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52 Events 2002 52 Events 2002 Ken Friedman 52 Events 2002 Ken Friedman Edition of 250 signed and numbered diaries. This is number . Published by Show and Tell Editions (Heart Fine Art Ltd.) 1 Royal Mile Mansions, 50 North Bridge Edinburgh EH1 1QN Scotland,United Kingdom Tel/Fax: (+44) 131 225 8217 www.heartfineart.com mail@ heartfineart.com In August of 1966, Dick Higgins looked George explained to me that these at an object I made. This was one of things ought to be written down. Th e the philosophical objects and form in which George suggested I write enactments I had been undertaking them was the event score. He wanted to since I was a boy in New London, publish the complete collection of my Connecticut. I never had a name for events up to the time we met. I did not them, and I thought I was quite alone in call them events until 1966. George doing these kinds of things until I gave me the name, and showed me how encountered the books of Something to score these thoughts, actions, and Else Press. Those books led me to works so that others could realise them. Dick, and Dick sent me to George Maciunas. While George announced the publication of my collected event scores George liked the object and decided to several times, he never produced them. publish it. This was the Open and Shut I kept writing the scores. From 1966, Case, my first Fluxus multiple, these scores were published and published in the early autumn of 1966. circulated in different forms and At our first meeting, George peppered editions, and exhibited. From 1973, me with questions. What did I do? What they also toured the world in exhibitions did I think? What was I planning? I did consisting entirely of my event scores. all sorts of things, things without names, things that jumped over the Paul Robertson has given me the boundaries between ideas and actions, opportunity to welcome the New Year between the manufacture of objects with a selection of events, bringing his and books, between philosophy and delightful sense of collaboration and a literature. I told him about them. deft typographer's hand to this diary. Maciunas listened for a while and We hope it takes you in one year and invited me to join Fluxus. I said yes. out the other. Ken Friedman Torna Hällestad Sweden Fast Food Event Go into a fast food restaurant. Order one 2n d example of every item on the menu. Line everything Wednesday January up in a row on the table. Starting at one end of the row, begin eating the items one at a time. Eat each item before moving Tuesday2002 on to the next. Eat rapidly January and methodically until all the food is finished. Eat 1st as quickly as possible without eating too fast. Eat neatly. Do not make a mess 1964, San Diego, California Sunday January 6th 3r d Thursday January Friday 4thJanuary Saturday January 5th Wednesday 9thJanuary Green Street 7th Acquire a Japanese Monday folding scroll. Keep it in a January blank state. After a minimum of ten years, or on the death of the performer, inscribe the name of the performer, the date of acquisition and the date at the time of Tuesday January inscription. The performance 8th continues until the scroll is filled with inscriptions. 1959 Friday January 11th Thursday 10thJanuary Saturday January 12th Sunday January13th Monday January 14th Tuesday January The Judgment of Paris 15th Present three objects or three human images. Objects may be postage stamps, cans of food, books, architectural models, etc. Images may be reproductions of art works, pictures from magazines, photo panels, etc. Beneath each image is a shelf or platform. Viewers choose the image Wednesday which they feel is most beautiful. January A golden apple is placed beneath 16th the chosen image. 1964 Saturday19th 18th January Friday January Sunday January 20th Thursday January 17th Tuesday22 n d January Monday21st January Wednesday Edison's Lighthouse January Create a passage with facing mirrors. Place candles in front of 23 r d each mirror. Vary the nature and intensity of light by variations in the number and placement of candles. 