:
Restrain an individual (or multiple participants) in some manner.
Place headphones on the individual that are connected to a CD player or other means of playing the “unpleasant” music you have previously chosen. (Do not actually play yet.)
Blindfold the individual or place a hood over his/her head.
Start the music you have chosen while yourself or another participant assaults the restrained listener in some manner. Attempt to induce only discomfort, not actual injury.
Continue until the completion of the chosen piece.
by Jason Thomas [ site ] , Los Angeles, CA , 2004-09-29 19:08:26
Project to screen, distribute via flyer, or otherwise make accesible the following instructions for Good Luck Trying:
Imagine the Sounds Described Below without performing or otherwise attempting to realize them:
a mass of many sounds
a single simple sound
a familiar sound
a sound changing slowly over time
a static sound, invariant over time
an unfamiliar sound
a sound with several component parts
silence as long as possible (good luck trying)
by Jason Thomas [ site ] , Los Angeles, CA , 2004-09-29 18:54:55
A person [or a few persons] enters - a stage or something - and stops. Then slowly starts taking off the shirt, slowly turning it inside out and then putting it back on again. This goes on until all garments are turned inside out. When finished the performer exits. If performed by more than one the performance can be organized so that the performers are taking off and turning different clothes inside out at the same time (somone takes of shirt as someone takes of trousers as someone etc).
by Robert Ek [ site ] , Sweden , 2004-09-29 12:27:43
80) Expression is good for the soul
1. Busy street
2. 5+ men wearing only shorts lined up in a row
3. Painting supplies (different paints and brushes)
Have a person begin painting on the bodies of the men. Inquire if anyone on the street is interested in joining in. See how many people are willing to join you in your artful expression.
by Susan , From the sticks , 2004-09-29 09:06:29
see web link for instructions - i guess it might be a bit complex
by Matthew Sansom [ site ] , UK , 2004-09-29 05:29:26
Clean any new gum off the sidewalk outside the Rivoli Restaurant, Queen West.
by Bruce Barber [ site ] , queen street West in front of the Rivoli Restaurant , 2004-09-29 00:46:32
Take some ribbons, put some music on and start dancing barefoot.
Spin round and round.
Jump for joy.
Let go.
Feel like a child again.
It's amazing how good you feel after.
by Anne Colvin , Anywhere , 2004-09-28 19:49:40
76) Public Entertainment for Civilians, Civic Workers, The Homeless, and Others
1) Dress up in an outrageous cheerleading outfit (preferably with pom-poms).
2) Go to Nathan Phillips Square, in front of City Hall, Toronto (Bay and Dundas)
3) Make up cheers to entertain, confuse, and politically edify the public.
4) Continue until interrupted by questions or security, then calmly explain the meaning or non-meaning of your cheer and action.
Note: Nathan Phillips Square is a conflicted and overdetermined site of public interaction. Used in the winter for family skating, used by the homeless as a bedroom, criss-crossed by numerous civic workers daily, and often the gathering point for political protesting and cultural events (recently the Toronto Arts Awards and a Protest against the Ballistic Missile Defense pact with the US).
Hints for cheers:
1-2-3-4 who are we cheering for?
5-6-7-8 some of us even masturbate
9-10-11-12 we don't want bombs, give us food!
It doesn't rhyme, but Yeah!!!
I know what you really waaant!
chorus: She knows what you really waaant!
You want lovin' and more forgivin'
chorus: We want lovin' and more forgivin'
How are we gonna get there?
chorus: How are we gonna get there?
Just Do It, without the corporate Logo!
chorus: No Logo! No Logo! No Logo!
Other suggestions may come from the public or from submissions on the website. Modify as necessary. Tunes vary but not much.
by Kym Pruesse , Toronto , 2004-09-28 18:00:38
75) How to create online intimacy
Send each buddy on your Instant Messaging contact list a kiss and the message “thank you for being my buddy.” Repeat weekly.
by J Gomula [ site ] , Illinois, USA , 2004-09-28 13:59:38
You will need the following
1. A bucket of warm water
2. A window cleaner’s squeegee
3. A window cleaner’s sponge
4. A street-level art gallery (or shop) window.
With your eyes closed at all times, repeatedly clean the window. If you know the gallery/shop owner you must clean the inside of the window only. Otherwise you must clean the outside of the window only. Use great care in cleaning the window. Try to do it as well and as many times as possible but do not rush.
