LIAT BERDUGO + EMILY MARTINEZ PRESENT

HOW
TO MAKE
YOURSELF
INTO A
COMMISSIONING
BODY
IN 5
EASY
STEPS
----the workbook----
ARE YOU HAVING
TROUBLE COMING
UP WITH AN IDEA?

O yes (go to page 2)

O no (go to page 3)
- page 1 -
LIST A TERRIBLE ARE YOU SUFFERING
IDEA, IN DETAIL: FROM A CREATIVE
BLOCK?

DO YOU STILL DIS-

LIKE THIS IDEA?
O yes (mark scantron 60 O yes (go to page 4)
and go to page 3)
O no (go to page 3) O no (go to page 5)
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DO YOU FEEL CAPABLE ARE YOU TRYING
AND WILLING TO TO WORK WITH
DESCRIBE THE BLOCK DIFFICULT SUBjECTS
IN DETAIL? THAT REQUIRE A
CERTAIN DEGREE OF
SENSITIVITY OR
ANONYMITY?

O yes (mark scantron 61

and go to page 5)
O yes (page 6)
O no (mark scantron 63
and go to page 5) O no (page 7)
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HOW ATTACHED ARE YOU WORKING
ARE YOU TO YOUR WITH UNFAMILIAR
IDENTITY? MATERIALS?

O very attached (mark O yes (go to page 8)

scantron 64 + go to page 7)

O not attached (mark O no (go to page 9)

scantron 65 + go to page 7)
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HOW DOES ARE YOU GOING
THIS MAKE YOU THROUGH A MID-
FEEL: EXCITING, CAREER CRISIS AND
INTIMIDATING, NEED TO REINVENT
LIMITING? IS YOURSELF OR YOUR
YOUR PREDOMINANT ENTIRE CAREER?
FEELING STUCK?

O yes i feel stuck, blocked O yes (mark scantron 65

even (go to page 4) and go to page 10)
O nope, not stuck (mark
scantron 66 + go to page 9) O no (page 10)
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ARE YOU INTERESTED WOULD IT HELP YOU
IN EXPERIMENTING TO SEE THESE ROLES
WITH NEW ROLES OR OR PERSONAS PLAYED
PERSONAS THAT TAKE OUT BY OTHERS, OR
YOU OUT OF YOUR DO YOU PREFER A
COMFORT ZONE? MORE ABSTRACT,
GEOGRAPHIC
APPROACH?
O abstract geography
(mark scantron 67 + go to
O yes (go to page 11) page 13)
O roles played out by
O no (go to page 13) others (go to page 12)
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DO YOU HAVE, OR WERE YOU RECENTLY
COULD YOU WRITE, A INVITED TO AN
SCRIPT FOR THESE IMPORTANT ART
ROLES OR PERSONAS? EVENT, AND NOW HAVE
TO COME UP WITH
A WORK or PROjECT
PRESENTATION?

O yes (mark scantron 72 O yes (go to page 14)

and go to page 13)
O no (mark scantron 71 + O no (go to page 19)
go to page 13)
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DO YOU HAVE A DO YOU KNOW WHOM,
PROjECT IDEA? IN PARTICULAR, YOU
NEED TO IMPRESS AT
THIS PARTICULAR
ART EVENT?

O yes (go to page 15) O yes (go to page 16)

O no (mark scantron 73 +
O no (go to page 2) go to page 17)
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YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE YOU
NEED TO IMPRESS. OVERWHELMED
YOU HAVE THREE BECAUSE YOU HAVE
OPTIONS: SO MANY IDEAS AND
NOT ENOUGH TIME OR
O woo them with boat MONEY TO SEE THEM
romance (mark scantron 74)
O print their face on THROUGH?
mugs/rugs (mark scantron
70)
O print their face on
custom silks (that you
perhaps will wear to the
opening (mark scantron 75)
O yes (go to page 18)
continue to page 17. O no (go to page 23)
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IS YOUR ISSUE BASED DO YOU HAVE TOO
PRIMARILY ON TIME, MANY IDEAS? OR
OR ON MONEY? IS IT MORE THAT
YOURE STRUGGLING
WITH TIME
MANAGEMENT?

