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REED ALTEMUS

I HAVE AN ATTITUDE ABOUT FLUXUS


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

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