by Jim Hamlyn [ site ] , Scotland (UK) , 2004-09-28 05:29:47
73) Society for the Reenactment of War Crimes
Reenact any of the well known photos of US army torture at Abu Ghraib prison in places of massive consumption - shopping malls, large department stores, banks, etc. Do not break from character when observers comment, but if you must, tell them that you are part of the Society for the Reenactment of War Crimes (SRWC).
by mark cooley [ site ] , US , 2004-09-27 08:46:29
FLUXYOGA
NOSE TO NAVEL – 1 MINUTE
ELBOW TO CHIN – 1 MINUTE
KNEE TO SMALL OF BACK – 1 MINUTE
BIG TOE TO OPPOSITE SHOULDER – 1 MINUTE
REEDALTEMUS SPRING 2002
by Reed Altemus , Portland Maine USA , 2004-09-25 16:36:57
Fill a pot with water. Place it on a stove. Bring water to a boil. Boil till empty. Repeat when needed.
by Owen Smith [ site ] , Bangor, Maine , 2004-09-25 15:53:47
Choose a starting point. Walk 2 miles south. Walk 2 miles east. Walk 2 miles north. Walk 2 miles west. Stop.
by Owen Smith , Bangor, Maine , 2004-09-25 15:48:04
69) REDread WORD EXCHANGE IN 5PARTS: # 1
1. Write down 100 words in red on 100 pieces of paper
2. Put them in container
3. Ask people in the street to select a REDword from the container and read it out loud
4. Ask them to replace the word they’ve selected with one of their own written in BLACK
5. Repeat until all the words in your container are read and BLACK
by Operative5 (secret fluxus trevallyn) , Trevallyn Tasmania , 2004-09-25 03:35:33
REDread WATER IN 3 PARTS: # 1
1. Fill a 10 red buckets full of water somewhere
2. Carry them somewhere else
3. Provide three very good reasons, to anyone who asks, for doing it in the place that you do it.
by secret fluxus trevallyn , Trevallyn Tasmania , 2004-09-25 03:23:18
paint the town red!
by atomic elroy [ site ] , colorado, usa. , 2004-09-24 23:52:11
Happening in 11 parts [to be performed in 11 minutes] #1 – A Homage to Al Hansen and Yoko Ono
1. Make a target and choose a place to put it
2. Take 1 dozen eggs and decide upon a time to drop them on the target
3. Invite a fireman to drop the eggs on the target from an elevated but safe place
4. Call out "Oh no!" for Yoko Ono for every egg that misses the target
5. Call out " Yes!" for Yoko Ono for every egg that hits the target
7. Record the number of eggs that missed or hit the target
8. Do something useful with the eggs after they've been dropped
9. Worry about the eggs that couldn't be used
10.Carefully clean away the eggs that cannot be used
11. Mark the place where you do this
The first Yoko Ono
It may be of interest to reinterpret, reconstruct or recreate this action for the festival
RESULT #1: one egg hit the target and eleven missed
by Ray Norman [ site ] , Launceston , 2004-09-24 23:09:39
Ask for directions to a place that _exists_, preferably those right on your sight. Do that over and over again.
by Hélio Nunes [ site ] , Brasil , 2004-09-24 14:42:36
Ask for directions to a place that does not exist.
by Carrie Kaser [ site ] , Albuquerque, New Mexico , 2004-09-24 10:00:50
Have someone leave their trash on a street corner. Make sure the trash is made up of clean cardboard boxes. Have another perform come by right after the first leaves, examine the cardboard, and break the boxes down into a flat place then do a breakdancing routine on the cardboard. Have a grandmother come out and yell at the young breakdancer for all the noise. After the dancer leaves have a garbarg person collect the garbage. Repeat on other street corners.
by Adam , Cambridge, MA , 2004-09-24 09:27:09
Find a male performer with a mustache and a beard. Or ask some one to grow a beard for at least a week. Than tellk him to wear black suits, a white shirt, a tie and shave in public
in front of a major museum.