O too many ideas! (go to

O time (go to page 19)
page 20)
O money (mark scantron
O time management (go
80 and go to page 24)
to page 23)
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PLEASE LIST ALL CAN YOU EASILY
YOUR IDEAS HERE. FARM OUT YOUR
1. IDEAS TO OTHERS TO
2. EXECUTE? (IF NOT, DO
3. NOT WORRY: ANXIOUS
4. TO MAKE HAS
5. PATENTED METHODS
6. TO HELP YOU BEST
7. CHOOSE AN IDEA TO
8. EXECUTE NOW.)
9.
etc. O yes (mark scantron 77
and go to page 24)
continue to page 21. O no (go to page 24)
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YOU HAVE A FEW WHICH WOULD YOU
OPTIONS: BE MORE HELPFUL
FOR YOU IN TIME
MANAGEMENT?
O i want darts (mark
scantron 78) O a manservant to keep
O i prefer dice (mark you on task (make sure
scantron 77) you have a good deal of
O i want mugs and rugs. $$$ and mark scantron 81)
i will just pick an
idea and print it on a O a custom audio track
mug/rug until i do it for focus (mark scantron
(mark scantron 70) 82)
continue to page 24. continue to page 24.
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ARE YOU CURRENTLY WHY?
HAVING TROUBLE O a creative block (page 4)
EXECUTING AN IDEA? O a fear of judgement, or
im not qualified to do
this work (mark scantron
83 + go to page 26)
O procrastination (page 23)
O im working with unfa-
miliar materials (page 8)
O im working with uncom-
fortable roles (page 11)
O im working with diffi-
cult subjects (page 6)
O a lack of time or
O yes (go to page 25) money (page 18)
O other (mark scantron 84
O no (go to page 26) and go to page 26)
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HAVE YOU GROWN ARE YOU READY TO
DISILLUSIONED BREAK UP WITH YOUR
WITH YOUR CURRENT ARTISTIC PRACTICE?
ART DISCOURSE OR
PRACTICE?

O no (go to page 25)

O yes. i will print i
broke up with my ar-
O yes (go to page 27) tistic practice on a. . .
(mark scantron 70 + go to
O no (go to page 28) page 28)
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DO YOU HAVE A PLEASE FLIP A COIN.
GROWING SENSE
OF DISTRUST IN
THE SYSTEMS THAT
GOVERN YOUR LIFE,
CAREER, COMMUNITY,
NATION, AND/OR
PLANET?

O heads (mark scantron

O yes (go to page 29) 85 + go to page 31)
O no (go to page 31) O tails (go to page 30)
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PLEASE LIST FIVE DO YOU FEEL A SENSE
DISTRUSTS YOU OF ALIENATION
HAVE IN ANY OF THE FROM THE SO-CALLED
SYSTEMS YOU WERE AUDIENCE OF YOUR
ASKED ABOUT. WORK?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
now flip that coin again.
O heads (mark scantron 86) O yes (go to page 32)
O tails (mark scantron 87)
O no (go to page 34)
continue to page 31.
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WHICH APPLIES TO HOW DO YOU
YOU MOST? LIKE TO ENGENDER
INTIMACY?
O i want more control
over my audience (mark
scantron 88 + go to p. 34)
O i want more direct
contact with my audience.
like, i would love to know
or see their reactions to my O wooing (mark scantron 74)
work (mark scantron 89 + go O artistic monogamy (mark
to page 34) scantron 90)
O i am striving for O gifts (mark scantron 90)
intimacy with my
audience (go to page 33) continue to page 34.
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THOUGH EXPERIMENT:
THINK OF A PROjECT
IDEA YOUD LIKE TO
DO, BUT HAVENT DONE
YET. DONT EXPLAIN
IT, jUST MAKE IT
CLEAR IN YOUR
MIND.

(once you have it, go to

page 36)
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NOW FILL IN THE DID YOU NEED . . .
BLANK. IF I ONLY
HAD -------blank------, O money? (mark scantron 80)
I COULD MAKE THIS O time? (page 23)
PROjECT. WRITE OUT O motivation? (mark
YOUR TOP THREE. scantron 92)
O confidence? (mark
1. scantron 83)
O something else? good
2. to know. you may also
3. find it useful to mark
scantron 63 right now.

(go to page 37) continue to page 38.

