scores/improvisations/texts

Jukka-Pekka Kervinen

2009-08-29T07:43:00.007-07:00

2009-08-29T07:43:00.005-07:00

2009-08-29T07:43:00.003-07:00

2009-08-29T07:43:00.001-07:00

2009-08-29T07:41:00.007-07:00

2009-08-29T07:41:00.005-07:00

2009-08-29T07:41:00.003-07:00

2009-08-29T07:41:00.001-07:00

Tim Gaze

2007-01-08T10:54:00.000-08:00

Tim Gaze

2007-01-08T10:50:00.000-08:00

Leftwich/Kervinen

2006-09-03T03:13:00.001-07:00

Leftwich/Kervinen, originally uploaded by scores/improvisations/texts.

Leftwich/Kervinen

2006-09-03T03:13:00.000-07:00

Leftwich/Kervinen, originally uploaded by scores/improvisations/texts.

Leftwich/Kervinen

2006-09-03T03:12:00.000-07:00

Leftwich/Kervinen, originally uploaded by scores/improvisations/texts.

....

2006-09-03T02:34:00.000-07:00

...., originally uploaded by scores/improvisations/texts.

Daniel Lentz

2006-03-16T12:34:00.000-08:00

Dick Higgins

2006-03-16T12:32:00.000-08:00


  a study in feet, or no second half

  a metadrama



participants remove their right shoes and socks only.
they display their right feet to the audience and to each other.
they put their shoes and socks back on.

[....]

2006-03-16T12:31:00.000-08:00

prose score

2006-03-16T12:30:00.000-08:00

Daniel Lentz

2006-03-14T13:05:00.000-08:00

Dick Higgins

2006-03-14T13:04:00.000-08:00


  portrait of a man eating an apple

  a metadrama


man.
  apple.
  man eats apple.

unisono

2006-03-14T13:02:00.000-08:00

events

2006-03-14T12:59:00.000-08:00

Tom Johnson

2006-03-12T11:08:00.000-08:00

Dick Higgins

2006-03-12T11:07:00.000-08:00


  the philosopher

  a metadrama


onstage:
  "i think so--absolutely--no!"

points

2006-03-12T11:06:00.000-08:00

[....]

2006-03-12T11:04:00.000-08:00

Tom Johnson

2006-03-10T10:55:00.000-08:00

Dick Higgins

2006-03-10T10:54:00.000-08:00


love story

a metadrama



two at a time.
"yes?" "no?" "no no?" "yes yes?"
grouping and regrouping

intervals

2006-03-10T10:53:00.000-08:00

prose score

2006-03-10T10:51:00.000-08:00

Tom Johnson

2006-03-09T11:22:00.000-08:00

Dick Higgins

2006-03-09T11:20:00.000-08:00


how nemo got honored in his patria

  a metadrama in three parts


i - solo

A bows to the audience stiffly and repeatedly for a minute.

ii - duo

A and B bow to each other stiffly and repeatedly for a minute.

iii - solo

B bows to the audience stiffly and repeatedly for a minute.

unisono

2006-03-09T11:19:00.000-08:00

[....]

2006-03-09T11:17:00.000-08:00

Tom Johnson

2006-03-08T10:37:00.000-08:00

Dick Higgins

2006-03-08T10:34:00.000-08:00


his

a metadrama




he: "no !"
offstage voice: "yes!"
(may be repeated).

points

2006-03-08T10:32:00.000-08:00

prose score

2006-03-08T10:29:00.000-08:00

Tom Johnson

2006-03-07T10:58:00.000-08:00

Dick Higgins

2006-03-07T10:56:00.000-08:00


hers

a metadrama


She: "yes!"
offstage voice: "no!"
(may be repeated).

solos

2006-03-07T10:54:00.000-08:00

[....]