1965 24 Thursdayt h January Friday January 25 t h Sunday 27 t h January Saturday January 26 t h Tuesday January Paper Architecture 29th A large sheet or several large sheets of paper are hung in a room. The sheets are inscribed with full-scale architectural features, such as doors, windows, or stairs, or with objects such as furniture, Monday lamps, books, etc. These January drawings may be used to imagine create or map an environment. The drawings 28th may create or map new features in an existing environment. They may mirror, double or reconstruct Wednesday existing features in situ or January elsewhere. If the drawings are to be permanent, they may be applied directly to a wall. 30th 1968-1972 Sunday Thursday February January 3r d 31st Saturday 2Februaryn d Friday February1st Tuesday Wednesday Untitled Sculptural Event February February A wooden plate, sheet or rod is fastened to a wall. From the 5th 6th wood form hang at least fifty strings, perhaps more, depending on the surface and length available. Participants fasten personal objects which they happen to have with them to the end of the string. Everyone is invited to take part until no empty strings remain. The summary of the different memories and associations of the objects fastened to the strings are fixed at one point in space and become a unit. 1968 Monday February 4th Thursday Friday Saturday February February February 7th 8th 9th Sunday February 10th 11thMonday February Water Table Tuesday12th February A full formal table setting with full service for four. All service is white porcelain or clear glass. All objects, utensils, etc., are filled with water. 1971 13thWednesday February Thursday February 14th Friday February 15th Sunday February 17th Saturday February 16th Wednesday February 20th Monday February Flow System Anyone may send an 18th object or a work of any kind to the exhibition. Everything received is displayed. Any visitor to the exhibition may take away an object or work. 1972 T19thuesday February Sunday February 24 t h Saturday February 23 r d Friday 22 Februaryn d Thursday February 21 s t Wednesday February Monday 27 t h February 25th Tuesday February 26 t h 1982 Deck Collect playing cards found on the street until a complete deck of found cards is assembled. Thursday February Sunday 28th 3Marchr d 2n d Saturday March Friday 1Marchs t Table Stack Build a stack of tables. Each table should stand directly above and on top of the next table below. 1956, New London, Connecticut Monday Tuesday Wednesday March March March 4th 5th 6th Friday Saturday Sunday March March March 8th 9th 10th Thursday March 7th Wednesday Open and shut case March Make a box. 13th On the outside, print the words, “Open me.” On the inside, Tuesday print the words “Shut me quick.” March December 1965, Chicago 12th Monday March 11th Thursday March 14th Friday March 15th Saturday March 16th Sunday March 17th Mandatory Happening A card printed: 1966, Mt. Carroll, Illinois You will decide to read this score or not to read it. When you have made your decision, the happening is over. Monday March 18th Tuesday March 19th Wednesday March 20th Thursday March 21st Friday March 22 n d 23 r d Saturday March Sunday March 24 t h 1968, San Francisco The Three Ages of Man An old table with three 26th containers. Powdered Tuesday milk in a container with March four legs or points touching the table. Sugar in a container with a solid base and one large external 27th point. Salt in a container with three legs or points. Wednesday March Monday March 25th Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday March March March March 28th 29th 30th 31st Wednesday April 3r d Alter to Borges Tuesday 720 clocks are placed April in a room, each set to one of the minutes 2n d between 12:00 and 11:59. 1974 January Monday April 1st Thursday April 4th Friday April 5th Saturday April 6th 7th Sunday April Two Second Encore Tuesday April The performer walks out on stage, looking 9th at the audience with sincerity and passion. With a Bronx accent, the performer cries out: “O-din! O-din!” 8th Monday April 10th Wednesday April 9 September 1989, Oslo Thursday Saturday April April 11th 12th 13th Friday April 14th Sunday April Monday April 15th Tuesday April 16th First Event An announcement is made, proclaiming, “For his first event in (name the nation or city where the concert is taking place), (name Wednesday a friend of colleague April who was invited to perform but who could not come) will stay in 17th (name the place where he or she is at the time of the performance).” October 1989, Bergen, Norway Thursday April 18th Friday 21 s t April Sunday 19th April Saturday April 20th Monday April 22nd Wednesday April Long Ships Event Performers enter from stage left and stage 24th right. Each stands at the far edge of the stage. One shouts, “Hail, Einar!” Tuesday April The other replies, “Hail, Ragnar! 23rd 5 December 1989, Rotterdam Saturday April 27th 26th Friday April Thursday 28th April Sunday 25th April Wednesday Monday May April 29th 1st Tuesday April 30th The Last Days of Pompeii A desk or table. A beautiful calendar or time planner is open on the desk. The book is open to a date selected at random. Written on the page with 3 p.m.
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