Let's Have Some Fun / This Beat Is Sick

Fluxus scores are endlessly amusing! Let me show you:

Choice 9
Robert Bozzi
1966
Two performers fight between themselves using two violins as if the violins were swords, axes, or clubs.

Shower II
Ben Vautier
1962
A performer sits on a chair in the center of the stage holding a fire hose and does nothing. On hearing the audience begin to complain, he shouts "Go!" The water is turned on. The performer soaks the audience.

Concerto for Solo Piano and Performer
Albert M. Fine
Date Unknown
Performer removes a different item from himself for each of the 88 notes: top hat, tie, shoe laces, pen, handkerchief, etc.

For La Monte Young
Emmett Williams
1962
Performer asks if La Monte Young is in the audience.

Playmate
Larry Miller
1969(89)
Teeter-totter with your own weight in carrots.


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