2006-03-07T10:52:00.000-08:00

John Stead

2006-03-06T13:06:00.000-08:00

Dick Higgins

2006-03-06T13:00:00.000-08:00


hat show

a metadrama



enters carrying pillow.
puts pillow on head.
pause.
removes pillow.
goes away.

Tom Johnson

2006-03-06T09:33:00.000-08:00

intervals

2006-03-06T09:30:00.000-08:00

events

2006-03-06T09:28:00.000-08:00

R. Murray Schafer

2006-03-05T13:21:00.000-08:00

Dick Higgins

2006-03-05T13:18:00.000-08:00


follow the leader

a metadrama



two people nude and smiling one leads other follows.
after a while follower no longer follows leader does not change roles.
they look at each other.
leader does something follower does something different.
follower does something
leader does that thing.
leader follows the other away.

Tom Johnson

2006-03-05T01:35:00.000-08:00

solos

2006-03-05T01:33:00.000-08:00

[....]

2006-03-05T01:32:00.000-08:00

prose score

2006-03-05T01:30:00.000-08:00

Ladislav Kupkovic

2006-03-04T13:49:00.000-08:00

[sorbet music]

2006-03-04T13:42:00.000-08:00


[sorbet music]


1. enjoy: two sound(s). 
2. blow: four sound(s). 
3. sledge: four sound(s). 
4. limit: four sound(s). 
    4a. 2R-[.
5. blow: three sound(s). 
    5a. 5=.
6. listen.
7. toggle: one sound(s). 
    7a. 1R-[#.
8. listen.
    8a. 5Fz.

Repeat, as long as needed.

                        03.04.06

Dick Higgins

2006-03-04T13:40:00.000-08:00


flexible lumbar

a metadrama


nude, profile to audience.
demonstrates flexible lumbars.
two minutes.
words: optional.

Tom Johnson

2006-03-04T09:25:00.000-08:00

[....]

2006-03-04T09:24:00.000-08:00

solos

2006-03-04T09:15:00.000-08:00

events

2006-03-04T09:12:00.000-08:00

Ladislav Kupkovic

2006-03-03T12:02:00.000-08:00

Jim Leftwich

2006-03-03T12:00:00.000-08:00

Dick Higgins

2006-03-03T11:58:00.000-08:00


erotic

a metadrama


she giggles then sighs.
she giggles then sighs.
ad lib a couple of minutes.

Tom Johnson

2006-03-03T09:12:00.000-08:00

intervals

2006-03-03T09:09:00.000-08:00

[....]

2006-03-03T09:08:00.000-08:00

prose score

2006-03-03T09:06:00.000-08:00

Ladislav Kupkovic

2006-03-02T12:30:00.000-08:00

Jim Leftwich

2006-03-02T12:28:00.000-08:00

Dick Higgins

2006-03-02T12:27:00.000-08:00


  couic!

  a metadrama




enters in a suit of medieval armor.
  trips.
  falls.

Tom Johnson

2006-03-02T11:13:00.000-08:00

unisono

2006-03-02T11:11:00.000-08:00

[....]

2006-03-02T11:07:00.000-08:00

prose score

2006-03-02T11:01:00.000-08:00

Ladislav Kupkovic

2006-03-01T12:26:00.000-08:00

John M. Bennett

2006-03-01T12:24:00.000-08:00


War Slather Event


1. tape and spinning
2. slope and tomb
3. hup and flavor
4. cheap and bushy
5. craw and pout
6. bunch and pee
7. see and lunch
8. flout and law
9. mushy and creep
10. waver and cup
11. spoon and hope
12. grinning and ape

Wipe off TV screen

Jim Leftwich

2006-03-01T12:23:00.000-08:00

Dick Higgins

2006-03-01T12:21:00.000-08:00


buddhism

a metadrama



buddhist monk: "peace!"
sound of gunfire.

Tom Johnson

2006-03-01T08:56:00.000-08:00

points

2006-03-01T08:54:00.000-08:00

[....]

