Researching Fluxus Works

Pieces to include:

Yoko Ono 
Wall Piece for Orchestra to Yoko Ono
Hit a wall with your head. 

Cut Piece
In Cut Piece—one of Yoko Ono’s early performance works—the artist sat alone on a stage, dressed in her best suit, with a pair of scissors in front of her. The audience had been instructed that they could take turns approaching her and use the scissors to cut off a small piece of her clothing, which was theirs to keep. Some people approached hesitantly, cutting a small square of fabric from her sleeve or the hem of her skirt. Others came boldly, snipping away the front of her blouse or the straps of her bra. Ono remained motionless and expressionless throughout, until, at her discretion, the performance ended. In reflecting upon the experience recently, the artist said: “When I do the Cut Piece, I get into a trance, and so I don’t feel too frightened.…We usually give something with a purpose…but I wanted to see what they would take….There was a long silence between one person coming up and the next person coming up. And I said it’s fantastic, beautiful music, you know? Ba-ba-ba-ba, cut! Ba-ba-ba-ba, cut! Beautiful poetry, actually.”

Cut Piece

Eric Andersen 
Opus 46
This sentence should not be read by more than one person at the same time.

Opus 9
Let a person talk to you about his/her idea(s).


Ay-O
Exit No.1
The audience must pass through a vestibule that has been covered with upward protruding nails except for a few areas left open in the shape of footprints.

Exit No.2
The audience must pass through a vestibule across which many ropes have been stretched at knee height.

Exit No.3
The audience must pass through a vestibule with a floor covered with foam rubber impregnated with soap suds. 

Exit No.8
The audience must pass through a vestibule where the floor has been covered in balloon prepared to burst on contact. 

Exit No.8 

Exit No.8 

Rainbow No.1 for Orchestra
Soap bubbles are blown out of various wind instruments. The conductor breaks the bubbles with his baton.

Rainbow No.1 for Orchestra

George Brecht
Two Vehicle Events
Start
Stop

Two Vehicle events

No Smoking Event
Arrange to observe a NO SMOKING sign.
smoking
no smoking

No Smoking Event

3 Piano Pieces
standing
sitting
walking

3 Piano Pieces

For a Drummer (for Eric)
Drum on something you have never drummed on before. 
Drum with something you have never drummed with before. 


Jed Curtis 
Opus 1
One or more persons so, sense, and/or think.


Bici Forbes 
Become Invisible
a) by hiding
b) by divesting yourself of all distinguishing marks
c) by going away
d) by sinking through the floor
e) by becoming someone else
f) by concentrating so hard on some object or idea that you cease to be aware of your physical presence
g) by distracting everybody else from you physical presence
h) by ceasing to exist


Benjamin Patterson
Licking Piece
cover shapely female with whipped cream
lick
...topping of chopped nuts and cherries is optional 

Peter Frank
Thank you Piece
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Thank you
politeness is NO crime

Paradigm (for Dick Higgins)
Locate an object, not spatially isolated from other objects of its kind nor different from them in any significant way, and designate it the current existing model for all such objects.
Observe hoe the distinctiveness of that object emerges under these conditions. 

Nam Paik
Zen for film
During a concert on October 6, 1960, in Mary Bauermeister’s studio in Cologne, Germany, which included works by John Cage and La Monte Young, Paik performed his Étude for Piano Forte and, as part of the composition, shampooed Cage’s hair and cut off his necktie in an act of nihilistic affection. The relationship of Zen for Film to Cages 4’33” can be seen in its inviting the possibility of being aware of much within the limits of little. According to Cage, the film—devoid of images—opens itself up to the nuances of its surrounding environment, “and what you see is the dust that has collected on the film.”

Zen for Film

Fluxus Champion Contest

Nam June Paik's Fluxus Champion Contest, performed during Festym Fluxorum, Das Instrumentale Theater, Staatliche Kunstakademie, Dusseldorf, February 1963

FLUXUS CONCERT

1991, Published in Magazine Events

^ Close ups of some of the pages.
- Interesting layouts and aesthetics. Not 100% sure on the purpose of the magazine but I believe it showcases people's works form the Fluxus movement.
- Chaotic on some pages and structured on others.