REED ALTEMUS I HAVE AN ATTITUDE ABOUT FLUXUS PERFORMANCE SCORES AND DOCUMENTS 2000-2013 EDITIONS 375 SQUARE 2014 COVER ILLUSTRATION: RELICS OF AN ANTI-ARTISTIC HISTORY (RELIQUES DUNE HISTOIRE ANTI-ARTISTIQUE), ASSEMBLAGE, 2011. BANANA PIECE FOR ALAN BOWMAN USE A BANANA AS YOU WOULD A CELLPHONE POSTED TO FLUXLIST AUGUST 2000 FIRST PERFORMED BY REID WOOD IN OBERLIN OHIO DECEMBER 5th 2000 PERFORMED BY BOTH MELISSA McCARTHY & MATT TAGGART IN 2010 ALSO PERFORMED BY ENSEMBLE INCLUDING CHRIS REYNOLDS, VIVIAN VASSAR, C. MEHRL BENNETT, KEITH BUCHHOLZ AND OTHERS DURING FLUX ZIG ZAG APRIL 16, 2011 ON THE STATEN ISLAND FERRY DISPOSABLE KNIFE INTERLUDE PLACE A DISPOSABLE PLASTIC KNIFE ON THE EDGE OF A TABLE. WITH YOUR LEFT HAND HOLD DOWN THE PORTION OF THE KNIFE WHICH IS ON THE TABLE. WITH YOUR RIGHT HAND PLAY THE KNIFE BY BENDING DOWN THEN RELEASING THE PORTION OF THE KNIFE WHICH OVERHANGS THE TABLE. TO CHANGE THE PITCH USE YOUR LEFT HAND TO CHANGE THE AMOUNT OF THE KNIFE OVERHANGING THE EDGE OF THE TABLE. LESS HANGING OVER = HIGHER PITCH, MORE HANGING OVER = LOWER PITCH. PLAY SOME STRAUSS WALTZES. FIRST PERFORMED AT MY PARENTS' FARMHOUSE IN CUMBERLAND MAINE 01-20-05 PREMIERED BY KEITH BUCHHOLZ AT NEW YORK FLUXFEST AT PIEROGI THE BOILER 09-11-09 COMB PIECE (FOR ANNA BALINT IN BUDAPEST) MAIL A COMB FIRST PERFORMED 2005 FOR ALLAN REVICH PERFORMER ASKS IF ALLAN REVICH IS IN THE AUDIENCE 2010 PREMIERED BY DADA MACHINE FLUXUS AT COLUMBIA COLLEGE, CHICAGO, 10- 27-10 DON'T NEED A WEATHERMAN TO KNOW WHICH WAY THE WIND BLOWS LICK YOUR INDEX FINGER HOLD IT UP IN THE AIR TO FIND OUT WHICH WAY THE WIND IS BLOWING JANUARY 2012 FIRST PUBLISHED IN THE COLLECTION THE WINDY SCORES 2012 BY BIBIANA PADILLA MALTOS PREMIERED BY THE DAY DE DADA PERFORMANCE ART COLLECTIVE 03-14-13 DURING THE ELEMENTS SHOW OPENING AT CPG GALLERY, STATEN ISLAND NEW YORK Date of performance: October 12, 2011 Place of performance: on the street in front of the Fluxus trolley bus, Kaunas Lithuania Performers: Reed Altemus, Melissa McCarthy and Mary Campbell Title of the piece: Danger Music #17 Author of piece: Dick Higgins Date of piece: May 1962 The performance took place during the exhibition "George Maciunas and Beyond: Fluxus Never Stops" October 13, 2011 part of the Kaunas Lithuania Textile Biennial. Text of the piece is as follows: Danger Music#17: Scream! Scream! Scream! Scream! Scream! Scream! (published in Dick Higgins' FOEW&OMBWHNW, Something Else Press, 1969). RAINSTORM SYMPHONY OBSERVE A PUDDLE DURING A RAINSTORM IMAGINE THE RAINDROPS TO BE THE NOTES OF A SYMPHONY 2005 3 MUSHROOM EVENTS (HOMAGE TO JOHN CAGE FOR ROBERT SAUNDERS AND KALA LADENHIEM) INSCRIBE THE ALPHABET ON THE CAPS OF 26 MUSHROOMS SPELL A WORD BY PLACING THE MUSHROOMS LIGHTLY SAUTE AND EAT THE MUSHROOMS AUGUST 2010 FIRST PERFORMED AT STRANGE MAINE, PORTLAND MAINE 08-11-10 AND DURING THE FOLLOWING DAYS INTERFERENCE PIECE #2 WORK WITH A PHOTOCOPIER IN SUCH A WAY THAT THE RESULT CANNOT POSSIBLY BE CALLED A COPY 2004 THIS PIECE HAS BEEN PERFORMED IN VARIOUS FORMS SINCE 1989 BUT DID NOT EXIST AS A WRITTEN SCORE UNTIL 2004 REVISION MAKE AN ORIGINAL COPY 01-16-11 KAUNAS PIECE #1 SAY THERE IS NOTHING LEFT TO SAY SAY NOTHING OR SAY THE WORD NOTHING KAUNAS PIECE #2 SAY THERE IS NOTHING LEFT TO DO DO NOTHING PERFORMED