2011 Fluxus events in 2011

Word Event

Exit.

GEORGE BRECHT, 1961

Take a balloon. Blow. Let it go. Say: ‘Goodbye’!!!

LUCE FIERENS, 1987

Take a rose. cut off the thorns. Give it to someone!!

LUCE FIERENS, 1987

Fly Piece

Fly

Yoko Ono, 1963

Ten Arrangements for Five Performers

Leader rings bell, performers move. Leader rings bell a second time, and all freeze, each saying a single word.

Emmett Williams, 1962

Lemon

1 Buy a large basket of lemons. 2 Place the lemons 3 Throw the lemons.

KEN FRIEDMAN, 1966

Shoes of Your Choice

A member of the audience is invited to come forward to a microphone if one is available and describe a pair of shoes, the ones he is wearing or another pair. He is encouraged to tell when he got them, the size, the color, why he likes them, etc.

Allison Knowles, 1963

Shut your eyes Open your eyes Shutyoureyes Open your eyes Shutyoureyes OpenyourEyes Shutyoureyes Openyoureyes Shutyoureyes Open your eyes Shutyoureyes Openyoureyes Shutyoureyes Open your eyes and look at your hands

MIEKO SHIOMI, 1963

Bit Part for Audience

Each word of a poem is written on separate cards passed out to the audience, who perform them in sequence.

LARRY MILLER, 1969

Run

A performer runs about, around and through the audience until completely exhausted.

Ben Vautier, 1963

Big Car collective and friends are doing 2011 Fluxus events in the year 2011. Every time we perform a Fluxus action -- either collectively or individually -- we'll document it and post it here. We are starting by working from original Fluxus event scores created, mostly, in the 1960s. These scores, designed for others to perform, can be found in the Fluxus Performance Workbook and other publications. This is part of Big Car's efforts to make art an experience for people and to provide arts education in a fun and engaging way. See also our Made for Each Other community-based public art program.

Basic guidelines for Fluxus events:

1. Fluxus is an attitude. It is not a movement or a style.
2. Fluxus is intermedia.
3. Fluxus creators like to see what happens when different media intersect. They use found and everyday objects, sounds, images, and texts to create new combinations of objects, sounds, images, and texts. Fluxus works are simple. The art is small, the texts are short, and the performances are brief.
4. Fluxus is fun. Humour has always been an important element in Fluxus.

To find out more about Indianapolis, Indiana based Big Car and its activities, please visit: www.bigcar.org.

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