2006-03-01T08:53:00.000-08:00

prose score

2006-03-01T08:52:00.000-08:00

Ladislav Kupkovic

2006-02-28T12:43:00.000-08:00

points

2006-02-28T12:39:00.000-08:00

Jim Leftwich

2006-02-28T12:36:00.000-08:00


long war event
(pataphysical resistance generator #1)

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1- elongate tomato mask dance

2- stairs forest knob debark

3- nose adventure gel lyric hat

4- ladder tossed set

5- moon desk swept fetish ladle

6- gardner medicinal snake nation

7- blink wire banker storm of frogs

8- then soon altitude under beak mirage

9- beats align unbalanced sense and blimp

10- hurl tigers enigma melted cubes

11- model rites askew tinder chaff

12- at handle ports flurry mobile

13- midst simmer annual conic print

14- toll snare frosted markers

15- delve lure garment twill

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instructions: make your own.

Tom Johnson

2006-02-28T09:30:00.000-08:00

intervals

2006-02-28T09:29:00.000-08:00

[....]

2006-02-28T09:27:00.000-08:00

prose score

2006-02-28T09:26:00.000-08:00

Takehisa Kosugi

2006-02-27T12:40:00.000-08:00

Jim Leftwich

2006-02-27T12:38:00.000-08:00

mobile

2006-02-27T12:34:00.000-08:00

Dick Higgins

2006-02-27T12:33:00.000-08:00


the artist

  a metadrama


artist: "i'm hungry."
someone else: "here are twenty two ounces of honor."
artist: "i'm still hungry."
someone else: "here are twenty two more ounces of honor."

Dick Higgins

2006-02-27T12:32:00.000-08:00


Statement about my "metadramas"

by Dick Higgins



  One of the main genres of Fluxus pieces of the 1960s is and was 
"events." These were first done before Fluxus, and came to be 
conceptually framed as a sort of cognate of happenings, which were new 
at the time-that is, intermedial, free-form pieces which lay 
conceptually among the bounds of music, theater and visual art. Events 
differed from happenings in that they were always as compressed as 
possible, minimal statements that would provide a mental or emotional 
impact. But, of course, they were highly abstract. I did them, George 
Brecht did them, and others of the Fluxus artists did them also though, 
for the most part, somewhat later than 1958 when George, I, AI Hansen 
and others studied with John Cage in his class at the New School for 
Social Research in New York, a story which has been told, more or less, 
to death.

  However, events made their point and the genre became well defined 
over the years, through Fluxus concerts and individual performances and 
works by, quite literally, hundreds of artists. In the sixties, when 
purely formal explorations seemed essential to sweep away the overly 
personal baggage of the 1960s, this was a positive thing. However, in 
the 1980s, when personal expression has been minimized, and when art 
performances, the heirs in some respect of happenings, often celebrate 
boredom and almost always deal essentially with technical and formal 
concerns, it seems more desirable to do pieces which are mainly minimal 
emotional statements or narrative ones, complete with characterizations 
in most cases. I had done a few such pieces previously, but not so 
consciously as now. I call them "metadramas" because they must be 
dramatic in order to satisfy the criterion, and, the "meta-" part 
suggests that they are "next to" or "about" what they relate to-that 
is, some are dramas about the drama, while others simply don't pretend 
to be dramas but do point in that direction. I wrote about sixty of 
them in the summer of 1985, destroyed most of them, and then noticed 
that they seemed to define a genre to which the earlier events belong, 
though not vice versa.

  Barrytown, New York
  18 September, 1985

Tom Johnson

2006-02-27T06:59:00.000-08:00

[....]

2006-02-27T06:54:00.000-08:00

points

2006-02-27T06:53:00.000-08:00

prose score

2006-02-27T06:49:00.000-08:00

Herbert Brun

2006-02-26T11:11:00.000-08:00

Jim Leftwich

2006-02-26T11:09:00.000-08:00