by Mehmet Sİnan [ site ] , a major museum , 2004-09-24 07:38:38
Take a white balloon. Write a short poem on "trust" on the balloon. Blow into the end with the hole. A perfect balloon, like a perfect universe, starts from a tiny region and expands. Now invert the image. Take the other end - the one without the opening - and suck in a 1 to 2 inch long bubble of air. squeeze the balloon shut, turn the balloon around and then blow...
by gast bouschet [ site ] , 2004-09-24 06:08:34
Stand near someone. Keep moving closer until they move away or react in some way. Inform them that they have just participated in an art event. (optional)
by Henry , Cambridge , 2004-09-23 22:47:21
Touch someone on the subway. They need to know you touched them on purpose. Can be combined with Personal Space No. 1
by Henry , Cambridge , 2004-09-23 22:45:39
Touch someone on the subway. They don't have to be aware of your intentions.
by Henry [ site ] , Cambridge , 2004-09-23 22:44:23
Ask for directions to some place in Toronto. Stand "too close" to the person giving directions. Observe their reaction.
by Henry [ site ] , Cambridge , 2004-09-23 22:42:39
put on a warhol wig and a black turtleneck. get a polaroid spectra camera and two packs of film. stand in front of a prominent gallery/museum. ask people passing by to take your picture with the name of the gallery/museum visable in the background. sign the picture "andy" on the back and then sell the picture to the person who took it for one dollar. go to another gallery/museum, repeat.
by atomicelroy [ site ] , colorado, usa. , 2004-09-23 21:07:46
Print out on 50-200 peices of paper, poems that you like and find on the Internet. Fold each peice of paper into a brochure shape. Locate a green grassy area near a busy urban area, build a temporary office structure from found resources in the area, create a sign big enough to read from 25 feet away that says "Corporate Performance Artists - we perform well so that you perform well - Free Consultations Today!!!". Whenever someone asks for consulting, engage them in conversation and lead them to a discussion about leaves, flowers, sunny days, or other non-weighty subject. As they leave, give them one of poem brochures and say "have a nice day". NEVER MENTION that this is an artistic endeavor. If asked, state that they will have to contact upper management for the answer. If asked how to contact upper management, shrug your shoulders with a bewildered glance and say "I wish I knew".
by joseph and donna [ site ] , bronx, ny , 2004-09-23 20:52:46
while (counting your paces) { keep walking until { (you reach a junction) or (you decide to change direction) or (you interact with someone else) or (something you see or hear catches your attention) } } note down how many paces you have made and any change of direction if (you are inspired) { (note down your thoughts) or (take a picture or an audio recording) } } add your route to the online map : www.furtherfield.org/njenkins/serendipity
by neil jenkins [ site ] , somewhere in the network , 2004-09-23 17:50:34
while (counting your paces) { keep walking until { (you reach a junction) or (you decide to change direction) or (you interact with someone else) or (something you see or hear catches your attention) } } note down how many paces you have made and any change of direction if (you are inspired) { (note down your thoughts) or (take a picture or an audio recording) } } add your route to the online map : www.furtherfield.org/njenkins/serendipity
by neil jenkins [ site ] , somewhere in the network , 2004-09-23 14:55:32
50) Heavy Maps (with territories)
1.Find or purchase a map of Toronto. 2.Choose an interesting location on the map. 3.Travel to that actual location. 4.Hold the map above head until the map of Toronto feels as heavy as Toronto itself. 5. Describe any observations to passerbys 6. Repeat in as many locations as time allows.
by Matthew Butler , Iowa City , 2004-09-23 13:49:13
49) 6 steps for articulating space
1) purchase a newspaper 2) look for populated downtown area such as bus stops,market areas 3)have a photographer take photos of you at varied locations; 5 photos per location 4) take as many photos until the newspaper is fully read 5)develop 1 image place 6) return the photo the exact spot that it was taken: leave it there.
