An Anthology of Chance Operations...

120 Pages·1963·35.72 MB·English

by  La Monte

BY GEORGE BRECHT, CLAUS
BREMER, EARLE BROWN, JO
SEPH BYRD, JOHN CAGE, DA
VID DEGENER, WALTER DE
MARIA, HENRY FLYNT, YOKO
ONO, DICK HIGGINS, TOSHI
ICHIYANAGI, TERRY JENNINGS
DENNIS, DING DONG, RAY JOHN
SON, JACKSON MAC LOW, RI!
CHARD MAXFIELD, ROBERT
MORRIS, SIMONE MORRIS, NAM
JUNE PAIK, (TERRY) © RILEY
DITER ROT, JAMES WARING
EMMETT WILLIAMS, CHRIST
IAN WOLFF, LA MONTE YOUNG

LA MONTE YOUNG - EDITOR
CENRPRE MACIIUNNACLNECIC NED
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GEORGE BRECHT

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SPRING/SUMMER 1

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Any number of motor vehicles are arranged outdoors.

There are at least as many sots of instruction cards as vehicles.

Alli
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struction card sets are shuffled colleclively, and 22 cards
buted to the single performer per vehicle.

At sundown (relatively dark/open area: incident
candles or less) the performers leave a central location, simul
taneously counting out (at an agreed-upon rate) a pre-arranged
duration 1% fimes the maximum required for any performer
to reach, and seat himself in, his vehicle. At the end of this
count each performer starts the engine of his vehicle and sub
sequently acts according to the directions on his instruction
cards, read consecutively as dealt. (An equivalent pause is fo
be substituted for on instruction referring to non-availeble
equipment.) Having acted on all instructions, sach performer
tums off the angine of his vehicle and remsins seated until all
vehicles have ceased running,

INSTRUCTION CARDS (44 per set):

Head lights (high beam, low beam} on {1-5}, off.
Parking lights on (1-11), off

Foot-brake lights on (1-3), off.

(Right, lef directional signals on (1-7), of.
Inside light on (1-5), off

6 Glove-compartment light on. Open (or close) glove com-
partment (quickly, with moderate speed, slovrly). Glove-
compartment light of

7. Spoklamp on (1-11), move (vertically, horizontally, ran-
domlyl, (quickly, with moderate speed, slowly), of.

8. Special lights on (1-9), off.
9. Sound horn (1-11).

10. Sound siren (I-15).

11. Sound bells) (1-7).

12. Accelerate motor (1-3)
13. Wind-s
14, Radio on, maximum volume, (1-7), of. Change tuning.
15. Strike hand on dashboard.

16. Strikea window with knuckles.

Id wipers on (1-5), off.

17. Fold a seot or seat-back (quickly, with moderate speed,
slowly}. Replace,

18, psi (6r close) « window (quickly, with moderate speed,
slowly)

19. Open {or close) a door (quickly, with moderate speed,
slovrly).

20. Open (or close) engine-hood, epening and closing vehicle
door, ifnecessary.

21. Trunklighton. Open (or close) trunk li (if car), rear-penel
(if.a truck or station-wagon), or equivalent. Trunk light
off.

22. Operate special equipment (1-15), of

23-44, Pause (1-13).

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‘hones, for each cord. Parenthetic numerals Ineeato duration in county (et an
‘apreed-uaon rat). Special Kahi {] meant rucchody, safely, signe, warning
light, sane, ieplays, fe. Speciel equipment (22) wean carousel, ladders,
fre-hoses wih truck-ontalned pumps snd water supply, ste
~ a a cantly Seti ae
For ane to twenty-foir performers ao started within view
sf exch et. Each has before him a stat ard a sot of
fveete of four tyes, corasponfing so tho bike of Szanich
fins: sherds, clubs, cups, eins

nz pefomer, as colar, shuffles a deck of Ssaish cals
sic ae runberec 1121 each sult, are dea's the
a's to al performers, each pesommar aranaing his alts,
fae wy, info a