OCTOBER 15, 2010 AS PART OF THE EXHIBITON AT THE KAUNAS TEXTILE BIENNIAL GEORGE MACIUNAS AND BEYOND: FLUXUS NEVER STOPS BY REED ALTEMUS IN ENGLISH AND SAULIUS KOVALSKIS IN LITHUANIAN FOR GEORGE MACIUNAS, SAULIUS KOVALSKIS AND THE OCCUPY MOVEMENT GO TO A STREET DEMO 10-19-12 DEPRESSION PIECE FOR SHOE GAZER COUNT THE NUMBER OF PAIRS OF BLACK SHOES YOU OWN FIRST PERFORMED 06-13-10 PORTLAND MAINE FOR KEITH BUCHHOLZ KEEP DRINKING COFFEE ALL DAY LONG JANUARY 2011 OPUS 6 NO PLAN SPRING 2004 FLAG PIECE ARRANGE TO OBSERVE A FLAG FLAPPING IN THE BREEZE 2012 Date of performance: January 4, 2013 Place of performance: Strange Maine Performer: Reed Altemus Title of piece: Fly Author of piece: Jennifer Kosharek Date of piece: 2009 The performance took place at Strange Maine the evening of January 4th, 2013. Piece is from the score booklet "Perfection Takes Time" published by Keith Buchholz's FLUXPRESS. Text of the piece is as follows: Fly (For my Kosharek grandparents): Blow up a balloon. Tie the end in a knot. Bounce it around the room-- don't let it hit the ground. Photo by Jeff Brussel. WALKING PIECE (AFTER TAKEHISA KOSUGI'S THEATER MUSIC) WALK DO NOT LOOK OVER YOUR SHOULDER 2009 Date of performance: May 24. 2013 Place of performance: Canal Street outside The Studio, Laconia, New Hampshire USA Performer: Reed Altemus Title of piece:: Foam Book Author of piece: Geoffrey Hendricks Date of piece: 1964 The performance took place during the fluxus portion of an afternoon of experiments which took place at Melissa McCarthys Studio, May 24th 2013. The text of the piece is as follows: Foam Book Cover a Manhattan Telephone Directory or similar large book with shaving cream, lots of it, as the performer opens out the pages. Photo by Josh Ronsen. INSTRUCTION #8 EAT A LARGE BOWL OF TAPIOCA PUDDING 2004 FIRST PERFORMED AT STRANGE MAINE, PORTLAND MAINE 05-19-10 PERFORMED BY MELISSA MCCARTHY DURING AN EVENING OF FLUXUS PERFORMANCE AT THE OPENING OF "A BOOK ABOUT DEATH", BELKNAP MILL, LACONIA NEW HAMPSHIRE, 11-01-10 ALSO PERFORMED BY SUSAN GOLD SMITH AT ARTCITE INC.S ARTS BRITHDAY, 01-17-12, PHOG LOUNGE, WINDSOR, ONTARIO. CARD PIECE PERFORMER HANDS OUT CARDS SAYING SIMPLY "YOU'RE WELCOME" 2010 PREMIERED SEPTEMBER 14, 2010 AT THE JAFFE CENTER FOR THE BOOKARTS, FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES, BOCA RATON FLORIDA CARD PIECE II PERFORMER HANDS OUT CARDS SAYING SIMPLY EXCUSE ME 2013
MISSED OPPORTUNITY BALANCE A RAW EGG ON YOUR HEAD PIECE ENDS WHEN EGG BREAKS ON THE FLOOR 2013 HOMAGE TO NAM JUNE PAIK (AFTER HIS PERFORMANCE CUTTING OFF JOHN CAGE'S TIE)
CUT OFF YOUR OWN TIE WITH SCISSORS 2003 FIRST PERFORMED AT THE AVANT WRITING SYMPOSIUM, OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, AUGUST 2010 FLUX FESTIVAL VERSION WEAR A SUIT AND TIE FOR THIS PERFORMANCE BEGIN THE PERFORMANCES BY CUTTING OFF YOUR OWN TIE WITH SCISSORS OR END THE PERFORMANCES BY CUTTING OFF YOUR OWN TIE WITH SCISSORS 06-30-11 COMPOSITION #19 (FOR GUY BLEUS) OBTAIN A NEW DESK CHAIR FROM AN OFFICE SUPPLY STORE ASSEMBLE IT SIT IN IT AND MEDITATE OR SIT IN IT AND WORK DECEMBER 2010 FLUXYOGA