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DO YOU FEEL WHICH MOST APPLIES
TONGUE-TIED, OR TO YOU?
THAT THE WORDS O it be most helpful to
COME OUT WRONG, never have to talk about
my work again (scantron
WHENEVER YOU TRY 93 + go to p. 42)
TO DESCRIBE YOUR O i would like others
to do the hard job of
WORK TO OTHERS? describing my work for me
(scantron 94 + go to p. 42)
DO YOU OFTEN FEEL O i acknowledge that i
MISUNDERSTOOD? will still need to talk
about what i do (to
friends, lovers, my mother;
at openings, even though i
may have said everything
O yes (go to page 39) with the work. .), so i
simply want cues for
O no (go to page 42) myself and/or others (go
to page 40)
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PLEASE WRITE DO YOU BELIEVE IN
2-3 SENTENCES OR EMBODIMENT?
PHRASES THAT
DESCRIBE YOUR WORK

1.

2.

3. O yes (mark scantron 95)

O no (mark scantron 96)
O i did it (go to page 41)
O i cant (mark scantron
94 and go to page 42) continue to page 42.
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DO YOU SOMETIMES CHOOSE:
FEEL THAT YOUR
WORK IS DONE O hire interns (mark
WHEN YOU THINK OF scantron 77 + go to p. 45)
AN IDEA, AND LAMENT
THE LABORIOUS O fuck labor (page 44)
PROCESS OF
CARRYING IT OUT?

O yes (go to page 43)

O no (go to page 45)
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YEAH, FUCK LABOR! DO YOU FEEL THAT
RETURN TO FLUXUS YOUR ART PRACTICE
AND YOKO ONO AND GETS AT, OR SPEAKS
WRITE SCRIPTS -- TO, THE THINGS IN
LOTS OF SCRIPTS. LIFE THAT ARE MOST
HOW WOULD YOU IMPORTANT TO YOU?
LIKE TO SHOW
THESE?
O with pet snakes
(scantron 97) O yes (go to page 48)
O as books (scantron 98) O no (go to page 46)
O printed on mugs/rugs
(scantron 70)
continue to page 45.
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WOULD YOU LIKE IT WHAT ARE THE
TO? THINGS IN LIFE
THAT ARE MOST
IMPORTANT TO YOU?
LIST SOME HERE:
*
*
*
*
*

O yes (go to page 47) mark scantron 99 and

O no (go to page 48) continue to page 48.
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DO YOU SEE DO YOU NEED
YOURSELF AS BOTH ADDITIONAL HELP
AN ARTIST AND OR RESOURCES FOR
A BRAND THAT BRANDING AND/OR
DISTRIBUTES YOUR DISTRIBUTION?
ART?
O yes, branding (mark
scantron 100)
O yes, distribution/pub-
licity (mark scantron 76)
O no
O yes (page 49)
O no (page 50) continue to page 50.
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ARE YOU STRUGGLING WHICH BETTER
TO FIND RIGOROUS DESCRIBES YOUR
INTELLECTUAL CONDITION?
COMMUNITIES
OUTSIDE OF O rigorous communities
INSTITUTIONS THAT give feedback, and i
need that. i need some
VALUE THE SOCIAL motivation in the form
AND CRITICAL of tough love. . . (mark
FUNCTIONS OF ART? scantron 92)
O i simply need spaces
to gather people (mark
O yes (go to page 51) scantron 101)
O no (go to page 52) continue to page 52.
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DO YOU FEEL THAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE
YOUR ART PRACTICE THE FUTURE? OR DO
HAS FAILED TO KEEP YOU WANT TO SEE
PACE WITH THE EXCEL?
DEMANDS OF THE
RAPIDLY SHIFTING
FORCES THAT SHAPE
THE ECONOMY, AND
BY EXTENSION,
THE MARKETS OR O the future (mark
INSTITUTIONS THAT scantron 102)
SUPPORT ARTISTS? O excel (mark scantron 103)
O yes (page 53)
O no (page 54) continue to page 54.
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THOUGHT EXPERIMENT:
THINK OF A VERY
SPECIFIC TIME THAT
YOU FELT FREE FROM
THE ANXIETIES TO
MAKE. DESCRIBE THAT
TIME. WHAT DID /
DOES THIS FREEDOM
FEEL LIKE?

continue to page 56
- page 54 - - page 55 -
IF THAT FREEDOM
HAD A COLOR, WHAT
COLOR WOULD IT BE?

the color of my free-

dom is --------------------.

(print this on a mug/rug, scantron 70)

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