by Doug Lewis [ site ] , Winnipeg , 2004-09-23 09:36:54
Peer into a black hole
by Owen Smith [ site ] , Bangor, Maine , 2004-09-23 07:55:23
Grow dissatisfied with violence
by Owen Smtih [ site ] , Bangor, Maine , 2004-09-23 07:53:55
See something everything between
by Owen Smith [ site ] , Bangor, Maine , 2004-09-23 07:52:11
45) Three Durations for a life
Past Present Future
by Owen Smith [ site ] , Bangor, Maine , 2004-09-23 07:50:11
Don't Ever Forget
by Owen Smith [ site ] , Bangor, Maine , 2004-09-23 07:47:27
43) Three Political Events for hammer and string
make remake do undo make do
by Owen Smith [ site ] , Bangor, Maine , 2004-09-23 07:46:03
Make a commitment a difference iced tea
by Owen Smith [ site ] , Bangor, Maine , 2004-09-23 07:43:26
41) Symphony No. 2 (for a snowy day)
rice cream sugar bread wine
by Owen Smith [ site ] , Bangor, Maine , 2004-09-23 07:40:52
Go to the closest internet cafe. Send me an e-mail at dolmensniper@free.fr with the subject line being "send me an artwork". As soon as I get it i will do so; then print it in as many copies you want and offer it to whoever you meet out of the internet cafe.
by Cyrill Duneau [ site ] , dublin - ireland , 2004-09-23 05:54:10
count the number of steps between 2 important monuments. enlighten visitors at either or both monuments with your findings.
by escha [ site ] , 2004-09-22 17:36:25
create some pavement art using only a bag of frozen peas. passers-by may be enlisted to help if you wish.
by escha [ site ] , 2004-09-22 17:33:30
1) begin on one street and ask 5 people on the street to tell you what the most important streets in Toronto are
2) Go to the street that got the most votes for importance and ask 5 people on the street to tell you what the most important streets in Toronto are
3) Repeat the above until the street that you are asking on is the street that gets the most votes for importance
by kanarinka [ site ] , Boston, MA , 2004-09-22 16:25:06
choose one type of thing and count the number of occurances of it on one street block. make a tally in chalk when you reach the end of the block. these might include one of the following: 1) sidewalk cracks 2) doors 3) windows 4) storefronts 5) pebbles 6) decorative mailboxes 7) do not enter signs 8) graffitti 9) et al
by kensington , 2004-09-22 16:22:10
go to the closest internet cafe. E-mail me at dolmensniper@free.fr with the subject line being "This is an artwork". Feel free to put whatever you want or even nothing in the body of the e-mail.
by Cyrill Duneau [ site ] , dublin - ireland , 2004-09-22 09:01:19
Wear a white sandwhich board or carry a sign in public that reads "Ask me about "THE CCS" it just might save your love life" When someone asks, explain the following. THE CCS is a ancient form of penetration use on women by men who felt their lovers no longer enjoyed sex with them. The technique is simple. Insert just the tip of you penis and slowly and methodically move just the tip back and forth into her. After a several minutes of this the female will become very eager to fuly recieve you. Then thrust your entire penis into her. No Women can deny the Cap Cap Shaft.
by TBC [ site ] , Boston , 2004-09-22 09:00:45
Popnete se na stolicu. Zivotinjsko brzim pokretima, pokusavate da sami sebe ugrizete za uvo, ne doticuci uvo rukama. Objasniti da je trik u brzini i da je lakse dohvatiti uvo ako skocite ili se popnete na stolicu. Iza vas na zidu mora biti zakacena slika Rodenovog "Mislioca" (S-ThINKER-a) i nagtada od 1.000.000 USD ko uspije to da uradi. Poslije dobro obavljenog posla, svako pokusava da sam sebe poljubi u vrh lakta. Onda se svi izljubite izmedju sebe.
by burn , Montenegro , 2004-09-22 05:22:39
Take your right food in your left hand while standing. Try to jump with your left food through the circle right food-arm. Landing on your left food. Practise the piece in public for 20 min. If questions, ask the 7a-11d stuff.
by Lemke [ site ] , AGO Museum next to Henry Moore Sculpture (inform Ben) , 2004-09-22 01:41:24
buy a cup of coffee and ask a stranger if they would like a sip. if they say yes, give them the cup and buy another. repeat at will.
by anonymous , san diego, ca , 2004-09-21 23:34:12
choose a public art work. cover it in black plastic, as to make it disappear, or make its space, negative space. repeat. ( materials: black pvc sheeting at building supply store, black gaffer or duct tape)
by atomic elroy [ site ] , colorado, usa. , 2004-09-21 20:59:54
Go to a busy intersection and wait for the Walk sign. Now cross the street... pause... turn... wait for the Wak sign. Cross back. Repeat until someone asks you what you are doing. Try and convince people to do it with you until you build a large enough crowd.