‘A asigh ftom 2 dealer cach parfarner starts his stopwateh,
fc, kepptatng the an ofthe lst car in aach pai as he
Fazer of sous ta be male, ard the rank ofthe secord cand
‘veach pot a ths number af cansecutve fes-seoand Iner~
‘als within whic thal yriber of sols sto be ly arane
dy ate i a obootenrespontng io the sat of the Ast
ta Ir each sal gon an object corespendny tote sit af
the second card In tha

viker every performer has vend ll is pars of cans,
riers ones, winar, 1959/60

PARAGRAPHS, QUOTATIONS, AND LISTS Be heen
Licking can, walking, entire albarana, Missing, wating,
Licht sheer, sipe-sneke, selrter~acre, brarch~ shadows,

ais tedeptn eh

Donid O'Connoe. Walter O'Keefe, Laurence Ollsle, Nanay
Olen, Viiente Gabome, Maroon O'Sullivan

sutoace events, bathtul evens, galley events, oor 2x
lant, ffrigerator avis, Easuire-ite-sonething

"tis wo de oss pteous iatlastaion of life. hes not
the coiestia a versel vale tat pen kz to ati
"Ute fer mars intresirg*(Tastan Tae)

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fh westte veishternlesor wan a shsche eoes jaa ool
‘tier: asnhatnatadeas! The

Bet ear, lre,davins dl ple late
Reef: vecslar. lime, gavin, slang, Hate,
CARO - PIECE FOR VOICE

11 There are from 1 0 54 patforers, Pesfonars are send
ign de, capt lor the "haas™, aporfomer who sits
tee fe inars, They reheat before the parforuanca te de-
aie fm vocals of tre four ies deserbed halo

‘The enaan aks aceck of ordinary playing cals four
a nlets suite plus Jeker ard Evita Joven. We losses each
one te itso tha free to fall face up o don than
earn aie deck and shales Ny keeping exch can 10 Bs
‘sep of facet cretion

4, le ton Jels en card aa tie to each erfomer In tar
Meluing nimell, unl all cards have beer deat,

14, Theres a second Stak of "phone cards blank cards
Best ot niche sinae phone fen one oranre anatages
faniita:o all porormers Has ber writen, These ae shulfied
rae daaly, face oy ane at atin, ta cack gefonr in. urn,
tho heap tem iv stack separate fren the playing cards

‘AL anoé from the chacan, cach neforner takes a playire
Pare tro the top of he subdack, perfor 3 sound of 122,
Savoring te the sistem of eucs diver velow, ane dlscanls
‘ecard Unless vere 1 signal rom the chalrmr ta rene
stp, the perfoniance, each ptTerer steps a tie end of
fis subedeck,

6, The Cue Systors
SUITS: indicate the "vocelomanorimariyreszonsihe
foe the souna procuction,
Heater Lirs
Diamonds: Veoai cas ae! throat
hikes Cheeks
Spades: Tove
Sours nay be preduce in any way, hat ts ith the
Ineathy by slmgieg (a the chee’ te
NUMBER GARDS, Indica duration of sound, soem
inaaly in gezonds
FACE CARDS (isregaraing cuts inflate the speak—
The of a phoneme, wih fee guration, prouteation,
td jrenies oughly ag Eight be hean! In orinary
Corvotsatlon,Spaciiction and oaler of the eronemas
te ae tlcatd hy the ghonana cards, read conszout=
ely,
ak BACKS: indicate approximately five secanés of
silence.
JOKER AWD EXTRA JOKER: are cues ony forthe
tthalrman, tther setters ignoring "em
JOKER: Chaineay tosses his arns a the en af his
Geek, sloralng one repeat, and cack per=
ener having reacec the en of Tis OMe
dace runs through Bis eanls ence ee,
{the order in whe they now occur (last eard
{irt) Then eae pote tops, incline
{he chal Che ievores the joker suing
the repel).
EXTRA Chala ralses Ns ams, sanaling an irmen
JOKER: date stop tothe performance,

Sumner, 1959

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