Events by Matan Ben-Ishay(2005)
This is my first performance art/happening/fluxus/event pieces written.
I would like personally thank Yoko Ono,La monte young and John cage ,as my inspiration.
Drilling Piece
Drill a hole in the floor, then look into it.
Pieces for piano:
Piano piece,No.1
Shout at the piano and hit it,then make love to it.
Piano piece No.2
Ask the piano a few questions,and after a while,if it doesn't answer,close the keyboard lead.If it answers,however,keep asking it questions until you decide to quit asking it.
Pieces for orchestra
Piece for orchestra,No.1:
a)Whenever the conductor gives a signal,take off your cloths.
b)At his next sign,put your cloths back.
c)At the following sign,switch your instrument with someone else's instrument.
d)At the next sign,try to play your instrument(whether it was switched or not).
e)At the following given sign,spill soda over your instrument.
f)At the following sign,squiz a can of a certain drink.
g)At the following sign,take off your shoes ,and stomp your feet.
h)At the next sign,leave the stage and then return.
Piece for orchestra No.2:Jump on your instrument as many times as you wish.
Piece for orchestra No.3Touch as many things as you wish.
Dinner Piece
Dine a dinner while sitting around a table.
Explanation Piece
Explain to the audience how did you get into the place of the performance,why,and what happened to you on the way to the performance.
Constrast piece
Think of something to do. Then,ask one of the members of the audienceto that himself.If he refuses,think of something else to do,and then do it yourself.
For a wind player
Watch your instrument until it passes vibrations to you.Then,ask the audience to do the same thing.
Electric guitar piece
Take an electric guitar with you and stand infront of the audience.Do not plug it in,and wait until someone asks you to plug it in.Then,plug it in,and leave.
Television piece
Tie another performer's hands and legs with ropes and his mouth with a sticker,while he's sitting on a chair.Throw a Television set over him to the other side.
Burning Piece
Take another performer's cloths and a few hairs from his head,and burn them.
Mocking piece
Mock the things that different people in the audience are doing.
Tower music
Build a tower out of large game bricks,until it falls down on the floor.
Die Piece
Die!
This is my first performance art/happening/fluxus/event pieces written.
I would like personally thank Yoko Ono,La monte young and John cage ,as my inspiration.
Drilling Piece
Drill a hole in the floor, then look into it.
Pieces for piano:
Piano piece,No.1
Shout at the piano and hit it,then make love to it.
Piano piece No.2
Ask the piano a few questions,and after a while,if it doesn't answer,close the keyboard lead.If it answers,however,keep asking it questions until you decide to quit asking it.
Pieces for orchestra
Piece for orchestra,No.1:
a)Whenever the conductor gives a signal,take off your cloths.
b)At his next sign,put your cloths back.
c)At the following sign,switch your instrument with someone else's instrument.
d)At the next sign,try to play your instrument(whether it was switched or not).
e)At the following given sign,spill soda over your instrument.
f)At the following sign,squiz a can of a certain drink.
g)At the following sign,take off your shoes ,and stomp your feet.
h)At the next sign,leave the stage and then return.
Piece for orchestra No.2:Jump on your instrument as many times as you wish.
Piece for orchestra No.3Touch as many things as you wish.
Dinner Piece
Dine a dinner while sitting around a table.
Explanation Piece
Explain to the audience how did you get into the place of the performance,why,and what happened to you on the way to the performance.
Constrast piece
Think of something to do. Then,ask one of the members of the audienceto that himself.If he refuses,think of something else to do,and then do it yourself.
For a wind player
Watch your instrument until it passes vibrations to you.Then,ask the audience to do the same thing.
Electric guitar piece
Take an electric guitar with you and stand infront of the audience.Do not plug it in,and wait until someone asks you to plug it in.Then,plug it in,and leave.
Television piece
Tie another performer's hands and legs with ropes and his mouth with a sticker,while he's sitting on a chair.Throw a Television set over him to the other side.
Burning Piece
Take another performer's cloths and a few hairs from his head,and burn them.
Mocking piece
Mock the things that different people in the audience are doing.
Tower music
Build a tower out of large game bricks,until it falls down on the floor.
Die Piece
Die!
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All the artistic works presented in this Blog are works of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
Kind regards,
Matan Ben-Ishay(Johnny).
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