NOSE TO NAVEL 3 MINUTES ELBOW TO CHIN 3 MINUTES KNEE TO SMALL OF BACK 3 MINUTES BIG TOE TO OPPOSITE SHOULDER 3 MINUTES WRITTEN 2002 NEVER ATTEMPTED AUDIENCE PIECE (AFTER EMMETT WILLIAMS) PERFORMER WAITS QUIETLY ONSTAGE AND AT THE FIRST AUDIBLE SOUND FROM THE AUDIENCE PERFORMS THE NEXT PIECE 2010 FIRST PERFORMED SEPTEMBER 14, 2010 AT THE JAFFE CENTER FOR THE BOOKARTS, FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES, BOCA RATON FLORIDA AUDIENCE PIECE II PERFORMER WAITS QUIETLY ONSTAGE AND AT THE FIRST AUDIBLE SOUND FROM THE AUDIENCE EXITS 2012 Date of performance: June 16, 2012 Place of performance: Footbridge over the Charles River Cambridge Massachussetts USA Performer: Reed Altemus Title of piece: Balloon Piece Author of piece: Luc Fierens Date of piece: 1987 The performance took place during the Mobius Fluxus Micro Fest which took place at Mobius and surrounding environs June 16th, 2012. Piece is from Luc Fierens' "Possible Flux Performances or Postfluxgames" from The Fluxus Performance Workbook 2002. Text of the piece is as follows: "Take a balloon. Blow. Let go. Say "Goodbye!!!" Photo by Jane Wang. ELECTRIC GUITAR PIECE PLACE AN AMPLIFIED ELECTRIC GUITAR ON A STAND OR LEAN IT AGAINST A WALL SHOOT SPITBALLS AT THE GUITAR PIECE ENDS WHEN YOU RUN OUT OF PAPER 06-13-10 FIRST PERFORMED AT STRANGE MAINE 08-11-10 PERFORMED BY ID M THEFT ABLE AND CRANK STURGEON AT X FEST IN LOWELL MASSACHUSSETTS 02-23-13 ALSO PERFORMED BY PEDRO BERICAT (ZARAGOZA SPAIN) DECEMBER 2013 ORANGE PIECE (HOMAGE TO BERLIN DADA) STEP ON AN ORANGE 2010 FIRST PERFORMED SEPTEMBER 14, 2010 AT THE JAFFE CENTER FOR THE BOOKARTS, FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES, BOCA RATON FLORIDA PERFORMED BY MATTHEW TAGGART AUGUST 2011 IN BILLINGS MONTANA USA PERFORMED BY J.F. CHAPELLE OCTOBER 2011 IN MERIGNAC FRANCE PIECE FOR THE SECOND PUBLICITY (FOR MARK PAWSON) REFRAIN FROM WRITING LETTERS TO FARAWAY CORRESPONDENTS UNLESS YOUR NAME APPEARS IN A GLOSSY COUNTERCULTURE MAGAZINE 2009 Date of performance: February 14, 2010 Place of performance: street corner outside Arts and Academics High School, Roanoke Virginia USA Performers: Reed Altemus & Keith Buchholz Title of piece: Corner Event Author of piece: Matthew Taggart Date of piece: 2009 The performance took place during the Marginal Arts Festival in Roanoke Virginia February 14th 2010. Text of the piece is as follows: Corner Event: have the performers stand on one of the four corners of a street intersection with each performer holding a balloon filled with air each performer at the same time pinch the opening of the balloon to create a whistling sound with balloon and air as each balloon airs out have the performer replace the performer to their left till each performer has stood on each corner fill the balloon with air as you cross the street do not stand on corner till balloon is full. Photo by Jim Leftwich. RECYCLING BOOKS BIND BOOKS OUT OF PAPER WASTE AND MATERIALS YOU WOULD ORDINARILY THROW AWAY OR PUT IN A RECYCLING BIN (FOR INSTANCE, DRUG STORE AND SUPER MARKET CIRCULARS, CLOTHING CATALOGUES AND OTHER JUNK MAIL) 2004 RECYCLING BOOKS TREATED (FOR JIM LEFTWICH) BIND BOOKS OUT OF PAPER WASTE AND MATERIALS YOU WOULD ORDINARILY THROW AWAY OR PUT IN A RECYCLING BIN TIP IN COLORFUL ARTWORKS ONTO THE PAGES 2004 INTERFERENCE PIECE #1 (ANTI-EVENT) ARRANGE A SITUATION SO THAT A SPECIFIC EVENT CANNOT OR DOES NOT OCCUR. 2003 DISRUPT A PERFORMANCE 2012 FINIS EDITIONS 375 SQUARE