Two Elimination Events
{
empty vessel

empty vessel
}
# (c) George Brecht, 1961

Open and Shut Case
{
Make a box. On the outside, print the words, “Open.” On the inside, print the words “Shut quick.”
}
# (c) Ken Friedman, 1965

Choice 1
{
The performer enters the stage with a tied parcel, places it on a table, and opens it to take out a whipped cream cake with 10 candles. He lights the candles, then blows them out. He picks up the cake, shows it to the audience, then flings it into his own face.
}
# (c) Robert Bozzi, 1966

Three Lamp Events
{

on. off.

lamp

off. on.
}
# (c) George Brecht, 1961

Monochrome for Yves Klein, Fluxversion I
{
Performer paints a movie screen with nonreflective black paint while a favorite movie is being shown.
}
# (c) Ben Vautier, 1963

Tracks
{
Tracks left by:

a stone

clothes (left lying about, hanging up, on someone)

wood (in a tree, on the ground, on a hand, etc.)

rain

wind

an automobile (on us, on a road, etc.)

man (his foot, bare, shod, the tracks left by his activities, etc.)

thoughts (of man, thoughts themselves)

words (on paper, in mouths, etc.)

etc. etc.

# We may observe tracks, examine them, if possible photograph them, draw them, paint them, etc., or simply be aware of them.
}
# (c) Milan Knizak, 1971-78

Calls, Canto 1 (If You Catch Sight of a Friend in the Distance)
{
If you catch sight of a friend in the distance: go towards him calling out loudly. Let the calls ring out. Answer his calls. Develop the structures of his calls. Desirable development: from very simple to very complex calls.
}
# Can be performed in public libraries, lecture halls, churches, central stations, civil service departments and in outdoor places under an immense blue sky.

Calls, Canto 2 (Stage Version of Canto 1)
{
At the beginning of the piece, one performer stands in the left back corner, the other in the right back corner of the hall. Calling out loudly to each other, they advance toward the stage. Desirable development: from simple calls to very complex calls. The piece is over when they meet on the stage.
}

Calls, Canto 3
{
Two persons, one standing on the south side of a large lake -- at least one kilometer apart -- the other standing on the north side of the lake, talk to each other.
}

Calls, Canto 4 (Hello-Chorus)
{
A party of about 100 persons walks out into a forest at sunrise, climb up to the treetops and call and sing a hello-chorus.
}

Calls, Canto 5 (Telephone Call)
{
Make a telephone call in a bathtub, talking with you lower lip under the water surface and your upper lip over it. The piece requires a long telephone cord.
}

Calls, Canto 6 (Letter)
{
Open an empty envelope with both hands and talk loudly into it. Then close the envelope quickly and post it to anyone whom it may concern.
}
# (c) Bengt af Klintberg, December 1965 - June 1966

Choice 3
{
A piano is on stage. The performer enters wearing a crash helmet. He takes a stage position as far from the piano as possible. He lowers his head and dashes toward the piano at top speed, crashing into the piano with helmeted head.
}
# (c) Robert Bozzi, 1966

Choice 10
{
Four performers are divided into two teams. They draw lots for one violin. The winning team plays the violin while the other team tries to gain possession of it.
}
# (c) Robert Bozzi, 1966

Zyklus
{
Water pails or bottles are placed around the perimeter of a circle. Only one is filled with water. Performer inside the circle picks the filled vessel and pours it into the one on the right, then picks the one on the right and pours it into the next one on the right, etc., till all the water is spilled or evaporated.
}
# (c) Tomas Schmit, 1962

Shuffle
{
The performer or performers shuffle into the performance area and away from it, above, behind, around or through the audience. They perform as a group or solo: but quietly.
}
# (c) Alison Knowles, 1961

Proposition
{
Make a salad.
}
# (c) Alison Knowles, 1962

Monochrome for Yves Klein
{
Performer paints a large white panel black.
}
# (c) Ben Vautier, 1963

Monochrome for Yves Klein, Fluxversion II
{
An orchestra, quartet, or soloist, dressed in white, plays a favorite classic. A fine mist of washable black paint rains down during the performance. Performers continue to play as the scores and music stands, their instruments, and clothes slowly turn from white to black. The performance ends when no performer can read the notes.
}
# (c) Ben Vautier, 1963