by Pirun , 2004-09-21 14:07:40
28) MUSIC FOR MOBILE PHONE N.1
Replace the battery.
by Walter Cianciusi [ site ] , Italy , 2004-09-21 12:52:11
breast-feeding (only if the performer is female) crying cutting the coat/hair cutting the nails defecating ejaculating (only if the performer is male) menstruating (only if the performer is female) removing the earwax removing the eye-rheum removing the snot spitting sweating urinating vomiting
by Walter Cianciusi [ site ] , Italy , 2004-09-21 12:51:13
1. Take an Oreo biscuit. 2. Twist it. 3. Lick the cream. 4. Now dunk it in the milk... 5. and ummm...!
by Walter Cianciusi [ site ] , Italy , 2004-09-21 12:50:30
Ride BMX.
by Walter Cianciusi [ site ] , Italy , 2004-09-21 12:49:44
1. Place the guitar on a prop. 2. Light some firecrackers. 3. Insert the firecrackers in the guitar's hole. 4. Boom !
by Walter Cianciusi [ site ] , Italy , 2004-09-21 12:48:57
1. Fill the body with picks. 2. Shake!
by Walter Cianciusi [ site ] , Italy , 2004-09-21 12:48:05
22) MUSIC FOR ROGER REYNOLDS MUSIC FOR ROGER REYNOLDS
Eat different kinds of ice creams listening to the Allegro from the Beethoven's "Emperor" Concerto for Piano and Orchestra.
by Walter Cianciusi [ site ] , Italy , 2004-09-21 12:42:13
Arrive at your workplace with the implements of another trade and adapt them to your own vocation. You may use adhesives, fasteners, blades or other means to modify your tools. Variants: a.) Return to work each day of the week with a different set of tools. This can be extended for more than a week. b.) Change tool sets on an hourly basis. You may choose instead to change trades with greater or lesser frequency. c.) Arrive at somebody else’s workplace. Stay as long as you are welcome.
by Ian Thal [ site ] , Allston, MA USA , 2004-09-21 10:38:55
Arrive at your workplace and use the implements of your trade as if they were those of a different vocation. You may use adhesives, fasteners, blades or other means to modify your tools. Variants: a.) Return to work each day of the week as if a member of a different trade. This can be extended for more than a week. b.) Change trades on an hourly basis. You may choose instead to change trades with greater or lesser frequency. c.) Arrive at somebody else’s workplace. Stay as long as you are welcome.
by Ian Thal [ site ] , Allston, MA USA , 2004-09-21 10:36:46
take a nap. you deserve it!
by kcathode [ site ] , 2004-09-21 09:07:38
18) Street Corner Experience (with a little capitalism thrown in for the fun of it)
First go to stationary store and buy rubber stamp and ink (or make one from material of your choice). No bigger than 1 inch in diameter. Go To Municipal Licensing and Standards Licence Application and Renewal 112 Elizabeth Street Toronto, ON M5G 1P5 Apply for a license as a Hawker or Pedlar under the name Corporate Performance Artists. If license is issued, cut into 1 inch squares, stamp, and sell on the street for nominal amount of money. If not issued (or too expensive), cut either collatoral from the office or rejection letter into 1 inch squares, stamp, and sell on the street for nominal amount of money. While selling, repeat the phrase, "get your bit of capitalist writ for only (nominal amount of money)" Record the name of every person buying, ask for permission to be placed in your database, and then ask them to write the most recent event that occurred in their lives. Place all these stories online at the end of the day.
by joseph mcelroy [ site ] , bronx,ny , 2004-09-21 08:51:31
gather 100 definitions of performance art
by kanarinka [ site ] , Waltham, MA , 2004-09-20 21:47:29
interview anyone that looks like they belong in the area
by kanarinka [ site ] , Waltham, MA , 2004-09-20 21:35:01
interview anyone that looks like they do not belong in the area
by kanarinka [ site ] , Waltham, MA , 2004-09-20 21:34:27
walk on streets to spell Toronto. begin on a street that begins with T. then go to the closest street that begins with O. and so on.
carry big placards so that people know what letter you are on.
by kanarinka [ site ] , Waltham, MA , 2004-09-20 21:32:25
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